Theft at 5100 BLOCK OF FRANKLIN AVE on 03/02/2026 6:42 PM

Type: Theft

Date: 03/02/2026 6:42 PM

Description: Motor Vehicle Theft. Event #: 1585669. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 5100 BLOCK OF FRANKLIN AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Allen

Name

Dawn Allen

Missing Age

50

Est. Current Age

64

Last Seen

Indianola, IA on 05/04/2011

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue Height: 5'2" Weight: 140 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Gosch

Name

John Gosch

Age

12

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

It’s a story that shocked communities and catapulted iowa into the national spotlight, changed state law and forever changed the way parents monitored their children’s activities. Twelve-year-old des moines register paperboy johnny gosch left his west des moines home on sunday morning, september 5, 1982, to begin his paper route. He wore a white sweatshirt with ‘kim’s academy’ on the back, warm-up pants, blue rubber flip-flops, and carried a yellow paper-bag. Normally, his father, john gosch, accompanied him on the route, but on this day johnny went alone.

Agency

Iowa

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