LeClaire, IA Area Cold Cases

Name

Benjamin Roseland

Age

19

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Around 10:30 p.M. Saturday, february 9, 2008, benjamin “ben” roseland left a friend’s house in the 400 block of 10th avenue south, clinton, iowa, to walk a few blocks to a hy-vee grocery store located in the 900 block of south 4th street. The 19-year-old never made it to the store.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Edwin Jacobs

Age

55

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Edwin harry jacobs, a 55-year-old veteran who served with the 1032 signal company during world war ii, was shot to death on sunday morning, january 2, 1972, near the izaak walton league clubhouse in clinton county, iowa.

Agency

Iowa

Name

George Leonard

Age

53

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

George albert leonard, 53, a painting contractor and former elmwood dairy milkman, was shot to death in the early morning hours on saturday, november 28, 1981, while working his second part-time job at ‘the inn’ tavern in clinton, iowa.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Joshua Yoder

Age

4

Cause of Death

Hit And Run

Info

On may 3, 2005, 4-year-old josh yoder was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the 500 block of south 9th street in clinton, iowa. He died the following day at university hospitals in iowa city.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Judith Reed

Age

38

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Judith reed, 38, was engaged in an altercation outside the welcome inn tavern in goose lake, iowa, on thursday, december 26, 1974, at which time she was struck in the head. She was found dead in a friend’s home the following morning.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Louis Reed Sr

Age

53

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

On thursday night, valentine’s day 1974, louis dale reed, sr., was killed by a 410 shotgun blast to the chest inside a shack at reed’s auto salvage, a salvage yard reed operated at 2800 liberty ave. On clinton’s south side. Reed also had a shotgun wound to his left arm.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Pamela Hinrichs

Age

19

Cause of Death

Shooting/Robbery

Info

Pamela rae hinrichs, 19, was shot during an apparent robbery of the amvets post no. 28 at 1317 s. 17th street in clinton, iowa, in the early morning hours on tuesday, january 13, 1981. According to reports at the time of the incident, the cash register and a nearby safe were cleaned out.There were no substantial leads, suspects or witnesses.The department of criminal investigation was called in to help solve the murder. John jutte, special agent in charge, said the case remains open until it reaches the courts.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Robert Clary

Age

48

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Robert m. Clary, 48, was shot in the chest at his clinton, iowa, mobile home sometime in the early morning hours on wednesday, september 29, 1982.Clary, a u.S. Army veteran who’d served in korea, was twice-divorced and lived alone at the rented 419-1/2 4th avenue south trailer parked next door to landlord jackie chadwick’s home.According to a clinton herald article published sept. 30, 1982, chadwick said she noticed clary’s door ajar early wednesday morning and went to check on him. Inside, she found clary’s fully-clothed body on the floor next to a blood-soaked chair and quickly notified the clinton police department.Clinton police said the death was reported about 7:30 a.M.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Steven Barrette

Age

20

Cause of Death

Undetermined

Info

Steven barrette, a 20-year-old army veteran, was killed on or around june 6, 1976 during a weekend camping trip. On tuesday evening, june 8, 1976, clinton police arrived at the barrette’s family doorstop to notify them steven’s body had washed ashore and been found near the mississippi river.Officials originally ruled barrette’s death an accidental drowning, though in late 2000 announced they’d developed new information that suggested foul play may have been involved. The hospital and barrette’s attending physicians hadn’t kept old x-rays or other medical records from his case, and the veteran’s autopsy records couldn’t be found.Armed with the new information, investigators exhumed barrette’s body in october 2000 from his grave at st. Irenaeus cemetery near eagle point park in clinton so a new autopsy could be performed. The second autopsy proved valuable and shed new light on barrette’s death.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Jone Knapton

Age

47

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Body found in green river

Agency

Illinois State Police

Name

Agnes Kennedy

Age

51

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

If agnes mcfedries kennedy had something she believed you liked, you may as well have considered it yours. Whether clothing or some trinket, the bubbly young mother of four and grandmother to two would not only make the other person take what she offered, but in the end leave them feeling they’d just done her a very big favor.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Alexander Sauceda

Age

23

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

In the early morning hours on friday, october 12, 1973, bettendorf police responded to an anonymous call from a man who said he’d just shot someone. Upon their arrival at the duck creek plaza parking lot located at 852 middle road, officers found 23-year-old alexander torres sauceda slumped in his vehicle’s front seat.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Alfred Allen

Age

73

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Alfred w. Allen, 73, who hadn’t been seen for several days, was found slain in his davenport, iowa apartment near downtown on friday, feb. 12, 1988. Davenport police said allen’s body was discovered by his landlord, who’d gone to check on the elderly man after not seeing him for several days. Medical examiner r.M. Perkins said allen died sometime on monday, feb. 8, 1988, from a severe blow to the head.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Angel Herrera

