Odanah, WI 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
Nels LouvringAge
51Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Sometime between 11 and 11:30 p.M. On saturday, july 29, 1933, nels pedersen louvring, 51, was shot at his fayette, iowa home shortly after arriving home from work. Louvring, owner of dixie oil co. (aka nels louvring filling station), left the filling station at approximately 11 p.M. He parked his car in the family’s 315 water street garage, and was shot just as he was leaving the garage. A .38 caliber bullet — which entered louvring’s left side just above his waist and exited near his right shoulder — indicated the perpetrator had been kneeling and/or sitting low in wait to ambush louvring. Louvring staggered from the yard towards his home’s kitchen door, where he finally collapsed.Officials found him dead in a pool of blood, the cigar cash box and keys still near the victim’s hands. A .38 caliber shell casing was found embedded in the wood near the garage door.Louvring’s [second] Wife amy, and his stepdaughter’s family found him collapsed over the kitchen threshold — cash and receipts scattered around him — shortly after they heard the shot. The entire family — including louvring’s wife, his stepdaughter, stepson, and their respective spouses — had been at the store that night and departed the main st. Business just half an hour before louvring left the business to return home.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
Name
Rhonda KnutsonAge
22Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Early on monday, september 7, 1992, rhonda anette knutson was murdered while working the 9 p.M. To 5 a.M. Shift at the phillips 66 convenience store in williamstown, iowa, in chickasaw county.The store manager found knutson’s body monday morning around 4:45 a.M. In a room near the back of the store.The williamstown store was open 24 hours a day and located six miles south of new hampton on u.S. Highway 63 and one-quarter mile north of highway junctions 63, 18, and 346.An autopsy concluded knutson died after being bludgeoned to death, and there were no signs of sexual assault.Agency
Iowa
Name
Glennis SorensonAge
41Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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St. Paul Police Department
Name
George JensenAge
61Cause of Death
Knife/StabbingInfo
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Bloomington Police Department
Name
Candice HackettAge
45Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Kamani DavisAge
24Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
William IrvinAge
35Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Walter HaynesAge
30Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Anthony Stubbs JrAge
23Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Michael WhitelawAge
50Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Gavin SpiekerAge
21Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Jaquan OatisAge
28Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
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Crystal CollinsAge
36Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Andre Riley JrAge
24Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Coshaye BrownAge
19Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Birdell BeeksAge
58Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Derrick RodgersAge
25Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Jimmy StanbackAge
25Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Victoria DayAge
23Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Darnell WilkesAge
25Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Ricardo Orozco-NegreteAge
49Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Paul FallingAge
19Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Rastem AbubakarAge
24Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Abdulahi AwuniAge
19Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Cortney WoodsAge
22Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Miguel GarciaAge
0Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Susan SpillerAge
68Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Eric FergusonAge
22Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Alamagan AbdullahiAge
25Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department
Name
Demetri ManningAge
51Cause of Death
MurderInfo
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Minneapolis Police Department