Boxholm, IA Area Cold Cases
Name
Ila ClarkAge
73Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Found Beaten To Death In Her Marshalltown, Iowa Home On August 29, 2001. An Autopsy Showed The 73-Year-Old Died From Multiple Head Injuries.Agency
Marshalltown Police Department
Name
Dennis CloughertyAge
23Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Mr. Clougherty Had Died Of Five Gunshot Wounds To His Body.Agency
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Name
Mattie ZabelAge
45Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
She Left Behind Not Only Her Husband, Jack, And Three Children, But Also A Frozen Chicken Thawing In The Kitchen Sink That Was To Be The Family’S DinnerAgency
Cedar Falls Police Department
Name
Norman Gant JrAge
21Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot In The 1800 Block Of Tremont Street In Cedar Falls, Iowa, On SundayAgency
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Name
Alex BullermanAge
18Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot In The College Hill Commercial District Adjacent To The University Of Northern Iowa Campus In Cedar FallsAgency
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Name
Chuck Deatsch JrAge
52Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Chuck Deatsch Was Shot And Killed At His Residence In Rural MysticAgency
Appanoose County Sheriff
Name
James Bailey JrAge
32Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot At The I-80 Colfax Ramp In Jasper County, Iowa, While Motorcycling West With Two Friends, 27-Year-Old Paul Philemon And 31-Year-Old Richard Vesey.Agency
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Name
Lyric CookAge
10Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
The Girls’ Bodies Were Discovered By Hunters December 5, 2012, In Seven Bridges Park Near Readlyn In Bremer County.Agency
Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers
Name
Elizabeth CollinsAge
8Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
The Girls’ Bodies Were Discovered By Hunters December 5, 2012, In Seven Bridges Park Near Readlyn In Bremer County.Agency
Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers
Name
William FreimuthAge
71Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Was Shot In The Back Of The HeadAgency
Fort Dodge Police Department
Name
Anna WieseAge
20Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Was Clubbed In The Head, Stabbed Repeatedly In The Breast And Back, And Her Throat Cut From Ear To EarAgency
Marshall County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Dale RedmanAge
57Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Redman’S Billfold Was Missing And Robbery May Have Been A Motive.Agency
La Porte City Police Department
Name
Jake WilsonAge
16Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Endangered / PhysicalAgency
La Porte City Police Department
Name
Helen BownAge
61Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
State Agents Discovered Her Body In The Iowa River In Tama County About Seven Miles East Of Marshalltown And Two Miles Northeast Of Le Grand.Agency
Marshall County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Peggy CottrellAge
66Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Cottrell Was Last Seen Running Away From The Home Only Minutes Later. A Fisherman Discovered Cottrell’S Purse Along The Banks Of The Iowa RiverAgency
Marshall County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Lillian DemarisAge
31Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Lillian Eileen Demaris Was Last Seen In Mason City, Iowa On August 14, 1952. She Has Never Been Heard From Again.Agency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Dwane DreherAge
33Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Missing After Last Being Seen Around 7:30 P.M. On Nov. 7, 1955, By His Father In Mason City, Iowa. Dreher’S Vehicle Was Found Near The Winnebago River — All His Belongings Still InsideAgency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Lucille DevriesAge
22Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Was Discovered Dead In The Back Seat Of Her Burning Vehicle Parked In The Driveway Of Her Mason City Apartment.Agency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Norma HorgenAge
18Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Body Found Near The Northwest Shore Of Iowa’S Clear LakeAgency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Andy HatgesAge
75Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Found Dead In His Home,His Throat Had Been Slashed.Agency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Charles HinesAge
45Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Investigators Were Checking Out The Report Of A Fight Involving Hines When They Found His Body, And Believe He Died After An Assault.Agency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Elgin StraitAge
80Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
He Died From A Gunshot Wound To The Head.Agency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Roger JoyntAge
26Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
8 Bullet Wounds Throughout His Body.Agency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Grace EsquivelAge
25Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Mother Of A Six-Year-Old Daughter, Angie, Was Reported MissingAgency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Rodney OlsenAge
32Cause of Death
MissingInfo
He Had Moved From His Native Britt Area Not Too Long Before He Disappeared.Agency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Dillon LunaAge
15Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Found Dead Of Smoke InhalationAgency
Mason City Police Department
