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Victims
To read about a particular victim of an historic unsolved Iowa murder, click on a name below from the list alphabetized by first name. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ☛ A through K ☚ Aaron Smith Addis Lyman Adelbert Rowland Agnes McLaughlin (Sister Mary … Continue reading
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“Old Feud Fueled by Drink”: Murder of Nathaniel Carnagy 1847
Murder Victim Nathaniel Carnagy 39-year-old Farmer 1808-1847 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Drunken Quarrel Murder Scene and Date Marion, Iowa Linn County April 4, 1847 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers This is a story about a solved, unresolved murder. It’s not … Continue reading
“Belle of the Tribe”: Murder of Ma-Sha-Che 1905
Murder Victim Ma-Sha-Che “Nelly Davenport” 16-year-old Meskwaki Tribe Member 1889-1905 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Sexual Psychopathy Murder Scene and Date Montour, Iowa Tama County April 4, 1905 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written January 2011 In 1905, Ma-Sha-Che — whose … Continue reading
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Tagged "Belle of the Tribe": Murder of Ma-Sha-Che 1905, Chief Pushetonequa, Frank Earl, George Soldier, James Poweshiek, John Seepo, M.L. Healy, Ma-Sha-Che, Murders of Indigenous Women, Murders of Native American Women, Nellie Davenport, Notowashequa, Unsolved Montour Iowa murder, Unsolved Tama County Iowa murders, Violence against Indigenous Women
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Important and Interesting Links What Happened to Paula? The Anatomy of a True Crime Midnight Assassin (John Hossack murder/Margaret Hossack trial) Villisca Ax Murder House Official Site Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Iowa Missing Person Clearinghouse: Iowa Department of Public … Continue reading
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Nancy Bowers: Editor/Writer/Researcher Nancy Bowers is a trained historian and researcher with years of life experiences in writing and criminal justice. While earning Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Literature and History and a Doctorate in English and Film Studies, she … Continue reading
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Long ago in Iowa, a man walked through shadowy woods and stopped. Was he going somewhere or was he coming back? Was something unspeakable about to happen to him? Or was he contemplating a horrific act? Was he searching … Continue reading
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Tagged Cases of Unsolved murders in Iowa, Cold Iowa murders, David Jindrich, Historical Unsolved Iowa murders, Iowa Cold Murders, Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases, Murders in Iowa, Nancy Bowers, Unsolved Homicides in Iowa, Unsolved Iowa Homicides, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Iowa murders gone cold, Unsolved Murders in Iowa
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The Murders
To read about defenseless victims, heartless killers, and unfathomable motives associated with historical Iowa unsolved murders, click on the complete list of cases or on an historic period below. All articles in each time span were researched and written by … Continue reading
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Tagged "Apple Grove John Doe", "Joplin Red" West, Addis Lyman, Alexander McArthur, and Mary Hardy, Andrew M. Brown, Ashley Downing, Belle Sutliff, Chester N. Van Horn, Clara Gray, Cold Iowa murders, David Faulkner, Deborah Simmons, Earl, Elmer Anderson, Elmer Dudrey, Elmer Penderson, Esther Alger, Fred P. Widmann, George Sulzberger, Harry Salisbury, Henry Stephens, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Iowa's Unsolved Murders, James, Jeremiah Zollinger, John "Joplin Red" West, John Allen, John Murphy, Josiah Pratt, Lena and Martin Schultz, Lena and Tommy Peterson, Leonard DeLong, Lillian Chapman, Louis Friedman, Lovina Kneeskern, Ma-Cha-Che, Maud Straw, Maude Lambert, Meadow, Nathaniel Carnagy, Price V. Evans, Ramona Jean Cox, Richard Huggins, Robert W. Stubbs, Sarah Tracy, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Villisca Axe Murders, Walter D. Schenck, William A. Hunt, William Clugston, William Mullikin
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Death Going West: Murder of Apple Grove John Doe 1866
Murder Victim “Apple Grove John Doe” Stephen D. Cooper Stonemason, US Cavalry Veteran 1828-1866 Cause of Death: Struck with Axe Motive: Argument Murder Scene and Date Apple Grove, Beaver Township Polk County, Iowa Late April, 1866 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading
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Tagged "Apple Grove John Doe", 5th Illinois Cavalry, Benjamin Pearson, Camp Creek Polk County Iowa, Death Going West: 1866, Hannah Stiles Cooper, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Lambert Sternberg, Polk County Iowa Unsolved murders, Stephen D. Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Unsolved Iowa Murders, William C. Humphrey
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