May 6, 2026
Chapter 141: A Divorce and A Disappearance-What Happened to Jane Wakefield?
In 1975, 26-year-old teacher Jane Ellen Wakefield disappeared from Iowa City just months after filing for divorce from her husband, John. She never returned home, never contacted loved ones, and was never seen again. Even after an infrmant comes forward with an alarming story of what happened, the case went cold faster than anyone could have expected. Nearly fifty years later, the mystery surrounding Jane’s disappearance remains unsolved.
Anyone with information regarding Jane Wakefield's disappearance or possible murder is asked to call the Iowa City Police Department at 319-356-5451, the case number to reference is J16-75.
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Network INDEP Podcasts with the Twist. Hello, Hello, Welcome to
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the next chapter in the Book of the Dead. In
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the summer of nineteen seventy five, a twenty six year
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old woman was trying to start over. A teacher described
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as intelligent, caring, and deeply devoted to her students, she
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had recently filed for divorce from her husband after years
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of marital problems. Friends believed she was ready to move
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forward with her life, but just six months after filing
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for divorce, she vanished from Iowa City, Iowa, without a trace.
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At first, there was hope that she had simply left
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town for a few days, but as hours turned into
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days and days into weeks, that hope began to fade.
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She never contacted her family, she never returned to work,
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and she never picked up the pieces of the life
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she had been fighting to rebuild. What followed was a
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case filled with unanswered questions, suspicion, and silence. Those closest
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to her were forced to confront a terrifying possibility that
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someone knew exactly what happened to her and had managed
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to keep that secret hidden for decades. Nearly fifty years later,
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the disappearance of a young woman who was just beginning
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to start over again remains unsolved. No arrests, no definitive answers,
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just a young teacher who vanished and a police force
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baffled by the questions left in her wake. This is
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the disappearance of Jane Wakefield. Jane Ellen Halberg was born
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on November nineteenth, nineteen forty eight, in Luddington, Michigan, to
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Richard and Pauline Halberg. She was the second of three daughters.
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She had an older sister, Susan Jean, and a younger
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sister named Karen. Very little is known about Jane's childhood,
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but she would attend Bloomington High School and did incredibly
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well in her classes when she balanced her studies with
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various extracurricular activities and clubs. She was part of the
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National Honor Society, the School Spanish Club, as well as
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the swim club. While information about her friendships is also scarce,
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she did of a childhood friendnamed Carol, who Jane had
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met in seventh grade, and they remained close throughout elementary
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and high school. While in their senior year, Jane and
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Carroll both had plans to attend Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa.
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Of course, the two had to be roommates they were
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such good friends, and they entered their freshman year in
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nineteen sixty six. That year, Jane started working at Sue
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City's Public Museum while attending her classes, and that spring,
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according to Iowa coldcases dot Org, she was introduced by
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her co worker to a man named John Wakefield, who
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was a graduate student working towards a PhD in business
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administration at the University of Iowa. Jane and John hit
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it off, and she would go on to move in
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with him after her freshman year concluded in nineteen sixty seven.
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While her relationship was blossoming, that summer was a hard
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one for Jane. On July nineteenth, nineteen sixty seven, Jane
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was involved in a four car collision where one person
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lost their life. According to an article for the Gazette,
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Jane had just pulled out of a service station at
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the highway intersection of Rocky Shore Drive, heading east when
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fifty one year old alan Neale, who was driving west,
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was hit head on. Shortly after, two more cars crashed
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into them as well, driven by twenty year old William
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Mueller and fifty six year old Florence Cochrane. It's possible
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the lack of visibility caused by heavy rain that day
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contributed to the accident. Jane and William Mueller were treated
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for minor injuries at the University Hospital, but alan Neiale
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died shortly after the crash. Florence was not mentioned as
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being injured. That September, Jane and John married, according to
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the Sioux City Journal, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Also according
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to that marriage announcement, it seems like Jane's father might
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not have attended the wedding of his middle daughter. He
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was not mentioned in the announcement, and it states that
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Jane was given away by a man named George Evans.
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It's likely that Jane and her father had a falling
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out or at minimum a very strained relationship due to
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her parents' marital troubles. Richard and Pauline would end up
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divorcing in nineteen sixty eight. According to a blog post
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in another Bundy blog dot com. Richard would later marry
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two more times, and Pauline would go on to marry
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again as well. Also in October of nineteen sixty eight,
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Allan Neil's wife, Yola, filed for fifty thousand dollars in
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damages against Jane and John, as well as Hokee Oldsmobile
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Cadillac Company, alleging that her husband died as a result
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of the injuries suffered after being struck by Jean's car.
