Crime at 300 BLK E WASHINGTON ST on 10/18/2025 1:55 AM

Type: Other

Date: 10/18/2025 1:55 AM

Description: Habitual Offender

Address: 300 BLK E WASHINGTON ST, Iowa City, IA

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Case Number: INC-2025-005628

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Heckle

Name

Guy Heckle

Missing Age

11

Est. Current Age

63

Last Seen

Iowa City, IA on 02/03/1973

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel Height: 4'5" Weight: 80 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Ottens

Name

Sarah Ottens

Age

20

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Sarah ann ottens, a 20-year-old university of iowa student from morrison, illinois, was assaulted and suffocated in her rienow hall room in iowa city on tuesday, march 13, 1973.Student brenda simpson of waterloo discovered ottens’ body in room 429 just before midnight.Six months after the murder, university of iowa student and football player james wendall hall, 20, of toledo, ohio, was charged in ottens’ murder based on fingerprints and dna evidence found at the crime scene.In may 1974, he was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison at fort madison.The defense began a number of appeals, though the iowa supreme court upheld hall’s conviction and the u.S. Supreme court refused to hear the case.

Agency

Iowa

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