Gilbert, IA Area Cold Cases

Name

Annamarie Rittman

Age

46

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Annamarie rittman, a 46-year-old employee at the lowe’s store in altoona, iowa, was struck down by a pickup that swerved into her on december 27, 2005. The mother of three was walking through the store’s parking lot just before 5:30 a.M. When video cameras captured on tape a red four-door ford pickup truck running her down and hitting her from behind

Agency

Iowa

Name

Gregory Dickey

Age

23

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On february 18, 1975, iowa state trooper charles black discovered a 1966 green ford van on interstate 80 at the eastbound “on” ramp at altoona. The van bore a 1973 washington license plate number l84590 and, apparently abandoned, was impounded. On april 7, 1975, the father of 23-year-old gregory dickey contacted authorities and stated the van belonged to his son. The younger dickey had left davenport, iowa, on february 11 — just one week before black found the vehicle.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Jared Parks

Age

18

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Jared parks, 18, was found dead on interstate 35/80 near the beaver avenue bridge in polk county, iowa, on monday, may 11, 2009. He’d been hit by at least two semi tractor-trailers. Troopers were called to the scene at 11:46 p.M. The driver of the first big rig said the boy was lying on the roadway and looked unconscious in the moments before he was hit, and the medical examiner ruled out a fall from an overpass. Two of the tractor-trailer drivers waited for troopers and were questioned at the scene. Troopers believe a third truck may also have run over the teen. Polk county medical examiner dr. Gregory schmunk said that parks died from blunt force trauma and his injuries were consistent with being hit by a truck. Schmunk said there was nothing to indicate that parks was injured before the crash or that he might have jumped from the bridge. Investigators never found jared’s cell phone, and his wallet, earrings and tennis shoes were also missing. They have ruled the death as suspicious

Agency

Iowa

Name

Kathleen Holliday

Age

37

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Kathleen louise holliday, a rural grimes, iowa mail carrier, finished up her mail route on saturday, march 12, 1977, and then vanished without a trace. Her body was found two months later in the saylorville reservoir — just as a psychic had predicted

Agency

Iowa

Name

Margaret Feige

Age

88

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Margaret feige, 88, was found dead in the early morning hours on thursday, may 22, 2008, in the laundry room of the saylor township home she shared with at least two other adults. Feige had been beaten to death by unknown assailants. The death certificate lists the cause of death as blunt force trauma and the manner of death as homicide.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Aaron Marr

Age

37

Cause of Death

Stabbing

Info

Aaron marr, 37, died saturday night, sept. 22, 2007, after suffering several stab wounds to his back and neck in his ames, iowa, apartment. At approximately 9:53 p.M., ames police received a call for an ambulance assist regarding a man with a neck laceration. Officers found marr after arriving at the 210 s. Second st. Home.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Arnold Sansgaard

Age

58

Cause of Death

Stabbing

Info

On saturday, july 21, 1984, authorities found 58-year-old arnold sansgaard’s unclothed body on the living room floor of his rural story city home in northeast boone county. Sansgaard had been stabbed multiple times and had been dead for about a week. His mother, delia, who lived with sansgaard, was away visiting her daughter in nashua at the time of the murder.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Barbara Brim

Age

53

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

On wednesday afternoon, april 25, 2001, barbara kay brim, 53, was shot in her rural hamilton county, iowa home. Brim’s husband, robert “larry” brim, told officials he found his wife at the bottom of the basement stairs in their home near webster city after spending the afternoon moving farm equipment. He said his wife was fine when the two had shared lunch just hours earlier.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Effie Bell

Age

46

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

At the end of the day on friday, march 18, 1966, effie bell (known as “cupie” to her family) got off work from her job at mcray cosmetics factory in madrid, iowa, just as she’d done since 1958 when first hired by the cosmetics manufacturer. There was no telling what the weekend had in store for the wife and mother of three, or what her husband, frank bell, sr., 49, might have in mind. He’d just quit his job at the john deere des moines works plant the previous day.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Henry Chavis

Age

55

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

On nov. 8, 1948, henry chavis, the owner and operator of ames canning company, was shot to death near the rear door steps of his farm home. His body was found at around 7 a.M. By nellie alber, his maid, and “red” dinamore, a cab driver who had taken her to the chavis home. Physicians estimated chavis had been dead between three and four hours before he was found.

Agency

Iowa

Name

James Morris

Age

58

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Four days before halloween in 1991, james wesley “jimmy” morris — a.K.A. James morise and jimmy morise — was found beaten to death in his ames, iowa apartment. Morris rented an apartment on the second floor at 203 e. Lincoln way, a building next door to the tip top lounge in ames.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Roger Brown

Age

55

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Roger alan brown, 55, was found dead inside his trailer in the 200 block of eighth street sw in dayton, iowa, on wednesday morning, september 30, 2015. A news release from the iowa department of public safety said the man appeared to have died from a gunshot wound, but did not initially classify his death as a homicide.The body was sent to the iowa office of the state medical examiner in ankeny that same day, and the iowa division of criminal investigation (dci) called in to assist in the investigation.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Ronald Westwick

Age

34

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Ronald eugene westwick, 34, was reported missing to the ames police department in ames, iowa, on march 12, 1979.The iowa department of public safety classifies his ‘incident type’ as “disability — physical / mental,” meaning a person of any age who is missing and under proven physical/mental disability or is senile, thereby subjecting himself/herself or others to personal and immediate danger.At the time of his disappearance, the 34-year-old westwick was described as a 6-foot-2 white male with grey hair, brown eyes, and weighing about 240 pounds.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Sheila Collins

Age

18

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On sunday, january 28, 1968, sheila jean collins, 18, of evanston, ill., was found lying face-down in a ditch off a gravel road four miles east of nevada, iowa, about 20 miles east of ames.Miss collins — an iowa state university coed who was headed home for the weekend — had been strangled with a nylon cord knotted around her neck. An autopsy report by dr. John powers of ames showed that a pipe incorporated into the knot may have been used as a turning mechanism.A father and son out fox hunting near the town of colo in story county found collins’ body after the son spotted a foot in the shallow ditch.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Terry Hull

Age

20

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Twenty-year-old terry lee vanden hull of archer, iowa, was last seen alive on monday, february 24, 1975. Three men moving machinery discovered the young man’s badly decomposed body thursday morning, april 17, 1975, behind a corn crib on a vacant farm 2-1/2 miles southeast of maxwell. Story county authorities identified the body as that of vanden hull, and said he apparently died of a slashed throat.

Agency

Iowa