Crime at 4500 BLOCK OF WAVELAND CT on 01/30/2026 4:49 PM

Type: Other

Date: 01/30/2026 4:49 PM

Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1577075. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 4500 BLOCK OF WAVELAND CT, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Martin

Name

Eugene Martin

Missing Age

13

Est. Current Age

54

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 08/12/1984

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5'0" Weight: 110 lbs

Case Number

MP6348

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Booth

Name

Michael Booth

Age

45

Cause of Death

Trauma

Info

On saturday, april 26, 1997, an apartment building maintenance man discovered the deceased body of michael jerome booth, 45, in apartment #21 at 510 15th street. Booth, who’d joined the u.S. Army in september 1969 and spent time in germany and hawaii before being honorably discharged in 1976, hadn’t been seen since april 20. According to the polk county medical examiner, cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. After his tour of duty, booth returned to carroll where he opened a restaurant, michael’s casino café, and later went on to graduate from des moines area community college and drake university.

Agency

Iowa

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