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Tag Archives: Unsolved Iowa Murders
Death at the Box Company: Murder of Earl Paris 1928
Murder Victim Earl Paris 32-year-old Night Watchman 1896-1928 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Iowa Fiber Box Company Commercial Alley Keokuk, Iowa Lee County February 18, 1928 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written December 2011 When day … Continue reading
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Black Hand Vendetta? Murder of Phoebe Jane Vigoletti 1926
Murder Victim Phoebe Jane Vigoletti 46-year-old Homemaker 1880-1926 Cause of Death: Strangled Motive: Black Hand Vendetta Murder Scene and Date Third Avenue NW Oelwein, Iowa Fayette County March 14, 1926 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written May 2011 On Monday, March … Continue reading
Charred Remains: Murder of Jane Otis 1921
Murder Victim Jane Otis 76-year-old “Spinster” Homemaker 1845-1921 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned and Set On Fire Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Otis Home Gravity, Iowa Taylor County January 4, 1921 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written December 2010 At 4:00 … Continue reading
“Hacked to Pieces”: Murder of John McGill 1920
Murder Victim John McGill 28-year-old Laborer Motorcar Garage 1891-1920 Cause of Death: Stabbed Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date “Behind a Businessman’s Home” Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County September 1920 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written July 2011 Despite its brutality, … Continue reading
Lonely Hearts Scam and the Veteran: The Murder of Michael Featherstone 1924
Murder Victim Michael Featherstone Old Soldiers Home Resident 83-year-old Civil War Veteran 1841-1924 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date 4 Miles North Marshalltown, Iowa Marshall County November 7, 1924 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written May 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice and Charles Niver, Carl E. Carlson, Edna Carpenter, Iowa Old Soldiers Homes, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James W. Cooper, Lonely Hearts Scam: The Murder of Michael Featherstone 1924, murder of Michael Featherstone, R.G. Goodale, Roy L. Pell, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Marshall County Iowa murders, unsolved Marshalltown Iowa murder
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“A Bitter Taste”: Murders of Alta Paul and Maria Dulin 1896
Murder Victims Alta Alice Fisher Paul 25-year-old Homemaker Bride of Six Months 1871-1896 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Love Triangle Maria Anne Woodard Fisher Dulin 80-year-old Homemaker Midwife 1815-1896 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Obtaining an Inheritance Murder Scene and … Continue reading
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The Wrong Brother? Murder of William VandeBrake 1920
Murder Victim William E. VandeBrake 30-year-old Drugstore Owner 1890-1920 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Romantic Obsession Murder Scene and Date Corner Drugstore 302 Main Street Rock Valley, Iowa Sioux County October 19, 1920 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written August 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Veen, Bert VandeBrake, Elmer ten Pas, Henry Bpyker, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Pearl VandeBrake, Peter ton Napel, Petertje VandeBrake, Robert B. Spratt, Rock Valley Iowa unsolved murder, Sioux County Iowa unsolved murder, The Corner Drugstore Rock Valley Iowa, Unsolved Iowa Murders, William Goomahs, William Hoeder, William VandeBrake murder
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Teatotaling Klanswoman: Murder of Myrtle Cook: 1925
Murder Victim Myrtle Elizabeth Underwood Cook 51-year-old Homemaker President, Benton County W.C.T.U. President, Benton County Women of the KKK 1874-1925 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Personal Assassination Murder Scene and Date 703 3rd Avenue Vinton, Iowa Benton County September 7, 1925 … Continue reading
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“Butcher, Baker”: Murder of Otto H. Samp 1916
Murder Victim Otto H. Samp 37-year-old Baker Resident of Newton, Iowa 1879-1916 Cause of Death: Stabbed Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date 618 E. 2nd Street Des Moines, Iowa Polk County October 1, 1916 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written January … Continue reading
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