Age

17

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

On friday, january 26, 2018, davenport police were called to the 1300 block of warren street and found that 17-year-old angel herrera had been shot. Police responded to the scene at 11:15 p.M. Herrera was taken to genesis medical center-east rusholme street and then transferred to university hospitals, iowa city, where he died the following day.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Bambi Dick

Age

17

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Bambi lynn dick, a 17-year-old davenport, iowa, west high school senior, disappeared on september 29, 1983, after attending a quiet riot and axe concert at davenport’s col auditorium. On march 26, 2009, more than 25 years after she went missing, her remains were identified through a dna match to a jane doe discovered in amarillo, texas, on october 8, 1983.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Charles Englehart

Age

70

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On sunday night, september 22, 1935, retired barber charles englehart stopped his car in a davenport alley and was struck twice in the head by an unknown assailant before he could exit the vehicle. The 70-year-old’s body was found slumped against the steering wheel around 10 p.M. In the 700 block of main street and taken to mercy hospital, where they found his skull crushed in two places. Englehart died at 12:10 a.M. From hemorrhaging to the brain caused by the skull fractures.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Christy Connor

Age

19

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On sunday, july 24, 2005, christy joseph “chris” connor was discovered in the trunk of a gray oldsmobile cutlass supreme parked in a driveway adjacent to 215 e. Central park ave. In davenport, iowa. Scott county in iowa scott county in iowa davenport in scott countydavenport in scott county officials used fingerprints to identify the 19-year-old connor.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Clara Schiele

Age

90

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Clara elizabeth schiele, 90, was mugged and pushed down while climbing the front steps to her davenport home at 1416 main street on thursday, august 3, 1978. According to a cedar rapids gazette article dated august 5, 1978, schiele had lived at the residence since nearly the turn of the century, and was attacked by a black man wearing a nylon mask over his face.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Clarence Case

Age

62

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Clarence raymond “ray” case, 62, was found bludgeoned to death inside ray and edith’s travel inn at 1646 w. Locust avenue in davenport, iowa on thursday, february 16, 1961. Case — a world war I veteran — owned and operated the local tavern with his 56-year-old wife, edith.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Cody James

Age

30

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Cody james and gary harker met at moline high school in illinois, and remained great friends long after graduation. Even their birthdays were just one month apart. Not surprisingly, they were together on christmas day, 1979, painting in james’ woodcarving shop in moline. Later in the day they stopped painting and hopped into james’ 1965 black chevrolet pickup truck; they had an air compressor to deliver in rock island, ill., and afterwards were to pick up the $500 payment for it in davenport, iowa. The two knew they had enemies and wanted to be prepared — they’d gone so far as to give a roll of film to another friend with explicit instructions:

Agency

Iowa

Name

Gary Harker

Age

30

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Cody james and gary harker met at moline high school in illinois, and remained great friends long after graduation. Even their birthdays were just one month apart. Not surprisingly, they were together on christmas day, 1979, painting in james’ woodcarving shop in moline. Later in the day they stopped painting and hopped into james’ 1965 black chevrolet pickup truck; they had an air compressor to deliver in rock island, ill., and afterwards were to pick up the $500 payment for it in davenport, iowa. The two knew they had enemies and wanted to be prepared — they’d gone so far as to give a roll of film to another friend with explicit instructions:

Agency

Iowa

Name

Demetrius Allen

Age

18

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Oct. 20, 2020 — first-degree murder charges have been leveled against two more men for their alleged roles in the march 5, 2017, killing of 18-year-old demetrius jerome gregory allen jr. The scott county attorney’s office on tuesday charged 24-year-old darryl merritt of cahokia, illinois, and 22-year-old dyon thomas of east st. Louis, illinois, in the shooting death and robbery of allen, whose body was found in the parking lot of brady street stadium

Agency

Iowa

Name

Don Jeys Sr

Age

64

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Caleb donathan “don” jeys, sr., 64, was shot once in the head at close range with a .32- or .38-caliber handgun late on friday, february 18, 1972, at his davenport, iowa home. Davenport police said jeys’ apartment had been ransacked and that a large amount of cash — which jeys had set aside for the purchase of a new van — was missing.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Du’Jor Simpson

Age

22

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

A 22-year-old man recently paroled from the illinois department of corrections has been named as the victim of friday’s shooting in davenport. Scott county in iowa scott county in iowa davenport in scott countydavenport in scott county du’jor s. Simpson, of davenport, was pronounced dead at genesis medical center-east rusholme street, davenport, after being shot friday morning, davenport police said

Agency

Iowa

Name

Frankie Capps

Age

24

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Frankie lee capps, a 24-year-old partner in the capps brothers hawkeye standard service station in davenport, iowa, was killed in his davenport home by a shotgun blast to the forehead early on monday, march 13, 1978. Capps’ best friend, dick loughead, an ex-brother-in-law, said he found the body and told police capps had committed suicide. It is unknown what relationship, if any, loughead had with the responding officers, but what eventually came to light is that the shotgun used to shoot capps got wiped down and put back into a closet at the 2903 w. 68th street home in davenport where capps resided with his wife and two young children.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Gregory Dunbar

Age

35

Cause of Death

Suspicious

Info

The body of 35-year-old gregory “greg” dunbar was pulled from the mississippi river near buffalo, iowa, on friday, may 13, 2016, after a caller reported finding a body around 9:20 a.M. The buffalo fire department, buffalo police department, and scott county sheriff’s office responded to the boat ramp off front street, where they pulled the then-unidentified body from the river.

