Crime at 1000 BLOCK OF E SHAWNEE AVE on 04/02/2025 7:03 PM
Type: Other
Date: 04/02/2025 7:03 PM
Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1487381. Agency: IA0770000 - Polk County Sheriff's Office. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 1000 BLOCK OF E SHAWNEE AVE, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Kenneth HarkerMissing Age
34Est. Current Age
63Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 10/03/1996Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5'11" Weight: 160 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
Name
Ramona CoxAge
24Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Ramona jean cox, 24, was found dead in her first-floor apartment at 1526 woodland ave. In des moines on sunday morning, april 22, 1962.A stout woman about 5-foot-8 and weighing around 130 pounds, cox fought back against her assailant before being beaten and slashed across the throat with a hook-billed linoleum knife.The moravia, iowa native had moved to des moines in 1956 — the same year she graduated high school — and worked as a secretary for c.D. Wilcox company and as a part-time cashier for ardan, located then at 12th and locust street.Mrs. Cox said crime stories always bring back memories and re-open scars, but one must still carry on and hope police catch the person responsible. In the 1974 interview — 12 years after her daughter’s unsolved murder — mrs. Cox said she’d almost given up hope, but that prayer had helped a lot.Agency
Iowa