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Dakota Toepfer

Case from Des Moines, IA dated May 07, 2023

Victim Details

Dakota Toepfer

Male

White / Caucasian

Des Moines

IA

2023-05-07

23

Dakota

Toepfer

Yes

06/23/2026

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In the early morning hours of May 7, 2023, a shooting at an apartment building on Urbandale Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa, resulted in the death of 23-year-old Dakota Toepfer. A resident of Des Moines, Toepfer was a White male who was born on July 8, 1999, in Carroll, Iowa. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. His death was later ruled the ninth homicide of the year in the city.

An investigation into the shooting led Des Moines Police to identify a suspe ...
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  • KCCI: Des Moines police identify victim in Sunday’s deadly shooting
  • https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2023/05/08/dakota-toepfer-victim-des-moines-homicide-apartment-shooting-urbandale-avenue/70196329007/
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    Has anyone else noticed how quiet the neighborhood usually is where the crime took place? It's surpr... ...Read More
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