Theft at 1400 BLOCK OF VERMONT ST on 12/03/2025 7:48 AM

Type: Theft

Date: 12/03/2025 7:48 AM

Description: Counterfeiting/Forgery. Event #: 1562239. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 1400 BLOCK OF VERMONT ST, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Taylor

Name

Jada Taylor

Missing Age

16

Est. Current Age

19

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 02/18/2023

Physical Description

Race: Black Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5'0" Weight: 100 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Gosch

Name

John Gosch

Age

12

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

It’s a story that shocked communities and catapulted iowa into the national spotlight, changed state law and forever changed the way parents monitored their children’s activities. Twelve-year-old des moines register paperboy johnny gosch left his west des moines home on sunday morning, september 5, 1982, to begin his paper route. He wore a white sweatshirt with ‘kim’s academy’ on the back, warm-up pants, blue rubber flip-flops, and carried a yellow paper-bag. Normally, his father, john gosch, accompanied him on the route, but on this day johnny went alone.

Agency

Iowa

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