Category Archives: Unsolved Iowa Murder

WWII to the Age of Aquarius: Iowa Unsolved Murders 1941-1965

  Click on a title below to read about defenseless victims, heartless killers, and unfathomable motives associated with historical Iowa unsolved murders from just after WWII through 1965. All the following articles were researched and written by Nancy Bowers between … Continue reading

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Jazz Age, Great Depression: Iowa Unsolved Murders 1918 -1940

  Click on a title below to read about defenseless victims, heartless killers, and unfathomable motives associated with historical Iowa unsolved murders from just after WWI to the beginning of WWII. All the following articles were researched and written by … Continue reading

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Early 20th Century through WWI: Iowa Unsolved Murders 1900-1917

  Click on a title below to read about defenseless victims, heartless killers, and unfathomable motives associated with historical Iowa unsolved murders from 1900 through WWI. All the following articles were researched and written by Nancy Bowers between 2009 and … Continue reading

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Statehood to Turn of the Century: Iowa Unsolved Murders 1846-1899

  Click on a title below to read about defenseless victims, heartless killers, and unfathomable motives associated with historical Iowa unsolved murders from the early days of statehood up to the eve of the 20th century. All the following articles … Continue reading

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Among the Tropical Fish: Murder of Myrtle Cumpston 1965

Murder Victim Myrtle Zelda Cumpston Co-Owner, C&K Aqualand 61-year-old Farm Wife 1904-1965 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date C&K Aqualand Cumpston Farm Near Redfield, Iowa Dallas County March 9, 1965 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written March … Continue reading

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Valentine Death: Murder of Catherine Decora 1965

Murder Victim Catherine Decora (Katherine DeKora) 1917-1965 Cause of Death: Beaten Motive: Drinking Party Gone Wrong Murder Scene and Date Kenneth Taylor Residence Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County February 14, 1965 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written June 2010 The Valentine’s … Continue reading

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Bound and Gagged: Murder of Francis Rafferty 1964

Murder Victim Francis John Rafferty 58-year-old Millworker Carr, Adams and Collier Company 1905-1964 Cause of Death: Asphyxiation Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Rafferty Home Dubuque, Iowa Dubuque County February 8, 1964 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written March 2010 Shortly … Continue reading

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“Right Place, Wrong Time”: Murder of Edward Kriz 1962

Murder Victim Edward A. Kriz 43-year-old Owner George’s Buffet Tavern 1919-1962 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Elimination of Witness Murder Scene and Date Hamburg Inn No. 2 214 North Linn Street Iowa City, Iowa Johnson County November 10, 1962 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading

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Burning Murder? Death of Lucille DeVries 1962

Victim Lucille Elaine DeVries 22-year-old Secretary, Iowa Company Waitress, Frontier Ballroom 1940-1962 Cause of Death: Burns Motive: Unknown Crime Scene and Date 607 3rd Street NE Mason City, Iowa Cerro Gordo County October 10, 1962 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading

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Explosion in the Night: Murder of William L. Meadows 1961

Murder Victim William Lawrence Meadows 36-year-old Farmer Plainfield Town Marshal WWII Veteran 1924-1961 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Avoiding Arrest Murder Scene and Date Hartmann Packing Plant Plainfield, Iowa Bremer County January 24, 1961 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written September … Continue reading

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