Assault at 200 BLOCK OF COURT AVE on 04/20/2026 3:22 PM
Type: Assault
Date: 04/20/2026 3:22 PM
Description: Simple Assault. Event #: 1599747. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 200 BLOCK OF COURT AVE, Des Moines, IA
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Name
John JohnsonMissing Age
71Est. Current Age
100Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 12/11/1996Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5'7" Weight: 190 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
Name
Effie BellAge
46Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
At the end of the day on friday, march 18, 1966, effie bell (known as “cupie” to her family) got off work from her job at mcray cosmetics factory in madrid, iowa, just as she’d done since 1958 when first hired by the cosmetics manufacturer. There was no telling what the weekend had in store for the wife and mother of three, or what her husband, frank bell, sr., 49, might have in mind. He’d just quit his job at the john deere des moines works plant the previous day.Agency
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