Crime at 3800 BLOCK OF 42ND ST NE on 04/22/2026 7:17 PM
Type: Other
Date: 04/22/2026 7:17 PM
Description: Missingf
Address: 3800 BLOCK OF 42ND ST NE, Cedar Rapids, IA
Case Number: P26044272
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Joseph GriesMissing Age
52Est. Current Age
57Last Seen
Cedar Rapids, IA on 05/22/2020Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5'7" Weight: 170 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
Name
Sarah OttensAge
20Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Sarah ann ottens, a 20-year-old university of iowa student from morrison, illinois, was assaulted and suffocated in her rienow hall room in iowa city on tuesday, march 13, 1973.Student brenda simpson of waterloo discovered ottens’ body in room 429 just before midnight.Six months after the murder, university of iowa student and football player james wendall hall, 20, of toledo, ohio, was charged in ottens’ murder based on fingerprints and dna evidence found at the crime scene.In may 1974, he was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison at fort madison.The defense began a number of appeals, though the iowa supreme court upheld hall’s conviction and the u.S. Supreme court refused to hear the case.Agency
Iowa