Monroe, IA Area Cold Cases

Name

Annamarie Rittman

Age

46

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Annamarie rittman, a 46-year-old employee at the lowe’s store in altoona, iowa, was struck down by a pickup that swerved into her on december 27, 2005. The mother of three was walking through the store’s parking lot just before 5:30 a.M. When video cameras captured on tape a red four-door ford pickup truck running her down and hitting her from behind

Agency

Iowa

Name

Donald Murphy

Age

39

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On friday, july 20, 1984, donald murphy was reported missing from a knoxville hospital. In november 1984 hunters found his skeletal remains in northern polk county just a few days prior to what would have been murphy’s 40th birthday. Donald john murphy was born november 9, 1944, at knoxville, the son of james francis and catherine bingaman murphy. He spent most of his life in the knoxville area. He graduated from knoxville high school in the class of 1963 and later entered the coast guard.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Gregory Dickey

Age

23

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On february 18, 1975, iowa state trooper charles black discovered a 1966 green ford van on interstate 80 at the eastbound “on” ramp at altoona. The van bore a 1973 washington license plate number l84590 and, apparently abandoned, was impounded. On april 7, 1975, the father of 23-year-old gregory dickey contacted authorities and stated the van belonged to his son. The younger dickey had left davenport, iowa, on february 11 — just one week before black found the vehicle.

Agency

Iowa

Name

James Bailey Jr

Age

32

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

On thursday, august 14, 1975, james m. “beetle” bailey, jr., of mentor, ohio, and two friends were riding their motorcycles westbound on interstate 80 on their way to the hell’s angels motorcycle club annual run in yankton, south dakota, when bailey was shot near a colfax, iowa overpass. Bailey, 32, was riding with friends “paul philemon” (pseudonym), 27, and richard vesey, 31, when he was shot at the I-80 colfax ramp in jasper county. All three men belonged to cleveland’s “dirty 30” hell’s angels chapter, where bailey served as treasurer. Bailey allegedly had a number of receipts with him, which he’d planned to present to chapter officers.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Dr William Hamilton

Age

33

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Dr. William orson hamilton, 33, was shot to death in marysville, iowa, on november 26, 1900.According to a knoxville journal article by l.A. Gee published september 25, 1930, a knoxville contractor building marysville’s new school was the first to know the tragedy occurred.K.L. Bush saw dr. Hamilton stagger and fall at the door of the vanskiver home, and was dead before dr. Hughes could arrive.Domestic trouble, the journal reported, was said to have been brewing for some time in the fred ahn family and rumor had it that dr. Hamilton was involved.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Terry Hull

Age

20

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Twenty-year-old terry lee vanden hull of archer, iowa, was last seen alive on monday, february 24, 1975. Three men moving machinery discovered the young man’s badly decomposed body thursday morning, april 17, 1975, behind a corn crib on a vacant farm 2-1/2 miles southeast of maxwell. Story county authorities identified the body as that of vanden hull, and said he apparently died of a slashed throat.

Agency

Iowa