Crime at 1400 BLOCK OF 2ND AVE on 02/01/2026 9:57 PM

Type: Other

Date: 02/01/2026 9:57 PM

Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1577589. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 1400 BLOCK OF 2ND AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Tejeda

Name

Alejandra Tejeda

Missing Age

17

Est. Current Age

19

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 02/04/2024

Physical Description

Race: Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Eyes: Height: Weight:

Case Number

2015961

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Scovel

Name

Mary Scovel

Age

18

Cause of Death

Strangulation

Info

Mary ann scovel, 18, was strangled in her des moines apartment wednesday night, april 14, 1976. Investigators said terry lee “butch” lively, 26, who lived at the 661 17th street apartment with miss scovel, told police he found scovel’s body on the living room floor of her apartment about 12:45 a.M. Early thursday. Des moines police had gone to the building late wednesday night after a man phoned in an anonymous tip around 10:20 p.M., stating a woman had been murdered at the apartment house. Officers went to the building and left after speaking with a woman in another apartment, but returned again early thursday morning, the des moines moines register reported on friday, april 16, 1976.

Agency

Iowa

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