Assault at 2800 BLOCK OF 8TH ST SW on 01/22/2026 9:25 PM
Type: Assault
Date: 01/22/2026 9:25 PM
Description: Intimidation. Event #: 1575227. Agency: IA0770800 - Altoona Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 2800 BLOCK OF 8TH ST SW, Altoona, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Ronald WestwickMissing Age
34Est. Current Age
81Last Seen
Ames, IA on 03/12/1979Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 6'2" Weight: 240 lbsCase Number
MP24306Area Cold Cases
Name
John GoschAge
12Cause of Death
MissingInfo
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