Robbery at 4500 BLOCK OF UNIVERSITY AVE on 01/20/2026 10:37 PM
Type: Robbery
Date: 01/20/2026 10:37 PM
Description: Robbery. Event #: 1574670. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 4500 BLOCK OF UNIVERSITY AVE, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
William RobersMissing Age
47Est. Current Age
72Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 02/25/2001Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Black Eyes: Hazel Height: 5'5" Weight: 145 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
Name
Virgil UntiedAge
33Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Town marshal virgil untied was shot five times thursday, july 23, 1931, by three assailants in minburn, iowa, who were looting a local grocery store.The 33-year-old marshal — married and a father of three daughters — was summoned to the gootschalk grocery around 3:30 a.M. When the thieves awakened miss lena west, a telephone operator, as they tried breaking into the safe.Untied and two other men located the trio in the shaw grocery store, but the robbers opened fire as the marshal crossed the railroad tracks. While his companions returned fire, untied crawled to the station platform where he collapsed, the the daily iowan reported on friday, july 24, 1931.More than 10 shots were exchanged in the gunfire, with five slugs hitting untied and one of the bullets piercing his eye and lodging in his brain.Agency
Iowa