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Tag Archives: Unsolved Iowa Murders
Staged Scene: Murder of Charles Shamblen 1936
Murder Victim Charles O. Shamblen 50-year-old Service Station Owner 1886-1936 Cause of Death: Faked Railroad Accident Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date West of Burlington Depot Malvern, Iowa Mills County December 12, 1936 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written August 2011 … Continue reading
The Redhead in the Strawstack: Murder of Jane Doe 1925
Murder Victim Jane Doe Unknown Redhead ca. 1900-1925 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Drinking Party Gone Wrong Murder Scene and Date Watts Hill 2 Miles East of Carlisle, Iowa Warren County July 24, 1925 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written June … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlisle Area Historical Society, Clarence Gift, Claude M. Morris, DeFord Drugstore, Earl Leverich, Frank Robertson, George Patterson, Harlan Cain, Hugh Patterson, Iowa Unsolved Murders, J. Elmer DeFord, James Risden, Jane Doe 1925 Carlisle Iowa, Ross Kerr, The Redhead in the Strawstack: Murder of Jane Doe 1925, The Strawstack Murder, unsolved Carlisle Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Warren County Iowa murder, Wadia Huckleberry, Walter Fleming
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Letters in Russian: Murder of Ben Mikovitch 1914
Murder Victim Ben Mikovitch Rock Island Railroad Laborer Russian Immigrant Age Unknown Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Near Shaul Cemetery Ottumwa, Iowa Wapello County August 25, 1914 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written October 2010 On … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Unsolved Murders, J.S. Ellerick, Letters in Russian: Murder of Ben Mikovitch 1914, Mrs. Con Jacobson, murder on Rock Island Railroad, Shaul Cemetery Ottumwa Iowa, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Ben Mikovitch, Unsolved Ottumwa Iowa murder, Unsolved Wapello County Iowa murder
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Elgin Watch Case #138033: Murder of John Doe 1910
Murder Victim John Doe 1910 “Young Man” Occupation Unknown Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Charles J. Murray farm South Fork Township Delaware County, Iowa Last Seen Labor Day, September 5, 1910 Body Found Thanksgiving Day, … Continue reading
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In the Head and Heart: Murder of John Doe 1917
Murder Victim John Doe 1917 Occupation Unknown ca. 1867 – 1917 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Tool House, Union Depot Sheldon, Iowa O’Brien County April 17, 1917 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written August 2011 On … Continue reading
Butter and Egg Day: Murder of Nels Louvring 1933
Murder Victim Nels Petersen Louvring 51-year-old Service Station Operator Automobile Junk Yard Owner 1882-1933 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Louvring Home 315 Water Street Fayette, Iowa Fayette County July 29, 1933 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading
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Tagged Butter and Egg Day: Murder of Nels Louvring 1933, Charles Guyer, Dr. Cluley C. Hall, Dr. F.L. Baker, Dr. W.E. Walsh, Henry J. Nehring, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Irene Brimmer Guyer. Harvey Guyer, John Dolan, Levi Van Sickle, murder of Ashley Downing, Paul Dolan, Rev. Virgil Welch, Sheriff A.A. Robertson, unsolved Fayette County Iowa murder, unsolved Fayette Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Ashley Downing, unsolved murder of Nels Louvring
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The Gentle Man: Murder of Charles Englehart 1935
Murder Victim Charles Englehart 70-year-old Retired Barber Wholesale Business Owner 1863-1935 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date 700 block of Main Street Davenport, Iowa Scott County September 23, 1935 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written April 2010 … Continue reading
In the Big Muddy: Murder of Sherman Casper 1935
Murder Victim Sherman G. Casper 36-year-old Farmhand WWI Veteran 1899-1935 Cause of Death: Beaten Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County Body found in Missouri River Thurston County, Nebraska April 20, 1935 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading
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Tagged Alma Casper, Eugene Casper, Hazel Casper, In the Big Muddy: Murder of Sherman Casper 1935, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Sioux City Iowa unsolved murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Sherman Casper, Unsolved Sioux City murder, unsolved Woodbury County murder, Woodbury County Iowa unsolved murder
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Summer Night in the Park: Murder of J.H. Peck 1931
Murder Victim J.H. Peck 46-year-old Salesman Farm Lighting Company 1885-1931 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Van Vechten Park Cedar Rapids, Iowa Linn County July 17, 1931 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written March 2010 It was … Continue reading
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Tagged "Hank Jensen", Dell McElroy, E.J. Boland, Hazel McAnulty, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James Risden, murder in Van Vechten Park, Rose Zoller, Sheriff Joseph Petrus, Summer Night in the Park: Murder of J.H. Peck 1931, unsolved Cedar Rapids Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Linn County Iowa murders, unsolved murder of J.H. Peck
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