Prairie Dog, NE Area Cold Cases
Name
Darlene CulberthAge
51Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On august 1, 1991 while in the local vfw lodge where they worked darlene culberth and her husband robert were shot. Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the prowers county sheriff's office.Agency
Prowers County Sheriff's Office
Name
Robert CulberthAge
70Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On august 1, 1991 while at the local vfw lodge where he worked with his wife darlene, robert culberth was shot. Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the prowers county sheriff's office.Agency
Prowers County Sheriff's Office
Name
Brianne SmithAge
25Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Brianne smith, a 25-year-old mother of three, disappeared from omaha, neb., in april 2006. Her body was discovered in a mills county, iowa, roadside ditch west of glenwood on june 10, 2006. Mills county in iowa mills county in iowa glenwood in mills countyglenwood in mills county the mills county sheriff’s office and the iowa division of criminal investigation (dci) reported on july 18, 2006 that the human remains found were smith’s.Agency
Iowa
Name
Debra BarajasAge
44Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Debra (debbie) ann barajas was last seen on thursday afternoon, may 25, 2006, heading to the omaha vicinity of park avenue and leavenworth in omaha, neb. When she didn’t arrive, she was reported missing to the nebraska missing persons information clearinghouse. Mills county in iowa mills county in iowa glenwood in mills countyglenwood in mills county nearly six months later on tuesday, november 14, 2006, barajas’ remains were discovered in a pacific junction ravine northwest of glenwood, iowa, near the 54300 block of 195th street in mills county, iowa. The rural community’s population barely topped 500 people.Agency
Iowa
Name
Gary SebekAge
20Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Gary eugene sebek, 20, spent the last day of his life going to work in the morning, being called away to witness the birth of his second child – a son – and leaving the hospital late that evening to return to his hamburg, iowa home, where he’d be slain that same night and his body removed from the premises.Agency
Iowa
Name
Melvin PriceAge
26Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Around 4:30 a.M. Early sunday morning, november 17, 1974, a passing farragut truck driver discovered a body lying along iowa highway 42 near the foot of a hill about three miles west of riverton, iowa. He notified authorities, who identified the body as that of 26-year-old melvin price.Agency
Iowa
Name
Julie DerrickAge
19Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Julie derrick, 19, was last seen alive october 19, 1995. Her mother made a plea for her return. Julie’s body was found in o’fallon’s sand pit, weighted down. Forensic examination indicated she died shortly after her disappearance, but the cause of death was undetermined. Investigators believe it could have been a drug overdose.Agency
Lincoln County Crimestoppers
Name
Leah RowlandsAge
41Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Leah rowlands, 41, was shot and killed during an armed robbery at an amoco station. The suspect, a man in a red pontiac, killed rowlands and stole money and goods. Despite security footage aired on national tv, no suspect has been arrested.Agency
Lincoln County Crimestoppers
Name
Jay BlocksonAge
23Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Jay blockson, 23, was found dead in a stand of trees. An autopsy determined broken ribs caused internal damage leading to his death. Investigators believe the notorious freight train riders of america gang might be responsible for his death.Agency
Lincoln County Crimestoppers
Name
Ray GreenAge
55Cause of Death
StrangulationInfo
Ray "Sandy" green, 55, was found dead in an underground bunker, strangled. Investigators believe there was a struggle at the scene. The case remains open, but progress is slowed as one suspect in the case died of a heart attack.Agency
Lincoln County Crimestoppers
Name
Adrian ReuwsaatAge
69Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Adrian charles reuwsaat, 69, was reported missing to the sioux city police department in sioux city, iowa, on november 3, 2002, and foul play has long been suspected in his disappearance.Agency
Iowa
Name
Alicia HummelAge
29Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Alicia marie hummel, a 29-year-old preschool teacher from sioux city, iowa, was found dead in the missouri river monday afternoon, june 1, 2015, near the shore at a boat dock in myron grove, south dakota. The area — also known as the highline area — is about seven miles west of vermillion.Agency
Iowa
Name
Allen ShoemakerAge
36Cause of Death
Hit And RunInfo
Allen f. Shoemaker — a police officer with the chicago and northwestern railroad police — was shot and killed on sunday, may 17, 1925, while conducting a railroad check in missouri valley, iowa.Agency
Iowa
Name
Anthony EvansAge
5Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Five-year-old anthony evans was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the 1000 block of 21st street in sioux city, iowa, on june 20, 2000.Agency
Iowa
Name
Elizabeth SwetnamAge
73Cause of Death
StabbingInfo
Betty swetnam, a 73-year-old grandmother who operated a massage business out of her 1610 west 19th st. Sioux city home’s basement, was brutally stabbed to death on friday december 31, 1993.Agency
Iowa
Name
Daniel HardenAge
61Cause of Death
TraumaInfo
The sioux city police department is seeking information on the murder of pastor daniel harden — sometimes referred to as “preacher” by friends — whose body was discovered around 4 a.M. Dec. 1, 2020, in a park place apartment at 2601 douglas street on the city’s north side. Harden had been dead for about a week and his body showed signs of blunt force trauma.Agency
Iowa
Name
David Redowl SrAge
27Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
At approximately 2:00 a.M. On april 26, 1997, 27-year-old david redowl and his 24-year-old sister, sonja, had a physical altercation in the back yard of their mother’s residence at 610 west 3rd street in sioux city, iowa. Both redowl and his sister listedAgency
Iowa
Name
Donna DavisAge
21Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Donna sue davis hadn’t yet reached her second birthday. The 21-month-old 21-pound blue-eyed girl with the mass of dark blond curly hair was the youngest of james (“don”) and mary davis’s three children, and her three prized possessions included her teddy bear, a rubber doll and a red purse. Eleven-year-old mary claire, the eldest of the siblings, had friends who resided in the same west side neighborhood in sioux city, ia, and they often could be seen pushing strollers and buggies around the block with donna sue and the other girls’ young siblings in tow. Timothy, 7, also had ample playmates within safe walking distance from the family’s 715 isabella street home. Everyone knew and loved donna sue, though seldom used her name. To them, she was simply “the darling of the neighborhood.”Agency
Iowa
Name
Earl ThelanderAge
25Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
The thieves had stripped propane gas lines from a country home — a house formerly owned by my grandparents — where earl and my mother, hope thelander, had been working and readying for a renter. Earl was life-flighted to the clarkson burn center at the university of nebraska hospital in omaha, where he died four days later on september 1. He and my mother would have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary four months later on december 30. Also left behind were earl’s six children and five stepchildren, 22 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, four sisters and three brothers, and countless in-laws, loved ones and friends.Agency
Iowa
Name
Jimmy BremmersAge
8Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
After dinner on tuesday, august 31, 1954, 8-year-old jimmy bremmers went to his friend joey hamel’s house two doors down from the bremmers home on sioux city’s west side. Jimmy’s parents had gone to lay brick for the basement of their new home, and though jimmy usually helped, this night he’d stayed behind to go visit his friend.Agency
Iowa
Name
John EricksonAge
48Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
On wednesday, april 30, 1997, vietnam veteran john lee erickson, 48, of council bluffs was shot in the head near mondamin, iowa, in harrison county. His killer or killers then dumped his body in a ditch off I-29 south of onawa in monona countyAgency
Iowa
Name
Joseph RicheAge
40Cause of Death
MissingInfo
The missing person, joseph edward riche, 40, allegedly left his residence in neola, iowa on the morning of october 12, 2012. There has been no social media presence and none of his relatives or close friends have heard from him since that dateAgency
Iowa
Name
Kenneth HarkerAge
34Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Jim hathaway, jr. Vividly remembers his going away party the fall of ’96. The 34-year-old sioux cityan was heading out to phoenix, ariz., for classes to become a motorcycle mechanic. He’d invited his closest friends, all of whom shared his passion for harley-davidson bikesAgency
Iowa
Name
Kevin ClarkAge
26Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Kevin earl clark, 26, formerly of riverside, calif., was shot just after 5 a.M. Sunday, december 8, 1991, after leaving a party in sioux city, iowa. According to the sioux city police department, clark and a group of friends had just left a party at 1514 villa avenue, and clark climbed into the back right passenger seat of a friend’s 1981 tan and brown chevy citation, which had been parked outside the villa avenue homeAgency
Iowa
Name
Manuel RamirezAge
6Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On monday night, march 7, 2011, sioux city police responded to a 911 call from 1417 virginia street, where they found 6-year-old manuel ramirez dead in the bathtub. Officers administered cpr but were unable to revive the irving elementary school first-grader. Manuel’s stepmother, maria miranda, told investigators she was watching television with other children downstairs while manuel was bathing alone upstairs.Agency
