Crime at 800 BLOCK OF PAYTON AVE on 04/30/2026 4:41 PM
Type: Other
Date: 04/30/2026 4:41 PM
Description: All Other Offenses (Except Traffic or Warrants). Event #: 1602780. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 800 BLOCK OF PAYTON AVE, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Braycen MajorsMissing Age
14Est. Current Age
15Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 10/30/2024Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue Height: 5'3" Weight: 200 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
Name
Leon GrovesAge
40Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Leon groves, a full-time des moines optician who worked part-time as a taxicab driver, was shot to death in his cab three days before christmas in 1951. Polk county in iowa polk county in iowa des moines in polk countydes moines in polk county groves, who’d been robbed and shot three times, was found slumped in his taxi around 1:45 a.M. Saturday, december 22, 1951, in a snow-filled ditch at s.E. Eighteenth street and scott avenue. The taxi company, ruan cab, said groves had last made contact two hours earlier, stating he was going to pick up a fare in downtown des moines. The married father of two worked as a full-time optician at hawkeye optical and worked the part-time cab job to earn extra income. In groves’ pockets, detectives found a lighter, a pocketbook, four 25-cent taxi tickets for ruan cab, and $6.91. Groves’ billfold was missing.Agency
Iowa