IA IA - Connie Ruddy, 21, Ida Grove, 10 Feb 1997

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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/st.../gone-cold-connie-ruddy-killed-1997/79938232/

Connie Ruddy, a 21-year-old mother of two, was reported missing from her Ida Grove home on Monday, Feb. 10, 1997. Her 2-year-old daughter and 3-month-old son were found alone inside the residence, unharmed...

On August 31, 1999, more than two years after she went missing, a man looking for fossils near Ida Grove found a human jawbone, which was later identified as Ruddy’s, on the Boyer River’s sandbar in Crawford County near Dow City.

 

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Connie Marie Ruddy | Iowa Cold Cases

 

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Gone Cold: Connie Ruddy, killed in 1997

I lived about 20 miles from where this happened and remember the case very well. I have heard many rumors over the years and I would love to see this case solved.

 

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State law enforcement officials were in Northwest Iowa this week searching the former home of a woman who went missing over 25 years ago.

Twenty-one-year-old Connie Ruddy, a mother of two, was reported missing on Feb. 10, 1997, from her Ida Grove home.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) says her partial remains were discovered two years later, south of Ida Grove in Crawford County. She was considered a missing person until her jawbone was found by a man searching for fossils in the Boyer River.

Authorities search NW Iowa home connected to woman who went missing in 1997

Twenty-one-year-old Connie Ruddy was reported missing on Feb. 10, 1997, from her Ida Grove home.

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Oct 12, 2025
Cold case: Investigators search former home of Connie Ruddy in northwest Iowa
'Last week, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and local law enforcement searched her home and seized items of interest for forensic analysis.
The investigation into Ruddy's disappearance remains ongoing.''

Oct 13, 2025
Cold case: Investigators search former home of Connie Ruddy in northwest Iowa

 

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Connie Marie Ruddy was discovered to be missing from her home in Ida Grove, Iowa, on February 10, 1997. A friend went to Connie's residence on that date and discovered Connie's two children, ages 2 1/2 months and 2 years, were home alone. Connie's coat and shoes were gone; but all other personal items, including her identification and purse were left behind. Connie's vehicle was also left in its normal parking space.

On August 31, 1999, a fossil hunter found a human mandible on the banks of the Boyer River in Crawford County, Iowa. The mandible was later identified by dental records as being that of Connie Ruddy. Connie's other remains have not been recovered.

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