On Friday, April 13, 1984, the body of 20-year-old Justin Hook, Jr. was found outside near his burned-out mobile home two miles outside Drakesville in southeast Iowa after firefighters finished extinguishing a fire that destroyed the trailer. Hook had been killed by blows to the head.
When police went to tell Hook's mother -- Sarah Link, 41, of Farmington -- about her son's death, they discovered her missing.
The following Monday, April 16, a farmer found Mrs. Link's body on a hilly wooded section of his land just north of Eldon. She, too, had died from blunt force trauma to the head.
Authorities then launched an intensive search for Hook's fiancee, 19-year-old Tina Marie Lade of Ottumwa, to whom he'd recently become engaged. Hook had given her an engagement ring the week before for her 19th birthday. Lade, however, also had gone missing.
Then on Wednesday, April 18, trained police dogs discovered Miss Lade's body in a ravine about a half-mile from where Mrs. Link's body had been found. Lade had died from blows to the head as well.
Authorities believed all three victims were killed at about the same time, but the exact time and location of the slayings wasn't known.
Eight Division of Criminal Investigation agents were sent to Wapello County to investigate the murders, and hundreds of leads were followed.
Drakesville residents -- who'd known Hook only casually -- referred to him as "polite" and a "nice boy."
One year after the murders and despite some initial "strong suspects," then-Wapello County Sheriff Bud Erwin said there had been no new breaks and no new leads for months. Erwin said though police continued their investigation, so far they had been unable to determine a motive for the bludgeoning deaths. No murder weapon was recovered, and tests showed no traces of drugs in the bodies.
The case remains open today.
Found in The Ottumwa Courier April 18,1984
SARAH LINK
FARMINGTON- Sarah Lee Link, 41, of Farmington was found dead the afternoon of April 16,1984 in Wapello County.
She was born Jan. 8 1943 at Fort Madison to Delbert and Mildred Jones Carlisle.
She is survived by her husband, Rex of Farmington; a daughter, Cynthia L. Moyes of Iowa City; two sons, James Hooks of Ottumwa and John Cruthcher at home; three stepsons, Steven, Anthony and Joshua Link of Quincy, Ill.; two grandsons; her mother and stepfather, Mildred and Joe Michael of Selma; a grandmother, Heldred Jones of Keosauqua; two sisters Elizabeth Stone of Douds and Mary Jane Harem of Marshalltown; and two brothers; Paul Carlisle of Hermiston Ore., and Thomas Carlisle of Whittier, Calif. She was precede in death by a son Justin Alfred Hook Jr.
Both Mrs. Link's death and that of her son's are being investgated at homicides.
The service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Pedrick Funeral Home at Douds, the Rev. Charles Stevens of Burlington officiating. Burial will be in Iowaville Cemetery at Selma.
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In January 2014, DNA testing of the evidence from the murders of Justin, his mother, and his fiancee matched Andrew Wessel Six. Six was executed in Missouri on August 20, 1997, for the murder of 12-year-old Kathy Annette Allen. Six kidnapped Kathy from her home in Ottumwa, Iowa; her body was found about 60 miles away in Schuyler County, Missouri.
Contributor: DogMama08 (47394092)
After the 1987 murder of Kathy Allen, 12, in Ottumwa, Iowa, DNA evidence linked her killers to the murders of Justin, his mom Sara and his fiancée Tina Lade. Their names were Andrew Six, of Pershing and his uncle, Donald Petary of Ottumwa. They were arrested in Texas the day after Kathy was abducted. She was found stabbed to death and dumped in a ditch in Missouri. Her pregnant sister, age 17, was raped and her mother had been slashed in the throat during a robbery that led to the abduction. Six was executed in Missouri in Aug 1997 and Petary died in prison awaiting execution.
https://missourideathrow.com/2008/12/six_andrew/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128313659/kathy-annette-allen
When police went to tell Hook's mother -- Sarah Link, 41, of Farmington -- about her son's death, they discovered her missing.
The following Monday, April 16, a farmer found Mrs. Link's body on a hilly wooded section of his land just north of Eldon. She, too, had died from blunt force trauma to the head.
Authorities then launched an intensive search for Hook's fiancee, 19-year-old Tina Marie Lade of Ottumwa, to whom he'd recently become engaged. Hook had given her an engagement ring the week before for her 19th birthday. Lade, however, also had gone missing.
Then on Wednesday, April 18, trained police dogs discovered Miss Lade's body in a ravine about a half-mile from where Mrs. Link's body had been found. Lade had died from blows to the head as well.
Authorities believed all three victims were killed at about the same time, but the exact time and location of the slayings wasn't known.
Eight Division of Criminal Investigation agents were sent to Wapello County to investigate the murders, and hundreds of leads were followed.
Drakesville residents -- who'd known Hook only casually -- referred to him as "polite" and a "nice boy."
