Crime at 1700 BLOCK OF 2ND AVE on 05/18/2026 5:44 PM
Type: Other
Date: 05/18/2026 5:44 PM
Description: All Other Offenses (Except Traffic or Warrants). Event #: 1609405. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 1700 BLOCK OF 2ND 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
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Name
George GearyAge
40Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
George h. Geary, 40, had worked at the m & h service station in des moines for just one week when on an early sunday morning, jan. 13, 1963, someone shot him twice in the head at close range during an apparent robbery. Two young men who stopped by the keosauqua way and crocker street station to buy cigarettes found geary in the service station’s office. Polk county in iowa polk county in iowa des moines in polk countydes moines in polk county station manager al van ampting reported $252.15 missing from the cash register.Agency
Iowa