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Unidentified Persons
The following list includes all unidentified persons found in Iowa. Some are known homicides, while the manner of death for others remains unknown. All are cold cases.
Unidentified White MaleMissouri River
Near Mile Marker 662
Fremont County, IA
Case # 66-00724
May 26, 1966
Unidentified Black MaleRiver, SE 45th St. bridge
Pleasant Hill, IA
Polk County
ME Case # 10-1286
July 21, 1969
UNIDd Black Female12 – 23 YOA
10 weeks pregnant
Mississippi River
Clinton County, IA
April 11, 1975
Unidentified White Male33-53 YOA
Correctionville, IA
Woodbury County
Est DOD: 1971-73
Found: August 30, 1988
Baby Jane Doe LincolnNewborn Infant
Lisbon, IA, barn
Cedar County
Case # 96-11840
November 10, 1996
If peope have problems with people stay away from them killing them is not the answer and there is people who would take them babies and give them a.loving home I know I would have you peope will answer to our Lord for what you’ve done
I have been trying to get Kimberly sue Doss date changed to 1980 not 1982, but Davenport Ia will not help.
My 22 yr old son moved to lowa in febof this yr.havent heard from him in 4 weeks.name is Allen parker
Mandy, where in Iowa did he move, and where are you? Is he on facebook at all? what information can you share with us to help you?
hi mandy i wold like to try and help you
Iowa actually does have a safe haven law that was enacted in 2002 after the 2001 death of Baby Chelsea. However, most of the Doe babies listed on this page were found in the years before the safe haven law went into effect.
Can’t your state make a law in which mother’s that have babies and don’t want them can bring them to fire station or churches with no prosecution or repracations from the government or law enforcement…. They can’t be killing these babies that is horrible, give these mother’s no matter the reason a way out with out hurting a child.
Where are the bodies of the unidentified buried? Why can’t you run their DNA through the database?
YES. Three are many unidentified babies. I hope there would be a fund created to exhume and run DNA tests against databases to find the mothers. In most cases there is likely no malice but I’m guessing in a few there are crimes and maybe serial type deaths or abuse