Courtesy photo Polk County Crime Stoppers Nicholas “Nick” David White Nicholas “Nick” David White Homicide Nicholas “Nick” David White 20 YOA 1511 29th St. Des Moines, Iowa Polk County Investigating Agency: Des Moines Police Department Case Number: 12-37248 November 26, 2012 Case Summary by Jody Ewing UPDATE Dec. 8, 2021 – The reward […]
Cold Cases in Scarville, Iowa Missing Person Brian Richard Blachut Age at Report: 30 DOB: January 27, 1963 Height: 5’5″ Weight: 135 lbs. Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Missing From: Scarville, IA Winnebago County Missing Since: November 21, 1993 Brian Richard Blachut, 30, of Lake Mills, Iowa, disappeared after leaving the […]
Cold Cases in Brown’s Station, Iowa Homicide John Bernard “Henry” Nurre 76 YOA Sugar Creek, IA Clinton County March 11, 1890 On Tuesday, March 11, 1890, Henry Nurre, 76, and his wife were attacked in their rural Clinton County home near Brown’s Station, Iowa. Mr. Nurre, who suffered a large gash to the […]
Cold Cases in Clearfield, Iowa Homicide Pansy May Turnbull 17 YOA Street Fair Clearfield, Iowa Ringgold and Taylor counties August 26, 1926 On Thursday afternoon, August 26, 1926, Pansy May Turnbull, the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Turnbull of Diagonal, Iowa, was found drugged and beaten after attending a […]
Cold Cases in Goose Lake, Iowa Homicide Judith I. Reed 38 YOA Goose Lake, IA Charlotte, IA Clinton County December 27, 1974 Judith Reed, 38, was engaged in an altercation outside the Welcome Inn tavern in Goose Lake, Iowa, on Thursday, December 26, 1974, at which time she was struck in the […]
Cold Cases in Eagle Grove, Iowa Missing Person Yerlanin Garcia Age at Report: 12 Weight: 100 lbs. Height: 4’03″ Race: White Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Sex: Female Incident Type: Juvenile Missing From: Eagle Grove, IA Wright County Missing Since: January 15, 2010 Yerlanin Garcia was reported missing to the Eagle Grove Police […]
Cold Cases in Colesburg, Iowa Homicide Lyman Samuel Elledge 65 YOA Colesburg, IA Delaware County September 28, 1951 Lyman Elledge, 65, was found bludgeoned to death on the front lawn of the Barney Wiskus home in Colesburg, Iowa, at about 7 a.m. on Friday, September 28, 1951. Delaware County Coroner Dr. […]
Courtesy photo Des Moines Register Mary Jayne Jones Late last week, I received an e-mail from Judith Cabanillas — one of two sisters of Iowa Cold Case victim Mary Jayne Jones. Judith wrote to thank us for including her sister on our site, and said she and her family “were in shock” when they learned […]
To most people, Thanksgiving — as well as the big Black Friday shopping day that follows — is simply a welcome holiday and an opportunity to get great savings on big-ticket items or Christmas gifts. Offspring living in distant states or countries will often travel thousands of miles to celebrate the weekend-long occasion with parents […]
Cold Cases in Evansdale, Iowa Double Homicide Lyric R. Cook 10 YOA July 13, 2012: Went Missing from Meyers Lake Evansdale, IA in Black Hawk County Body Found in Seven Bridges Park in Bremer County, December 5, 2012 Lyric R. Cook, 10, and her cousin, Elizabeth Collins, 8, were reported missing to the […]
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