Tag Archives: Unsolved Iowa Murders

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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Taking the Waters: Murder of Frank Callahan 1905

Murder Victim Frank Callahan 34-year-old “Nervous Disorder” Patient 1870-1905 Cause of Death: Drowned Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Last Seen September 19, 1905 Des Moines, Iowa Found in Des Moines River at Levey Polk County September 24, 1905 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ … 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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Poisoned and “Outraged”: Murder of Maud Straw 1896

Murder Victim Maud Straw 19-year-old High School Student 1876-1896 Cause of Death: Poisoned Motive: Sexual Psychopathy Murder Scene and Date Anna and Leonard Winters Home Near Union Depot Sheldon, Iowa O’Brien County February 5, 1896 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading

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Killer in the Tombstone: Murders of Lena and Martin Schultz 1893

Murder Victims Helena Katherina “Lena” Schultz 48-year-old Physically-Handicapped Farm Wife 1845-1893 Martin Schultz 60-year-old Physically-Limited Farmer 1833-1893 Cause of Deaths: Beaten With a Hammer Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Tilden Township Cherokee County August 19, 1893 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy … 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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Knockout Drugs: Murder of Harry Salisbury 1904

Murder Victim Harry Heaton Salisbury 32-year-old Pottery Factory Employee 1871-1904 Cause of Death: Poisoned and Pushed From a Height Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Red Oak Creek Red Oak, Iowa Montgomery County August 5, 1904 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … 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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Dead at the Gate: Murder of Jeremiah Zollinger 1895

Murder Victim Jeremiah Rummell Zollinger 65-year-old Grocer Former Jasper County Sheriff Capt. 28th Iowa Infantry 1829-1895 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Grudge Murder Scene and Date Yard Gate, Zollinger Home Newton, Iowa Jasper County February 23, 1895 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy … Continue reading

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