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Category Archives: General
Cold Night Out: Murder of Donald Nervig 1965
Murder Victim Donald Amos Nervig 52-year-old Co-Owner Nervig & Avila Speedometer & Electrical 1912-1965 Cause of Death: Struck with Ax or Hammer Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date 7380 6th Avenue Des Moines, Iowa Polk County December 15, 1965 … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Charley Warren, Cletus Leaming, Cold Night Out: Murder of Donald Nervig 1965, Dr. Leo Luka, Eldon Lewis, Floyd R. Gabbert, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Michael Dale Howell, Nervig and Avila Speedometer and Electrical, Ronald Leroy Kyger, Sheriff Wilbur T. Hildreth, Stella Hansen Nervig, Stephen Lawrence Bacon, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Donald Nervig, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders
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Brothel Double Homicide: Murders of Willard Woodring and Richard Buchanan 1960
Murder Victims Willard Charles “Bill” Woodring 42-year-old Hawkeye Hotel Proprietor 1917-1960 Richard B. Buchanan 49-year-old Resident of Colona, Illinois Moline, Illinois, Service Station Owner 1911-1960 Cause of Deaths: Gunshots Motive: Mob Hit Murder Scene and Date Hawkeye Hotel 100 Johnson … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged "The Ghost of El Segundo", Betty Andrew, Double Homicide in the Brothel: Murders of Willard Woodring and Richard Buchanan 1960, Gerald F. Mason, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Police Chief George Jones, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Keokuk Iowa murders, Unsolved Lee County Iowa murders, unsolved murder at the Hawkeye Hotel, unsolved murder of Richard B. Buchanan, unsolved murder of Richard Buchanan, unsolved murder of Willard Charles Woodring, Willard Woodring Richard Buchanan double homicide update
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Death in a Cubicle: Murder of Fred Coste 1959
Murder Victim Frederick Leonard Coste 47-year-old Manager Family Finance Corporation 1911-1959 Cause of Death: Stabbed Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Family Finance Corporation 312 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa Linn County October 15, 1959 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Capt. John Kuba, Carl V. Wiese, Death in a Cubicle: Murder of Fred Coste 1959, Don Hollister, Donald McSpadden, Elizabeth P. Coste, Frederick Leonard Coste, Frederick Walter Coste, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Louis Christianson, Louisa Mary Ann Yerrell, Thomas McMurrin, unsolved Cedar Rapids Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Linn County Iowa murders, unsolved murder of Fred Coste
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The Aspiring Actress: Murder of Marlene Padfield 1959
Murder Victim Marlene “Mickey” Padfield 17-year-old Clerk J & T TV Repair 1941-1959 Cause of Death: Undetermined Motive: Sexual Psychopathy Murder Details and Dates Last Seen at Cozy Inn 1011 First Avenue E. Cedar Rapids, Iowa February 19, 1959 Body … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Arthur Charles Scott, Arthur Scott, Bob Hill and Beryl O'Connor, Carl Inskeep, Dale Stoneking, Dave Morris series on Marlene Padfield, Gary McHugh, Harlan Snyder, Harry Ackermann, Harry Wilmarth, Iowa Unsolved Murders, J & T Television Repair, John T. Harvey, Johnny Lee Kohl, Jr., Lloyd H. Mallett, Pete Carmichael, Peter Wildman, Richard Nazette, Roy T. White, Sheriff James H. "Jim" Smith, Strand Theater Cedar Rapids, The Aspiring Actress: Murder of Marlene Padfield 1959, unsolved Cedar Rapids Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Linn County Iowa murders, unsolved murder of Marlene Padfield
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On the Front Porch: Murder of Rose Grandanette 1958
Murder Victim Rose Danato Grandanette 33-year-old Homemaker Mother of Three 1925-1958 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Gone Wrong Murder Scene and Date Grandanette Home Sunrise Boulevard and 73rd Street Windsor Heights Des Moines, Iowa Polk County September 14, 1958 … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Bernard "Bernie" Grandanette, Des Moines Police Chief Vern Akey, Fire Marshall C.D. Millsap, Iowa Unsolved Murders, On the Front Porch: Murder of Rose Grandanette 1958, R. Corwin Johnson, Ray Hanrahan, Sheriff Wilbur Hildreth, Town and County Market Des Moines, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Rose Grandanette, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders, unsolved Windsor Heights murder
