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Category Archives: Unsolved Iowa Murder
Apparition: Murder of Edwin Hughes 1898
Murder Victim Edward D. “Ed” Hughes 34 year-old Plumber Windmill and Pump Salesman Merry-Go-Round Operator 1863-1898 Cause of Death: Poisoned Motive: Love Triangle Murder Scene and Date Marilda and Patrick Hughes Home Oak Street Mason City Cerro Gordo County April … Continue reading
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Tagged Apparition: Murder of Edwin Hughes 1898, David W. Hurn, Dr. Charles Marston, Duncan Rule, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James M. McConlogue, Jesse U. Goude, John Cliggitt, John Collins Sherwin, John D. Glass, Lottie Thomas Hughes, Patrick and Marilda Hughes, unsolved Cerro Gordo County Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Mason City murder, W.D. Pelford, Walter S. Haines
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A Spoonful of Medicine Makes the Poison Go Down: Murder of Sarah Kirker 1897
Murder Victim Sarah Ann “Sally” Kirker 51-year-old Farm Wife 1845-1897 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Spousal Abuse Murder Scene and Date Kirker Home Lincoln Township Near Guernsey, Iowa Poweshiek County April 1, 1897 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written March 2014 … Continue reading
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Tagged A Spoonful of Medicine Makes the Poison Go Down: Murder of Sarah Kirker 1897, Beyond 1965: Selected Unsolved Iowa Murders, Dr. A.J. Harris, Iowa Unsolved Murders, John Kirker, Jonathon Hungerford, Sarah Nutterfee Hungerford Kirker, unsolved Guernsey Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders
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Unwitnessed: Murder of Washington Irving Crow 1875
Murder Victim Washington Irving Crow 28-year-old Farmer Civil War Veteran Company C, IL 133rd Infantry Regiment 1847-1875 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Argument Murder Scene and Date Stephen Crow Barn Near Woodbine Boyer Township Harrison County, Iowa December 6, 1875 … Continue reading
Assassination: Murders of Lizzie and Andrew Brownlie 1874
Murder Victims Lizzie Thomson Brownlie 32-year-old Farm Wife 1841-1874 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Personal Assassination Andrew J. Brownlie 4-year-old Son Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Collateral Damage 1869-1874 Murder Scene and Dates Brownlie Home Winfield Township Near Long Grove, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Brownlie, Assassination: Murders of Lizzie and Andrew Brownlie 1874, Dr. Archibald Stephens Maxwell, Dr. William W. Grant, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Thomson Brownlie, Henry Gertz, Hugh Muir Thomson, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James Alexander Brownlie, Jean "Jennie" Robinson Thomson, John C. Bills, John Walker Green, L.B. Dosh, Lewis Johnson, Long Grove Christian Church, Murder of Andrew Brownlie, Murder of Lizzie Brownlie, Patrick Hennessy, Rev. Henry Exley, Ritchie Walker Brownlie, Silas Richardson, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Long Grove Iowa murder, Unsolved Scott County Iowa murders
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On This Day
JANUARY On New Year’s Day of 1873, 43-year-old farm wife Mary Rosette Coffin died of hypothermia and starvation after she was abused and neglected by her husband Eli. The Coffin family lived in Turkey Grove (Now Grove City) in Atlantic … Continue reading
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The Neighbors: Murder of Hulda Emma Fischer 1975 Written by David Jindrich
Murder Victim Hulda Emma Fischer 84-year-old Widow 1890-1975 Cause of Death: Stabbed Murder Scene and Date 418 North 5th Street Maquoketa, Iowa Jackson County February 25, 1975 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By David Jindrich Written February 2014 Hulda Emma Fischer and her … Continue reading
Posted in Beyond 1965: Selected Unsolved Iowa Murders, Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Dr. J.A. Broman, Hattie Petersen, Hulda Fischer, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Maquoketa Police Chief Buddy Olson, Ronald Keller, The Neighbors: Murder of Hulda Fischer 1975 by David J. Jindrich, Thomas Goodwin, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Jackson County Iowa Murders, Unsolved Maquoketa Iowa murders
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Recently-Added Articles
This website is constantly expanding. New stories of historic Iowa unsolved homicides are frequently added. Click on titles below to read the most recent articles. __________________________________________________________________________________________ The Apron in the Shack: Murder of Erma (Irma) Caldwell 1924 A Dream of … Continue reading
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Dark Byway: Murder of Marshal Joseph Kashmetter (Kaeshmetter, Kashmitter) 1911
Murder Victim Joseph “Joe” Kashmetter (Kaeshmetter, Kashmitter) 53-year-old Town Marshal, City of Alton Father of 10 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Avoiding Arrest 1858-1911 Murder Scene and Date Shot 2:00 a.m. March 25, 1911 Behind the Hoxmeier Store End of … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Frederick Warren Cram, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Joseph Kaeshmetter, Joseph Kaeshmitter, Joseph Kashmetter, Marshal Joe: Murder of Joseph Kashmetter (Kashmitter) 1911, Officer killed in the line of duty, Peter Romeijn Schaap, unsolved Alton Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Sioux County Iowa murder
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Two Coffins: Death of Mary and Murder of Eli T. Coffin 1873
Victim Mary Rosette Coffin 43-year-old Farm Wife 1830-1873 Cause of Death: Hypothermia, Starvation Motive: Family Neglect and Abuse Victim Eli T. Coffin 43-year-old Farmer 1829-1873 Cause of Death: Gunshot, Hanged Motive: Vigilantism Death Scenes and Dates Coffin Home Turkey Grove … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Smith Churchill, Charles Franklin Loofbourow, CoffinTimes Two: Death of Mary and Murder of Eli T. Coffin 1873, Cold Iowa murders, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Loren L. DeLano, murder of Eli T. Coffin, murder of Mary R. Coffin, unsolved Atlantic Iowa murders, unsolved Cass County Iowa murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders
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Stealing Away: Murder of John Ford 1880
Murder Victim John Ford 42-year-old Bachelor Farmer 1838-1880 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Concealing Criminal Activity Murder Scene and Date Ford Farm Washington Township Buena Vista County Shot October 11, 1880 Died October 13, 1880 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading