Robbery at 3300 BLOCK OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PKWY on 08/11/2026 11:17 AM

Type: Robbery

Date: 08/11/2026 11:17 AM

Description: Robbery. Event #: 1635431. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 3300 BLOCK OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PKWY, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

Name

Jeannie Hernandez

Missing Age

Est. Current Age

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 12/31/2005

Physical Description

Race: White/Hispanic Ethnicity: Caucasian/Latino Gender: Female Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5'4" Weight: 127 lbs

Case Number

MP401

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Area Cold Cases

Name

Leon Groves

Age

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Leon groves, a full-time des moines optician who worked part-time as a taxicab driver, was shot to death in his cab three days before christmas in 1951. Polk county in iowa polk county in iowa des moines in polk countydes moines in polk county groves, who’d been robbed and shot three times, was found slumped in his taxi around 1:45 a.M. Saturday, december 22, 1951, in a snow-filled ditch at s.E. Eighteenth street and scott avenue. The taxi company, ruan cab, said groves had last made contact two hours earlier, stating he was going to pick up a fare in downtown des moines. The married father of two worked as a full-time optician at hawkeye optical and worked the part-time cab job to earn extra income. In groves’ pockets, detectives found a lighter, a pocketbook, four 25-cent taxi tickets for ruan cab, and $6.91. Groves’ billfold was missing.

Agency

Iowa

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