THE DARK SIDE OF IOWA
Unsolved
Angela Renee Buck
courtesy Iowa Cold Cases
On Friday, August 11, 1995, two men hunting for turtles discovered a body in a ditch near a creek on North Pilot Grove Road in Black Hawk County. The body - clad in a greenish halter top, jean shorts and muddy white socks but no shoes - lay just below a short bridge in a wooded area about one and one-half miles east of Independence Avenue in Waterloo and south of Dunkerton.
Black Hawk County sheriff's office officials identified the body as Angela Renee Buck, 37, of Waterloo, after comparing fingerprints and dental records. They believed she had been dead not more than two days. The medical examiner ruled the cause of death as a single gunshot wound to the chest.
According to a story published in Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, Jeff Edgar, 33, and Brad Hague, 34, worked together at Eagle Tanning Co. in Waterloo and had just finished working the third shift about 10 AM when they decided to go looking for places to set turtle traps. As they crossed the North Pilot Grove bridge around 10:45 AM, they saw the body lying about six feet from the water.
The men went to Laura Hansens' nearby farmhouse to call police and later provided officials with written statements. Brad said the woman lay in a fetal position and there was no apparent attempt to hide the body because it could easily be seen from the bridge. He said he didn't notice a large number of footprints in the area, but that it appeared a nearby pool of shallow water might have held a trace of blood.
Twenty investigators worked the scene until nightfall, searching the creek, fields and ditches, and carrying away bags of what appeared to be evidence. Jim Anderson, who lived at a farmhouse in sight of where Angela's body was found, was asked if there had been flooding in the creek recently. "I think they were wondering if she had washed down the creek," he said. Officials said they weren't sure if she had been dumped at the creek or if the death had occurred there. No arrests were ever made.
Anyone with information about Angela's unsolved murder is asked to call the Black Hawk County Sheriff's office at 319.291.2587, or Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers at 855.300.8477. A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.
Black Hawk County sheriff's office officials identified the body as Angela Renee Buck, 37, of Waterloo, after comparing fingerprints and dental records. They believed she had been dead not more than two days. The medical examiner ruled the cause of death as a single gunshot wound to the chest.
According to a story published in Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, Jeff Edgar, 33, and Brad Hague, 34, worked together at Eagle Tanning Co. in Waterloo and had just finished working the third shift about 10 AM when they decided to go looking for places to set turtle traps. As they crossed the North Pilot Grove bridge around 10:45 AM, they saw the body lying about six feet from the water.
The men went to Laura Hansens' nearby farmhouse to call police and later provided officials with written statements. Brad said the woman lay in a fetal position and there was no apparent attempt to hide the body because it could easily be seen from the bridge. He said he didn't notice a large number of footprints in the area, but that it appeared a nearby pool of shallow water might have held a trace of blood.
Twenty investigators worked the scene until nightfall, searching the creek, fields and ditches, and carrying away bags of what appeared to be evidence. Jim Anderson, who lived at a farmhouse in sight of where Angela's body was found, was asked if there had been flooding in the creek recently. "I think they were wondering if she had washed down the creek," he said. Officials said they weren't sure if she had been dumped at the creek or if the death had occurred there. No arrests were ever made.
Anyone with information about Angela's unsolved murder is asked to call the Black Hawk County Sheriff's office at 319.291.2587, or Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers at 855.300.8477. A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.
Source: Iowa Cold Cases