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Bryan Eugene Pence

Case from Des Moines, IA dated May 29, 1986

Victim Details

Bryan Eugene Pence

Male

White / Caucasian

Des Moines

IA

1986-05-29

21

Bryan

Eugene Pence

07/12/2026

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On the evening of Thursday, May 29, 1986, a young White man named Bryan Eugene Pence, age 21, was working his shift at the Sinclair service station at 3725 Frederick M. Hubbell Ave. in Des Moines, Iowa. Around 10 p.m., what began as a routine night at the gas station turned into a tragedy when a robbery occurred. During the commission of the crime, Pence was shot in the back.

A Des Moines Police Detective, Charles Soderquist, happened to be driving by the service station when he noticed s ...
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