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“Brutal Killer”: Murders of Beverly Brenneman and Ruby Ciler 1953

Murder Victims Beverly Brenneman 14-year-old Junior High Student 1939-1953 Cause of Death: Stabbed and Strangled Ruby Baker Ciler 51-year-old Homemaker 1901-1953 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned, Suffocated Motive: Sexual Psychopathy Murder Scene and Date Ciler Home and Farm Lower Muscatine Road … Continue reading

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Babe in the Woods: Murder of an Infant Girl 1910

Murder Victim Infant Girl February 25-March 4, 1910 Cause of Death: Strangulation Motive: Infanticide Murder Scene and Date Johnson Woods North of Iowa City, Iowa Johnson County March 4, 1910 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written March 2013 It was 4:30 … Continue reading

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Destination Unknown: Murder of Geraldine Maggert 1968

Murder Victim Geraldine Evelyn Florence Maggert 25-year-old Secretary Urban Renewal Relocations, Cedar Rapids Office Single Mother of a Daughter Cause of Death: Beaten and Strangled Motive: Sexual Psychopathy 1943-1968 Murder and Date Last Seen: Downtown Cedar Rapids Linn County, Iowa … Continue reading

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