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Tag Archives: Iowa Unsolved Murders
Back to the Window: Murder of William Mullikin 1902
Murder Victim William D. Mullikin 57-year-old Businessman Hotel Owner, Cattleman 1844-1902 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Personal Assassination Murder Scene and Date Montrose Township Lee County, Iowa February 5, 1902 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written May 2011 On Tuesday evening, … Continue reading
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Tagged Back to the Window: Murder of William Mullikin 1902, Dr. John H. Coulter, Fred Korschgen, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Mary Elizabeth Jones Mullikin, Nellie Mullikin, Unsolved Lee County Iowa murders, Unsolved Montrose Iowa murders, William D. Mulliken
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The “Criminal Operation”: Murder of Belle Sutliff 1897
Murder Victim Clara Belle “Belle” Sutliff 28-year-old School Teacher 1868-1897 Cause of Death: Botched Illegal Abortion Motive: Termination of Pregnancy/Love Triangle Murder Scene and Date Sutliff home Oxford Mills, Iowa Near Oxford Junction, Iowa Jones County February 12, 1897 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
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A Woman and Her Dog: Murder of Maude Lambert 1902
Murder Victim Maude Stubbs Lambert 1878-1902 Cause of Death: Poisoned Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Marshalltown, Iowa Marshall County June 28, 1902 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written May 2011 On Saturday, June 28, 1902, 22-year-old Maude Stubbs Lambert was … Continue reading
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Tagged A Woman and Her Dog: Murder of Maude Lambert 1902, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Maude Lambert, Maude Stubbs Lambert, State Chemist of Iowa Floyd Davis, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Marshall County Iowa murders, Unsolved Marshalltown Iowa murders
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“Ground Into a Hundred Pieces”: Murder of Elmer Anderson 1897
Murder Victim Elmer Anderson 26-year-old Coal Miner 1871-1897 Cause of Death: Faked Railroad Accident Motive: Argument Murder Scene and Date Milwaukee Road tracks Mystic, Iowa Appanoose County March 29, 1897 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers April 2012 From the 1850s through … Continue reading
Christmas Day Death on Mud Creek: Murder of Henry Stephens 1876
Murder Victim Henry Nicholas Stephens66-year-old Farmer1810-1876Cause of Death: Pushed From a HeightMotive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Railroad Bridge Over Mud CreekOne Mile East of Vinton, IowaBenton CountyChristmas Day, 1876 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy BowersWritten April 2012 On Christmas Day of … Continue reading
Halloween Homicide: Murder of Walter Schenck 1902
Murder Victim Walter D. Schenck 26-year-old Teamster City Constable 1876-1902 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Front Gate, Schenck Home 210 Second Street Adair, Iowa Adair County October 31, 1902 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written July … Continue reading
The “Menial Drudge”: Murder of Lovina Kneeskern 1876
Murder Victim Lovina Peck Kneeskern 51-year-old Farm Wife 1825-1876 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Love Triangle Murder Scene and Date Frankville Township South of Decorah, Iowa Winneshiek County April 28, 1876 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written April 2012 In contemporary … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Kneeskern, Acles Haven Fannon, Charles VanBrocklin, Dr. W.F. Coleman, Eliza Walker Kneeskern, Frank Kneeskern, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Irene VanBrocklin, Jacob Harrison Womeldorf, Lovina Kneeskern, Lovina Peck Kneeskern, The "Menial Drudge": Murder of Lovina Kneeskern 1876, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Winneshiek County Iowa unsolved murders
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“Riding the Blinds”: Murder of Elmer Dudrey 1896
Murder Victim Willis Elmer Dudrey 22-year-old Farmhand 1874-1896 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Drunken Quarrel Murder Scene and Date Train Station Webster City, Iowa Hamilton County June 7, 1896 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written June 2011 “Riding the blinds” was … Continue reading
The Murders
To read about defenseless victims, heartless killers, and unfathomable motives associated with historical Iowa unsolved murders, click on the complete list of cases or on an historic period below. All articles in each time span were researched and written by … Continue reading
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Tagged "Apple Grove John Doe", "Joplin Red" West, Addis Lyman, Alexander McArthur, and Mary Hardy, Andrew M. Brown, Ashley Downing, Belle Sutliff, Chester N. Van Horn, Clara Gray, Cold Iowa murders, David Faulkner, Deborah Simmons, Earl, Elmer Anderson, Elmer Dudrey, Elmer Penderson, Esther Alger, Fred P. Widmann, George Sulzberger, Harry Salisbury, Henry Stephens, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Iowa's Unsolved Murders, James, Jeremiah Zollinger, John "Joplin Red" West, John Allen, John Murphy, Josiah Pratt, Lena and Martin Schultz, Lena and Tommy Peterson, Leonard DeLong, Lillian Chapman, Louis Friedman, Lovina Kneeskern, Ma-Cha-Che, Maud Straw, Maude Lambert, Meadow, Nathaniel Carnagy, Price V. Evans, Ramona Jean Cox, Richard Huggins, Robert W. Stubbs, Sarah Tracy, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Villisca Axe Murders, Walter D. Schenck, William A. Hunt, William Clugston, William Mullikin
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Death Going West: Murder of Apple Grove John Doe 1866
Murder Victim “Apple Grove John Doe” Stephen D. Cooper Stonemason, US Cavalry Veteran 1828-1866 Cause of Death: Struck with Axe Motive: Argument Murder Scene and Date Apple Grove, Beaver Township Polk County, Iowa Late April, 1866 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading
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Tagged "Apple Grove John Doe", 5th Illinois Cavalry, Benjamin Pearson, Camp Creek Polk County Iowa, Death Going West: 1866, Hannah Stiles Cooper, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Lambert Sternberg, Polk County Iowa Unsolved murders, Stephen D. Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Unsolved Iowa Murders, William C. Humphrey
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