Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases documents Iowa homicides in which victims did not receive justice between the time Iowa became a state and 1965.
However, Nancy Bowers and David Jindrich have also researched and written articles about other victims and murders chronologically beyond that time-frame.
Some of these articles grew out of personal study, some have special meaning to them as historians, and others were suggested by family members or law enforcement.
This section does not provide a comprehensive documentation of Iowa unsolved murders after 1965 but rather offers access to selected cases.
Click on a title below to read about defenseless victims, heartless killers, and unfathomable motives — and thwarted justice for victims and their families.
This is the only legally authorized site for the research and articles that follow.
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Crossing the Line: Murder of Arlene Adler 1967 Written by David Jindrich
Death at the Chamberlain: Murder of Judy Ann Corbin 1967
“Heaven Is My Home”: Murder of Gloria Slump 1967
Death at the Dairy: Murder of Dale Redman 1968
Death of the American Dream: Murder of Andrew Hatges 1968
Destination Unknown: Murder of Geraldine Maggert 1968
A Story Yet to be Told: Murder of Sheila Jean Collins 1968
Appointment With Death: Murder of Dorothy Miller 1969
Foul Play: Murder of Paula Oberbroeckling 1970
Long Creek Close to Home: Murder of Mary Lange 1970
Shooting at “Ike’s Peak”: Murder of Edwin Jacobs 1972
Stingiest Man In Town: Murder of Edward Schmidt 1972
The Neighborhood Grocer: Murder of David R. Morris 1973
Sarah Ann Ottens: A Remembrance and Tribute by David Jindrich
Crossing the Line: Murder of Arlene Adler 1967 Written by David Jindrich
Spring Break Killer: Murder of Sarah Ann Ottens 1973
The Gruff Good Man: Murder of Ewald Bandixen 1974
Gunfire At the Holiday Inn: Murders of Danny Peters and Luis Trujillo, Jr. 1974
Outside the Welcome Inn: Murder of Judith Reed 1974
Cold Deep Waters: Murder of Connie Craft 1975
Death on the Way to Sturgis: Murder of James M. Bailey 1975
Dying For Drugs: Murder of Terry Vanden Hull 1975
The Neighbors: Murder of Hulda Emma Fischer 1975 Written by David Jindrich
The Shy, Quiet Victim: Murder of Emma Lewis 1976
Good Neighborhood Kid: Murder of Ronald Butler 1977
Death at the Morticians’ Convention: Murders of Rose Burkert and Roger Atkison 1980
Thrown Away: Murder of Sandra Jo Pittman 1980
A Mother Never Forgotten: Murder of Angela Altman 1981
When the Dogs Didn’t Bark: Murder of Robert Clary 1982
Forgotten and Unsolved: Murder of Melvin Royale Adams 1983
The Scarred Man: Murder of Arnold Sansgaard 1984