Crime at 200 BLOCK OF S CENTRAL AVENUE on 04/15/2025 8:44 PM
Type: Other
Date: 04/15/2025 8:44 PM
Description: SUSP - THIS IS FROM THE BURLINGTON POLICE INCIDENT CALL LOG. INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Address: 200 BLOCK OF S CENTRAL AVENUE, Burlington, IA
Case Number: P25-06307
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Richard BuchananAge
49Cause of Death
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Willard c. Woodring, the 42-year-old owner of the former hawkeye hotel in keokuk, iowa, and richard g. Buchanan, 42, of colona, illinois, were taken into the hotel’s kitchen on sunday, october 9, 1960, where they were bound, gagged, and then shot in the back of the head when they tried to flee.Keokuk police discovered the bodies that evening after someone phoned authorities to report a shooting at the well-known house of prostitution.Police chief george jones said police immediately launched a 3-state search for a youthful-looking man and woman.Witnesses described the man as about 25 years old with black hair and clad in a black leather jacket. The woman, about 22-23 years old, was described as having short red hair and wearing a lavender dress.According to the gazette, authorities said they thought the pair were armed with an automatic pistol and driving a car with illinois license plates.Agency
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