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Cold Cases in Elgin, Iowa Homicide Layne Edward Schneider 22 YOA Echo Road and 180th Street Elgin, Iowa Fayette County January 22, 2013 Layne Edward Schneider, 22, of Elgin, Iowa, was found burning in another individual’s pickup about one and one-half miles from his home early morning Tuesday, Jan. 22, […]
Layne Edward Schneider Homicide Layne Edward Schneider 22 YOA Echo Road and 180th Street Elgin, Iowa Fayette County January 22, 2013 Family Establishes “Justice for Layne Schneider” Go Fund Me account Layne Schneider’s family members have established a “Justice for Layne Schneider” page on the fundraising site, GoFundMe.com, in efforts […]
Joan Marie Haggar Hit-and-Run Homicide Joan Haggar 52 YOA 900 Block of E. Euclid Ave. & Cornell St. Des Moines, IA Polk County February 14, 2014 At 10:54 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, 2014, Joan Haggar of Des Moines was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the 900 block of E. Euclid Avenue in […]
SOLVED / CLOSED / CLEARED BY EXCEPTIONAL MEANS The cases listed below represent Iowa cold cases where arrests have been made since we first began tracking the state’s unsolved cases in December 2005. It includes cases where suspects have been convicted or acquitted, cases solved by exceptional means, and cases currently making their way through […]
Dennis Dwaine Washburn Undetermined Dennis Dwaine Washburn 69 YOA Edwards Street Near Longfellow Elementary School Waterloo, IA Black Hawk County Date of Death: June 5, 2014 Incident Date: May 25, 2014 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Dennis Dwaine Washburn — a 69-year-old United States Navy and Vietnam War veteran who didn’t […]
Maria Lena Ybanez Homicide Maria Lena Ybanez 16 YOA Davenport, IA Scott County Went Missing from Davenport: June 13, 1973 Remains Found in New Liberty: Nov. 5, 1977 Remains Identified: Jan. 24, 1979 Est. Date of Death: June 13, 1973 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Sixteen-year-old Maria Ybanez lived a hellish life […]
Courtesy photo The Nonpareil James Clark Nicoll owned the City Bakery building located at 130 W. Broadway in Council Bluffs. James Clark Nicoll Homicide James Clark Nicoll 52 YOA Council Bluffs, IA Pottawattamie County March 17, 1885 James Clark Nicoll, a 52-year-old baker from Perth, Scotland, who emigrated to Council Bluffs, Iowa with his […]
Cold Cases in New Market, Iowa Double Homicide Denise Diane Eberly, 3 years Dixie Lynne Eberly, 13 mos. New Market, IA Taylor County October 15, 1964 On Thursday morning, October 15, 1964, Dixie Lynne Eberly, 13 months old, and her 3-year-old sister, Denise Diane Eberly, died after an arson fire in […]
Cold Cases in Mondamin, Iowa Homicide John Lee Erickson 48 YOA Killed near Mondamin, IA Harrison County Body dumped near Onawa, IA Monona County April 30, 1997 On Wednesday, April 30, 1997, Vietnam veteran John Lee Erickson, 48, of Council Bluffs was shot in the head near Mondamin, Iowa, in Harrison County. His […]
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