One year after the murders and despite some initial "strong suspects," then-Wapello County Sheriff Bud Erwin said there had been no new breaks and no new leads for months. Erwin said though police continued their investigation, so far they had been unable to determine a motive for the bludgeoning deaths. No murder weapon was recovered, and tests showed no traces of drugs in the bodies.
The case remains open today.
Found in The Ottumwa Courier April 18,1984
SARAH LINK
FARMINGTON- Sarah Lee Link, 41, of Farmington was found dead the afternoon of April 16,1984 in Wapello County.
She was born Jan. 8 1943 at Fort Madison to Delbert and Mildred Jones Carlisle.
She is survived by her husband, Rex of Farmington; a daughter, Cynthia L. Moyes of Iowa City; two sons, James Hooks of Ottumwa and John Cruthcher at home; three stepsons, Steven, Anthony and Joshua Link of Quincy, Ill.; two grandsons; her mother and stepfather, Mildred and Joe Michael of Selma; a grandmother, Heldred Jones of Keosauqua; two sisters Elizabeth Stone of Douds and Mary Jane Harem of Marshalltown; and two brothers; Paul Carlisle of Hermiston Ore., and Thomas Carlisle of Whittier, Calif. She was precede in death by a son Justin Alfred Hook Jr.
Both Mrs. Link's death and that of her son's are being investgated at homicides.
The service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Pedrick Funeral Home at Douds, the Rev. Charles Stevens of Burlington officiating. Burial will be in Iowaville Cemetery at Selma.
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In January 2014, DNA testing of the evidence from the murders of Justin, his mother, and his fiancee matched Andrew Wessel Six. Six was executed in Missouri on August 20, 1997, for the murder of 12-year-old Kathy Annette Allen. Six kidnapped Kathy from her home in Ottumwa, Iowa; her body was found about 60 miles away in Schuyler County, Missouri.
Contributor: DogMama08 (47394092)
After the 1987 murder of Kathy Allen, 12, in Ottumwa, Iowa, DNA evidence linked her killers to the murders of Justin, his mom Sara and his fiancée Tina Lade. Their names were Andrew Six, of Pershing and his uncle, Donald Petary of Ottumwa. They were arrested in Texas the day after Kathy was abducted. She was found stabbed to death and dumped in a ditch in Missouri. Her pregnant sister, age 17, was raped and her mother had been slashed in the throat during a robbery that led to the abduction. Six was executed in Missouri in Aug 1997 and Petary died in prison awaiting execution.
https://missourideathrow.com/2008/12/six_andrew/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128313659/kathy-annette-allen
On Friday, April 13, 1984, the body of 20-year-old Justin Hook, Jr. was found outside near his burned-out mobile home two miles outside Drakesville in southeast Iowa after firefighters finished extinguishing a fire that destroyed the trailer. Hook had been killed by blows to the head.
When police went to tell Hook's mother -- Sarah Link, 41, of Farmington -- about her son's death, they discovered her missing.
The following Monday, April 16, a farmer found Mrs. Link's body on a hilly wooded section of his land just north of Eldon. She, too, had died from blunt force trauma to the head.
Authorities then launched an intensive search for Hook's fiancee, 19-year-old Tina Marie Lade of Ottumwa, to whom he'd recently become engaged. Hook had given her an engagement ring the week before for her 19th birthday. Lade, however, also had gone missing.
Then on Wednesday, April 18, trained police dogs discovered Miss Lade's body in a ravine about a half-mile from where Mrs. Link's body had been found. Lade had died from blows to the head as well.
Authorities believed all three victims were killed at about the same time, but the exact time and location of the slayings wasn't known.
Eight Division of Criminal Investigation agents were sent to Wapello County to investigate the murders, and hundreds of leads were followed.
Drakesville residents -- who'd known Hook only casually -- referred to him as "polite" and a "nice boy."
One year after the murders and despite some initial "strong suspects," then-Wapello County Sheriff Bud Erwin said there had been no new breaks and no new leads for months. Erwin said though police continued their investigation, so far they had been unable to determine a motive for the bludgeoning deaths. No murder weapon was recovered, and tests showed no traces of drugs in the bodies.
The case remains open today.
Found in The Ottumwa Courier April 18,1984
SARAH LINK
FARMINGTON- Sarah Lee Link, 41, of Farmington was found dead the afternoon of April 16,1984 in Wapello County.
She was born Jan. 8 1943 at Fort Madison to Delbert and Mildred Jones Carlisle.
She is survived by her husband, Rex of Farmington; a daughter, Cynthia L. Moyes of Iowa City; two sons, James Hooks of Ottumwa and John Cruthcher at home; three stepsons, Steven, Anthony and Joshua Link of Quincy, Ill.; two grandsons; her mother and stepfather, Mildred and Joe Michael of Selma; a grandmother, Heldred Jones of Keosauqua; two sisters Elizabeth Stone of Douds and Mary Jane Harem of Marshalltown; and two brothers; Paul Carlisle of Hermiston Ore., and Thomas Carlisle of Whittier, Calif. She was precede in death by a son Justin Alfred Hook Jr.