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“Maniac” in the Drugstore: Murder of Lucille Bacher 1955
Murder Victim Lucille Lenore Bacher 43-year-old Owner Lincoln Avenue Pharmacy 1912-1955 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned, Throat Slashed Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Lincoln Avenue Pharmacy South Lincoln & Redwood avenues Davenport, Iowa Scott County November 29, 1955 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged "Maniac" in the Drugstore: Murder of Lucille Bacher 1955, Doris Rehder, Fillmore Young, George Conklin, Harold and Arlene Smith, Henry Bacher, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Unsolved Davenport Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Lucille Bacher, Unsolved Scott County Iowa murders
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Under the Court Avenue Bridge: Murder of Charles Sanders 1954
Murder Victim Charles Edward “Charlie” Sanders 67-year-old Painter and Paperhanger 1886-1954 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Court Avenue Bridge, Des Moines River Des Moines, Iowa Polk County April 15, 1954 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Charles Edward "Charlie" Sanders, Curtis Walker, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Under the Court Avenue Bridge: Murder of Charles Sanders 1954, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Charles Sanders, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders, William Edward Graves
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Taxi Ride to Death: Murder of George Massouris 1950
Murder Victim George James Massouris 30-year-old Union Pacific Car Man Driver, Red Top Taxicab Company 1920-1950 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Orchard Road near Highway 6 Council Bluffs, Iowa Pottawattamie County November 18, 1950 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged 1947 Southwest Iowa Golden Gloves Tournament, B.L. "Red" Emmons, Cecil Capel, Charles "Lefty" Mytre, Charles A. Esbeck, Charles W. Merriman, Clarence and Margaret Klotz, Dena Bellows, Dude Ranch Club, Earl E. Miller, Edward H. Rath, Floyd A. Deal, Gladys Sharp, Grace Goodno, H. Stanley Woodring, Helen Rose Emmons Massouris, Hiram J. "Hi" Carter, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Irvin Eilts, Jack Hoden, Jack Kennedy, Leon Nelson, Lester Thomas, Matthew J. "Matt" Walsh, Ople Eilts, Otto Gudath, Parody Towing, Robert R. Thompson, Taxi Ride to Death: Murder of George Massouris 1950, Thomas Capel, unsolved Council Bluffs murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of George Massouris, unsolved Pottawattamie County murder, William Swassing
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The Poisoned Family: Rhode-Elefson Murders 1948-1949
Murder Victims Lucy Ann Kemp Rhode 72-year-old Farm Wife 1876-1948 Alonzo Lyman Rhode 75-year-old Farmer 1873-1949 Winifred Audrey Rhode Elefson 47-year-old Music Teacher 1901-1949 Cause of Deaths: Poisoned Motive: Obtaining an Inheritance Murder Locations and Dates Tabor, Iowa Fremont County … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Anna Kemp, Bob Gregerson, Dr. W.J. Reals, Harold Martin, Harvey Elefson, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Judge William Riley, Lyman Elefson, O.A. "Ollie" White, Sheriff A.S. Christopher, The Poisoned Family: Rhode-Elefson Murders 1948-1949, unsolved Fremont County murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Alonzo Rhode, unsolved murder of Lucy Kemp Rhode, unsolved murder of Winifred Rhode Elefson, unsolved Tabor Iowa murders, Warren C. Schrempp, Wayne Rhode, Wilbur Teeters
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After a Game of Bridge: Murder of Anne M. McGrevey 1948
Murder Victim Anne Marie Miller McGrevey 45-year-old Contract Bridge Instructor 1903-1948 Cause of Death: Arson Fire Motive: Romantic Entanglement Murder Scene and Date 6505 Forest Court Windsor Heights Des Moines, Iowa Polk County January 30, 1948 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged After a Game of Bridge: Murder of Anne M. McGrevey 1948, Amos Holt, Carroll O. Switzer, Dr. J.E. Kessell, Dr. Lemoyne Snyder, Emmett L. Miller, Florence Carter, Harold Maupin, Howard C. Reppert, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James McGrevey, Judge C. Edwin Moore, Norvaline Stewart, R.W. "Doc" Nebergall, Robert Miller, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Anne McGrevey, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders
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