Burglary at 1700 BLOCK OF E 21ST ST on 01/28/2026 5:38 PM

Type: Burglary

Date: 01/28/2026 5:38 PM

Description: Burglary/Breaking & Entering. Event #: 1576580. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 1700 BLOCK OF E 21ST ST, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

Name

Mohama Baba

Missing Age

Est. Current Age

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 12/03/2005

Physical Description

Race: Black Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5'8" Weight: 150 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

Name

Diane Schofield

Age

Cause of Death

Strangulation

Info

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

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