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Good Neighborhood Kid: Murder of Ronald Butler 1977

Murder Victim Ronald Craig Butler Student, University of Northern Iowa Music Teacher, Martin Luther King Center 1954-1977 Cause of Death: Stabbed Murder Scene and Date Butler Residence 327 Sumner Street Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County October 18, 1977 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By … Continue reading

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Ancient Vendetta: Murder of Joseph Busemi 1915

Murder Victim Joseph Busemi 27-year-old Laborer Waterloo Fuel Company 1888-1915 Cause of Death: Stabbed Motive: Black Hand Vendetta Murder Scene and Date Near Old Paper Mill Cedar River Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County October 4, 1915 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading

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“Very Maw of Death”: Murder of Officer Fred Widmann 1908

Murder Victim Fredrich P. “Fred” Widmann 30-year-old Waterloo Patrolman Killed in the Line of Duty 1870-1908 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Avoiding Arrest Murder Scene and Date Alley behind East 4th Street Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County End of Watch: … Continue reading

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“A Vaudeville of Troubles”: Murder of Deborah Simmons 1879

Murder Victim Deborah Ann Faulkerson Simmons 62-year-old Hotel Proprietress 1816-1879 Cause of Death: Struck with Flat Iron Motive: Family Dispute Murder Scene and Date The New York House Jefferson Street between 4th and 5th Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County April … Continue reading

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