Theft at UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE - MEMORIAL UNION on 02/17/2026 11:33 AM

Type: Theft

Date: 02/17/2026 11:33 AM

Description: Theft

Address: UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE - MEMORIAL UNION, Ames, IA

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Case Number: 26-000147

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Knockel

Name

Paul Knockel

Missing Age

53

Est. Current Age

88

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 11/26/1990

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5'10" Weight: 265 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Bell

Name

Effie Bell

Age

46

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

At the end of the day on friday, march 18, 1966, effie bell (known as “cupie” to her family) got off work from her job at mcray cosmetics factory in madrid, iowa, just as she’d done since 1958 when first hired by the cosmetics manufacturer. There was no telling what the weekend had in store for the wife and mother of three, or what her husband, frank bell, sr., 49, might have in mind. He’d just quit his job at the john deere des moines works plant the previous day.

Agency

Iowa

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