Crime at 00 BLOCK OF GRAYS LAKE TRL on 06/23/2026 5:31 PM

Type: Other

Date: 06/23/2026 5:31 PM

Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1620530. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 00 BLOCK OF GRAYS LAKE TRL, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Ricketts

Name

Beth Ricketts

Missing Age

31

Est. Current Age

59

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 12/22/1997

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Female Hair: Blond/Strawberry Eyes: Blue Height: 5'8" Weight: 120 lbs

Case Number

MP17248

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Bryan Jr

Name

Reginald Bryan Jr

Age

23

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Reginald renard bryan jr., 23, of orange city, florida, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of april 28, 2013, as several hundred people gathered outside big earl’s gold mine, a club just north of des moines’ city limits on n.W. Second avenue.Another man, 24-year-old matthew millsap of des moines, suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to an area hospital where he was treated and released.Bryan jr. — the former head coach of the lady spartans softball team at chicago public schools — was originally from florida but had attended grambling state university in new orleans, la, before going to work in illinois for the chicago public school district.Bryan’s murder isn’t the first to occur at the legendary men’s club; earl “big earl” hamilton, who founded the county’s first topless and bottomless “juice bar,” was gunned down and killed by an unknown assailant on sept. 29, 1996, after closing up for the evening. Hamilton’s murder also remains unsolved.

Agency

Iowa

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