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“Walking Corpse”: Suspicious Death of Nancy Duncan 1880

Victim Nancy Duncan Widowed Farm Wife ca. 1820-1880 Cause of Death: Slashed With Knife Motive: Family Neglect and Abuse Body Location and Date Rural Area, Loess Hills Pacific Junction, Iowa Mills County June 6, 1880 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading

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Staged Scene: Murder of Charles Shamblen 1936

Murder Victim Charles O. Shamblen 50-year-old Service Station Owner 1886-1936 Cause of Death: Faked Railroad Accident Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date West of Burlington Depot Malvern, Iowa Mills County December 12, 1936 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written August 2011 … Continue reading

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Never Three Without Four? Murder of George Shackell 1929

Murder Victim George Garlick Shackell 67-year-old Florist and Truck Gardener 1861-1929 Cause of death: Bludgeoned Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Glenwood, Iowa Mills County July 3, 1929 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written June 2011 On Wednesday, July 3, 1929, … Continue reading

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