Bird Island, MN Area Cold Cases
Name
Mamie SimeAge
74Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shortly after 4 a.M. On tuesday, march 31, 1981, a fire broke out in the home of mamie sime on the outskirts of rolfe, iowa. Firemen answered the alarm at 4:30 a.M., and arrived to find the house fully engulfed in flames.Agency
Iowa
Name
Mervin WalvatneAge
53Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Mervin leo walvatne, 53, went missing from spencer, iowa, on july 18, 1990. Walvatne’s sister, who lives in spencer and had regular contact with her brother, became concerned after not seeing her brother since july 18 and reported him missing to the spencer police department.Agency
Iowa
Name
Wilma NissenAge
23Cause of Death
Robbery/MurderInfo
Lyon county chief deputy jerry birkey announced may 2, 2016, a major development in the 38-year-old cold case of wilma june nissen, the woman found in a country road ditch in october 1978.Investigators released a photo of one of the women they believe is responsible for wilma nissen’s death.“our suspect was an escort, a prostitute, a dancer, who liked to rob other escorts, prostitutes and dancers,” birkey said in a ksfy story that aired may 2, describing the motive for wilma nissen’s murder as robbery.Agency
Iowa
Name
Wilma NissenAge
23Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Lyon County Sheriff's Department
Name
Brian BlachutAge
30Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Brian richard blachut, 30, of lake mills, iowa, disappeared after leaving the blue moon saloon in scarville, iowa, about 2 a.M. On sunday, november 21, 1993. At approximately 10 a.M., blachut’s four-wheel drive datsun 1981 pickup truck was found partially submerged in a drainage ditch on the west side of winnebago county road a-16, about two miles east of scarville. Tracks indicated the vehicle had gone down into the ditch on the road’s east side, circled in the field, crossed back over the blacktop road and then gone back into the ditch on the road’s west side.Agency
Iowa
Name
Michael CarrAge
19Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
At approximately 10 p.M. Friday, the day after christmas 1975, michael edward carr was struck by a vehicle on the west edge of estherville, iowa, while walking home. The hit-and-run happened near the intersection of iowa highway 9 and emmet county blacktop a-22.Agency
Iowa
Name
Glennis SorensonAge
41Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
St. Paul Police Department
Name
George JensenAge
61Cause of Death
Knife/StabbingInfo
Agency
Bloomington Police Department
Name
Candice HackettAge
45Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Kamani DavisAge
24Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
William IrvinAge
35Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Walter HaynesAge
30Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Anthony Stubbs JrAge
23Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Michael WhitelawAge
50Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Gavin SpiekerAge
21Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Jaquan OatisAge
28Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Crystal CollinsAge
36Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Andre Riley JrAge
24Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Coshaye BrownAge
19Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Birdell BeeksAge
58Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Derrick RodgersAge
25Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Jimmy StanbackAge
25Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Victoria DayAge
23Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Darnell WilkesAge
25Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Ricardo Orozco-NegreteAge
49Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Paul FallingAge
19Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Rastem AbubakarAge
24Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Abdulahi AwuniAge
19Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Cortney WoodsAge
22Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Miguel GarciaAge
0Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Susan SpillerAge
68Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Eric FergusonAge
22Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Alamagan AbdullahiAge
25Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Demetri ManningAge
51Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Abdiaziz FarahAge
27Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Marcus HunterAge
31Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Antonio FloodAge
42Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Nanette HaghiAge
46Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Matthew LittleAge
23Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Minneapolis Police Department