Secrets in the cornfield: Iowa's Unsolved
To date, there are more than 600 unsolved homicides and disappearances in the state of Iowa. Although there are a handful of cases from the hawkeye state that gripped the nation many have gone years without notice. From a native Iowan born and raised it's time to give victims their voices back and attempt to bring some form of closure to families that have been waiting years, even decades for answers.
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In 1973 a 20-year-old college student is found murdered inside of a dorm room on the University of Iowa campus. 6 months after her death a fellow college student is charged and later convicted of her murder but the case doesn't end there. Sources: "UI Coed Apparently Slain, Body Found in Rienow Hall" By: Claren F. Dale March 14, 1973 Iowa City Press-Citizen "UI Coed Died of Suffocation" March 15, 1973 Iowa City Press-Citizen ...
Tyrese and Marquavion were two young men whose lives were taken by gun violence. Their deaths merely reported on one day and forgotten the next. It is important to keep their pictures and names in the media and continue to fight for answers in these senseless tragedies.
Sources:
Iowacoldcases.org by Jody Ewing and case summary by Carol Kean
"Teen found shot dead on Des Moines' east side, the city's 5th homicide this year....
In late December of 1979 two long-time friends took off from Moline Illinois to run an errand, but the two men failed to make their last stop and vanished without a trace. About 4 months later they were found dead and the location of their bodies were right under police's noses for months. These are the murders of Gary Harker and Cody James.
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newspapers.com
Iowacoldcases.org by Jody Ewing
"Police search for ...
28-year-old Jacob Greer is found alive!
Sources:
"Iowa man who Faked His death to avoid trial is arrested." The New York Times by: Johnny Diaz April 6, 2022
"BOLO alert: wanted in Montana: Jacob Greer." KXLH 9 Helena By: Site administator
Between 1971 and 1976 3 horrific murders shocked the small community of Waverly and left many, including law enforcement, to question whether these murders were committed by a single individual or if the police were looking for multiple assailants, so just how many serial predators did Waverly have hiding in plain sight? Today that question has yet to be answered. This is the case of the Waverly Stranglings.
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