Theft at 3200 BLOCK OF SW 8TH ST on 01/01/2026 4:51 PM

Type: Theft

Date: 01/01/2026 4:51 PM

Description: Larceny from Building. Event #: 1569681. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 3200 BLOCK OF SW 8TH ST, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Contreras

Name

Ezekiel Contreras

Missing Age

15

Est. Current Age

17

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 03/19/2024

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5'8" Weight: 130 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Gosch

Name

John Gosch

Age

12

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

It’s a story that shocked communities and catapulted iowa into the national spotlight, changed state law and forever changed the way parents monitored their children’s activities. Twelve-year-old des moines register paperboy johnny gosch left his west des moines home on sunday morning, september 5, 1982, to begin his paper route. He wore a white sweatshirt with ‘kim’s academy’ on the back, warm-up pants, blue rubber flip-flops, and carried a yellow paper-bag. Normally, his father, john gosch, accompanied him on the route, but on this day johnny went alone.

Agency

Iowa

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