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Iowa
Jun 10, 2004 1:45:36 GMT -5
Post by LadyBlue on Jun 10, 2004 1:45:36 GMT -5
Police Identity Body Found In River
The Linn County Medical Examiner has confirmed a body found in the Cedar River is that of a Dubuque teenager missing from a Cedar Rapids mental health facility since last month.
Police recovered the body of 15 year old Russell Jankowski from the river on Monday. He left Tanager Place May 29th after an argument. The medical examiner identified Jankowski's body by dental records because of the condition of his body. The autopsy showed Jankowski died from accidental drowning.
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Iowa
Nov 29, 2004 4:04:45 GMT -5
Post by LadyBlue on Nov 29, 2004 4:04:45 GMT -5
The human remains found in Mexico almost one year ago were positively identified Saturday as those of an Estherville woman.
The remains arrived Friday at Henry Olson Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville and, by using dental records, were positively identified as those of Tina Conde, 24.
Her husband, Joaquin Conde, has been arrested by Mexican authorities, has issued a written confession, and faces criminal charges there regarding her death, according to the Estherville Police Department.
The woman left Estherville with her husband in October 2003 to seek employment in Michigan -- leaving her child with her mother, Sandy Triggs, the police department reported.
Triggs told the Estherville Police Department on Nov. 3, 2003, that her daughter had not called since Oct. 26, and she was concerned for her safety, police reported. The department said it could not enter the woman into the National Crime Information Center because she had left the community willingly and had committed no crime there, but it did forward photos to the United States Border Patrol in Texas.
A few weeks later, Triggs returned to the Estherville Police Department and said that other agencies with jurisdiction regarding a missing persons investigation were unwilling or unable to help, according to police. The police department said it then decided to list Tina Conde with the Missing Persons Clearinghouse, the National Crime Information Center, and make photos of both her and her husband available nationwide.
Over the next year, Estherville police contacted agencies such as the El Paso Intelligence Center, FBI and the United States Consulate in Mexico.
The department reported receiving on Sept. 15 conflicting information regarding the case from three different sources, and through investigation determined that there was a strong possibility that the remains of Tina Conde were found in December 2003 by a farmer in Mexico.
Estherville police said that crime scene was investigated by Mexican authorities, that photos were forwarded to the FBI and Border Patrol and that Mexican authorities followed their procedures regarding unidentified victims of crimes.
The police department and the Emmet County Attorney's Office were in "constant contact" with the United States Consulate for two months trying to get the remains to Estherville for positive identification and were met with "significant delays and problems" until Friday, police said.
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Iowa
Dec 15, 2004 17:30:32 GMT -5
Post by LadyBlue on Dec 15, 2004 17:30:32 GMT -5
A badly decomposed body found by hunters Aug. 10 near a rest stop on Interstate 35 north of Ames has been identified as Chad James Schwab, 30, of Snowmass, Colo.
DNA testing was used to confirm Schwab's identity. Capt. Gary Foster of the Story County Sheriff's Office said cause of death was undetermined, but there was no evidence of foul play. A vehicle registered to Schwab was towed from the rest area several weeks before his body was found.
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Iowa
Mar 28, 2005 11:57:43 GMT -5
Post by LadyBlue on Mar 28, 2005 11:57:43 GMT -5
The body of a girl found in an abandoned mobile home was identified Saturday as that of a 10-year-old who was abducted, authorities said.
Police canceled an Amber Alert for Jetseta Marrie Gage on Friday after finding the body in a rundown mobile home near the small town of Kalona, about 45 miles south of the girl’s home in Cedar Rapids.
Authorities formally identified the remains Saturday. An autopsy showed the girl had suffocated, the Johnson County sheriff’s office said.
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Iowa
Mar 29, 2005 0:03:01 GMT -5
Post by gestalt on Mar 29, 2005 0:03:01 GMT -5
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Mar 29, 2005 0:33:31 GMT -5
Post by gestalt on Mar 29, 2005 0:33:31 GMT -5
This one sent the invitations, first accepted by one brother, then the other--who ended her life.
Did you read the article???
If you put in three ? you get the face, btw.
