Crime at 1300 BLOCK OF ELDER LN on 04/02/2026 4:19 PM

Type: Other

Date: 04/02/2026 4:19 PM

Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1594714. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 1300 BLOCK OF ELDER LN, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Workman

Name

Fredrick Workman

Missing Age

15

Est. Current Age

27

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 08/02/2013

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Blond/Strawberry Eyes: Blue Height: 5'5" - 5'7" Weight: 145 lbs

Case Number

MP25671

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Morris

Name

James Morris

Age

58

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Four days before halloween in 1991, james wesley “jimmy” morris — a.K.A. James morise and jimmy morise — was found beaten to death in his ames, iowa apartment. Morris rented an apartment on the second floor at 203 e. Lincoln way, a building next door to the tip top lounge in ames.

Agency

Iowa

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