Both Mrs. Link's death and that of her son's are being investgated at homicides.
The service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Pedrick Funeral Home at Douds, the Rev. Charles Stevens of Burlington officiating. Burial will be in Iowaville Cemetery at Selma.
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In January 2014, DNA testing of the evidence from the murders of Justin, his mother, and his fiancee matched Andrew Wessel Six. Six was executed in Missouri on August 20, 1997, for the murder of 12-year-old Kathy Annette Allen. Six kidnapped Kathy from her home in Ottumwa, Iowa; her body was found about 60 miles away in Schuyler County, Missouri.
Contributor: DogMama08 (47394092)
After the 1987 murder of Kathy Allen, 12, in Ottumwa, Iowa, DNA evidence linked her killers to the murders of Justin, his mom Sara and his fiancée Tina Lade. Their names were Andrew Six, of Pershing and his uncle, Donald Petary of Ottumwa. They were arrested in Texas the day after Kathy was abducted. She was found stabbed to death and dumped in a ditch in Missouri. Her pregnant sister, age 17, was raped and her mother had been slashed in the throat during a robbery that led to the abduction. Six was executed in Missouri in Aug 1997 and Petary died in prison awaiting execution.
https://missourideathrow.com/2008/12/six_andrew/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128313659/kathy-annette-allen
When police went to tell Hook's mother -- Sarah Link, 41, of Farmington -- about her son's death, they discovered her missing.
The following Monday, April 16, a farmer found Mrs. Link's body on a hilly wooded section of his land just north of Eldon. She, too, had died from blunt force trauma to the head.
Authorities then launched an intensive search for Hook's fiancee, 19-year-old Tina Marie Lade of Ottumwa, to whom he'd recently become engaged. Hook had given her an engagement ring the week before for her 19th birthday. Lade, however, also had gone missing.
Then on Wednesday, April 18, trained police dogs discovered Miss Lade's body in a ravine about a half-mile from where Mrs. Link's body had been found. Lade had died from blows to the head as well.
Authorities believed all three victims were killed at about the same time, but the exact time and location of the slayings wasn't known.
Eight Division of Criminal Investigation agents were sent to Wapello County to investigate the murders, and hundreds of leads were followed.
Drakesville residents -- who'd known Hook only casually -- referred to him as "polite" and a "nice boy."
One year after the murders and despite some initial "strong suspects," then-Wapello County Sheriff Bud Erwin said there had been no new breaks and no new leads for months. Erwin said though police continued their investigation, so far they had been unable to determine a motive for the bludgeoning deaths. No murder weapon was recovered, and tests showed no traces of drugs in the bodies.
The case remains open today.
Found in The Ottumwa Courier April 18,1984
SARAH LINK
FARMINGTON- Sarah Lee Link, 41, of Farmington was found dead the afternoon of April 16,1984 in Wapello County.
She was born Jan. 8 1943 at Fort Madison to Delbert and Mildred Jones Carlisle.
She is survived by her husband, Rex of Farmington; a daughter, Cynthia L. Moyes of Iowa City; two sons, James Hooks of Ottumwa and John Cruthcher at home; three stepsons, Steven, Anthony and Joshua Link of Quincy, Ill.; two grandsons; her mother and stepfather, Mildred and Joe Michael of Selma; a grandmother, Heldred Jones of Keosauqua; two sisters Elizabeth Stone of Douds and Mary Jane Harem of Marshalltown; and two brothers; Paul Carlisle of Hermiston Ore., and Thomas Carlisle of Whittier, Calif. She was precede in death by a son Justin Alfred Hook Jr.
Both Mrs. Link's death and that of her son's are being investgated at homicides.
The service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Pedrick Funeral Home at Douds, the Rev. Charles Stevens of Burlington officiating. Burial will be in Iowaville Cemetery at Selma.
---
In January 2014, DNA testing of the evidence from the murders of Justin, his mother, and his fiancee matched Andrew Wessel Six. Six was executed in Missouri on August 20, 1997, for the murder of 12-year-old Kathy Annette Allen. Six kidnapped Kathy from her home in Ottumwa, Iowa; her body was found about 60 miles away in Schuyler County, Missouri.
Contributor: DogMama08 (47394092)
After the 1987 murder of Kathy Allen, 12, in Ottumwa, Iowa, DNA evidence linked her killers to the murders of Justin, his mom Sara and his fiancée Tina Lade. Their names were Andrew Six, of Pershing and his uncle, Donald Petary of Ottumwa. They were arrested in Texas the day after Kathy was abducted. She was found stabbed to death and dumped in a ditch in Missouri. Her pregnant sister, age 17, was raped and her mother had been slashed in the throat during a robbery that led to the abduction. Six was executed in Missouri in Aug 1997 and Petary died in prison awaiting execution.
https://missourideathrow.com/2008/12/six_andrew/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128313659/kathy-annette-allen
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