Crime at 1400 BLOCK OF NE 46TH AVE on 01/05/2026 11:19 AM
Type: Other
Date: 01/05/2026 11:19 AM
Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1570588. Agency: IA0770000 - Polk County Sheriff's Office. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 1400 BLOCK OF NE 46TH AVE, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Brenda AlexanderMissing Age
62Est. Current Age
63Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 08/03/2024Physical Description
Race: Black Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5'4" Weight: 131 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
Name
Diane SchofieldAge
21Cause of Death
StrangulationInfo
On thursday afternoon, july 10, 1975, a young woman’s badly decomposed body was found in the trunk of a tan 1966 rambler in a parking lot at southwest 20th and porter near the des moines airport. Polk county in iowa polk county in iowa des moines in polk countydes moines in polk county dr. R.C. Wooters, polk county medical examiner, identified the victim as 21-year-old diane marie schofield. Schofield, a divorcée with a 5-year-old daughter, lived at 2931 cottage grove in des moines and had worked in des moines as a waitress and a masseuse. Wooters said an autopsy indicated schofield died of strangulation.Agency
Iowa