Crime at 4900 BLOCK OF UNIVERSITY AVE on 06/21/2025 3:51 PM

Type: Other

Date: 06/21/2025 3:51 PM

Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1512352. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 4900 BLOCK OF UNIVERSITY AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

Name

Cecilia Verenice perez Mejia

Missing Age

Est. Current Age

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 08/01/2023

Physical Description

Race: Unknown Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Black Eyes: Black Height: 4'11" Weight: 130 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

Name

Riccardo Bowers

Age

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Riccardo rickey bowers, 44, was reported missing to the des moines police department in des moines, iowa, on may 15, 2001.He was last seen wearing a white ymca shirt and jeans and jumping into the des moines river near locust street.At the time of his disappearance, bowers was described as a 6-foot black male with brown hair, brown eyes, and weighing 175 pounds.Officials have classified his case status as “endangered / physical,” which refers to a person of any age who is missing under circumstances indicating his/her physical safety is in danger.

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Iowa

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