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Freta Bostic

Case from Sioux City, IA dated Dec 02, 1974

Victim Details

Freta Bostic

Female

White / Caucasian

Sioux City

IA

1974-12-02

24

Freta

Bostic

07/05/2026

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On a cold December day in 1974, the quiet of a Sioux City, Iowa, neighborhood was shattered by a grim discovery. Inside a home at 1117 Morningside Avenue, the lives of three young people had been violently cut short. Among them was Freta Bostic, a 24-year-old Caucasian woman who was approximately four months pregnant. The tragic event, which likely occurred on December 2, 1974, also claimed the lives of her partner, Billy Isom, and their friend and coworker, Jesse Hanni.

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