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Iowa Unsolved Murders:  Historic Cases

Tag Archives: Charles V. McGriff

Who Killed the Corn Canning Czar? Murder of Henry Chavis 1948

Nancy Bowers

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 →

Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder | 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 | Leave a comment
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