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Scott Shanahan

Case from Defiance, IA dated Aug 30, 2002

Victim Details

Scott Shanahan

Male

White / Caucasian

Defiance

IA

2002-08-30

39

Scott

Shanahan

07/03/2026

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In the small town of Defiance, Iowa, the disappearance of 39-year-old Scott Shanahan in August 2002 did not initially set off alarms. For 14 months, his wife, Dixie Shanahan, told inquiring neighbors and even law enforcement that her husband had left her. She concocted stories, suggesting he had moved to a nearby town, all while maintaining a life with her children in the very house where her husband's secret was kept. The truth, however, was far more grim and lay hidden within the walls of thei ...
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