Westgate

On August 21, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

Cold Cases in Westgate, Iowa           Homicide Ashley Downing 77 YOA Westgate, IA Fayette County (jurisdiction) January 4, 1933 Ashley Downing, a 77-year-old Iowa farmer, was killed by a shotgun blast to the head in his rural Westgate home in Fayette County, Iowa, on January 4, 1933, in what officials called […]

Ashley Downing

On August 21, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

Ashley Downing Homicide Ashley Downing 77 YOA Westgate, Iowa Fayette County January 4, 1933 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Barely a year after his wife’s death, Ashley Downing, a 77-year-old chicken farmer, was shot and killed Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1933, inside his rural Westgate home. Downing lived alone on a 240-acre farm about eight […]