Arrest at 400 BLOCK OF 1ST AVE W on 03/27/2025 2:37 AM
Type: Arrest
Date: 03/27/2025 2:37 AM
Description: S35. This is from the Cedar Rapids police calls for service, information is subject to change.
Address: 400 BLOCK OF 1ST AVE W, Cedar Rapids, IA
Case Number: P25033662
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Charles GearhartAge
89Cause of Death
StabbingInfo
Charles rufus gearhart, an 89-year-old rock island railroad retiree, was stabbed to death in his cedar rapids apartment on wednesday, may 13, 1970, the victim of an apparent robbery. Gearhart, the landlord of an apartment building located at 422 first street sw, was discovered the following day by tenants charles frondle and willie harvey, who’d come to gearhart’s apartment to complain they had no water or heat; the apartment building’s basement had flooded, extinguishing the furnace’s pilot light. According to a cedar rapids gazette article dated may 15, 1970, frondle and harvey said they’d gone to gearhart’s apartment at approximately 6:35 p.M. Gearhart was found between the kitchen and bedroom lying in a hallway. Cedar rapids police told the gazette the suspect had broken the apartment’s rear door in order to gain entrance. A search of gearhart’s apartment failed to turn up the murder weapon. Tenants told police the elderly gearhart often flashed large sums of cash, though police were unable to locate any money in gearhart’s apartment or in his clothing.Agency
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