Myrtle Cook

On January 10, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Myrtle Cook Homicide Myrtle Underwood Cook 51 YOA 703 Third Avenue Vinton, IA Benton County September 7, 1925   Myrtle Cook, 51, was sitting near the window of her Vinton, Iowa, home, rewriting and rehearsing aloud her speech to an upcoming Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) meeting when she was shot through the home’s window. […]

James Huff Jr.

On December 31, 2010, in , by Jody Ewing

James Charles Huff, Jr. Homicide James Charles Huff, Jr. 26 YOA 3319 56th Street Trail Center Point, IA Two miles SE of Urbana, IA Between Linn and Benton counties DCI Case # 77-00102 Crime Date: January 1, 1977 Date of Death: January 5, 1977   James Charles Huff, Jr., a farm hand who worked at […]