Crime at 400 BLOCK OF S LINN ST on 11/07/2025 11:24 PM
Type: Other
Date: 11/07/2025 11:24 PM
Description: SUSPICIOUS/ACT/PERS/VEH. CFS#: 25191977. Agency: IOWA CITY PD. Disclaimer: This is from the Johnson County calls for service log. Information is subject to change.
Address: 400 BLOCK OF S LINN ST, IOWA CITY, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Braeden WeckmanMissing Age
16Est. Current Age
17Last Seen
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Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue Height: 5'9" Weight: 190 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
Name
Sarah OttensAge
20Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Sarah ann ottens, a 20-year-old university of iowa student from morrison, illinois, was assaulted and suffocated in her rienow hall room in iowa city on tuesday, march 13, 1973.Student brenda simpson of waterloo discovered ottens’ body in room 429 just before midnight.Six months after the murder, university of iowa student and football player james wendall hall, 20, of toledo, ohio, was charged in ottens’ murder based on fingerprints and dna evidence found at the crime scene.In may 1974, he was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison at fort madison.The defense began a number of appeals, though the iowa supreme court upheld hall’s conviction and the u.S. Supreme court refused to hear the case.Agency
Iowa