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Category Archives: Murders
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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Tagged Cloyd Magarell, George McNutt, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James and Minnie Matthews, John E. Wildman, Maranda and George Washington Andrews, The Tramp at Breakfast: Murder of Andrew Hart 1896, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved LaMoille Iowa murder, Unsolved Marshall County Iowa murders, unsolved murder of Andrew Hart, William D. Mills
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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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Tagged 5th Illinois Cavalry, Bridewell House of Detention, Cold Iowa murders, Dr. Elliott R. King, George Hatton, Iowa Unsolved Murders, R. O. McGaughey, The Beckoning Hand: Murder of Alma Harrison 1905, Unsolved Buffalo Iowa Murder, Unsolved Davenport Iowa murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders
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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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Tagged Anna Hodges McQuinn, Charles H. Conklin, Dover's Powders, Dr. C. P. Carpenter, Dr. Freeman McClelland, Dr. Harley G. Ristine, Dr. Jacob H. Camburn, Dr. James Van Zandt Blaney, Dr. Jesse Wasson, Dr. Oren E. Peabody, Dr. W.B. Lathrop, Edmund Preston, Edwin Hodges, Henry M. Wilson, Hope Hodges, Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Isaac M. Preston, James McQuinn, John Shane, Poison Kiss: Murder of Edwin Hodges 1869, Rebecca Friedrich McQuinn, S.P. Vanatta, unsolved Benton County Iowa murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders
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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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Tagged Dr. Joseph E. Bunker, E.M. “Bud” Lyman, Harold Grigg, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Louise Bong, Neva Andrews, Ralph Hindman, Sheriff Carl Schleef, Shock: Suspicious Death of Neva Andrews 1950, Tedford Andrews, Unsolved Cherokee County Iowa murders, Unsolved Cherokee Iowa murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders
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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
“None But a Frenzied Woman”: Murder of Anna Wiese 1893
Murder Victim Anna Wiese 20-year-old Hired Girl Henry and Rebecca Russie Farm 1873-1893 Cause of Death: Stabbed, Slashed, and Clubbed Motive: Jealousy Murder Scene and Date Vienna Township Marshall County August 26, 1893 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written December 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged “None But a Frenzied Woman": Murder of Anna Wiese 1893, Anna Wiese, Arthur Sherlock, Cyrus Bennett, Dr. Cassius Cottle, Dr. Wilfred F. David, Dr. Winfield S. Devine, Emily Gardner Bennett, Emily Gardner Sherlock Benett, Emma Gardner Shattuck, Henry Elderkin Jewett Boardman, Henry Russie, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Jacob B. Pence, James L. Carney, Judge D.R. Hindman, O.L. Binford, Obed Caswell, Unsolved Green Mountain Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Marshall County Iowa murder
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Obsession: Murder of Mamie Peterson 1896
Murder Victim Mamie A. Peterson 18-year-old Household Helper, Family Home 1878-1896 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motives: Jealousy/Avoiding Responsibility for Pregnancy Murder Scene and Date Unionville, Iowa Appanoose County May 12, 1896 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written May 2013 The elements … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Underwood, Benjamin Franklin Silknitter, Dr. John Lazelle Sawyers, Dr. L.S. Patterson, Edward M. Phillips, Francis Davis, George Shutts, Iowa Unsolved Murders, J.C. Mabre, J.C. Mabrey, Judge Frank H. Eichelberger, Judge Robert Stone, Mamie Peterson, Ned Hemphill, Passion and Obsession: Murder of Mamie Peterson 1896, Squire William Stanley, unsolved Appanoose County Iowa murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Unionville Iowa murder
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Motives for Murders
The most important yet complicated and sometimes even unknowable aspect of a homicide is what compels one person to take the life of another. In cases of unsolved or unresolved, the “why” is often a matter of conjecture or speculation … Continue reading
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Taken to the Grave: Murder of Juliette Thomas 1871
Murder Victim Juliette Pranal Thomas 58-year-old Farm Wife 1813-1871 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Love Triangle Murder Scene and Date Thomas Home Hazelton, Iowa Buchanan County February 12, 1871 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written April 2013 The story of Juliette … Continue reading
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Tagged Cyrus B. Voorhees, Daniel Thomas, Dr. Hiram H. Hunt, George O. Farr, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James Jamison, Jedediah "Jed" Lake, John Fay, Julia Ann Bessey Fay, Merritt W. Harmon, Taken to the Grave: Murder of Juliette Thomas 1871, unsolved Buchanan County Iowa murder, unsolved Hazelton Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders
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Methods of Murders
This page lists victims on the website according to cause of death. Some victims are listed under more than one cause in cases where multiple methods were employed. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ☛ Asphyxiated ☚ Francis John Rafferty ☛ Axed ☚ “Apple Grove … Continue reading
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