Agency

Iowa

Name

John Rude

Age

51

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

John gail rude, 51, was shot and killed in the basement of his davenport, iowa home on wednesday, december 11, 1974. Rude’s wife, dorothy, told police she discovered her husband’s body the morning of december 14 after returning home from a trip out of town

Agency

Iowa

Name

Jorge Gutierrez Sr

Age

47

Cause of Death

Blunt Force Trauma

Info

Jorge l. “george” [or “louie”] Gutierrez, sr., of east moline, ill., was found wrapped in a sleeping bag in the bed of his maroon 1983 chevrolet pickup truck in the early afternoon on tuesday, october 19, 2004. The 47-year-old gutierrez was believed to have been killed two days earlier on oct. 17, 2004.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Jovontia Jones

Age

16

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

On saturday, may 19, 2018, someone shot 16-year-old jovontia “jovi” jones at the hilltop liquor store on harrison street in davenport. He died from his injuries the next day, may 20th

Agency

Iowa

Name

Judith Haecker

Age

18

Cause of Death

Strangulation

Info

Judith anne haecker, an 18-year-old palmer junior college student, was found dead in her davenport, iowa, home on sunday, march 7, 1971. Scott county medical examiner dr. Rollin m. Perkins determined the teen had been hit in the head with a blunt object and then strangled with enough force to break a small bone in her throat.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Kevin Jack

Age

21

Cause of Death

Hit And Run

Info

Kevin richard jack, a pit crew member of the andy cook stock car racing team, died in a hit-and-run motor vehicle fatality in davenport, iowa, on saturday, june 15, 2002.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Keyontrae Miles

Age

2

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Keyontrae miles died at his davenport, iowa, home the day he turned two months old. He was the son of melanie miles, 318 western ave., davenport, and kenyatta warren, detroit

Agency

Iowa

Name

Kimberly Doss

Age

14

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Kimberly sue doss, 14, was reported missing to the davenport police department in davenport, iowa, on march 24, 1980. She has not been seen nor heard from since. She is described as a white female with brown hair, brown eyes, and has a gap between her two front teeth. Her incident type is classified as involuntary

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

Lucile Bacher

Age

43

Cause of Death

homicide

Info

On tuesday afternoon, november 29, 1955, lucile bacher (aka lucille bacher), 43, was killed in the prescription room of the lincoln avenue pharmacy she and her 58-year-old pharmacist husband, henry charles bacher, operated in davenport, iowa.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Marcus Hampton

Age

28

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Marcus hampton, 28, of davenport, was fatally shot sunday, aug. 20, 2017, in the 100 block of east 35th street in davenport. He became the city’s 10th homicide for 2017. Around 4 a.M. Sunday, officers responded to gunfire in the 100 block of e. 35th street, not far from brady street stadium, police told wqad.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Margaret Treese

Age

34

Cause of Death

Stabbing

Info

On tuesday morning, september 30, 1947, two men on their way to work at credit island park in southwest davenport discovered a woman’s body near the park’s main entrance. Courtesy the independent, oct. 1, 1947 courtesy the independent, oct. 1, 1947 (click to enlarge) the victim was later identified as 34-year-old war widow margaret b. Treese of davenport, formerly of new cumberland, west virginia. Davenport park employees howard whitlock and orville crow found treese’s nude and badly mutilated body at 7:48 a.M. She lay face up with pieces of her clothing scattered about the scene. A battered photo of a young child lay near her body.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Maria Ybanez

Age

16

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Sixteen-year-old maria ybanez lived a hellish life in davenport, iowa, up until the day she went missing on wednesday, june 13, 1973. Scott county in iowa scott county in iowa davenport in scott countydavenport in scott county her parents, kathryn and bernardo “bernie” ybanez, were embroiled in bitter divorce proceedings, and maria was expected to testify against her abusive father in court. Some family members thought maria might also end up testifying about the brutal beatings she and her older brother, roger, regularly endured at the hands of their father.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Mark Green

Age

18

Cause of Death

Injury

Info

John r. Green jr., 3, and his 18-month-old brother, mark r. Green, died from injuries sustained in a fire at their davenport, iowa home on saturday, november 24, 1984. The boys were in an upstairs bedroom at the 1512 belle avenue wood-frame house — their mother, 6-year-old sister and an aunt in a downstairs bedroom — when two explosions near the home’s front door set the house ablaze just past noon.

