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Unidentified Uncertain Female
Age 0-0
from Des Moines, Iowa

Victim Details

Nov 22, 2023

Jan 14, 2024

47608

23-07676

Adult

65722

Uncertain

Uncertain

Female

2023-09-23

Des Moines

Iowa

Polk County

50317

No

45215

Des Moines Police Department

Des Moines

Iowa

Polk County

25 East 1st Street, , Des Moines, Iowa

5152834864

Local

Law Enforcement

2023-00026592

2023-09-23

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown


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Location: Sandbar on Des Moines River near Carlisle Road Des Moines, IA, near the Des Moines Sewage Treatment Plant. On 09/23/2023 a fishermen located a skull on a sandbar, he called 911 Des Moines PD officers and Polk County Medical Examiner responded to scene. A human rib was found during a search of the area around where the skull was found. No other human remains were found.
Date Found: 2023-09-23

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