Theft at 3500 BLOCK OF 8TH ST SW on 04/04/2025 11:28 PM

Type: Theft

Date: 04/04/2025 11:28 PM

Description: Shoplifting. Event #: 1488151. Agency: IA0770800 - Altoona Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 3500 BLOCK OF 8TH ST SW, Altoona, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Hernandez

Name

Jeannie Hernandez

Missing Age

20

Est. Current Age

39

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 12/31/2005

Physical Description

Race: White/Hispanic Ethnicity: Caucasian/Latino Gender: Female Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5'4" Weight: 127 lbs

Case Number

MP401

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Gosch

Name

John Gosch

Age

12

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

It’s a story that shocked communities and catapulted iowa into the national spotlight, changed state law and forever changed the way parents monitored their children’s activities. Twelve-year-old des moines register paperboy johnny gosch left his west des moines home on sunday morning, september 5, 1982, to begin his paper route. He wore a white sweatshirt with ‘kim’s academy’ on the back, warm-up pants, blue rubber flip-flops, and carried a yellow paper-bag. Normally, his father, john gosch, accompanied him on the route, but on this day johnny went alone.

Agency

Iowa

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