Assault at 2126100 BLOCK OF COTTONWOOD RD on 01/17/2026 11:05 PM

Type: Assault

Date: 01/17/2026 11:05 PM

Description: General Assault : This Is From The Ames Police Call Log. Information Is Subject To Change.

Address: 2126100 BLOCK OF COTTONWOOD RD, Ames, IA

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Case Number: 260105065

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Jansson

Name

jolienne Jansson

Missing Age

14

Est. Current Age

15

Last Seen

Ames, IA on 11/08/2024

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Height: 5'5" Weight: 140 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Bell

Name

Effie Bell

Age

46

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

At the end of the day on friday, march 18, 1966, effie bell (known as “cupie” to her family) got off work from her job at mcray cosmetics factory in madrid, iowa, just as she’d done since 1958 when first hired by the cosmetics manufacturer. There was no telling what the weekend had in store for the wife and mother of three, or what her husband, frank bell, sr., 49, might have in mind. He’d just quit his job at the john deere des moines works plant the previous day.

Agency

Iowa

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