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Iowa
Mar 29, 2005 1:28:36 GMT -5
Post by gestalt on Mar 29, 2005 1:28:36 GMT -5
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Jan
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Mar 29, 2005 12:52:13 GMT -5
Post by Jan on Mar 29, 2005 12:52:13 GMT -5
Hi Mystic & gestalt,
Have you wondered if maybe Jetseta was killed by one brother to protect the other brother? After reading the above article I am thinking that way! I mean, maybe the case won't go forward now that she is gone, she can't testify, she was their main witness. It is so sick of these guys to do this! And her mother, what was she thinking? I am not really sure how I feel about this, other then I am so mad!!!
Jan
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Apr 1, 2005 11:43:23 GMT -5
Post by News updates on Apr 1, 2005 11:43:23 GMT -5
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Iowa
Apr 1, 2005 12:00:43 GMT -5
Post by gestalt on Apr 1, 2005 12:00:43 GMT -5
The mother said she is a single mother and doesn't have much money to pay for things, such as fixing her car. Her daughter was sexually abused by her ex-boyfriend for several years. Several years? Then she has the brother (friend?) over to fix the car--OK Obviously, she has some reasoning ability--she's taking college courses. This whole scenario is very odd.
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Iowa
Apr 29, 2006 20:14:49 GMT -5
Post by LadyBlue on Apr 29, 2006 20:14:49 GMT -5
Officials in northern Iowa have solved the mystery of the identity of a partially decomposed body found in a farm field near Armstrong. Emmet County Sheriff Larry Lamack says they were the remains of 18-year-old Zachary Hunter from Franklin County. The Iowa D-C-I identified the body through dental records.
The Hampton Police Department reported Hunter missing on February 15th. Officials believe Hunter died from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. There was a 12 gauge shotgun found near the body, which was discovered by a farmer doing some field work along Highway 9 Monday afternoon.
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Iowa
Jun 11, 2006 11:47:12 GMT -5
Post by LadyBlue on Jun 11, 2006 11:47:12 GMT -5
QUICK, Iowa Authorities say the body of an Atlantic woman missing since she left her home to go to a dentist appointment on June First was found today.
The body of 57-year-old Dawna Lynne Massie was found in her car in a deep ravine off Iowa Highway Six near Quick.
Atlantic Police Chief Roger Muri says the car was found by an Atlantic police officer who was part of the search team. He says officials narrowed the search area with the help of U-S Cellular phone service.
Authorities say Massie left her home in Atlantic about 8:30 a.m. on June First to go to a dentist appointment in Omaha, Nebraska.
When she didn't arrive, the dentist alerted family members, who called police.
Authorities say Massie had been taking pain medication and may have become disoriented.
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Iowa
Nov 20, 2006 6:38:05 GMT -5
Post by LadyBlue on Nov 20, 2006 6:38:05 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Lois Tomich[/glow] Bones of woman missing 23 years identified in BluffsNovember 16, 2006 A woman's remains found last May sealed in a rusted barrel north of Council Bluffs have been identified nearly to the date as those of a young mother who went missing 23 years ago. Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker said Wednesday the bones belonged to Lois Tomich, a divorced mother who was 28 when she disappeared from Council Bluffs in mid-November of 1983. Tomich was murdered, Danker said, but he would not say how. The woman, whose maiden name was Fraissinet, left behind a 5-year-old daughter. The woman's bones were discovered by morel mushroom hunters May 6 in a tree dump just north of Council Bluffs, where municipal employees dispose of downed branches. At the time, forensic experts estimated the woman to be between 24 and 32 years old. They did not know how long the remains had been sealed inside the 55-gallon barrel. The remains were initially sent to the state medical examiner's office in Ankeny, but were later sent to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension science lab, where DNA from Tomich's daughter, now 28, was compared with that of the bones, providing a positive identity. The science of mitochondrial DNA testing was used by Pottawattamie County for the first time in the case. It wasn't likely that the case would be solved without it, Danker said. Danker would not release the name of Tomich's daughter, who still lives in the Council Bluffs area along with other family members. They have been informed of the DNA test results and don't want to speak to the media, Danker said. Tomich's ex-husband is believed to live in the area, Danker said, and the victim doesn't appear to have any criminal record prior to her disappearance. The sheriff's office is still attempting to locate a missing-person report. There are currently no suspects in the murder, and none is likely to be sought until authorities are able to develop a case. "We are again hoping to generate some more information through releasing a name," Danker said. desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/NEWS01/611160421/1001/NEWS
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