Agency

Iowa

Name

John Green Jr

Age

3

Cause of Death

Injury

Info

John r. Green jr., 3, and his 18-month-old brother, mark r. Green, died from injuries sustained in a fire at their davenport, iowa home on saturday, november 24, 1984. The boys were in an upstairs bedroom at the 1512 belle avenue wood-frame house — their mother, 6-year-old sister and an aunt in a downstairs bedroom — when two explosions near the home’s front door set the house ablaze just past noon.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Martha Kistenmacher

Age

74

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Martha kistenmacher, a 74-year-old lifelong davenport, iowa, resident, died thursday, nov. 16, 1978, nearly two weeks after being mugged outside her 1308-1/2 main st. Home. Kistenmacher suffered a broken shoulder after a young assailant attacked her from behind just as she was leaving the house on saturday, nov. 4, 1978. The robber grabbed at her purse, which contained only $25, and as he tugged at the purse the strap broke and kistenmacher fell to the ground, police said in a quad-city times article dated nov. 17, 1978.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Massie Pittman

Age

36

Cause of Death

Trauma

Info

Massie pittman, a 36-year-old davenport, iowa, tavern owner, was found slain in her davenport home at 621 n. Harrison on monday, february 17, 1969. Pittman was found in her bed with puncture wounds to her face, stomach and neck, and also had a blunt force trauma injury to the right side of her head.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Michael Anderson

Age

29

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Michael james anderson, 29, was found in the 200 block of warren in davenport on monday, november 30, 1987. He died of his injuries the following day and his case ruled a homicide.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Michael Delaney

Age

49

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Michael delaney, 49, was reported missing to the davenport police department on july 3, 2008. Police considered delaney’s disappearance as “very suspicious” because he lived with his 17-year-old daughter and maintained contact with her many times a day. Neither delaney nor his white extended-cab chevrolet silverado 4-wheel drive pick-up truck — a model between 2000 and 2004 with “z-71” on the side of the box — have been seen since the day he went missing.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Raymond March Jr

Age

23

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Raymond l. “little raymond” march jr., 23, was shot outside wilma’s club in davenport, iowa, at 2 a.M. On saturday, june 20, 1998.According to police, march — a davenport resident who formerly resided in fairfax, iowa — walked with a group of people out toward their cars once the bar closed. The group talked for several minutes before march walked away. Seconds later, shots rang out and march fell.Police said at least one bullet hit march near the neck. A bystander and an officer administered cpr until paramedics arrived.March was taken to genesis medical center-east campus in davenport, where he died shortly after arrival.It was the quad cities’ first homicide of the year.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Ricardo Pimentel

Age

39

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Ricardo pimentel, 39, was reported missing to the davenport police department in davenport, iowa, on december 19, 1989.He was described as a 5-foot-10 white male weighing 160 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.The iowa department of public safety has classified his case as “endangered/physical,” meaning a person of any age who is missing under circumstances indicating that his/her physical safety is in danger.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Roger Warren

Age

12

Cause of Death

Strangulation

Info

Twelve-year-old roger warren — the son of herbert and joyce warren of davenport — disappeared on sunday, august 19, 1979, near the crescent bridge in the city’s division street and west river drive area. Six days later on saturday afternoon, august 25, officials recovered his body from the mississippi river about a mile downstream from the bridge where he’d last been seen playing with his younger brother.Cause of death was listed as strangulation.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Sandra Kinney

Age

33

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On saturday, july 20, 1996, sandra dee “sandy” kinney, 33, was strangled to death near the mississippi river walkway in davenport, iowa, and her body thrown into the mississippi river.Her nude body was found floating face down by a local fisherman the same day. Scott county officials said that she had only been in the water for approximately three to four hours when her body was pulled from the river at 8 p.M. That night.Davenport police interviewed more than 150 persons who may have seen or heard something or known details about kinney’s murder. They did confiscate a vehicle owned by a local junk dealer, 52-year-old jerry lee huff, that contained kinney’s personal contents.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Sidney Johnston

Age

47

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Sidney e. Johnston, a 47-year-old us navy veteran, was reported missing to the davenport police department on jan. 22, 1990. His disappearance is classified as involuntary.At the time he went missing, sidney was described as a 6-foot-2 white male weighing about 180 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Terry Johnston

Age

55

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

A missing 55-year-old clinton county man, terry leon johnston, was found dead in the mississippi river wednesday, oct. 1, 1997, in princeton, iowa. Less then a week before he was murdered, johnston filed a police report naming people who had threatened to kill him and throw him in the river, his family says.

Agency

Iowa