THE DARK SIDE OF IOWA
Andrew Birch
photo courtesy TH Online
Full Name: Andrew Birch
Charge: Murder-suicide
County: Dubuque
City: Dubuque
Current Status: Deceased
Date of Crime: May 1, 2015
Victim: Miranda Hogan
Charge: Murder-suicide
County: Dubuque
City: Dubuque
Current Status: Deceased
Date of Crime: May 1, 2015
Victim: Miranda Hogan
Death certificates for a man and woman found dead on May 1, 2015, in a Dubuque home indicate the woman was shot and killed, while the man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Copies of the death certificates state that Andrew J. Birch, 27, shot himself twice in the head with a .38-caliber handgun. Miranda Hogan, 20, was shot by someone other than herself with the same caliber
weapon and died from a "contact gunshot to her forehead."
weapon and died from a "contact gunshot to her forehead."
Miranda Hogan, courtesy KMCH News
Dubuque police responded to a report of a person down inside 2425 Roosevelt Street at 5:45 PM on May 1 found Andrew and Miranda dead inside the home. Police were called by a relative of Miranda's who said she did not show up for work that day.