Dennis Wayne Chaffee

In the summer of 1983, a sense of unease settled over a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, neighborhood. Dennis Wayne Chaffee, a 33-year-old white male and a veteran of the Vietnam War, had uncharacteristically failed to show up for his job of 15 years. It was Monday, July 18th, and he was also due to return his two young toddlers to their mother, Mary Hernandez. When Hernandez couldn't reach him by phone, a growing concern led her to contact his parents. What they discovered later that evening would become an ...

Cold Case: Cedar Rapids man killed in 1983 while his toddler twins ...

Dennis Wayne Chaffee, age 33 - National Gun Violence Memorial