Crime at 4000 BLOCK OF MERLE HAY RD on 08/31/2026 11:12 AM
Type: Other
Date: 08/31/2026 11:12 AM
Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1641376. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 4000 BLOCK OF MERLE HAY RD, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Alejandra TejedaMissing Age
17Est. Current Age
19Last Seen
Boone, IA on 02/04/2024Physical Description
Race: Unknown Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5'1" Weight: 165 lbsCase Number
Area 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