Theft at 4100 BLOCK OF 2ND AVE on 03/05/2026 10:46 AM

Type: Theft

Date: 03/05/2026 10:46 AM

Description: Larceny All Other. Event #: 1586451. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 4100 BLOCK OF 2ND AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Gosch

Name

John Gosch

Missing Age

12

Est. Current Age

55

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 09/05/1982

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Height: 5'7" Weight: 140 lbs

Case Number

MP6131

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Booth

Name

Michael Booth

Age

45

Cause of Death

Trauma

Info

On saturday, april 26, 1997, an apartment building maintenance man discovered the deceased body of michael jerome booth, 45, in apartment #21 at 510 15th street. Booth, who’d joined the u.S. Army in september 1969 and spent time in germany and hawaii before being honorably discharged in 1976, hadn’t been seen since april 20. According to the polk county medical examiner, cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. After his tour of duty, booth returned to carroll where he opened a restaurant, michael’s casino café, and later went on to graduate from des moines area community college and drake university.

Agency

Iowa

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