Black Hawk County, Iowa, Unsolved Cold Cases:
Dennis Michael Clougherty
23 years of age
U.S. Highway 20
Cedar Falls, IA
August 12, 1974
At 6:18 a.m. on Tuesday, August 13, 1974, a motorist discovered the body of a man lying in the ditch of Union Road just south of U.S. Highway 20 (which is now Highway 57 or W. 1st Street) located in the extreme northwest corner of Cedar Falls, Iowa. The victim was Dennis Michael Clougherty, date of birth 1-31-51. A coroner's report indicated Mr. Clougherty had died of five gunshot wounds to his body. About twenty minutes later, on the same date, a motorist located the victim’s backpack on Viking Road east of U.S. Highway 58 (which is now Hudson Road). This is approximately five miles south and one and one half miles east of where the body was located. It is believed that the victim was shot between 10:45 and 11:00p.m. on the night of Monday, August 12, 1974. There was no property missing from his person and no motive or suspects have been identified in the case. Dennis Michael Clougherty was a white male, 23 years of age at the time of his death, 5'8" tall, 145 pounds, with brown somewhat curly hair, mutton-chop type sideburns and a very light mustache.
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