Crime at 100 BLOCK OF SE 1ST ST on 12/14/2025 9:27 PM
Type: Other
Date: 12/14/2025 9:27 PM
Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1565373. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 100 BLOCK OF SE 1ST ST, Des Moines, IA
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Name
Alexis HernandezMissing Age
16Est. Current Age
17Last Seen
Johnston, IA on 10/26/2024Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5'2" Weight: 130 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
Name
Leon GrovesAge
40Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Leon groves, a full-time des moines optician who worked part-time as a taxicab driver, was shot to death in his cab three days before christmas in 1951. Polk county in iowa polk county in iowa des moines in polk countydes moines in polk county groves, who’d been robbed and shot three times, was found slumped in his taxi around 1:45 a.M. Saturday, december 22, 1951, in a snow-filled ditch at s.E. Eighteenth street and scott avenue. The taxi company, ruan cab, said groves had last made contact two hours earlier, stating he was going to pick up a fare in downtown des moines. The married father of two worked as a full-time optician at hawkeye optical and worked the part-time cab job to earn extra income. In groves’ pockets, detectives found a lighter, a pocketbook, four 25-cent taxi tickets for ruan cab, and $6.91. Groves’ billfold was missing.Agency
Iowa