Woodburn, 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
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
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
Name
Kimberly RatliffAge
22Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Her Throat Had Been Slashed,Found In A Car Left In The Parking Lot Of People’S Natural GasAgency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Dennis AddlesbergerAge
46Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Was Reported Missing To The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’S Office In Council Bluffs On March 16, 1999.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Mohama BabaAge
22Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Reported Missing To The Council Bluffs Police Department On December 3, 2005Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Linn SnyderAge
44Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Snyder Was Last Seen On His Harley Davidson Motorcycle On September 3, And Has Not Answered His Cell Phone. His Wallet And Medications Were Found In His Home.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Robert Scott HatcherAge
38Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot Seven Times As He Stood On The Iowa Riverfront Trail Beneath The Interstate 480 Bridge On The Western Edge Of Council Bluffs, Iowa.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff
Name
Frank EckelsAge
73Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot And WoundAgency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office