Assault at 4100 BLOCK OF 56TH ST on 05/05/2026 8:37 AM

Type: Assault

Date: 05/05/2026 8:37 AM

Description: Simple Assault. Event #: 1605185. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 4100 BLOCK OF 56TH ST, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

Name

Colleen Simpson

Missing Age

Est. Current Age

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 10/05/1975

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Black Eyes: Hazel Height: 5'7" Weight: 90 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

Name

Robert D Scott

Age

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Robert d. Scott, a 43-year-old des moines cab driver, was killed on duty may 30, 1996, while driving his taxi in the 1000 block of east 12th street.Scott is one of thousands of taxi drivers memorialized on the taxi-library website’s taxi driver memoriam list, and one of 10 iowans slain. Six of iowa’s 10 cases remain unsolved.The full list of iowa taxi-drivers killed on duty includes:

Agency

Iowa

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