IA IA - Peggy Ann Cottrell, 66, Marshalltown, 26 May 2001

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Peggy Ann Cottrell​

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Cottrell, circa 2001

• Missing Since 05/26/2001
• Missing From Marshalltown, Iowa
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 10/26/1934 (87)
• Age 66 years old
• Height and Weight 5'6 - 5'7, 167 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A white sweater with a pink and blue design, and dark-colored slacks.
• Medical Conditions Cottrell is in need of medication for unspecified reasons. She received her last dose at noon on the day of her disappearance. If she does not take her medicine as directed, she may become depressed or confused.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Graying black hair, brown eyes. Cottrell's ears are pierced. She wears eyeglasses. She may use the last names Dickenson and/or Rowan.

Details of Disappearance​

“We talked with the family members at the time and they said she was in a good mood,” Police Chief Jack McAllister said in a 2008 story about the case.

A fisherman discovered Cottrell’s purse along the banks of the Iowa River several weeks after she was reported missing. Her ID and cash were inside the handbag.

Peggy Cottrell (Courtesy Iowa Department of Public Safety)

“We worked a lot on that and we could never know exactly what happened to her,” McAllister told the Times-Republican in an October 2011 interview. “To this day we don’t know where she went.”

Cottrell is in need of medication for unspecified reasons. She received her last dose at noon on the day of her disappearance. If she does not take her medicine as directed, she may become depressed or confused.

Cottrell’s ears are pierced and she wears eyeglasses. She may use the last name Dickenson and/or Rowan.

Her case remains unsolved.

Peggy Cottrell

Peggy Cottrell, 66, disappeared from the Southridge Nursing Home in Marshalltown, Iowa, May 26, 2001, shortly after a relative dropped her off at the facility.

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Peggy Ann Cottrell – The Charley Project

Peggy Ann Cottrell​

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• 

Cottrell, circa 2001

• Missing Since 05/26/2001
• Missing From Marshalltown, Iowa
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth10/26/1934
• Age 66 years old
• Height and Weight 5'6 - 5'7, 167 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description A white sweater with a pink and blue design, and dark-colored slacks.
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• Medical Conditions Cottrell is in need of medication for unspecified reasons. She received her last dose at noon on the day of her disappearance. If she does not take her medicine as directed, she may become depressed or confused.
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Graying black hair, brown eyes. Cottrell's ears are pierced. She wears eyeglasses. She may use the last names Dickenson and/or Rowan.

Details of Disappearance​

Cottrell resided at the Southridge Nursing Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. A relative dropped her off at the facility during the early evening hours of May 26, 2001.

She was last seen running away from the home only minutes later, at approximately 6:30 p.m. Authorities believe that she left of her own accord. She has never been heard from again.

A fisherman discovered Cottrell's purse along the banks of the Iowa River several weeks after she was reported missing. Her identification and cash were inside the handbag. Her case remains unsolved.