Bessemer, MI Area Cold Cases

Name
Brian DietrichAge
30Cause of Death
MissingInfo
He’d planned to take his new baby daughter out trick-or-treating that october night in 1993. Brian dietrich — the son of [then] Clayton county sheriff verdean dietrich — was known for his biker lifestyle and “living off the land” in rural garnavillo, iowa, but made regular trips across the mississippi river to prairie du chien, wis., to sell ginseng.Agency
Iowa
Name
Lee RolfeAge
48Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Lee allan rolfe, a 48-year-old registered sex offender, disappeared from his rural garber, iowa home on april 13, 2008. He was reported missing to the clayton county sheriff’s office in elkader that same day. Lee allan rolfe (courtesy namus) lee allan rolfe (courtesy namus) officials described rolfe — aka “rolfey rolfe” — as a 5-foot-9 white male with blue eyes, brown hair, and weighing 230 pounds. Rolfe wears glasses, has a tattoo of yosemite sam on his upper left arm, and was on anti-depressant medication at the time of his disappearance.Agency
Iowa
Name
Lofton SproulsAge
27Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Outside an apartment building in the nob hill complex, near 1116 moorland road on madison's south side.Deleon d. Harland, 22, of chicago, who prosecutors say is the "Prime suspect" in sprouls' death, is being held in dane county jail on a charge of obstructing police investigating the homicide and could be charged at a later date.Agency
Dane County
Name
Brittany ZimmermannAge
21Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
An autopsy report said zimmermann died of "Complex homicidal violence including multiple stab wounds and strangulation." her downtown apartment at 517 w. Doty st., madison.Police are investigating but have no suspect.Agency
Dane County
Name
Larry GardnerAge
56Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Oakridge apartments, 2209 cypress way, on madison's south side.Last june, a judge dismissed a felony murder charge against a 16-year-old boy accused of taking part in a robbery in which gardner was shot to death. Prosecutors said the state no longer could prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the boy was an accomplice to an unidentified man who shot gardener.Agency
Dane County
Name
George ThomasAge
65Cause of Death
TraumaInfo
Thomas suffered multiple forms of trauma, but authorities have not said how he was killed.King's inn, 915 w. Beltline, on madison's south side.Under investigation.Agency
Dane County
Name
Kelly NolanAge
22Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Authorities have not said how she died.Unknown. Nolan's body was found in a wooded area off schneider road in the town of dunn on july 9, 2007.Police are investigating but have no suspect.Agency
Dane County
Name
Amos MortierAge
27Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Date unknown. He was last seen at his rural fitchburg home nov. 8, 2004 and is presumed to have been murdered. His body has not been found.Jacob r. Stadfeld, 33, who is in jail awaiting trial in an alleged large-scale marijuana distribution scheme, is considered a suspect in mortier's disappearance but has not been charged.Agency
Dane County
Name
Gregory BrayAge
26Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
His duplex at 6403 raymond road on madison's southwest side.John high, 36, who is serving a federal prison sentence for gun possession, is considered a suspect in bray's death but has not been charged.Agency
Dane County
Name
Amos MortierAge
27Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Went missing from the rental home he lived in while attending madison area technical college. Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the fitchburg police department at (608) 270-4300.Agency
Fitchburg Police Department
Name
Harold DoerringAge
66Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Sixty-six-year-old harold doerring was reported missing to the winneshiek county sheriff’s office in decorah, iowa, on february 16, 1997. Authorities found harold doerring’s truck abandoned on highway 218 south of mount pleasant in henry county on february 23, 1997. When they tried to contact him about the vehicle but could not find him, they discovered no one had seen doerring since february 16 in cedar falls, iowa.Agency
Iowa