Iowa

child endangerment
December 26, 2021

Iowa Toddler Wanders Off Alone After Dad Passes Out Drunk: Report

An Iowa father has been arrested for child endangerment after he allegedly passed out drunk, allowing his toddler son to leave the house and go wandering down the road alone. Court records say West Des Moines police said they were called at about 5 p.m. on Friday about “a small child about the ages of …

Murder
November 30, 2021

Teens Plead Not Guilty To Murdering Spanish Teacher Found Dead Under Wheelbarrow at Park

Two 16-year-old boys appeared in an Iowa court on Monday and pleaded not guilty to killing their high school Spanish teacher, who was reportedly found dead with head trauma in early November. Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale entered their not guilty pleas during their arraignment at a Jefferson County district court. The Fairfield High School …

Murder
November 3, 2021

Iowa Man Tries To Stab Woman With Dull Knife, Beats Her to Death With Bat Instead: Son

An Iowa man has been charged in the disappearance and presumed death of a woman who vanished nearly six months ago. The father of 30-year-old Rachel Reuter reported her missing to the Urbandale Police Department on June 16, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. The department worked with state investigators, and their probe eventually led …

Missing
October 16, 2021

Remains Found Last Month in Iowa Field Are Those of 11-Year-Old Missing Since May

Human remains found in an Iowa farmer’s field in Poweshiek County last month are those of an 11-year-old boy who vanished in May. Xavior Harrelson was last seen on May 27 when he rode away from a Montezuma mobile home park where he was a caretaker for his mother, who is an amputee. Police said …

Murder
October 14, 2021

Teen Stabs Parents, Uses Axe on Mom When She Wasn’t Dead Yet: Cops

An Iowa teen has been charged with murder in the deaths of his parents Thursday morning. Cedar Rapids police said they responded to a call in the northeast section of the city at about 2 a.m. and found Ethan Orton, 17, sitting outside, covered in blood, KCRG reported. Police said Orton told them he stabbed …

Child Abuse
September 22, 2021

Iowa Dad Charged With Murder in Death of Infant Son

An Iowa man has been charged with murder in the death of his six-month-old son who was found unresponsive in an Iowa Falls apartment in March. In addition to first-degree murder, Nicholas Edward Cox, 22, also faces a charge of child endangerment causing death, the Times Citizen reported. Iowa Falls Police said they were called …

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Missing
July 22, 2021

MISSING: 13-Year-Old Iowa Girl Has PTSD, Psychotic Episodes

Iowa police are looking for a 13-year-old girl they say has PTSD and occasionally has psychotic episodes. Callista Ryan was last seen at about 7 a.m. Thursday morning in south Cedar Rapids, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. Ryan is described as 4 feet 11 inches tall and about 107 pounds. She has a Ying Yang …

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Accident
July 5, 2021

Amusement park boat ride accident kills 11-year-old boy, injures 3 more people

An 11-year-old Iowa boy died Sunday from injuries he suffered a day earlier when a popular boat ride at an amusement park malfunction just a day after it passed a state inspection and opened for the first time this season. Michael Jaramillo and three other people, including at least one other minor, were injured when …

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Murder
June 16, 2021

Suspect in murders of dad, mom, & sis tells cops a masked intruder did it

An Iowa man has been charged with three counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of his mother, father, and sister. Police responded to the northeastern Cedar Rapids home of Jan Perry Jackson, 61, and Melissa Ferne Jackson at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday when they were called there by 20-year-old Alexander Ken Jackson. …