Crime at 600 BLOCK OF 6TH AVE on 03/10/2026 8:43 AM

Type: Other

Date: 03/10/2026 8:43 AM

Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1587801. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 600 BLOCK OF 6TH AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Martin

Name

Larry Martin

Missing Age

44

Est. Current Age

60

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 12/15/2009

Physical Description

Race: Black Ethnicity: African American Gender: Male Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5'11" Weight: 195 lbs

Case Number

MP17067

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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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