Assault at 200 BLOCK OF 7TH ST on 11/20/2025 7:52 AM

Type: Assault

Date: 11/20/2025 7:52 AM

Description: Aggravated Assault. Event #: 1559007. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 200 BLOCK OF 7TH ST, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Bennett

Name

Timialyia Bennett

Missing Age

13

Est. Current Age

15

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 07/09/2023

Physical Description

Race: Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Eyes: Height: Weight:

Case Number

2019186

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Collins

Name

Sheila Collins

Age

18

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On sunday, january 28, 1968, sheila jean collins, 18, of evanston, ill., was found lying face-down in a ditch off a gravel road four miles east of nevada, iowa, about 20 miles east of ames.Miss collins — an iowa state university coed who was headed home for the weekend — had been strangled with a nylon cord knotted around her neck. An autopsy report by dr. John powers of ames showed that a pipe incorporated into the knot may have been used as a turning mechanism.A father and son out fox hunting near the town of colo in story county found collins’ body after the son spotted a foot in the shallow ditch.

Agency

Iowa

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