Brandon, MN Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Freimuth

Name

William Freimuth

Age

71

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Was Shot In The Back Of The Head

Agency

Fort Dodge Police Department

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cold-case-record__Demaris

Name

Lillian Demaris

Age

31

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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

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cold-case-record__Dreher

Name

Dwane Dreher

Age

33

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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 Inside

Agency

Mason City Police Department

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cold-case-record__Devries

Name

Lucille Devries

Age

22

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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

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cold-case-record__Horgen

Name

Norma Horgen

Age

18

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Body Found Near The Northwest Shore Of Iowa’S Clear Lake

Agency

Mason City Police Department

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cold-case-record__Hatges

Name

Andy Hatges

Age

75

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Found Dead In His Home,His Throat Had Been Slashed.

Agency

Mason City Police Department

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cold-case-record__Hines

Name

Charles Hines

Age

45

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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

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cold-case-record__Strait

Name

Elgin Strait

Age

80

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

He Died From A Gunshot Wound To The Head.

Agency

Mason City Police Department

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cold-case-record__Joynt

Name

Roger Joynt

Age

26

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

8 Bullet Wounds Throughout His Body.

Agency

Mason City Police Department

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cold-case-record__Esquivel

Name

Grace Esquivel

Age

25

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Mother Of A Six-Year-Old Daughter, Angie, Was Reported Missing

Agency

Mason City Police Department

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cold-case-record__Olsen

Name

Rodney Olsen

Age

32

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

He Had Moved From His Native Britt Area Not Too Long Before He Disappeared.

Agency

Mason City Police Department

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cold-case-record__Luna

Name

Dillon Luna

Age

15

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Found Dead Of Smoke Inhalation

Agency

Mason City Police Department

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cold-case-record__Snyder Jr

Name

John Snyder Jr

Age

1

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

He Toddler Was Found Dead In Willow Creek,Michael Jason Cisneros Was Tried For First-Degree Murder In The Boy’S Death

Agency

Mason City Police Department

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cold-case-record__Pruin

Name

Billy Pruin

Age

43

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Shot At His Rural Mason City

Agency

Mason City Police Department

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cold-case-record__Huisentruit

Name

Jodi Huisentruit

Age

27

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Huisentruit Was Abducted From The Parking Lot Of Her Apartment Before Leaving For Work

Agency

Mason City Police Department

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cold-case-record__Best

Name

Gerald Best

Age

50

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Found Stabbed To Death,His Throat Had Been Slashed.

Agency

Mason City Police Department

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cold-case-record__Foy

Name

Bertha Foy

Age

18

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Murder

Agency

Fort Dodge Police Department

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cold-case-record__Clark

Name

Wendel Clark

Age

30

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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

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cold-case-record__Nelson

Name

Brian Nelson

Age

60

Cause of Death

Stabbed

Info

Stabbed to death in his hibbing home

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Mayes

Name

Terrell Mayes

Age

3

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Shot and killed

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Schroetter

Name

Harold Schroetter

Age

57

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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

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cold-case-record__Anthony

Name

Rachel Anthony

Age

50

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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 away

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Haisley

Name

Cynthia Haisley

Age

43

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Found beaten to death under a bridge in northwest rochester

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Kastelic

Name

Frank Kastelic

Age

52

Cause of Death

Gunshot

Info

Found outside his car in st. paul on april 18, 1989, with a fatal gunshot wound to the head

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Paciotti

Name

Barbara Paciotti

Age

20

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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

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cold-case-record__Dahl

Name

Helen Dahl

Age

79

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Found murdered in the basement

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Elias

Name

Cindy Elias

Age

19

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Found murdered on the morning of march 24 off a logging road approximately eight miles north of aurora

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Reker

Name

Mary Reker

Age

15

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Their bodies were recovered three miles outside of st. cloud

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Reker

Name

Susan Reker

Age

12

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Their bodies were recovered three miles outside of st. cloud

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Thielen

Name

Sheri Thielen

Age

40

Cause of Death

Gunshot

Info

Shot by two unidentified black males through a window

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Swedell

Name

Susan Swedell

Age

19

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Last seen january 19, 1988 at a gas station about a mile from her home in lake elmo

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Carlson

Name

Anita Carlson

Age

22

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Murdered on or around june 30, 1987, near bemidji

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Brewer

Name

​Kevin Brewer

Age

11

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Murdered on august 3rd, 2000 near cottage park in minneapolis

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Daugherty

Name

​Nancy Daugherty

Age

38

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Was found murdered july 16, 1980 in chisholm

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Morrison

Name

Wesley Morrison

Age

78

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Was murdered in st. paul

Agency

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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cold-case-record__Figuero-Morales

Name

Luis Figuero-Morales

Age

28

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Suspect pulled out a gun and shot the victim

Agency

Minneapolis Police Department

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cold-case-record__Ismael

Name

Ali Ismael

Age

23

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

It was a murder that concerned the neighborhood and the somali community

Agency

Minneapolis Police Department

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cold-case-record__Powell

Name

Larry Powell

Age

48

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

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 evening

Agency

Minneapolis Police Department

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cold-case-record__Kaschmitter

Name

Joseph Kaschmitter

Age

53

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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

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cold-case-record__Ackerman

Name

Breiton Ackerman

Age

4

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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

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cold-case-record__Smith

Name

Leo Smith

Age

56

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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

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cold-case-record__Ruddy

Name

Connie Ruddy

Age

21

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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

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cold-case-record__Braun

Name

Alta Braun

Age

12

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

As Raped And Strangled While On The Way Home From Riding A Carnival Merry-Go-Round

Agency

Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office

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cold-case-record__Dean

Name

George Dean

Age

55

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Dean Had Suffered Fractured Facial Bones And Fractured Ribs On The Left Side, Leading Officials To First Believe He Had Been Struck By A Car

Agency

Monona County Sheriff’s Office

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cold-case-record__Dailey

Name

Brenda Dailey

Age

53

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Was Badly Beaten In Her Mapleton,And Then Allegedly Pushed Down Her Basement Stairs

Agency

Monona County Sheriff’s Office

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cold-case-record__Hieber

Name

Daniel Hieber

Age

58

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Was Found Unresponsive And Near Death At The Bottom Of A Staircase In A Mapleton

Agency

Monona County Sheriff’s Office

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cold-case-record__Robinson

Name

Dale Robinson

Age

84

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Last Verified Sighting Of Him Was Surveillance Footage Showing Robinson At The Argosy Casino

Agency

Moville Police Department

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cold-case-record__Thelander

Name

Earl Thelander

Age

80

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Died From Burns Sustained In An August 28 House Explosion Caused By Copper Thieves Who’D Stripped Propane Gas Lines From The Home And Let It Fill With Gas.

Agency

Monona County Sheriff’s Office

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cold-case-record__Haddock

Name

George Haddock

Age

56

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Shot As He Left His Buggy At The Stables

Agency

Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office

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cold-case-record__Gerken

Name

Thecla Gerken

Age

23

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Shot And Killed While Out For A Walk With A Friend In Sioux City

Agency

Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office

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