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Lori Yeager

Case from Mount Ayr, IA dated Jan 13, 2012

Victim Details

Lori Yeager

Female

White / Caucasian

Mount Ayr

IA

2012-01-13

45

Lori

Yeager

07/02/2026

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In the early morning hours of January 13, 2012, the quiet of Mount Ayr, Iowa, was shattered by a 911 call from a juvenile reporting a domestic dispute. When deputies from the Ringgold County Sheriff's Office arrived at the residence at 2339 – 280th Street, they discovered the body of 45-year-old Lori Yeager, a White female. She was the victim of an apparent homicide, having been fatally shot.

The immediate suspect in Yeager's death was identified as 40-year-old Robert Taylor, who lived ...
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  • Ringgold County IAGenWeb Project
  • Mount Ayr Record News: Lori Yeager August 10, 1966 – Janaury 13, 2012
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