Category Archives: Unsolved Iowa Murder

Good Neighborhood Kid: Murder of Ronald Butler 1977

Murder Victim Ronald Craig Butler Student, University of Northern Iowa Music Teacher, Martin Luther King Center 1954-1977 Cause of Death: Stabbed Murder Scene and Date Butler Residence 327 Sumner Street Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County October 18, 1977 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By … Continue reading

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Cold Deep Waters: Murder of Connie Craft 1975

Murder Victim Connie J. Craft 20-year-old Cosmetology Student 1955-1975 Cause of Death: Drowned Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Albion Gravel Pit Cresco, Iowa Howard County June 30, 1975 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written April 2010 In 1975, the Albion … Continue reading

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The Shy, Quiet Victim: Murder of Emma Lewis 1976

Murder Victim Emma Sophia Lewis 80-year-old Widowed Homemaker 1896-1976 Cause of Death: Drowned in Own Blood After Beating Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Lewis Home Waukee, Iowa Dallas County September 14, 1976 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written June 2010 … Continue reading

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Dying For Drugs: Murder of Terry Vanden Hull 1975

Murder Victim Terry Lee Vanden Hull 1954-1975 Cause of Death: Throat Slashed Motive: Drug Trade Intrigue Murder Scene and Date Colleen Shaffer farm 2 1/2 miles southeast of Maxwell, Iowa Story County February 24, 1975 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading

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The Gruff Good Man: Murder of Ewald Bandixen 1974

Murder Victim Ewald Emil Bandixen, Jr. 70-year-old Service Station Owner 1904-1974 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Bandixen Service Station U.S. Highway 67 Folletts, Iowa Clinton County October 28, 1974 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written February … Continue reading

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Gunfire at the Holiday Inn: Murders of Danny Peters and Luis Trujillo, Jr. 1974

Murder Victims Danny Lee Peters 21-year-old Hotel Security Guard Law Enforcement Student 1953-1974 Luis A. Trujillo, Jr. 22-year-old Hotel Assistant Night Auditor Bell Captain 1952-1974 Cause of Deaths: Gunshots Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Downtown Holiday Inn 1050 6th … Continue reading

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“Heaven Is My Home”: Murder of Gloria Slump 1967

Murder Victim Gloria Faye Slump 24-year-old Secretary Investment Brokerage 1942-1967 Cause of Death: Stabbed Motive: Psychopathy, General Murder Scene and Date Pony Creek Trestle Council Bluffs, Iowa Pottawattamie County March 6, 1967 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written February 2010 On … Continue reading

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Sarah Ann Ottens: A Remembrance and Tribute by David Jindrich

By David Jindrich Written 2011 My wife and I are avid genealogy researchers, auditing cemeteries and researching the history of our own genealogy and of those who settled the Midwest. We have walked many cemeteries in eastern Iowa and western … Continue reading

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Spring Break Killer: Murder of Sarah Ann Ottens 1973

Murder Victim Sarah Ann Ottens 20-year-old Student University of Iowa 1953-1973 Cause of Death: Suffocated Motive: Sexual Psychopathy Murder Scene and Date Room 429, Rienow Hall University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Johnson County March 13, 1973 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy … Continue reading

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Long Creek Close to Home: Murder of Mary Lange 1970

Murder Victim Mary Berniece Lange 37-year-old Clerk Burlington Municipal Court 1933-1970 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned and Drowned Motive: Love Triangle Murder Scene and Date Long Creek Bridge, Agency Road Near Burlington, Iowa Des Moines County December 17, 1970 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By … Continue reading

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