Clarence, IA Area Cold Cases

Name

Amber Hayes

Age

712

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Amber marie hayes, 7-1/2 months old, was reported missing by her mother, mary hayes, at 1:30 a.M. On thursday, june 9, 1988. Four days later, parts of the infant’s body, her pink diaper bag and a blanket were discovered in a remote area near lake odessa by two boys riding all-terrain vehicles.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Charles Netherland

Age

25

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Charles william “binx” netherland, 25, was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head at 801 mulberry ave. In muscatine, iowa, on saturday, august 18, 2012.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Eugenio Garcia

Age

36

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

The body of eugenio garcia, 36, was found near the dougherty bridge on county road f-70 about seven miles northwest of muscatine, iowa at 7 a.M. On father’s day, june 21, 1992. Sgt. Greg orr of the muscatine county sheriff’s department reported garcia had been strangled.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Felicitas Terrill

Age

73

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Seventy-three-year-old felicitas terrill was found dead in her muscatine, iowa home monday morning, april 14, 1986, with four gunshot wounds to the head. Felicitas terrill article courtesy the cedar rapids gazette, tuesday, april 15, 1986 sharon renfro — the victim’s daughter — said when she tried to contact her mother and couldn’t reach her, she called police and asked them to do a welfare check.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Isidro Gomez Jr

Age

27

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Isidro gomez, jr., of muscatine, iowa, was reported missing to the muscatine police department on december 17, 2007, by jessica ridinger of muscatine, gomez’s girlfriend of eight years. Muscatine county in iowa muscatine county in iowa muscatine in muscatine countymuscatine in muscatine county ridinger said gomez left their muscatine home early that morning and promised to be back before breakfast. When he didn’t come home, ridinger said she knew something was wrong and alerted authorities.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Jacob Neibert

Age

53

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Muscatine police officer jacob neibert was shot on saturday, june 13, 1896, after arresting two hobos for vagrancy. The two men overpowered and shot him. Neibert was able to give other officers a description of the two men before succumbing to his wounds. Jacob neupert gravestone courtesy photo marcia fiedler, findagrave.Com jacob neupert is buried at the greenwood cemetery in muscatine two suspects were arrested but later released when officials determined they had nothing to do with the murder.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Kimberly Loose

Age

16

Cause of Death

Injury

Info

Kimberly r. “kim” loose, 16, died friday, september 26, 1986, in rural walcott, iowa, in scott county after leaving her best friend’s 16th birthday party in blue grass, iowa, with 20-year-old jeffery curtis daily, also of blue grass.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Robert Kellar

Age

20

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Robert lee kellar, 20, was last seen on feb. 12, 1990 in muscatine, iowa, right before he left on a cross-country trip. His family assumed he would be back, but they never saw him again.At the time he went missing, robert was described as a 6-foot-1 white male with brown hair, brown eyes, and weighing about 135 pounds. He sometimes went by the name of rob heuton.Family members said he wasn’t acting like himself in the months prior to his disappearance and believe he may have been using drugs. They always assumed he’d be back, and didn’t report him missing until two years after he left on his last cross-country trip.The investigation concluded he left the area voluntarily because there was no indication of foul play in his disappearance when he left. Foul play is now considered a possibility because family members don’t believe kellar would have gone more than 25 years without contacting any family members.Robert has two small scars on his left cheek, a small scar below his right eye and a small scar on his right wrist.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Roger Hill

Age

44

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Vietnam veteran roger dean hill, a 44-year-old father of three, disappeared from davenport, iowa, in mid-1997. His remains, found wrapped in a plastic tarp, were discovered tuesday, oct. 12, 1999, outside davenport’s city limits.According to hill’s obituary, he died in muscatine in muscatine county.Hill had recently been released from the veteran’s hospital in knoxville, iowa, visited a daughter in maquoketa, and allegedly had been hitchhiking back to davenport when he went missing.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Scott Tompkins

Age

23

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Scott m. Tompkins, 23, was shot by an assailant(s) on november 29, 1995, while stopped to fix his windshield wipers at the intersection of park avenue and harrison street in muscatine, iowa.Tompkins, 23, was found wounded at 9:43 p.M. Only blocks from the hardee’s restaurant where he worked as the assistant manager. He was transported to muscatine general hospital, where he was able to make a statement to police before dying.Park said tompkins had worked at the restaurant for six years but did not work the day of his murder. He said tompkins had a real good future with the restaurant and “would do anything for anybody.”tompkins lived on the city’s south side. His car was found on grand avenue a block away from his body, and reports indicated a trail of blood led from the vehicle to where his body was found.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Hulda Fischer

Age

84

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On february 25, 1975, hulda fischer, 84, was stabbed repeatedly with a butcher knife and strangled in her maquoketa, iowa, home located at 418 north fifth street. Neighbors discovered her body when they went to check on her.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Kevin Griebel

Age

36

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Kevin lee griebel, 36, was reported missing to the jackson county sheriff’s office in maquoketa, iowa, on february 26, 2004. He was last seen in maquoketa

Agency

Iowa

Name

Marlene Padfield

Age

17

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On wednesday evening, february 18, 1959, marlene padfield, 17, went to the kozy inn restaurant in cedar rapids with arthur scott jr., an 18-year-old part-time coe college student involved in community theater.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Matthew Carter

Age

21

Cause of Death

Hit And Run

Info

Eight days after a new iowa hit-and-run law went into effect, matthew adam carter, 21, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in the early morning hours on sunday, july 9, 2006, while walking home from a camping outing with friends and family members near monticello, iowa.

Agency

Iowa