Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas True Case Files

A list of all the missing persons, unsolved, and resolved cases featured on True Case Files from the states of Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas. Links to full case details are provided.

Listed by date of occurrence.

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NEBRASKA:

MISSING IN NEBRASKA:

Name: Cindy Valle

Missing since: August 26th, 2011

Age at disappearance: 15

Last seen in: Omaha, Nebraska

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UNSOLVED IN NEBRASKA:

Kearney woman brutally beaten and strangled inside her residence; the home was then set on fire.

Name: Kelcey Fike (21)

Case type: Murder and arson.

Location: Kearney, Nebraska

Date: June 17th, 2008

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Omaha teen shot to death in broad daylight.

Name: Brandin Princole (17)

Case type: Murder; shooting.

Location: Omaha, Nebraska

Date: October 12th, 2012

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RESOLVED IN NEBRASKA:

Case type: Disappearance and presumed murder

Name: Tyler Thomas

Age: 19

Date: December 3rd, 2010

Arrest made: October 2017

Outcome: Joshua Keadle went to trial in early 2020. He was ultimately found guilty of the lesser charge of second-degree murder. However, due to Keadle's previous offenses, he was given a heavier sentence of 71 years in prison.

Tyler's remains have never been found.

Full story: True Case Files: The Disappearance and Presumed Murder of Tyler Thomas.

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Case type: Disappearance and murder

Name: Sydney Loofe

Age: 24

Dates: Missing on November 15th, 2017, remains found December 4th, 2017.

Arrests made: June 11th, 2018.

Outcome: Aubrey Trail and Bailey Boswell were both found guilty of Sydney's murder during their respective trials in 2019. In 2021, Boswell was sentenced to life in prison, while Trail was sentenced to death. 

Full story: True Case Files: The Murder of Sydney Loofe.

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IOWA

MISSING IN IOWA:

Name: Fredrick Workman

Missing since: August 2nd, 2013

Age at disappearance: 15

Last seen in: Des Moines, Iowa

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Name: Timothy Vincent

Missing since: May 1st, 2017

Age at disappearance: 26

Last seen in: Des Moines, Iowa

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UNSOLVED IN IOWA:

Cousins vanish while taking a bike ride; their bodies are found several months later.

Names: Lyric Cook-Morrissey (10) and Elizabeth Collins (8)

Case type: Double abduction and murder.

Abducted: July 13th, 2012

Remains found: December 5th, 2012.

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KANSAS

MISSING IN KANSAS:

Name: Alex LaRussa

Missing since: December 8th, 2017

Age at disappearance: 25

Last seen in: Salina, KS

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Name: Detreck Foster

Missing since: April 12th, 2020

Age at disappearance: 37

Last seen in: Independence, KS

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UNSOLVED IN KANSAS:

Teenage girl runs away from her foster in 2012; three years later she was shot inside a vehicle before her body was left on the side of the road.

Name: Jamie Hernandez-Zubia (16)

Case type: Runaway/disappearance and murder

Missing: June 9th, 2012

Date of death: May 30th, 2015.

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RESOLVED IN KANSAS:

Name: Kelsey Smith (17)

Case type: Abduction and murder

Missing: June 2nd, 2007

Body found: June 6th, 2007

Arrest made: Same day.

Outcome: Edwin Hall pleaded guilty to all charges on June 23rd, 2008. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Full story: True Case Files: The Abduction and Murder of Kelsey Smith.

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