Crime at 1700 BLOCK OF 9TH ST on 07/18/2026 5:16 PM
Type: Other
Date: 07/18/2026 5:16 PM
Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1628074. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 1700 BLOCK OF 9TH ST, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Melissa HasleyMissing Age
31Est. Current Age
54Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 10/18/2002Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Female Hair: Blond/Strawberry Eyes: Hazel Height: 5'4" - 5'5" Weight: 90 - 105 lbsCase Number
MP400Area Cold Cases
Name
John GoschAge
12Cause of Death
MissingInfo
It’s a story that shocked communities and catapulted iowa into the national spotlight, changed state law and forever changed the way parents monitored their children’s activities. Twelve-year-old des moines register paperboy johnny gosch left his west des moines home on sunday morning, september 5, 1982, to begin his paper route. He wore a white sweatshirt with ‘kim’s academy’ on the back, warm-up pants, blue rubber flip-flops, and carried a yellow paper-bag. Normally, his father, john gosch, accompanied him on the route, but on this day johnny went alone.Agency
Iowa