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Tag Archives: Iowa Unsolved Murders
Bright, Bold Blackmailer: Murder of Alice Kelly 1888
Murder Victim Alice Kelley 28-year-old Blackmailer 1860-1888 Cause of Death: Beaten and Slashed Motive: Revenge for Blackmail Murder Scene and Date Wooded Area “Old Field” Ottumwa, Iowa Wapello County July 9, 1888 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written January 2013 It … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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