Roger Hill

On December 16, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

Scott County in Iowa   Davenport in Scott County Roger Dean Hill Homicide Roger Dean Hill 44 YOA Home Residence: Davenport, Iowa Went Missing: mid-1997 Crime Location: Muscatine, Iowa Muscatine County Remains Located in Davenport Scott County, Iowa, on October 12, 1999   Vietnam veteran Roger Dean Hill, a 44-year-old father of three, disappeared from […]

Dennis Washburn

On March 8, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

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 […]

Mondamin

On January 12, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

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 […]

John Erickson

On January 12, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

John Lee Erickson 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 killer or killers […]

Melvin Price

On April 1, 2012, in , by Jody Ewing

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 […]

Lowell Stumo

On February 24, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Lowell Thomas Stumo Homicide Lowell Thomas Stumo 48 YOA Northwood, IA Worth County (jurisdiction) DCI Case # 97-13243 Sunday, December 7, 1997   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing   Lowell Stumo, 48, a former U.S. Army Sgt. who served in Vietnam, was shot to death sometime on Sunday, December 7, 1997, near his farmhouse […]

James Bailey

On February 23, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Courtesy photo Hell’s Angels Cleveland Chapter James M. “Beetle” Bailey, Jr., was a Vietnam veteran who served as treasurer for the Hell’s Angels Cleveland (OH) Chapter. James M. “Beetle” Bailey, Jr. Homicide James M. “Beetle” Bailey, Jr. 32 YOA Colfax, IA Jasper County Case # 75-00503 August 14, 1975   On Thursday, August 14, 1975, […]

Three Victims: Their Lives, Their Deaths

On February 14, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Three Victims: Their Lives, Their Deaths By Jody Ewing May 20, 2004 Courtesy photo Mike Tuttle Billy Isom (left) was hell bent on playing bass guitar for the Saints and Sinners band, said friend Mike Tuttle (right), despite the fact he didn’t know how to play. Ernest William Isom Jr., called “Ernie” by some and […]

Dennis Chaffee

On February 3, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Courtesy photo Maria Chaffee Dennis Wayne Chaffee Dennis Wayne Chaffee Homicide Dennis Wayne Chaffee 33 YOA 914 28th St. SE Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County July 17, 1983   Case summary by Jody Ewing Dennis Chaffee of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, spent the weekend of July 16 – 17, 1983, at home with his 1-1/2-year-old twins […]

Charles Jaeger

On February 2, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Charles Francis Jaeger Homicide Charles Francis Jaeger 37 YOA 914 Second Ave. SE Dyersville, IA Dubuque County Case Number: 84-04212 August 29, 1984   On August 29, 1984, Charles Jaeger, 37, was found in a pool of blood in his bed at his Dyersville, Iowa home, a bullet lodged in his brain. He was transported […]