Theft at 4000 BLOCK OF MERLE HAY RD on 04/12/2025 6:46 PM
Type: Theft
Date: 04/12/2025 6:46 PM
Description: Shoplifting. Event #: 1490568. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 4000 BLOCK OF MERLE HAY RD, Des Moines, IA
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Shawna JohnsonAge
2Cause of Death
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Two-year-old shawna marie johnson died in des moines on tuesday, january 4, 1972.Other details of her death aren’t quite so clear.In the toddler’s obituary — published thursday, january 6, 1972 in the des moines register — the family stated the child died of diabetes at iowa lutheran hospital in des moines.Des moines police investigators, however, classified shawna’s death as a homicide, and cited the crime location as 1336 18th st. In des moines.The little girl lived with her mother and four siblings at 1407 18th st. In des moines at the time of her death. The family — who’d previously been living in california — had lived in des moines for just over a year.Four decades after the tot’s death, her case remains listed as unsolved with the des moines police department.Agency
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