Shannon City, IA Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__White

Name

Chad White

Age

21

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Late friday night, may 21, 1993, chad william white, 21, was shot to death in the corning, iowa home he shared with his fiancée, dixie kinser.

Agency

Iowa

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cold-case-record__Simpson

Name

Colleen Simpson

Age

14

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Colleen simpson, 14, of clearfield, iowa, was reported missing to the taylor county sheriff’s office in bedford, iowa, on october 5, 1975. She was last seen at her clearfield home where she disappeared sometime during the night. Colleen was born december 5, 1960, and has a scar on her right forearm.

Agency

Iowa

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cold-case-record__Perry

Name

Corinne Perry

Age

17

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

The creston high school senior had just earned a scholarship to college and planned to double major in psychology and acting. She belonged to the school’s mime troop, acted in several school plays, and also participated in speech contests. She was last seen sunday, april 17, 1983 at a coin-operated laundromat in creston, iowa. According to authorities, a man walked out of the laundromat right behind the teen sometime between 8:30 and 9 p.M. The night she disappeared. The following day, her car — with the clothes neatly folded and lying on the seat — was found parked at the laundromat. Her purse turned up on a highway bridge seven miles away between kent and lenox, iowa.

Agency

Iowa

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cold-case-record__Konecne

Name

Doris Konecne

Age

38

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Doris “elaine” konecne, 38, the legal secretary for union county attorney robert rolfe, was found deceased on the kitchen floor of her apartment at the ken-lee apartments on north cherry street in creston, iowa, early sunday morning, october 28, 1973. Ms. Konecne’s brother, who discovered his sister’s body, immediately contacted authorities.

Agency

Iowa

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cold-case-record__Turnbull

Name

Pansy Turnbull

Age

17

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On thursday afternoon, august 26, 1926, pansy may turnbull, the 17-year-old daughter of mr. And mrs. Arizona turnbull of diagonal, iowa, went to the street fair in clearfield, iowa, accompanied by her sister and mr. And mrs. Cleve bunker. When the other members were ready to return home, pansy was nowhere to be found and a search was instituted.Turnbull was found one block east of the main street business district, “insensible and apparently injured” and in the company of a strange man, according to an august 1926 article published in the mount ayr record-news. Turnbull was taken to a physician but was unable to make any statement, and on the physician’s advice was then taken to her diagonal home, where she died a few hours later without ever regaining consciousness.

Agency

Iowa

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cold-case-record__Scheel

Name

Paul Scheel

Age

45

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On valentine’s day 2018, paul allen scheel, 45, was found dead in his creston, iowa, apartment. Officers with the creston police department conducted a welfare check at 300 east montgomery street, apartment 3, at approximately 8:17 p.M. Wednesday night and found scheel deceased. The apartment is located in the basement of the eagles lodge #1398.The body was transported to the office of the iowa state medical examiner’s office in ankeny for an autopsy.Creston officers and agents with the dci’s major crime unit have worked to find the person or persons responsible for scheel’s death.

Agency

Iowa

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