Crime at 1400 BLOCK OF 17TH ST on 05/22/2025 11:42 AM

Type: Other

Date: 05/22/2025 11:42 AM

Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1502923. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 1400 BLOCK OF 17TH ST, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Alexander

Name

Brenda Alexander

Missing Age

62

Est. Current Age

63

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 08/03/2024

Physical Description

Race: Black Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5'4" Weight: 131 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Geary

Name

George Geary

Age

40

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

George h. Geary, 40, had worked at the m & h service station in des moines for just one week when on an early sunday morning, jan. 13, 1963, someone shot him twice in the head at close range during an apparent robbery. Two young men who stopped by the keosauqua way and crocker street station to buy cigarettes found geary in the service station’s office. Polk county in iowa polk county in iowa des moines in polk countydes moines in polk county station manager al van ampting reported $252.15 missing from the cash register.

Agency

Iowa

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