Crime at 200 BLOCK OF 1ST AVE S on 01/26/2026 10:24 AM

Type: Other

Date: 01/26/2026 10:24 AM

Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1575912. Agency: IA0770800 - Altoona Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 200 BLOCK OF 1ST AVE S, Altoona, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Mendez Chilel

Name

Rosmery Marilis Mendez Chilel

Missing Age

17

Est. Current Age

19

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 01/30/2024

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 4'10" Weight: 105 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.

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Iowa

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