Crime at 400 BLOCK OF NW 52ND AVE on 02/26/2026 11:57 PM
Type: Other
Date: 02/26/2026 11:57 PM
Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1584709. Agency: IA0770000 - Polk County Sheriff's Office. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 400 BLOCK OF NW 52ND AVE, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Alice Van AlstineMissing Age
28Est. Current Age
78Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 04/02/1976Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Female Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Height: 5'7" Weight: 128 lbsCase Number
MP18982Area Cold Cases
Name
Mary SenneAge
21Cause of Death
StabbingInfo
On monday night, october 22, 1973, mary k. Senne, 21, was stabbed to death in her east des moines home sometime between 6 and 6:30 p.M. After an intruder cut the telephone line. A report by polk county medical examiner r.C. Wooters stated that senne was stabbed twice in the stomach and one time in the throat. There were signs of a slight struggle, wooters said, but senne had not been sexually molested.Agency
Iowa