Assault at 4500 BLOCK OF MELROSE AVE on 03/12/2026 5:59 PM
Type: Assault
Date: 03/12/2026 5:59 PM
Description: Assault -- General
Address: 4500 BLOCK OF MELROSE AVE, Iowa City, IA
Case Number: 2026002694
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Name
Isaac HernandezMissing Age
17Est. Current Age
18Last Seen
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Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Green Height: 5'11" Weight: 280 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
Name
Roger AtkisonAge
32Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On friday evening, september 12, 1980, rose burkert, 22, and roger atkison, 32, arrived at the amana holiday inn along I-80 near williamsburg, iowa, hoping for a romantic weekend getaway. The on-duty attendant told them the hotel was booked solid due to an area morticians’ conference, but double-checked the register. They were in luck; there’d been a cancellation.The couple received a key to room 260 at 7:40 p.M.Shortly after noon the next day, a housekeeper arrived at room 260 — a room only accessible from inside the building — and knocked several times. She got no answer. She tried the door, but found it locked.What the housekeeper saw — blood splattered all across the bed’s headboard, the walls and the carpet — caused her to “slam the door shut and run for the manager,” wrote gazette staff writer gary peterson.The married atkison worked as a telephone installer-repairman for general telephone co. In savannah, mo., and burkert was a nurse trainee at st. Joseph hospital.Agency
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