Courtesy photo Cedar Rapids Gazette Dexter Lashun Meeks Dexter Lashun “Big Ham” Meeks Homicide Dexter Lashun “Big Ham” Meeks 22 YOA 211 15th St. SE Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County Crime Date: June 26, 2011 Arrest Made: Feb. 25, 2021 UPDATE Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021: Mykel Allan Roberts, 29, of Modesto, Calif., made his […]
Winneshiek County in Iowa Decorah in Winneshiek County Harold Orville Doerring Missing Person/Presumed Dead Name: Harold Orville Doerring Age at Report: 66 DOB: March 14, 1930 Weight: 200 lbs. Height: 5’11” Race: White Hair: Brown/gray balding Eyes: Blue Incident Type: Disability – physical / mental Case Number: 97-0840 NamUs: #MP17036 Reported Missing in Decorah, […]
Cold Cases in Decorah, Iowa Missing Person, Declared Dead Harold Orville Doerring Age at Report: 66 DOB: March 14, 1930 Weight: 200 lbs. Height: 5’11” Race: White Hair: Brown/gray balding Eyes: Blue Incident Type: Disability – physical / mental RootsWeb ID: I037422 Reported Missing in Decorah, IA, Winneshiek County Death Listed in Henry County, […]
Dominique Mosby Homicide Dominique Mosby 22 YOA Cedarwood Hills Apartments 2030 Glass Rd. NE, No. 105 Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County June 26, 2009 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Linn County in Iowa Cedar Rapids in Linn County Twenty-two-year-old Dominique Mosby was shot in the head on Friday, June 26, 2009 as he […]
Courtesy photo Shannon Salmons Jay Grahlman with daughter Jaymie I always know this day is coming long before it arrives. With a list of unsolved cases now at 615, one would think it would be difficult to keep them all straight. With some — where few details are available — the answer would be yes. […]
Brandyn Preston Homicide — SOLVED Brandyn Preston 19 YOA 1101 10th Ave. Fort Dodge, IA Webster County Date of Crime: May 8, 2011 Date of Death: January 22, 2012 Case Summary by Jody Ewing UPDATE On Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, a Webster County jury found Derrick McElroy guilty of first-degree murder in Brandyn Preston’s death. […]
Cold Cases in Ackley, Iowa Homicide Edward R. Uhlenhopp 85 YOA Butler St. and Fourth Ave. Ackley, IA Hardin County June 29, 2001 Edward R. “Ed” Uhlenhopp, 85, was killed on Friday, June 29, 2001, when the Honda moped he was driving in Ackley, Iowa, was struck by an unidentified truck […]
Hardin County in Iowa Ackley in Hardin County Edward R. Uhlenhopp Hit-and-Run Homicide Edward R. Uhlenhopp 85 YOA Butler St. and Fourth Ave. Ackley, IA Hardin County June 29, 2001 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Edward R. “Ed” Uhlenhopp, 85, was killed on Friday, June 29, 2001, when the Honda moped he […]
Cold Cases in Riverton, Iowa Homicide Melvin Price 26 YOA Iowa Highway 42 Riverton, IA Fremont County November 17, 1974 Early Sunday morning, November 17, 1974, the body of Melvin Price, 26, was found lying on the side of the road along Iowa Highway 42 about one mile west of Riverton, Iowa. […]
Fremont County in Iowa Riverton in Fremont County Melvin Price Homicide Melvin Price 26 YOA Iowa Highway 42 Riverton, IA Last seen alive leaving the VFW Club Hamburg, IA Fremont County November 17, 1974 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Around 4:30 a.m. early Sunday morning, November 17, 1974, a passing Farragut truck […]
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