Iowa
Name
Matthew RiceAge
17Cause of Death
InjuryInfo
Matthew joel rice, a 17-year-old senior at westwood high school in sloan, iowa, died from injuries sustained after being struck by a vehicle during a hit-and-run on saturday, sept. 21, 2002.Agency
Iowa
Name
Maurice KneiflAge
58Cause of Death
MissingInfo
On february 16, 1983, 58-year-old maurice kneifl was reported missing to the sioux city police department by kneifl’s girlfriend, joyce fish — whom he’d been dating for many years — and her daughter, lori. 1981-dark-brown-fleetwood-cadillac-maurice-kneiflcourtesy pinterest maurice kneifl was last seen driving a 1981 dark brown or black fleetwood cadillac similar to the one shown above. The vehicle also remains missing. Maurice reportedly was last seen on february 14, 1983, driving his 1981 dark brown fleetwood cadillac, iowa license plate, hiz379.Agency
Iowa
Name
Patricia JauronAge
45Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On tuesday morning, may 26, 1998, sometime between 9 and 9:45 a.M., patricia anne “pat” jauron, 45, was viciously stabbed several times in the rural sioux city home she and her husband, eugene “gene” jauron, had vacated six months earlier. The couple had just moved out of one home at 1516 old highway 141 and into another across the road at 1541 old highway 141, and had been selling off the last few items from the former home.According to gene jauron — who spent more than 40 years as a meter reader for midamerican energy — the couple had held an earlier yard sale and a person who’d attended the yard sale allegedly called several times afterward inquiring about purchasing the waterbed and setting up a time to meet.Patricia, who’d just retired from the sergeant bluff middle school, went across the road at the scheduled appointment time, and, according to her husband, was “supposed to be gone only for a few moments.”Agency
Iowa
Name
Ronald ZellmerAge
31Cause of Death
MissingInfo
At approximately 5:50 a.M. On april 6, 1985, south sioux city, neb., police located a 1984 chevy cavalier, registered to a ronald zellmer, age 31, parked on the south end of the veterans memorial bridge. The vehicle was left unattended with the motor running.Sioux city police were called to check zellmer’s residence at 1003 pierce street, apt. B-3, and found it empty with nothing unusual within the apartment.Later the following day, ronald’s mother lucille was asked to come to the sioux city police station where she filed a missing persons report.Ronald was described as a 5-foot-10 white male weighing 170 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. He may have a mustache.According to family members, ronald zellmer was very depressed and had suffered from depression for years. A search of the missouri river proved unsuccessful in retrieving zellmer’s body.Agency
Iowa
Name
Thecla GerkenAge
23Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On wednesday night, june 27, 1917, thecla m. Gerken of woonsocket, south dakota, was shot and killed while out for a walk with a friend in sioux city, iowa. Gerken, 23, was accompanying miss mabel houlihan, 922 ninth street, on a walk, and the girls walked arm in arm up jones street. Gerken was staying at the home of dr. H.H. Hagedorn at 1017 jones street. As they neared eighth street, the two girls said goodbye, and then parted for night.Agency
Iowa
Name
Wilbur BrownAge
47Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On september 14, 1997, around 5:30 a.M., a sioux city resident returning home noticed 47-year-old wilbur brown lying on the ground between the curb and the sidewalk in front of 603 west 5th street.Brown appeared unconscious but was moaning, and the neighbor was unable to rouse him.Sioux city police were called at approximately 5:34 a.M., and brown was transported to an area hospital where he died shortly thereafter.An autopsy revealed brown had been beaten about the head and body and died as a result of those injuries.Agency
Iowa
Name
Patricia JauronAge
45Cause of Death
Knife/StabbingInfo
Agency
Woodbury County Sheriff's Office
Name
Maurice KneiflAge
58Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Was last seen on february 14, 1983 driving his 1981 dark brown fleetwood cadillac. He never arrived to pick up his girlfriend and didn't show for work the following day. Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the sioux city police department at 712-279-6440.Agency
Sioux City Police Department
Name
James PlanceAge
54Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the kit carson county sheriff's office.Agency
Kit Carson County Sheriff's Office
Name
James SinclairAge
49Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the kit carson county sheriff's office. ********************************************************* exceptional clearance. Suspect deceased.Agency
Kit Carson County Sheriff's Office
Name
Robert SowashAge
19Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the kit carson county sheriff's office.Agency
Kit Carson County Sheriff's Office
Name
Nicolas Garrido-AntunezAge
25Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
Omaha Police Department