Warren County Cold Cases:

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Homicide:
Phillip Terrell
42 YOA
Des Moines, IA
Body found in Warren County
December 24, 1993

Just before Christmas 1993, Phil Terrell’s family reported him as missing from Des Moines, IA. On March 2, 1994, at approximately 2 p.m., a horseback rider found Terrell’s snow-covered, decomposed body in a creek bed just inside Warren County. Warren County officials said Terrell’s death is a homicide. Assistant Medical Examiner Francis Garrity said autopsy results showed that Terrell died after being hit on the head with a blunt instrument.