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Category Archives: Unsolved Iowa Murder
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
Staff
To read about the team behind Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases, click on the appropriate staff member: Nancy Bowers: Founder, Administrator, Researcher, Writer David J. Jindrich: Researcher and Contributor
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Tagged Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases
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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
Forgotten and Unsolved: Murder of Melvin Royale Adams 1983
Murder Victim Melvin Royale “Mez” Adams Royal Canadian Air Force veteran 1928-1983 Cause of Death: Stabbed Motive: Drinking Party Gone Wrong Murder Scene and Date Cabin south of Agency, Iowa Wapello County February 13, 1983 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading
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Tagged Forgotten and Unsolved: Murder of Melvin Royale Adams 1983, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Melvin Royale Adams, Mez Adams, unsolved Agency Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Melvin Royale Adams, Unsolved Wapello County Iowa murder
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Double Identity: Murder of George Griswold 1905
Murder Victim George Ruggles Griswold 41-year-old Iowa Agent State Mutual Life Assurance Company 1864-1905 Cause of Death: Undetermined Motive: Business Quarrel Murder Scene and Date Conjunction of Des Moines & Raccoon rivers Des Moines, Iowa Polk County September 13, 1905 … Continue reading
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Tagged "Arthur Stockman", A.T. Mitchell, Carl Kauffman, Charles Noyes Kinney, Double Identity: Murder of George Griswold 1905, Dr. Chester A. Ayres, Dr. Frederick W. Knott, Dr. James W. Beck, Eli Hardin, Frank Callahan, Garfield Gray, George Ruggles Griswold, Grace Stockman Eastman, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases, Jane Hodges, Jesse A Miller, Josie Stockman, Lulu B. Cremer Griswold, Munger's European Hotel, Noah Eastman, Ulysses S. Grant Kuhn, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, unsolved murder of George Griswold, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders, William S. Ayres
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Picture Imperfect: Suspicious Death of Oliver Pearson 1896
Victim Oliver E. Pearson 39-year-old Photographer and Artist 1857-1896 Cause of Death: Pushed From a Height Motive: Business Quarrel Death Scene and Date Pearson Gallery East 6th & East Locust Des Moines, Iowa Polk County March 20, 1896 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By … Continue reading
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Tagged A.B. Snider, Abel Pearson, Charles Finney Wilcox, Des Moines Illustrated Souvenir, Des Moines Police Officers Crumbaker, Doc, Ellsworth, George Washington Stiffler, H.P. Holmes, Henry W. Wilcox, Homer D. Cope, Iowa Historical Illustrative Company, Iowa Unsolved Murders, J.W. Hill, Lewis Allen Wilcox, mascot of 23rd Iowa Infantry, Matilda J. Wise Pearson, Picture Imperfect: Suspicious Death of Oliver Pearson 1896, Rollin V. Ankeny, Rood, Susie Pierce Pearson, unsolved death of Oliver Pearson, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders
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Crossing the Line: Murder of Arlene Adler 1967 Written by David Jindrich
Murder Victim Arlene Grace Adler 1928-1967 Cause of Death: Slashed with Knife Motive: Sexual Psychopathy Murder Scene and Date Last Seen Clinton, Iowa Body Found In Mississippi River Behind Agrico Plant Fulton, Illinois Whiteside County November 11, 1967 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By … Continue reading
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Tagged "Ducky Graham" Liston, 620 Club Clinton Iowa, Agrico Plant Fulton Illinois, Arlene Adler, Clarence William Liston, Crossing the Line: Murder of Arlene Adler 1968 by David Jindrich, David Jindrich, Detective Donald D. Flood, Dr. Maurice Perou, Harold Swanson, Harold Zeeryp, Illinois State Police Agent Robert Bales, Jack Jensen, James Bennett, Joe G. Sikkema, John Ardapple, John Conroy, Joyce Eleen Oleson Liston, Judge John R. Erhart, Judge L.L. Winn, L.E. Ellison, Leanna Paulsen, Leona A. Leopold, Les's Tavern Clinton Iowa, Rev. James Riegal, Robert Adler, Robert Decker, Ronald Coplan, Sgt. Ray Haley, Sheriff Lyle Landis, Sheriff Lyle W. Landis, Unsolved Clinton County Iowa murders, unsolved Clinton Iowa murder, unsolved Fulton Illinois murder, unsolved Whiteside County Illinois murder, Vernon D. Sikkema, Whiteside County State’s Attorney L.E. Ellison, William Considine
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