Optima, OK Area Cold Cases
Name
Marianne WilkinsonAge
Cause of Death
GunshotInfo
Shot multiple times by an unidentified individualAgency
Texas Crime StoppersName
Patricia OferoskyAge
Cause of Death
GunshotInfo
Died from gunshot wounds.Agency
Texas Crime StoppersName
Derrick JacksonAge
12Cause of Death
GunshotInfo
James died from the gunshot wounds.Agency
Texas Crime StoppersName
Carmen CroanAge
18Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Carmen had suffered a brutal attack, including knife wounds to the throatAgency
Texas Crime StoppersName
Johnny ShieldsAge
32Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Never Returned To His Residence Nor Contacted His Family. He Was Reported Missing To The Carter Lake Police Department In Carter Lake, Iowa, On December 16, 1988.Agency
Iowa Division of Criminal InvestigationName
Humberto CortezAge
Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Partially Decomposed Male Body Was Discovered In A Rail Car By A Paxton Verling Steel EmployeeAgency
Iowa Division of Criminal InvestigationName
Robert Bates IIIAge
39Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot Twice While Working At The Carter Lake “Jump Start” Convenience Store. Bates Was Working Alone At The Store When He Went Out The Front Door To Take A BreakAgency
Iowa Division of Criminal InvestigationName
Leo SmithAge
56Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Iowa Highway Patrol Officers Found 56-Year-Old Leo Joseph Smith’S Body At A Rest Area On Highway 20 Thirty Miles East Of Sioux City, Iowa, In Woodbury County. His Throat Had Been Cut.Agency
Woodbury County Sheriff’s OfficeName
James NicollAge
52Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
James Clark Nicoll,Was Found Dead Tuesday Morning, March 17, 1885Agency
Pottawattamie County SheriffName
George MassourisAge
30Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Shot Three Times At The Base Of His Skull With A .22 Caliber Automatic Pistol And Then Dumped In A Ditch Off The Old Orchard Road Two Miles East Of Council Bluffs, Iowa.Agency
Pottawattamie County SheriffName
Gloria SlumpAge
24Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
The Deeply Religious Omaha, Neb., Brokerage House Worker Had Been Beaten, Stabbed 14 Times In The Throat With A Dull Knife Or An Instrument Similar To A Beer Can Opener, And Left Under The Trestle To Bleed To Death.Agency
Pottawattamie County SheriffName
Joe FloydAge
42Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Discovered Joe Junior Floyd, 42, Who Had Been Shot By A Small Caliber Handgun.Agency
Pottawattamie County SheriffName
John StephensAge
32Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Officer John L. Stephens And Paul J. Rayer Were Shot And Killed On Tuesday, December 5, 1967Agency
Pottawattamie County SheriffName
Paul RayerAge
51Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Officer John L. Stephens And Paul J. Rayer Were Shot And Killed On Tuesday, December 5, 1967Agency
Pottawattamie County SheriffName
Judith PleasAge
17Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
An Investigation Concluded The Teen Had Been Strangled.Agency
Pottawattamie County SheriffName
Edward HicksonAge
32Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Council Bluffs Police Department Officers Responded To A Fire Call In The 1500 Block Of South 6Th Street, Where The Fire Department Advised Them There Was An Unresponsive Male Inside,The Victim Was Taken By Ambulance To Mercy Hospital Where He Was Pronounced DeadAgency
Pottawattamie County SheriffName
Linda MayfieldAge
21Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
The Responding Officer Said The Victim Had Several Stab Wounds To Her Face, Chest, Stomach, Hand And Foot.Agency
Pottawattamie County SheriffName
Lee RotatoriAge
32Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Lee Rotatori, 32, Who Had Died From A Stab Wound To The Chest.Agency
Pottawattamie County SheriffName
John Adams JrAge
23Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
He Had Been Shot One Time In The Face By A Man On A Kawasaki Kz900 Motorcycle.Agency
Pottawattamie County SheriffName
Bernadene SealineAge
67Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
The Vehicle That She Was In Was Swept Away By Flood Waters. She Is Presumed To Have Died, But Her Body Has Never Been Recovered.Agency
Pottawattamie County Sheriff