Assault at 400 BLOCK OF SW 5TH ST on 08/02/2026 2:02 AM
Type: Assault
Date: 08/02/2026 2:02 AM
Description: Aggravated Assault. Event #: 1632561. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 400 BLOCK OF SW 5TH ST, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Alice Van AlstineMissing Age
28Est. Current Age
78Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 04/02/1976Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Female Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Height: 5'7" Weight: 128 lbsCase Number
MP18982Area Cold Cases
Name
Effie BellAge
46Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
At the end of the day on friday, march 18, 1966, effie bell (known as “cupie” to her family) got off work from her job at mcray cosmetics factory in madrid, iowa, just as she’d done since 1958 when first hired by the cosmetics manufacturer. There was no telling what the weekend had in store for the wife and mother of three, or what her husband, frank bell, sr., 49, might have in mind. He’d just quit his job at the john deere des moines works plant the previous day.Agency
Iowa