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Category Archives: Murders
The Coffee that Killed the Frog: Murder of Winfield S. Carpenter 1904
Murder Victim Winfield S. Carpenter 50 year-old Carpet Weaver 1853-1904 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Family Quarrel Murder Scene and Date Boat House, Iowa River Iowa City, Iowa Johnson County August 12, 1904 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written August 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged Cora D. Hess Carpenter, Dr. E.W. Rockwood, George Cripper, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Jacob Goering, The Coffee that Killed the Frog: Murder of Winfield S. Carpenter 1904, unsolved Iowa City Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Johnson County Iowa Murder, Winfield S. Carpenter
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The Boy on the Train: Murder of Addis Lyman 1905
Murder Victim Addis Lyman 1887-1905 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Chicago and Northwestern tracks Carroll, Iowa Carroll County February 23, 1905 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written 2011 When the body of 17-year-old Addis E. Lyman … Continue reading
The Veteran Who Lived Alone: Murder of Henry Millard 1874
Murder Victim Henry J. Millard 30-year-old Farmer and Civil War Veteran 1844-1874 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Camp Township Polk County October 1874 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written 2011 In early October of 1874, 30-year-old … Continue reading
The Interrupted Funeral Procession: Murder of Josiah Pratt 1905
Murder Victim Josiah M. Pratt 33-year-old Farmer 1871-1905 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Love Triangle Murder Scene and Date Pratt Farm Home Elm Grove Township Near Yetter, Iowa Calhoun County June 25, 1905 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written January 2012 … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham L. Riseley, Charles Noyes Kinney, Dr. A.L. Linn, Dr. Alva C. Norton, E.A. Griffith, George N. Miller, Iowa Unsolved Murders, J.F. Lavender, James M. Parsons, Jennie Pratt, John B. McCrary, John F. Fouts, John J. Cody, Josiah M. Pratt, Marion E. Hutchison, Mina Esther Fox Persing, S.L. McMickles, The Interrupted Funeral Procession: Murder of Josiah Pratt 1905, Unsolved Calhoun County Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Vetter Iowa murder, W.C. Guenther, Will Persing, William Brown, William Spurgeon Persing, Yetter Iowa
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Locations
To read about unsolved murders in a particular Iowa location, click on Towns/Townships or Counties: ☛ Towns/Townships ☚ ☛ Counties ☚ Articles are added frequently. Check back soon for additional stories. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Tagged Cold Iowa murders, Frankville Iowa unsolved murder, Iowa Unsolved Murders, unsolved Appanoose County Iowa murders, Unsolved Clinton County Iowa murders, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Jackson County Iowa Murders
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Dates
To read about an unsolved historic Iowa murder from a specific year, click on case from a year below. Cases are being added frequently. Check back soon for other years and cases. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ☛ 1847 ☚ Nathaniel Carnagy ☛ 1848 … Continue reading
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Tagged Fred Quade, Murder of Terri Venem, Terri Venem
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Who Killed the Corn Canning Czar? Murder of Henry Chavis 1948
Murder Victim Henry William Chavis 55-year-old Ames Canning Company Owner Cattle and Grain Farmer 1893-1948 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Grudge Murder Scene and Date Chavis Farm Home Highway 69 (now S. Duff Avenue) 1 mile South of Ames, Iowa … Continue reading
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Tagged "Red" Dinsmore, Ames Canning Company, Arlie Schumer, Boyd Larson, Charles V. McGriff, Cole Foster, D.W. "Doc" Nebergall, Daniel G. "Guy" Mills, Dr. Joe Fellows, El Rancho Motel Ames Iowa, Gertrude Chavis, Harry Mills, Henry Chavis, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Ivan Shalley, Leonard Keeler, Nellie Aller, Unsolved Ames Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Story County Iowa Murder, Veva Mills, Who Killed the Corn Canning Czar? Murder of Henry Chavis 1948
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Taking the Waters: Murder of Frank Callahan 1905
Murder Victim Frank Callahan 34-year-old “Nervous Disorder” Patient 1870-1905 Cause of Death: Drowned Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Last Seen September 19, 1905 Des Moines, Iowa Found in Des Moines River at Levey Polk County September 24, 1905 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarence Keeling, Colfax Sanitarium, Double Identity: Murder of George Griswold 1905, Dr. William Beck, Frank Callahan, Frank Keeling, George R. Griswold, Harvey Keller, Taking the Waters: Murder of Frank Callahan 1905, Thomas Callahan, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of George Griswold, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders, William Perry Keeney
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“Very Maw of Death”: Murder of Officer Fred Widmann 1908
Murder Victim Fredrich P. “Fred” Widmann 30-year-old Waterloo Patrolman Killed in the Line of Duty 1870-1908 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Avoiding Arrest Murder Scene and Date Alley behind East 4th Street Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County End of Watch: … Continue reading
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Tagged "Very Maw of Death": Murder of Officer Fred Widmann 1908, Coburn and Sons Bicycle and Guns, Dr. J.A. Jerger, E.A. Leighton, F.A. Doty, Fred Cordell, Fred P. Widmann, Iowa Unsolved Murders, J.W. Burbank, Joe McQuilkin, Logan House Hotel, Louise Wolfe Sitterly Kelly, Officers killed in line of duty, Rev. Theodore Wolfram, Tom Hartmann, unsolved Black Hawk County Iowa murders, Unsolved Murder Waterloo, Unsolved Waterloo Iowa murder
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Poison in the Whiskey: Murder of Leonard DeLong 1904
Murder Victim Leonard L. DeLong 52-year-old Farmer 1852-1904 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Obtaining an Inheritance Murder Scene and Date Washington Township Near Osceola, Iowa Clarke County September 9, 1904 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written July 2011 When wealthy Clarke … Continue reading