Black Hawk County in Iowa Waterloo in Black Hawk County Ruben Lara, Jr. Hit-and-Run Homicide Ruben Lara, Jr. 40 YOA Highway 218 Waterloo, IA Black Hawk County December 8, 2000 Ruben Lara Jr., a 40-year-old construction worker who lived at 3450 Ellington St. in Waterloo, was killed in a hit-and-run homicide early Friday […]
Black Hawk County in Iowa Waterloo in Black Hawk County Jacob J. “Jake” Biretz Homicide Jacob “Jake” Biretz 87 YOA 311 Lafayette St., Apt. B Waterloo, IA Black Hawk County December 10, 1993 Jacob “Jake” Biretz, an 87-year-old retired mechanic, was found dead in his apartment at a Waterloo retirement home on Friday, […]
Rodricus Keith Echols (Jones) Homicide Rodricus “Little Rod” Echols aka Rodricus Keith Jones 23 YOA 912 Broadway St. Waterloo, IA Black Hawk County September 12, 2010 Case Summary by Jody Ewing The disturbance call came first. About 2:12 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, Waterloo Police officers received a call about a disturbance in the […]
Cold Cases in Black Hawk County, Iowa *Please Note: The cases listed below are within Black Hawk County but may fall under a city police department’s jurisdiction. They are included here for cross-reference purposes. More specific information may be found on each victim’s individual page. With the help of Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers, we […]
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