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Category Archives: General
A Story Yet To Be Told: Murder of Sheila Jean Collins 1968
Murder Victim Sheila Jean Collins 18-year-old Freshman Iowa State University 1949-1968 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned and Strangled Motive: Sexual Psychopathy Murder and Date Last seen in Ames, Iowa January 26, 1968 Body found in rural Colo, Iowa Story County January … Continue reading
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Tagged A Story Yet To Be Told: Murder of Sheila Jean Collins 1968, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Michigan State Police Detective David Eddy, Michigan State Police Detective Eric Schroeder, Story County Sheriff Deputy Jeff Dodds, Story County Sheriff Deputy Rodney Bunn, Story County Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald, Unsolved Ames Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Sheila Collins, Unsolved Story County Iowa Murder
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Death on the Way to Sturgis: Murder of James M. Bailey, Jr. 1975
Murder Victim James M. “Beetle” Bailey, Jr. 32-year-old Treasurer Hells Angels, Cleveland Chapter 1942-1975 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Revenge for Snitching Murder Scene and Date Highway 117 Overpass, I-80 Colfax, Iowa Jasper County August 14, 1975 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy … Continue reading
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Tagged Death on the Way to Sturgis: Murder of James M. Bailey Jr. 1975, Hells Angels Cleveland Chapter, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James M. "Beetle" Bailey, Paul Philemon, Richard Vesey, Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Jasper County Iowa murders, unsolved murder of James M. "Beetle" Bailey
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Bright, Bold Blackmailer: Murder of Alice Kelly 1888
Murder Victim Alice Kelley 28-year-old Blackmailer 1860-1888 Cause of Death: Beaten and Slashed Motive: Revenge for Blackmail Murder Scene and Date Wooded Area “Old Field” Ottumwa, Iowa Wapello County July 9, 1888 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written January 2013 It … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Kelley, Bright Bold Blackmailer: Murder of Alice Kelly 1888, Daniel Hannon, Detroit House of Corrections, Fred and Caroline Herrman greenhouse, George Gerspucher, Iowa Unsolved Murders, John Fleming, Laura Burgess Kelley, Michigan Asylum for Insane Criminals, Moses Huston Kelley, Sarah G. Kelley Adams, State Reform School at Eldora Iowa, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Ottumwa Iowa murder, Unsolved Wapello County Iowa murder, Wapello County Sheriff L.J. Michael
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Destination Unknown: Murder of Geraldine Maggert 1968
Murder Victim Geraldine Evelyn Florence Maggert 25-year-old Secretary Urban Renewal Relocations, Cedar Rapids Office Single Mother of a Daughter Cause of Death: Beaten and Strangled Motive: Sexual Psychopathy 1943-1968 Murder and Date Last Seen: Downtown Cedar Rapids Linn County, Iowa … Continue reading
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Tagged Destination Unknown: Murder of Geraldine Maggert 1968, Francis W. “Bud” Sueppel Jr., Iowa Unsolved Murders, Johnson County Attorney Robert Jansen, Johnson County Sheriff Maynard Schneider, Richard Maggert, Tom Hopewell, unsolved Cedar Rapids Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Johnson County Iowa murders, Unsolved Linn County Iowa murders, unsolved murder of Geraldine Maggert, unsolved murder of Sheila Collins
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In Memory
This page is dedicated to the memory of Ames Police Department Sergeant Howard Snider, who drowned on June 17, 2012 — Father’s Day – after bringing his young daughter to safety. There are no words for how I miss his … Continue reading
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Coal Mine Plunge: Suspicious Death of Robert Lee Ruby 1936
Victim Robert Lee Ruby 54-year-old Farmer and Coal Miner 1882-1936 Cause of Death: Pushed From a Height Motive: Unknown Death Scene and Date Bidwell Coal Mine Polk Township Wapello County, Iowa January 11, 1936 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written August … Continue reading
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Tagged Bidwell Coal Mine, Coal Mine Plunge: Suspicious Death of Robert Lee Ruby 1936, Henry Oswald farm, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Robert Lee Ruby, suspicious death in Polk Township Wapello County Iowa, suspicious death of Robert Lee Ruby, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Wapello County Iowa murder
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By Nancy Bowers Thank you for visiting Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases — a not-for-profit educational and historical website. This is a repository, a quiet library rather than a frenetic and inter-active forum for breaking news on recent or … Continue reading