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Iowa Public Radio | By Sheila Brummer
January 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM CST
“She could have been a successful person, a Native female, who could have made a big difference in this community. And unfortunately, that was taken from her,” said Joshua Taylor, nephew and family spokesperson.
McCauley disappeared after a night with friends in the fall of 1983. She was last seen getting into a vehicle outside a bar on West
7th St. in Sioux City. Days later, her body was found in a wooded area miles away. Someone shot her to death.''
''Woodbury County Attorney Jim Loomis announced Monday an arrest was made in the case after a grand jury in Woodbury County District Court indicted Thomas Duane Popp for first-degree murder on Friday.''
''Taylor credits growing publicity around the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement for keeping the case alive.
“There was a lot of advocacy by many, many, many groups that continue to bring Terri's story to the forefront. And I think that that in itself was vital and important,” he said.
The family participated in MMIW awareness marches and an annual Pow Wow organized by the Great Plains Action Society, which says that 4 out of 5 Native women will face violence during their lifetime.''
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''A Woodbury County grand jury filed an indictment Friday against Thomas Duane Popp, 62, charging him with first-degree murder for the death of the 18-year-old McCauley, whose body was found Oct. 6, 1983 in a wooded area in Sioux City.
Popp was arrested Saturday in Lakeview, Washington. He was being held in the Cowlitz County Jail in Washington, where he awaits extradition to Iowa. He was scheduled to make his first appearance in court Monday afternoon.''
McCauley, a mother of two, was last seen alive getting into a white Chevrolet Nova in a Sioux City parking lot in the early morning of Sept. 26, 1983. Before getting into the car, McCauley told the two friends she was with that she was going on a date. The white male driving the Nova headed north on Omaha Street and then west onto West Eighth Street.''
''A man walking his dog found McCauley's partially clothed and decomposed body near 33rd and Pavonia streets days later. McCauley had been shot in the face with a 20-gauge shotgun. Her shirt and shoes were found near her body.''
A cold case arrest brings awareness to the plight of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Family members say they are happy an arrest has finally been made in the death of a Sioux City teenager killed in 1983.
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January 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM CST
“She could have been a successful person, a Native female, who could have made a big difference in this community. And unfortunately, that was taken from her,” said Joshua Taylor, nephew and family spokesperson.
McCauley disappeared after a night with friends in the fall of 1983. She was last seen getting into a vehicle outside a bar on West
7th St. in Sioux City. Days later, her body was found in a wooded area miles away. Someone shot her to death.''
''Woodbury County Attorney Jim Loomis announced Monday an arrest was made in the case after a grand jury in Woodbury County District Court indicted Thomas Duane Popp for first-degree murder on Friday.''
''Taylor credits growing publicity around the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement for keeping the case alive.
“There was a lot of advocacy by many, many, many groups that continue to bring Terri's story to the forefront. And I think that that in itself was vital and important,” he said.
The family participated in MMIW awareness marches and an annual Pow Wow organized by the Great Plains Action Society, which says that 4 out of 5 Native women will face violence during their lifetime.''
Arrest made in 1983 Sioux City homicide
For more than 41 years, family and friends of Terri McCauley continued to hope that someday authorities would solve the mystery of who had killed her. Now an arrest had been made in the cold case.
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Popp was arrested Saturday in Lakeview, Washington. He was being held in the Cowlitz County Jail in Washington, where he awaits extradition to Iowa. He was scheduled to make his first appearance in court Monday afternoon.''
McCauley, a mother of two, was last seen alive getting into a white Chevrolet Nova in a Sioux City parking lot in the early morning of Sept. 26, 1983. Before getting into the car, McCauley told the two friends she was with that she was going on a date. The white male driving the Nova headed north on Omaha Street and then west onto West Eighth Street.''
''A man walking his dog found McCauley's partially clothed and decomposed body near 33rd and Pavonia streets days later. McCauley had been shot in the face with a 20-gauge shotgun. Her shirt and shoes were found near her body.''
