Theft at 1400 BLOCK OF NE 46TH AVE on 01/31/2026 9:47 PM
Type: Theft
Date: 01/31/2026 9:47 PM
Description: Larceny All Other. Event #: 1577381. Agency: IA0770000 - Polk County Sheriff's Office. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 1400 BLOCK OF NE 46TH AVE, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Colleen SimpsonMissing Age
14Est. Current Age
64Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 10/05/1975Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Black Eyes: Hazel Height: 5'7" Weight: 90 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
Name
Michael BoothAge
45Cause of Death
TraumaInfo
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
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