Burglary at 2500 BLOCK OF MORTON AVE on 12/15/2025 8:16 PM

Type: Burglary

Date: 12/15/2025 8:16 PM

Description: Burglary/Breaking & Entering. Event #: 1565619. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 2500 BLOCK OF MORTON AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Wright

Name

Colleen Wright

Missing Age

53

Est. Current Age

68

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 07/21/2011

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Female Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5'6" Weight: 200 lbs

Case Number

MP17250

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Ponce

Name

Arlys Ponce

Age

42

Cause of Death

Stabbing

Info

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

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