Vandalism at 3200 BLOCK OF 2ND AVE on 04/19/2025 8:48 PM

Type: Vandalism

Date: 04/19/2025 8:48 PM

Description: Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property. Event #: 1492801. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 3200 BLOCK OF 2ND AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Allen

Name

Marc Allen

Missing Age

13

Est. Current Age

52

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 03/29/1986

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Height: 5'0" Weight: 85 lbs

Case Number

MP5790

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Bell

Name

Effie Bell

Age

46

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

At the end of the day on friday, march 18, 1966, effie bell (known as “cupie” to her family) got off work from her job at mcray cosmetics factory in madrid, iowa, just as she’d done since 1958 when first hired by the cosmetics manufacturer. There was no telling what the weekend had in store for the wife and mother of three, or what her husband, frank bell, sr., 49, might have in mind. He’d just quit his job at the john deere des moines works plant the previous day.

Agency

Iowa

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