Assault at MARSTON HALL on 02/03/2026 11:09 AM

Type: Assault

Date: 02/03/2026 11:09 AM

Description: Harassment

Address: MARSTON HALL, Ames, IA

Case Number: 26-000090

Google Streetview Disclaimer: This is a Google Maps Street View of the approximate area where the crime occurred. It is not necessarily the exact address view of the crime.

Recent Crime News

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Violent crime drop, police use of AI, mass incarceration

Beautification efforts to reduce violent crime, gun safety policies, gun homicides drop, campus crime drop, juvenile shooting victims decrease, police expand use of AI in Laredo, drones, police use of force transparency, community trust, police account...

Read Article

Area Missing Persons

Name

Crystal Arensdorf

Missing Age

Est. Current Age

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 07/03/2001

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Blonde Eyes: Brown Height: 5'6" Weight: 115 lbs

Case Number

View Source

Area Cold Cases

Name

Sheila Collins

Age

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On sunday, january 28, 1968, sheila jean collins, 18, of evanston, ill., was found lying face-down in a ditch off a gravel road four miles east of nevada, iowa, about 20 miles east of ames.Miss collins — an iowa state university coed who was headed home for the weekend — had been strangled with a nylon cord knotted around her neck. An autopsy report by dr. John powers of ames showed that a pipe incorporated into the knot may have been used as a turning mechanism.A father and son out fox hunting near the town of colo in story county found collins’ body after the son spotted a foot in the shallow ditch.

Agency

Iowa

View Source