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Tag Archives: Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases
The Apron in the Shack: Murder of Erma (Irma) Vivian Caldwell 1924
Murder Victim Erma (Irma) Vivian Caldwell 27-Year Old Waitress 1897-1924 Cause of Death: Drowned Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Chicago Great Western Railroad Bridge Iowa River Marshalltown, Iowa Marshall County August-September 1924 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written March-April 2020 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bert Goodale, Charles Harry Caldwell, Cold Iowa murders, Dr. F.W. Mulsow, Dr. James Henry Bouche, Erma Caldwell, Erma Somers Caldwell, Harry Caldwell, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases, Irma Caldwell, Sheriff J.R. Meekins, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Marshall County Iowa murder, Unsolved Marshalltown Iowa murders, Unsolved murder of Erma Caldwell, Wilbur Teeters
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The Well Digger: Murder of Peter Hendrickson 1895
Murder Victim Peter Hendrickson 47-Year-Old Well Digger And Stone Mason 1848-1895 Cause of Death: Unknown (Staged Suicide) Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Keokuk and Des Moines Railroad Bridge Des Moines, Iowa Polk County October 5, 1895 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold Iowa murders, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases, Peter Hendrickson, The Well Digger: Murder of Peter Hendrickson 1895, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders
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“Lilies of Soul-Less Sin”: Murders of Max Noack and Ora Minter 1895
Murder Victims Max Noack 22-Year-Old Farmhand 1872-1895 Ora Minter, a.k.a. Hazel Hammond 18-year-old Prostitute 1876-1895 Cause of Deaths: Gunshots Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Maud Hoyle’s Brothel 209 Fourth Street, Second Floor Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County August 25, … Continue reading
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Tagged "Lilies of Soul-Less Sin": Murders of Max Noack and Ora Minter 1895, Alexander Chapin, Asa Burton, Billy DeWitt, Charles A. Lacey, Charles Bird, Clara Noack, Cold Iowa murders, Daniel Berry, Dr. Van Buren Knott, Ernest and Wilhemina Noack, George W. Young, Harry Johnson, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases, Johanna Thurston, John "Jack" McGraw, Joseph W. Hallam, Kid Gallagher, Louis Jeep, Maud Hoyle, Max Noack, Ora Minter, Roderick Middleton, Sioux City Iowa unsolved murder, Thomas J. Stevenson, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Woodbury County murder, Vic McCarthy, William H. Minter
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The Frozen Body: Murder of James Edgar “Ed” Knotts 1895
Murder Victim James Edgar “Ed” Knotts 23-year-old Farmer 1872-1895 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Charles R. McCuddin Home Elijah W. Knotts Farm Virginia Township Near New Virginia, Iowa Warren County January 23, 1895 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By … Continue reading
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Tagged A.L. Putnam, Allan Talbot, B.B. Bennum, C.S. Parker, Charles McClintic, Charles R. McCuddin, Charles Russell, Cold Iowa murders, Elijah Washington Knotts, Elizabeth Hall Knotts, Harley Kerr, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases, Iva McCuddin, J.F. Brown, J.W. Farley, James Edgar "Ed" Knotts, Jeff Harsh, John J. McCuddin, The Frozen Body: Murder of James Edgar "Ed" Knotts 1895, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved New Virginia Iowa murder, unsolved Warren County Iowa murder, W.B. Lowe, W.O. Hunt, William McClure
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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
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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
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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Long ago in Iowa, a man walked through shadowy woods and stopped. Was he going somewhere or was he coming back? Was something unspeakable about to happen to him? Or was he contemplating a horrific act? Was he searching … Continue reading
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