Cedar Rapids Police Seeking Tipster in Michelle Martinko Case
According to a Cedar Rapids Police Department Media Release dated April 10, 2014, the Cedar Rapids Police Department is requesting additional assistance from a Linn County Crime Stoppers tipster who...
View ArticleGuest Blog Book Review on Cold Case Research
Jack Weakley, a cold case analyst with the Tulsa Police Department’s Cold Case Squad, passed along a cold case book review he thought might be of interest to our readers. “The book contains a detailed...
View ArticleWillis Hughes Memorial Fund Established
We at Iowa Cold Cases would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family of Willis J. Hughes. Mr. Hughes, 45, was last seen in Davenport on December 21, 2013. His body was recovered from the...
View ArticleFrom the Mighty Mo to the Mississippi: Aug. 3-7 Marks 12 Unsolved Cases
The years spanned more than a century — from 1886 to 2013 — but five days this month marked a dozen departures from many loved one’s lives. On August 3, 1886, prohibitionist preacher George C. Haddock...
View ArticleWeekend Anniversaries: Greg, Terri, “Kip,” Lyman, and George
This weekend came to a close, as have many years past, with five Iowa families wondering what happened to loved ones. In cases that spanned more than five decades, family members still ask when answers...
View Article“I Can Remember…” A Guest Blog by Jennifer McCuddin
Intro by Iowa Cold Cases Courtesy photo Becky McCuddin Lisa McCuddin with her son Davontrez and daughter Markasia in early 2004. Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 will mark a sorrowful milestone anniversary for...
View ArticleA Partnership in Crime
In Casablanca, Rick says to Louie, “I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” This week, I’m grateful to see the beginnings of a beautiful partnership that first took root in April and...
View ArticleTell My Mom I’ll Be Right Back
Today’s guest blog post is written by Julie Loose, sister of Iowa cold case victim Kim Loose, with additional comments from some of Kim’s other siblings. Kim, one of 10 siblings with nine still living...
View ArticleMore Growing Pains
I’ve got to hand it to BlueHost.com for batting a thousand when it comes to tech support. Several years ago I’d switched from a previous website hosting service to BlueHost, and over the years, as...
View ArticleGuest Blog: I Never Knew You
Today’s guest blog post is written by Cindy Kraft-Chevalier, the niece of Council Bluffs Police Officer John L. Stephens. Stephens, 32, and Paul J. Rayer, 51, were shot and killed on Tuesday, December...
View ArticleNever Another New Year’s Celebration
When Charles Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities, published in 1859, he wasn’t thinking about the days leading up to Christmas, the short time between Christmas and New Year’s Day, or the beginning of...
View ArticlePolice Sgt. Writes about Missing Brother
Ottumwa Police Sergeant Mark Milligan shares an open letter to the public on Facebook about his missing brother, Harry Milligan, 21, who went missing from Albia in Monroe County, Iowa, on July 1, 1984....
View ArticleErin Pospisil’s family puts new focus on milestone anniversary
Today, Erin Kay Pospisil of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, would have celebrated her 30th birthday. She has now missed 15 Christmases and 15 birthdays and has been gone for as many years as she was here. This...
View ArticleHelping Catch Bad Guys
Ron Novak’s unsolved 1983 murder was one of more than 50 cases featured by the Iowa Newspaper Association and participating newspapers across the state. The past, present, and future are inexorably...
View ArticleEmpty Shotgun Shells Floating Downriver
Labor Day weekend. Every year. It’s when I close myself off … don’t read emails … don’t pick up my cell phone … don’t check iPhone or Facebook text messages … don’t want to do much of anything except...
View Article5 Lost Birthdays
We all love celebrating birthdays, especially (these days) on Facebook. We send all sorts of good wishes, emojis of birthday cakes and big “Happy Birthday!” images, and tell our friends and loved ones...
View Article7 Days, 14 Anniversaries
Cold case anniversaries are always tough. It doesn’t matter whether it’s the anniversary of a loved one’s unsolved homicide, a birthday he or she would have celebrated, or even the date the body may...
View ArticleHelp Keep Iowa Cold Cases Online
The Iowa Cold Cases website needs your help. Our web hosting service — which runs on a Virtual Private Server (VPS) due to the volume of traffic on the site — was up for its annual renewal May 5. They...
View ArticleSeptember 7, 1925 – 1992
Today marks four cold case anniversaries, dating from Sept. 7, 1925 to Sept. 7, 1992 … nearly seven decades … but families are still awaiting answers. All four victims could have changed countless...
View ArticleTyrese Robert Parson
Tyrese Robert Parson Homicide Tyrese Robert Parson 17 YOA 2223 E Rose Ave. Des Moines, IA Friday, June 8, 2018 His smile could light up a room, and that light was extinguished on June 8, 2018. Tyrese...
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