Crime at 4100 BLOCK OF 56TH ST on 12/02/2025 3:49 PM
Type: Other
Date: 12/02/2025 3:49 PM
Description: All Other Offenses (Except Traffic or Warrants). Event #: 1562071. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 4100 BLOCK OF 56TH ST, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Alejandra TejedaMissing Age
17Est. Current Age
19Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 02/04/2024Physical Description
Race: Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Eyes: Height: Weight:Case Number
2015961Area Cold Cases
Name
Arlys PonceAge
42Cause of Death
StabbingInfo
Arlys ponce — a 42-year-old mother of three — was found dead on the floor of her norwalk, iowa home on october 8, 1997. Ponce’s son had arrived at the residence at approximately 3:15 p.M., and when his mother failed to answer the door, he peered through a window and saw her body lying on the floor. The son contacted a neighbor, telling her he couldn’t get into the house but that he could see his mother lying on the floor. The neighbor contacted police, who entered the residence and discovered arlys ponce had been beaten and stabbed to death.Agency
Iowa