Crime at 100 BLOCK OF NW 14TH ST on 08/20/2026 7:54 AM

Type: Other

Date: 08/20/2026 7:54 AM

Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1638049. Agency: IA0770000 - Polk County Sheriff's Office. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 100 BLOCK OF NW 14TH ST, Grimes, 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__Bell

Name

Effie Bell

Age

46

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

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

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