Name
John Snyder JrAge
1Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
He Toddler Was Found Dead In Willow Creek,Michael Jason Cisneros Was Tried For First-Degree Murder In The Boy’S DeathAgency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Billy PruinAge
43Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Shot At His Rural Mason CityAgency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Jodi HuisentruitAge
27Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Huisentruit Was Abducted From The Parking Lot Of Her Apartment Before Leaving For WorkAgency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Gerald BestAge
50Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Found Stabbed To Death,His Throat Had Been Slashed.Agency
Mason City Police Department
Name
Bertha FoyAge
18Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
MurderAgency
Fort Dodge Police Department
Name
Wendel ClarkAge
30Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Two Gunshot Wounds After Being Shot In The Driver’S Seat Of His Car About A Block From His Home.Agency
Fort Dodge Police Department
Name
Johnny ShieldsAge
32Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Never Returned To His Residence Nor Contacted His Family. He Was Reported Missing To The Carter Lake Police Department In Carter Lake, Iowa, On December 16, 1988.Agency
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Name
Humberto CortezAge
Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Partially Decomposed Male Body Was Discovered In A Rail Car By A Paxton Verling Steel EmployeeAgency
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Name
Robert Bates IIIAge
39Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot Twice While Working At The Carter Lake “Jump Start” Convenience Store. Bates Was Working Alone At The Store When He Went Out The Front Door To Take A BreakAgency
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Name
Leo SmithAge
56Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Iowa Highway Patrol Officers Found 56-Year-Old Leo Joseph Smith’S Body At A Rest Area On Highway 20 Thirty Miles East Of Sioux City, Iowa, In Woodbury County. His Throat Had Been Cut.Agency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
James NicollAge
52Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
James Clark Nicoll,Was Found Dead Tuesday Morning, March 17, 1885Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
George MassourisAge
30Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot Three Times At The Base Of His Skull With A .22 Caliber Automatic Pistol And Then Dumped In A Ditch Off The Old Orchard Road Two Miles East Of Council Bluffs, Iowa.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Gloria SlumpAge
24Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
The Deeply Religious Omaha, Neb., Brokerage House Worker Had Been Beaten, Stabbed 14 Times In The Throat With A Dull Knife Or An Instrument Similar To A Beer Can Opener, And Left Under The Trestle To Bleed To Death.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Joe FloydAge
42Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Discovered Joe Junior Floyd, 42, Who Had Been Shot By A Small Caliber Handgun.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
John StephensAge
32Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Officer John L. Stephens And Paul J. Rayer Were Shot And Killed On Tuesday, December 5, 1967Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Paul RayerAge
51Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Officer John L. Stephens And Paul J. Rayer Were Shot And Killed On Tuesday, December 5, 1967Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Judith PleasAge
17Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
An Investigation Concluded The Teen Had Been Strangled.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Edward HicksonAge
32Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Council Bluffs Police Department Officers Responded To A Fire Call In The 1500 Block Of South 6Th Street, Where The Fire Department Advised Them There Was An Unresponsive Male Inside,The Victim Was Taken By Ambulance To Mercy Hospital Where He Was Pronounced DeadAgency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Linda MayfieldAge
21Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
The Responding Officer Said The Victim Had Several Stab Wounds To Her Face, Chest, Stomach, Hand And Foot.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Lee RotatoriAge
32Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Lee Rotatori, 32, Who Had Died From A Stab Wound To The Chest.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
John Adams JrAge
23Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
He Had Been Shot One Time In The Face By A Man On A Kawasaki Kz900 Motorcycle.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Bernadene SealineAge
67Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
The Vehicle That She Was In Was Swept Away By Flood Waters. She Is Presumed To Have Died, But Her Body Has Never Been Recovered.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
John ConawayAge
36Cause of Death
MissingInfo
He Was Last Seen Between 10 And 10:30 P.M. At Buffalo Joe’S Food & Spirits Located Near Rosenblatt Stadium In Downtown Omaha, Nebraska.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Paul BruleAge
30Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Iowa Man Who Received $10,000 Weekly Payouts From Lottery Winnings, Was Slain In His Sixth Avenue Home In The Early Morning Hours On Saturday, July 25, 1998, And His Death Poorly Staged To Mimic A Suicide.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff