Theft at 5900 BLOCK OF DOUGLAS AVE on 05/12/2026 11:16 AM

Type: Theft

Date: 05/12/2026 11:16 AM

Description: Shoplifting. Event #: 1607356. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 5900 BLOCK OF DOUGLAS AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Taylor

Name

Jada Taylor

Missing Age

16

Est. Current Age

19

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 02/18/2023

Physical Description

Race: Black Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5'0" Weight: 100 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__White

Name

Nicholas White

Age

20

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Nicholas “nick” david white, a 20-year-old drake university student, was murdered on monday, november 26, 2012, in a des moines home he shared with two other young men. Des moines police said the 20-year-old student died of undisclosed trauma in the basement of a house located at 1511 29th street. The home is about one block away from drake’s main campus. White shared the 29th street home with ernest “ernie” carl mueller iii and randall “randy” morgan watson, who told police they found white’s body around 1:45 p.M. Des moines police sgt. Jason halifax said police deemed the death suspicious based on factors like the position of white’s body and the location of blood in the vicinity.The medical examiner has officially ruled white’s death a homicide, though police have not released the cause of death other than that it was trauma to the body.

Agency

Iowa

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