To read about a particular victim of an historic unsolved Iowa murder, click on a name below from the list alphabetized by first name.
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☛ A through K ☚
Aaron Smith
Addis Lyman
Adelbert Rowland
Agnes McLaughlin (Sister Mary Rosalita)
Alexander McArthur
Alfred P. Mellor, Jr.
Alice Kelley
Allan F. Shoemaker
Alma Harrison
Alonzo Lyman Rhode
Alta Fisher Paul
Alta Marie Braun
Andrew Brown
Andrew Hart
Andrew J. Brownlie
Andrew J. Casteel
Andrew T. Hatges
Angela Marie Altman
Angelo Ferrari
Anna Marie Medici
Anna Wiese
Anne M. McGrevey
Anna H. Puttkamer Miller
“Apple Grove John Doe”
Arlene Grace Adler
Arnold Sansgaard
Arthur Boyd Moore
Arthur C. Mead
Ashley Downing
Augusta Kading
Baby John Doe 1898 (Des Moines)
Ben Mikovitch
Benjamin “Barney” Kaplan
Beverly Brenneman
Bill “Billy” Dayton
Carl Alex Deer
Carlisle Hunter
Carster Henry “C.H.” Wessell
Catherine Decora (Katherine DeKora)
Charles Edward Sanders
Charles Englehart
Charles Johnson
Charles Shamblen
Chester N. Van Horn
Clara Belle “Belle” Sutliff
Clara Kelly Gray
Clara Mellor
Clarence Raymond Case
Claud Francis Miller
Connie Craft
Cornelius “Con” Matthews
Dale Redman
Daniel Kelleher
Danny Peters
David Conners
David Faulkner
David P. Sutton, Jr.
David R. Morris
David T. Todd
Deborah Simmons
Dominic Sposeto
Domenico Baretto
Donald Amos Nervig
Dorothy Miller
Earl Hardy
Earl Paris
Edward A. Schmidt
Edward D. Hughes
Edward J. Kriz
Edward Moore
Edwin F. Hodges
Edwin Harry Jacobs
Eli T. Coffin
Elizabeth Anthony
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Brownlie
Elmer Anderson
Elmer Dudrey
Elmer Penderson
Emma Sophia Lewis
Erma (Irma) Caldwell
Esther Alger
Evelyn Marie Lee
Ewald “Ed” Bandixen
Francis “Frank” Oliverio
Francis John Rafferty
Frank Callahan
Frank Sandquist
Fred Coste
Fred Hollingsworth
Fred P. Widmann
Fred Quade
George Carter
George Diggle
George G. Shackell
George H. Geary
George Hardy
George Massouris
George Mattern
George Ruggles Griswold
George Shackell
George Sulzberger
George W. Wilson
Geraldine Maggert
Gideon Hall
Gloria Faye Slump
Gustav Rechfus
Harry H. Jones
Harry H. Salisbury
Harry Overturf
Henry Chavis
Henry Christensen
Henry J. Hults
Henry J. Millard
Henry Stephens
Henry Nurre
Henry V. Duffy
Helena Katherina “Lena” Schultz
Herman Montgomery Moore
Homer Brownfield
Hulda Emma Fischer
Ina Mae Stillinger
Infant Girl 1910
J.H. Peck
J.N. Covey
Jacob O. Neibert
James Alfrey
James Banda
James Chamberlain
James Edgar “Ed” Knotts
James Hardy
James M. Bailey, Jr.
Jane Doe 1920 (Des Moines)
Jane Doe 1925 (Strawstack Murder Carlisle)
Jane Otis
Janice Marie Snow
Jared Ham
Jeremiah R. Zollinger
John Allen
John Doe 1858 (Sac County)
John Doe 1904 (Perry)
John Doe 1910 (Delaware County)
John Doe 1917 (Sheldon)
John E. “Jack” Wilson
John F. Brennan
John Ford
John Hill Beal
John “Jack” Fong
John “Joplin Red” West
John L. Rogers
John Legall
John McGill
John Murphy
John P. Stickles
John Pierson
John Schnellbacker (Schnellbächer)
John Smith Ross
John William Rohrer
John Zauhar
Joseph Busemi
Joseph Hair
Joseph Kashmetter (Kaeshmetter, Kashmitter)
Josephine Goodwin
Josiah B. “Joe” Moore
Josiah M. Pratt
Judith I. Reed
Judy Ann Corbin
Juliette Thomas
Justus Herwig
Kate Slifer
☛ L through Z ☚
Lelia I. Long
Lena Gertrude Stillinger
Lena Peterson
Leon E. Groves
Leonard L. DeLong
Leopold Glatzer
Louis H. Dayton (a.k.a., Clarence L. Plummer)
Lillian Chapman
Lillian Randolph
Louis Friedman
Louisa Fritzsche
Lovina Kneeskern
Lucille Bacher
Lucille DeVries
“Lucille Marvin”
Lucy Kemp Rhode
Luis Trujillo, Jr.
Ma-Sha-Che (“Nellie Davenport”)
Mamie Peterson
Margaret Treese (“The Tattooed Lady”)
Maria Dulin
Marlene Padfield
Martin Cummins
Martin Schultz
Mary Agnes Austin (Sister Mary Virginis)
Mary Ann Green
Mary B. Lange
Mary Emery Hardy
Mary Gilfillan
Mary Katherine Moore
Mary R. Coffin
Matej Straka
Maud Straw
Maude Stubbs Lambert
Max Noack
Melvin Royale Adams
Michael Featherstone
Mr. Knisley
Mr. Thomas
Myrtle Cook
Myrtle Zelda Cumpston
Nancy Casteel
Nancy Duncan
Nathaniel Carnagy
Nels Louvring
Neva Andrews
Newborn Girl 1881
Nicollo Vinceri
Oliver E. Pearson
Ora Minter
Otto H. Samp
Paul Vernon Moore
Paula Jean Oberbroeckling
Peter Hendrickson
Peter Ross
Phoebe Jane Vigoletti
Pitt McClellan Doxsie
Price V. Evans
Ramona Jean Cox
Reuben Proctor
Richard B. Buchanan
Richard Huggins
Robert Lee Clingan
Robert Lee Ruby
Robert M. Clary
Robert McCullough
Robert McQuestian
Robert W. Stubbs
Roger E. Atkison
Rolland P. Smith
Ronald Craig Butler
Roscoe D. Harris
Rose Brownfield
Rose Danato Grandanette
Rose Z. Burkert
Ruby Ciler
Sam Anderson
Samuel Cronk
Sandra Jo Pittman
Sarah Ann Kirker
Sarah Ann Ottens
Sarah D. Tracy
Sarah Montgomery Moore
Se-Ton-a-Qua
Sherman Casper
Sheila Jean Collins
Silas McCart
Sioux City Babies 1925
Sister Mary Rosalita (née Agnes McLaughlin)
Sister Mary Virginis (née Mary Agnes Austin)
“Smitty” Smith
Terry Lee Vanden Hull
Thaddeus Mitchell
Thecla Gerken
Thomas McGary
Thomas Tolbert
Tommy Peterson
Traci Ann Evenson
Unknown Child 1859
Virgil Untied
W.A. Davies
Walter Baldwin
Walter D. Schenck
Washington Irving Crow
Welio Tsnoff
Wesley Wilson
Will Sargent
Willard Charles Woodring
William A. Hunt
William Clugston
William D. Mullikin
William E. Kniffin
William E. “Will” VandeBrake
William F. Lewis
Dr. William F. Swisher
William Laugesen
William Martin
William Meadows
Winfield S. Carpenter
Winfield Scott Rouse
Winifred Rhode Elefson