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

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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

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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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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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“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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