Crime at 5400 BLOCK OF SW 8TH ST on 02/04/2026 12:35 PM

Type: Other

Date: 02/04/2026 12:35 PM

Description: All Other Offenses (Except Traffic or Warrants). Event #: 1578327. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 5400 BLOCK OF SW 8TH ST, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Holett

Name

Matthew Holett

Missing Age

28

Est. Current Age

34

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 12/04/2019

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Green Height: 6'3" Weight: 240 lbs

Case Number

MP115809

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Westwick

Name

Ronald Westwick

Age

34

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Ronald eugene westwick, 34, was reported missing to the ames police department in ames, iowa, on march 12, 1979.The iowa department of public safety classifies his ‘incident type’ as “disability — physical / mental,” meaning a person of any age who is missing and under proven physical/mental disability or is senile, thereby subjecting himself/herself or others to personal and immediate danger.At the time of his disappearance, the 34-year-old westwick was described as a 6-foot-2 white male with grey hair, brown eyes, and weighing about 240 pounds.

Agency

Iowa

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