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Disabled former schoolteacher, 75, has been living in Iowa storage unit

Posted by John McGlothlen on June 20, 2009 | 0 Comments

Disabled woman’s stay in storage unit worries Carroll police
… surrounded by buzzing flies and stacks of old furniture. The smell inside the shed - of excrement and what appeared to be a container of sour milk - was overpowering.
“Maxine”
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Des Moines Register article via Associated Press
Police worry about woman making storage unit home
CARROLL, Iowa (AP) - [...]

2 adults, 1 child killed after car hits semi in head-on crash

Posted by John McGlothlen on June 12, 2009 | 0 Comments

From Iowa State Patrol crash report:
TOYOTA WB ON HWY 30, CROSSED CENTER LINE, HIT SEMI HEAD ON IN
EASTBOUND LANE OCCUPANTS OF TOYOTA ALL DIED AT SCENE SEMI
DRIVER TREATED & RELEASED REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY ISP
Fatalities listed: MARIA ARAUJO-SANCHEZ, 28; BERTHA SANCHEZ-MORENO, 56; DANIEL RESENDIZ, 12; all of Denison. Semi driver was GLENN [...]