Battle Lake, MN Area Cold Cases
Name
Joseph KaschmitterAge
53Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot By Two Unknown Assailants As He Walked Near The Alton Depot Around 2 A.M. On Saturday, March 27, 1911. He Died In A Local Doctor’S Home Two Days Later.Agency
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Name
Breiton AckermanAge
4Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
He Was Reported Missing To The Sioux Co. Sheriff’S Office In Orange City, Iowa, On May 22, 2005.Agency
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
Connie RuddyAge
21Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Dental Records Confirmed The Remains Were Ruddy’S, And Officials Reclassified The Former Missing Person Case As An Unsolved Homicide.Agency
Ida County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Alta BraunAge
12Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
As Raped And Strangled While On The Way Home From Riding A Carnival Merry-Go-RoundAgency
Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Dale RobinsonAge
84Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Last Verified Sighting Of Him Was Surveillance Footage Showing Robinson At The Argosy CasinoAgency
Moville Police Department
Name
George HaddockAge
56Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot As He Left His Buggy At The StablesAgency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Thecla GerkenAge
23Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot And Killed While Out For A Walk With A Friend In Sioux CityAgency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Jimmy BremmersAge
8Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
His Body Was Found By County Workers Almost One Month LaterAgency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Donna DavisAge
21Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Abducted From Her Crib , Her Battered Body Was Found The Following Day At The Edge Of A South Sioux CityAgency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Hilda FletcherAge
53Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Died Of A Brain Hemorrhage And There Were Abrasions And Contusions Over Much Of Her Body.Agency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Thomas DoughertyAge
45Cause of Death
MissingInfo
He Was Last Seen Driving A 1954 Dark Green Tudor Ford With White Sidewalls In Front And Black Mud And Snow Grips On The Rear,Agency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Billy IsomAge
26Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot Five Times In The Head And Body — Lay Naked On A MattressAgency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Jesse HanniAge
27Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot Once Through The Back And Once Behind The Left Ear In Execution Style.Agency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Freta BosticAge
24Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Pregnant At The Time,Shot Once Through The Back.Agency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Maurice KneiflAge
58Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Maurice Was Reportedly Last Seen On Feb. 14, 1983, Driving His 1981 Dark Brown Fleetwood CadillacAgency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Terri McCauleyAge
18Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
The Victim Had Died From A Shotgun Wound To The Face.Agency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Ronald ZellmerAge
31Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Family Members Reported He Had Suffered From Depression For YearsAgency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Betty SwetnamAge
73Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Brutally Stabbed To DeathAgency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Kenneth HarkerAge
34Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Nine Years After Kenny’S Suspicious Disappearance And Suspected MurderAgency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
David RedowlAge
27Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Stab Wound To The Chest.Agency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Wilbur BrownAge
47Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Autopsy Revealed He’D Been Beaten About The Head And Body And Died As A Result Of Those Injuries.Agency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Patricia JauronAge
45Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Viciously Stabbed Several TimesAgency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Adrian ReuwsaatAge
69Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Adrian Reuwsaat Was Reported Missing To The Sioux City Police Department In Sioux CityAgency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Helen KellyAge
83Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Kelly Left Behind Her Purse And Had Not Mentioned Plans To Travel Anywhere. She Has Never Been Heard From Again.Agency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Manuel RamirezAge
6Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Dead In The BathtubAgency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office
Name
Anthony EvansAge
5Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Struck By A Hit-And-Run DriverAgency
Sioux City Police Department
Name
Brian NelsonAge
60Cause of Death
StabbedInfo
Stabbed to death in his hibbing homeAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Terrell MayesAge
3Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Shot and killedAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Harold SchroetterAge
57Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Blood from schroetter was found in the trunk of his girlfriend’s car, which is the white chrysler 300, pictured above right. a new trunk linker was found to have been purchased and replaced shortly after his disappearance.Agency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Rachel AnthonyAge
50Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Upon checking the liquor store, he found the back door unlocked with anthony’s purse and coat still inside, but no signs of anthony. her body was found six weeks later in a ravine near breezy point, about 15 miles awayAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Cynthia HaisleyAge
43Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Found beaten to death under a bridge in northwest rochesterAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Frank KastelicAge
52Cause of Death
GunshotInfo
Found outside his car in st. paul on april 18, 1989, with a fatal gunshot wound to the headAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Barbara PaciottiAge
20Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Jeff dolinich acknowledged leaving hibbing with barbara, that the two had argued, he struck her and he thought she was dead. dolinich said he awoke the morning of june 14 in mora, minnesota with no memory of where paciotti was. his pants and shoes were covered in grass and mud.Agency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Helen DahlAge
79Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Found murdered in the basementAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Cindy EliasAge
19Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Found murdered on the morning of march 24 off a logging road approximately eight miles north of auroraAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Mary RekerAge
15Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Their bodies were recovered three miles outside of st. cloudAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Susan RekerAge
12Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Their bodies were recovered three miles outside of st. cloudAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Sheri ThielenAge
40Cause of Death
GunshotInfo
Shot by two unidentified black males through a windowAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Susan SwedellAge
19Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Last seen january 19, 1988 at a gas station about a mile from her home in lake elmoAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Anita CarlsonAge
22Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Murdered on or around june 30, 1987, near bemidjiAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Kevin BrewerAge
11Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Murdered on august 3rd, 2000 near cottage park in minneapolisAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Nancy DaughertyAge
38Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Was found murdered july 16, 1980 in chisholmAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Wesley MorrisonAge
78Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Was murdered in st. paulAgency
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Name
Luis Figuero-MoralesAge
28Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Suspect pulled out a gun and shot the victimAgency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Ali IsmaelAge
23Cause of Death
MurderInfo
It was a murder that concerned the neighborhood and the somali communityAgency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Larry PowellAge
48Cause of Death
MurderInfo
He was shot and killed on the 1600 block of hillside avenue north. he was killed by a single bullet; his body was discovered next to a snowbank around 5 o’clock in the eveningAgency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
William Wolf JrAge
Cause of Death
MissingInfo
MissingAgency
Fargo Police Department
Name
Delema LouAge
Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Missing personAgency
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