Category Archives: Unsolved Iowa Murder

Acting Oddly: Murder of Daniel Kelleher 1904

Murder Victim Daniel Kelleher 28-year-old Railroad Worker Burlington Northern Railroad 1876-1904 Cause of Death: Beaten Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Assaulted at Unknown Location Died at Mercy Hospital Des Moines, Iowa Polk County November 30, 1904 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy … Continue reading

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The Dead Suspect: Murder of Traci Ann Evenson 1997

Murder Victim Traci Ann Evenson 22-year-old Kirkwood Community College Student Telemarketer Deli Worker 1975-1997 Causes of Death: Beaten and Suffocated Motive: Rage Murder Scene and Date 438 1/2 Ninth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids, Iowa Linn County June 21, 1997 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading

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Death In the Rail Yard: Murder of Bill Dayton 1894

Murder Victim Bill “Billy” Dayton Age and Occupation Unknown Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Train Yard Boone, Iowa Boone County August 22, 1894 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written January 2014 During the third week of … Continue reading

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The Clue In The Dress Pattern: Murder of Fred Quade 1897

Murder Victim Friedrich Wilhelm “Fred” Quade 47-year-old Farmer 1849-1897 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Family Quarrel Murder Scene and Date Quade Farm Greenfield Township Near Knierim and Manson, Iowa Calhoun County September 29, 1897 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written October … Continue reading

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Coldblooded Desperado: Murder of Officer George W. Wilson 1907

Murder Victim George W. Wilson 50-year-old Detective Council Bluffs Police Department 1857-1907 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive Avoiding Arrest Murder Scene and Date Elliott Street Council Bluffs, Iowa Pottawattamie County End of Watch: Monday, July 29, 1907 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy … Continue reading

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The Tramp at Breakfast: Murder of Andrew Hart 1896

Murder Victim Andrew Hart 26-year-old Farmhand 1870-1896 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Myron Woodard Farm Section 9, Washington Township Near LaMoille, Iowa Marshall County December 13, 1896 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written September 2013 In … Continue reading

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The Beckoning Hand: Murder of Alma Harrison 1905

Murder Victim Alma Harrison 17-year-old Daughter of Prominent Davenport Family 1888-1905 Murder Scene and Date Mississippi River Disappeared at Buffalo, Iowa Scott County July 17, 1905 Found 8 miles North of Muscatine, Iowa Muscatine County July 22, 1905 Cause of … Continue reading

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Poison Kiss: Murder of Edwin Hodges 1869

Murder Victim Edwin F. Hodges 24-year-old Farmer 1845-1869 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Elimination of Husband to Obtain Wife Murder Scene and Date James McQuinn Home Florence Township (formerly Cue) Benton County January 8, 1869 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading

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Shock: Suspicious Death of Neva Andrews 1950

Victim Neva Elizabeth Andrews 46-year-old Homemaker Divorced Mother of Two 1903-1950 Cause of Death: Shock Due to Slashing Motive: Unknown Death Scene and Date 500 Block West Willow Street Cherokee, Iowa Cherokee County August 7, 1950 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading

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Below the Melan Arch Bridge: Baby John Doe 1898

Murder Victim Baby John Doe Newborn Infant 1898-1898 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Infanticide Murder Scene and Date Des Moines River Sixth Avenue Melan Arch Bridge Des Moines, Iowa Polk County April 22, 1898 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written June … Continue reading

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