Authorities in Dubuque, Iowa, are looking for a man who a young female jogger said followed her and attempted to “take her away” on Sunday. Telegraph Herald reports that a social media post from a jogger in Dubuque spurred numerous responses and a call to authorities after the jogger claimed a male followed her, asked …
An Iowa teen is behind bars after police say he beat his 8-month-old daughter to death on Friday afternoon. People reports that 17-year-old Jayden Straight turned himself in after leaving the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, where his infant daughter, Raija, was taken after suffering a brutal beating with “serious inflicted injuries,” reportedly at the …
An Iowa man who was sentenced to probation for repeatedly sexually assaulting his then-6-year-old granddaughter is challenging a ruling that could give his lottery winnings to the girl’s family. The Courier reported that the victim’s mother, Kasey Hilpipre, won a default judgment late last month because Dean Hilpipre had failed to respond to her civil lawsuit by …
An Iowa man is appealing his life sentence months after being found guilty of trying to abduct two young girls by offering them $100 bills. The Des Moines Register reports that Jeff Lee Altmayer, 58, is pushing to have his life sentence overturned. Investigators believe Altmayer targeted at least 19 girls—sexually abusing two of them—in …
An Iowa mother allegedly pulled her 8-year-old son into the path of an oncoming train in what police have deemed a murder-suicide. KCCI reported that Teresa Gerleman, 35, and Henry Fields, 8, were fatally struck at a crossing in Belle Plaine at 5 a.m. on May 4. Interviews and footage captured by Union Pacific Railroad led officials to determine that …
Reports indicate an Iowa man arrested in connection of a violent burglary that left a woman dead on Sunday had just been released by a judge pending charges related to an earlier crime. According to the Des Moines Register, 38-year-old Timothy Evans had been released on his own recognizance on Friday after having been jailed …
An Iowa school district is under scrutiny after a former teacher convicted of recording a high school athlete as she changed was allowed to coach a spelling bee program involving students. According to Des Moines Register, Trent Yoder, now 47, pleaded guilty in 1998 to the exploitation of a minor for recording the student at an …
An Iowa woman has been sentenced to spend 20 years behind bars after she was convicted of allowing her adopted granddaughter to starve to death nearly a year ago. As CrimeOnline previously reported, five members of the family were initially charged in connection with the 16-year-old girl’s death, which authorities believe occurred between May 1 …
A rusted water heater is reportedly to blame the tragic deaths of an Iowa couple and their children who died while on vacation in Tulum, Mexico last month. Mexican police told the Des Moines Register that an appliance in use at the vacation rental home where the Sharp family spent spring break had rusted due …
“He won the Iowa Lottery. He’s celebrating. He thinks he’s terrific…Where’s her justice? Where’s her celebration?”
Authorities in Tennessee have arrested an Iowa man on suspicion of murder after his parents and niece were found dead in Nebraska this week. According to the Omaha World-Herald, 18-year-old Leonna Dalton-Phillip and her grandparents, John Dalton Sr., 70, and Jean Dalton, 65, were shot and killed around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Dalton-Phillip had just arrived …
An Iowa teen who recently beat cancer said her high school reprimanded her for wearing a hat. The Hawk Eye reported that Chloe Terpenning, 15, was diagnosed with stage II Hodgkin’s lymphoma in March and lost her hip-length hair shortly after undergoing chemotherapy. Now in remission, the West Burlington High School freshman claimed she had to …
