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The body, which was a full-term Caucasian male with umbilical cord attached and afterbirth present, was found wrapped in a bloody sheet on a hillside at South Leonard Street and Riverview Boulevard, Sioux City, IA. The death was ruled a homicide with exposure as the cause: “After performing an autopsy, the medical examiner said there was evidence the baby – a boy – had been healthy and that his lungs had functioned.”
Date Found: 1974-03-27

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP157514

Victim Details

Created

Apr 13, 2026

Case Added

Apr 28, 2026

Case ID

52774

Case Number

2026007777

Estimated Age Range

Infant

Pid

73471

Ethnicity

White / Caucasian

Primary Ethnicity

White / Caucasian

Gender

Male

Date Found

1974-03-27

City

Sioux City

State

Iowa

County

Woodbury County

Zip Code

51103

Tribal Land

Agency ID

52570

Agency Name

Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner

Agency City

Ankeny

Agency State

Iowa

Agency County

Polk County

Agency Contact

Agency Address

2250 South Ankeny Boulevard, , Ankeny, Iowa

Agency Phone

5157251400

Agency Jurisdiction

State

Agency Type

Medical Examiner

Agency Website

https://iosme.iowa.gov/

Agency Case #

2026007777

Hair Color

Unknown

Left Eye Color

Unknown

Right Eye Color

Unknown

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