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Tag Archives: Iowa Unsolved Murders
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 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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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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“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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“A Vaudeville of Troubles”: Murder of Deborah Simmons 1879
Murder Victim Deborah Ann Faulkerson Simmons 62-year-old Hotel Proprietress 1816-1879 Cause of Death: Struck with Flat Iron Motive: Family Dispute Murder Scene and Date The New York House Jefferson Street between 4th and 5th Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County April … Continue reading
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Death of the Photographer’s Daughter: Murder of Clara Gray 1898
Murder Victim Clara N. Kelley Gray 22-year-old Farm Wife 1876-1898 Cause of Death: Undetermined Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date East Nishnabotna River Bank Six miles south of Red Oak, Iowa Montgomery County February 28, 1898 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Taylor Gray, Clara Kelley Gray, Death of the Photographer's Daughter: Murder of Clara Gray 1898, Edward R. Kelley, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Montgomery County Iowa murders, Unsolved Red Oak Iowa murders
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“Slay Utterly”: Villisca Axe Murders 1912
Murder Victims Josiah B. Moore (1868-1912) Sara Montgomery Moore (1873-1912) Herman Montgomery Moore (1900-1912) Mary Katherine Moore (1902-1912) Arthur Boyd Moore (1905-1912) Paul Vernon Moore (1907-1912) Lena Gertrude Stillinger (1900-1912) Ina Mae Stillinger (1903-1912) Murder Scene and Date Moore … Continue reading
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Death Comes to the Mayor: Murder of Robert W. Stubbs 1882
Murder Victim Robert Wadsworth Stubbs 36-year-old Mill Owner Mayor of Polk City 1845-1892 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Home Invasion Murder Scene and Date Stubbs Family Home Polk City, Iowa Polk County April 15, 1882 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading
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