Morris Wright Homicide Morris Wright 52 YOA 1426 10th St. Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 1986-41137 September 15, 1986 Morris Wright — a 52-year-old Korean War veteran — was killed in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, September 15, 1986. The Des Moines Police Department lists the crime location as 1426 10th Street […]
Polk County in Iowa Des Moines in Polk County Kristine Lee Mitchell Homicide Kristine Lee Mitchell 27 YOA 100 Forest Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 1986-17433 April 27, 1986 Kristine Lee Mitchell, 27, was found dead Sunday night, April 27, 1986, in a wooded lot in Des Moines. According to […]
Polk County in Iowa Des Moines in Polk County John Shuey Homicide John Scott Shuey 27 YOA 1427 23rd Street Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 1986-12024 Approx. Date of Death: March 22, 1986 Body Found: March 24, 1986 John Shuey, a 27-year-old plumber and drywall installer, was found stabbed to […]
Gene W. Williamson Homicide Gene Wilford Williamson 23 YOA 1311 21st Street Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 1979-5278 February 9, 1979 On Friday, February 9, 1979 — two days after his 23rd birthday — Gene W. Williamson was shot shortly after pulling into the parking lot of a Des Moines apartment building. […]
Ernest Harold Lilly Sr. Homicide Ernest Harold Lilly Sr. 50 YOA “Frank’s Place” 3940 McDonald Ave. Des Moines, IA (jurisdiction) Polk County Case # 1973-46114 Crime Date: September 11, 1973 Date of Death: December 19, 1973 Case Summary by Jody Ewing Ernest Harold Lilly Sr. — a 50-year-old US Navy World War II veteran — […]
Polk County in Iowa Des Moines in Polk County Tommy Morris Homicide Tommy Morris 1800 Blk. Des Moines St. Des Moines, IA Case # 1972-15347 March 9, 1972 According to a report from the Des Moines Police Department sent to Iowa Cold Cases on July 10, 2009, Tommy Morris was found dead in […]
Polk County in Iowa Des Moines in Polk County Roy Madison Homicide Roy Madison 69 YOA 223 Raccoon St. Des Moines, IA Case # 1972-87405 December 18, 1972 Early Monday morning, December 18, 1972, Roy Madison was found dead in his Des Moines, Iowa home with stab wounds to his face and chest. […]
Courtesy photo Ellen (Boyd) Montoya Darleen May (Boyd) Fitchett Darleen Fitchett Homicide Darleen May (Boyd) Fitchett AGE AT REPORT: 28 DOB: March 29, 1931 608 East Pleasant View Drive Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 60-1563 Missing/Date of Death: January 19, 1960 Legally Declared Dead Case Summary by Jody Ewing Darleen […]
Polk County in Iowa Des Moines in Polk County Floyd Cramer Homicide Floyd Cramer 612 14th St. Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 1960-14495 December 9, 1960 Floyd Cramer was killed in Des Moines, Iowa, on December 9, 1960. Information Needed If you have information on the unsolved murder of Floyd Cramer, […]
Michael J. Booth Homicide Michael Jerome Booth 45 YOA 510 15th St. #21 Des Moines, IA Polk County DMPD Case Number: 1997-17132 April 26, 1997 On Saturday, April 26, 1997, an apartment building maintenance man discovered the deceased body of Michael Jerome Booth, 45, in apartment #21 at 510 15th Street. Booth, who’d […]
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