Matthew Rice

On September 16, 2020, in , by Jody Ewing

Matthew Joel Rice Hit-and-Run Homicide Matthew Joel Rice 17 YOA Hit and Run Homicide 310th Street one-half mile east of Cass Ave. Sloan, Iowa Woodbury County Crime Date: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2002     Information courtesy the Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office   Matthew Joel Rice, a 17-year-old senior at Westwood High School in Sloan, Iowa, […]

Tony Canfield

On August 23, 2012, in , by Jody Ewing

Courtesy photo Dana Canfield Tony “T-Bone” Canfield Tony Ray “T-Bone” Canfield Homicide SOLVED Tony Ray Canfield 52 YOA 1401 George St. Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County Federal Case Number: 16-4009 Killed: Sunday, May 1, 2011 Solved: June 10, 2016   UPDATE – Three Men Sentenced On Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, Devery Hibbler, 26, of Dumas, […]

Hilda Fletcher

On March 17, 2012, in , by Jody Ewing

Woodbury County in Iowa   Sioux City in Woodbury County Mrs. Hilda Fletcher Homicide Hilda Fletcher 53 YOA Sioux City, IA Woodbury County December 15, 1958 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Hilda Fletcher, 53, was found beneath a blood-soaked bed in her Sioux City, Iowa, home on December 15, 1958. Woodbury County Coroner Dr. […]

Tracking Sioux City Cold Cases

On March 6, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Tracking Cold Cases SIOUX CITY COLD CASES Murder, she wrote: Tracking Sioux City’s unsolved murders By Jody Ewing May 20, 2004 On July 10, 1955, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Mary Davis put her 22-month-old daughter, Donna Sue, to bed in her crib after giving her a bath. Humid temps had reached the mid 90s that day, […]

Leo Smith

On February 24, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Woodbury County in Iowa   Correctionville in Woodbury County Leo Joseph Smith Homicide Leo Joseph Smith 56 YOA Correctionville, IA Woodbury County DCI Case # 69-00525 April 10, 1969   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Early Thursday, April 10, 1969, Iowa Highway Patrol officers discovered the body of 56-year-old Leo Joseph Smith — a […]

David Redowl

On February 16, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

David Leon Redowl Sr. Homicide David Leon Redowl Sr. 27 YOA 610 West Third Street Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County April 26, 1997   At approximately 2:00 a.m. on April 26, 1997, 27-year-old David Redowl and his 24-year-old sister, Sonja, had a physical altercation in the back yard of their mother’s residence at 610 West […]

Unidentified White Male, Sioux City, 3-24-86

On February 15, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Unidentified White Male   Woodbury County in Iowa   Sioux City in Woodbury County LOCATION WHERE FOUND: 200 Block of S. Lewis Blvd. near Highway 75 Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County DATE FOUND: March 25, 1986 ESTIMATED DATE OF DEATH: March 24, 1986 STATUS: Unidentified CASE NUMBER: OC-86-35 SEX: Male RACE: White AGE: 40-49 WEIGHT: […]

Ronald Zellmer

On February 15, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Ronald Leroy Zellmer Missing Person Name: Ronald Leroy Zellmer Age at Report: 31 YOA DOB: Oct. 2, 1953 Race: White Weight: 170 lbs. Height: 5’10” Hair Color: Dark Blond Eye Color: Blue Incident Type: Involuntary Disappearance Missing from: Sioux City, IA Woodbury County Case #: F11222 NamUs MP #: 27744 NCIC Number: M-318922147 Date Last […]

Donna Sue Davis

On February 14, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Donna Sue Davis Homicide   Donna Sue Davis 21 months of age 715 Isabella Street Sioux City, IA Woodbury County July 10, 1955   Case Summary by Jody Ewing   Donna Sue Davis hadn’t yet reached her second birthday. The 21-month-old 21-pound blue-eyed girl with the mass of dark blond curly hair was the youngest […]

Kenneth Harker

On February 11, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

  Courtesy photo Kenneth Harker is shown next to a motorcycle engine many believe is linked to his disappearance. Kenneth Harker SIOUX CITY COLD CASES Kenneth Harker had survived a horrible car wreck, owned a dog and was passionate about building motorcycles. He also disappeared in the fall of 1996, never to be heard from […]