Wellsburg, IA Area Cold Cases

Name

Alex Bullerman

Age

18

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Waterloo, iowa, was shot in the college hill commercial district adjacent to the university of northern iowa campus in cedar falls early on saturday, november 11, 2017.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Dennis Clougherty

Age

23

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

On monday, august 12, 1974, sometime between the hours of 10:30 p.M. And midnight, someone shot 23-year-old dennis clougherty five times in the chest and left his body along union road, south of first street in cedar falls, iowa. A passing motorist discovered the body early the following morning about 100 yards off u.S. Route 20 in black hawk county.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Edward Uhlenhopp

Age

85

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Edward r. “ed” uhlenhopp, 85, was killed on friday, june 29, 2001, when the honda moped he was driving in ackley, iowa, was struck by an unidentified truck that did not stop. The iowa state patrol and hardin county sheriff’s office reported that uhlenhopp died at the scene. Uhlenhopp, a wwii us army veteran, was driving southbound on butler street and attempting to make a left turn into a private driveway on fourth avenue when the truck, following closely behind the moped, made an attempt to pass on the left. The vehicles collided and the truck kept on going.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Ethan Kazmerzak

Age

22

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Ethan kazmerzak, 22, was reported missing to the hampton police department in hampton, iowa, on sept. 15, 2013. Hampton in franklin county hampton in franklin county franklin county in iowa franklin county in iowa he was last seen in rural hampton around 12 a.M. Sunday, sept. 15, 2013, and wore a teal/white printed shirt and peach/orange shorts. According to findethan.Com, kazmerzak was seen in several area pubs on sept. 14, including pit row and the red moose in hampton as well as duck’s in aredale. He reportedly was last seen at a party at a gravel pit pond located behind a house in the 1400 block of 190th street. Police say kazmerzak’s cell phone was last used around 12:30 a.M. On sept. 15 at the intersection of 190th street and olive avenue, and that his atm card has reportedly not been used since sept. 14.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Helen Bown

Age

61

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Mrs. Helen mae bown, a 61-year-old widow, was last seen alive in her marshalltown, iowa, home on monday, oct. 2, 1973, and reported missing on sunday, oct. 7. Marshall county, iowa marshall county in iowa three weeks later on halloween day, state agents discovered her body on the bank of the iowa river northwest of montour in tama county, about seven miles east of marshalltown and two miles northeast of le grand. Investigators on scene included tama and marshall county sheriff’s officers, marshalltown police, dci agents, tama county medical examiner dr. C.W. Maplethorpe, and tama county attorney jared bauch.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Ila Clark

Age

73

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Ila mae clark was found beaten to death in her marshalltown, iowa home on august 29, 2001. An autopsy showed the 73-year-old died from multiple head injuries.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Julie Benning

Age

18

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

She had a quick smile and a zany laugh. She was bright, beautiful, spunky, and ambitious. She loved getting out to meet people and making things happen. She loved live music and the weekly top 100 countdown. Her creativity spilled over into every aspect of her life; she not only designed and sewed her own dresses, but painted landscapes and portraits of all things closest to her heart.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Mattie Zabel

Age

45

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Mattie lou zabel, a 45-year-old teacher’s aide who worked at river hills school in cedar falls, iowa, was reported missing to the cedar falls police department on march 21, 1978. Black hawk county in iowa black hawk county in iowa cedar falls in black hawk countycedar falls in black county zabel was last seen by her family on march 21, 1978, in her hometown of cedar falls. She left behind not only her husband, jack, and three children, but also a frozen chicken thawing in the kitchen sink that was to be the family’s dinner. No clothing was taken, and she would not have had the assets to just walk away. There was no indication that she just got frustrated and left.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Norman Gant Jr

Age

21

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Norman carroll gant jr., 21, of waterloo, iowa, was shot in the 1800 block of tremont street in cedar falls, iowa, on sunday, june 1, 2014. Police chief jeff olson said police were dispatched to the area at 1:36 a.M., where they found gant lying in a yard with life-threatening injuries from a gunshot wound. Gant — who lived at 1725 e. Fourth street in waterloo — was found on the lawn of a residential home next to a rental property where a loud party occurred saturday night.Paramedics transported gant to sartori hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. In a press release, police said the shooter “remains at large” but that the public in the area was not at risk. They did not release a description of the shooter.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Peggy Cottrell

Age

66

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

Peggy ann cottrell resided at the southridge nursing home in marshalltown, iowa. A relative dropped her off at the facility at approximately 6:30 p.M. On may 26, 2001, and cottrell was last seen running away from the home only minutes later. Authorities believe she left of her own accord, and said she had no history of dementia.Cottrell was last seen wearing a white sweater with a pink and blue design and dark-colored slacks. She is described as a white female, 66 years of age at the time of disappearance, 5’07”, and weighing 167 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes.“we talked with the family members at the time and they said she was in a good mood,” police chief jack mcallister said in a 2008 story about the case.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Roberta Crawford

Age

53

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

Roberta “bobbi” crawford was a fireball. She worked as the registrar at ellsworth community college and raised her son as a single mom. The 53-year-old also loved racquetball, skydiving, and being a grandmother. To her son, lee, she was more than a mother — she was a friend.All that disappeared in an instant when, sometime between late tuesday night, november 16, 1999, and early wednesday morning, november 17, bobbi crawford was murdered inside the small hampton, iowa home where she lived alone. Police found crawford’s body wednesday after co-workers contacted authorities when she failed to show up for work. Crawford had worked as an administrative assistant at the college for nearly 25 years.Someone had cut what they thought were the phone lines and then broke in, killing her in her bedroom. Burglary didn’t seem to be the motive. Nor had crawford been sexually assaulted.On nov. 30, franklin county medical examiner keith hansen said crawford died from blunt trauma to the head. Roberta “bobbi” crawford’s trauma to the head led to hemorrhaging and death, he said.

Agency

Iowa

Name

Norman Gant

Age

21

Cause of Death

Gun/Firearm

Info

Agency

Waterloo Police Department