Crime at 5200 BLOCK OF GRAND AVE on 12/06/2025 2:29 AM

Type: Other

Date: 12/06/2025 2:29 AM

Description: Trespass : This Is From The Ames Police Call Log. Information Is Subject To Change.

Address: 5200 BLOCK OF GRAND AVE, Ames, IA

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Case Number: 251201804

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Baba

Name

Mohama Baba

Missing Age

22

Est. Current Age

42

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 12/03/2005

Physical Description

Race: Black Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5'8" Weight: 150 lbs

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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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