Theft at 2400 BLOCK OF UNIVERSITY AVE on 12/31/2025 6:44 PM

Type: Theft

Date: 12/31/2025 6:44 PM

Description: Larceny of Motor Vehicle Parts or Accessories. Event #: 1569459. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 2400 BLOCK OF UNIVERSITY AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Martin

Name

Eugene Martin

Missing Age

13

Est. Current Age

54

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 08/12/1984

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5'0" Weight: 110 lbs

Case Number

MP6348

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Grandanette

Name

Rose Grandanette

Age

33

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Mrs. Rose marie grandanette, a 33-year-old mother of three children, was shot in the head with a .38 caliber pistol on sunday evening, september 14, 1958, after answering the door of her windsor heights home outside des moines.Rose’s 36-year-old husband, bernard “bernie” grandanette, told police the shot was fired by one of three gunmen who accosted him as he returned home from work.The men allegedly got into the vehicle from the passenger side and demanded grandanette give them his money. When grandanette told them he had no money on him, he said the men ordered him inside the home.Grandanette said the men then panicked and fled to a vehicle where a fourth man waited.Neighbors looked after the grandanette’s children — roslynne, joseph, and victoria — while millsap drove mrs. Grandanette to methodist hospital, where she died the following night.

Agency

Iowa

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