Crime at 4400 BLOCK OF WAKONDA PKWY on 12/15/2025 2:42 PM
Type: Other
Date: 12/15/2025 2:42 PM
Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1565547. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 4400 BLOCK OF WAKONDA PKWY, Des Moines, IA
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Sheila CollinsAge
18Cause of Death
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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
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