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According to an article for The Gazette, the resolution to
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that suit is not known. After marrying, Jane would go
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on to transfer to the University of Iowa to finish
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her studies, graduating with her bachelor's in psychology in nineteen seventy.
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After graduation, Jane became a teacher where working in both
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the Prairie and Waco school districts, teaching math and reading.
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The Waco district, according to a woman who allegedly worked
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with Jane at this time named Wendy Laska, who left
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to comment on the Iowa Cold Case website, was a
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consolidated districts in southern Iowa. Wendy and Jane were the
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same age and the only two teachers who apparently smoked
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at the school, so they spent a lot of time bonding.
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Wendy said that Jane assisted Wendy when she put plays
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on at Old Hills High School, and when Wendy experienced
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complications while giving birth, Jane sek into the Wayland Hospital
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to bring Gibbs and be a source of support for her.
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She claimed to have only met John once, but Jane
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confided in Wendy that her marriage wasn't going well and
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she was very unhappy. According to the Charlie Project, the
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source of their problems stemmed from Jane's desire to have children,
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but John did not. In March of nineteen seventy five,
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Jane filed for divorce and moved out of the apartment
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she and John shared at nine to twenty three Iowa
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Avenue in Iowa City. She moved into the Bonair Mobile
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Home Park in Iowa City and tried to move on
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with her life, taking a new teaching job at Penns
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School in North Liberty that August. However, the divorce process
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was tied up, allegedly due to debates on how she
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and John were supposed to divide the two businesses he
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owned during their marriage. According to a friend of Jane's,
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Hank Reed, he told the Iowa City Press Citizen that
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Jane wanted the tavern called Magoos in the divorce. She
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had worked there when it went up for sale in
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nineteen seventy three and told John about it, leading to
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him purchasing it. Jane went on to manage the bar
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after the sale, and her mother, Pauline, said quote she
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felt that it was her bar. It was very lucrative.
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John disagreed that this was the reason for the delay,
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though he claimed the holdup came from Jane being dissatisfied
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with the five thousand dollars settlement he offered her. She
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apparently wanted seven thousand dollars, and he had allegedly told
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her if she wanted mcgoos she could have it if
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she paid for it. Even though the proceedings were being
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held Upane began finding joy in the chaos, and she
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started dating an un named man. Around the summer of
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nineteen seventy five, things were looking up, and at twenty six,
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Jane should have had the rest of her life to
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look forward to. But everything changed just as things were
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falling into place. On September sixth, nineteen seventy five, Jane
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went on a bike ride with a group of friends,
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mentioning that she had an appointment to attend that she
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needed to get back for later that afternoon, around two thirty,
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according to the Gazette, her neighbor spoke to Jane and
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said that everything seemed normal with her. The next day,
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according to Iowa coldcases dot Org, a friend of Jane's
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went to the mobile home park to visit her, but
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she didn't appear to be home. No one answered the
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door when they knocked, so the friend left. This friend
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likely assumed that Jane was out for the day or
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maybe running errands. However, on September eighth, a Monday, Jane
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failed to turn up for the school day. According to
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another article for the Gazett. The principal of Penn Elementary School,
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Larry Sharp, was concerned when he couldn't reach Jane after
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she failed to turn up her classes. School officials called
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the manager of the Bonair Mobile home park, who in
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turn called Jane's new boyfriend, who were both unable to
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reach her. The manager and the boyfriend both went to
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her home. They noticed her bicycle locked up and her
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carnet's parking space. The police were notified and when they arrived,
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investigators found her belongings in the trailer and evidence that
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she had recently showered, But there was no sign of
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Jane anywhere, nor was there any sign of foul play.
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While there were no obvious signs of a struggle or
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that something had happened to Jane, there was also zero
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evidence to suggest she had run off, as all of
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her belongings were where they should be. Detective William Kidwell
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said quote, there was nothing in her home to indicate violence.
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It would appear that she had just left the trailer
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and was going to come back. Very soon. After Jane
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was reported missing, it was speculated that she had possibly
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and off with a cult referred to as Jesus People.
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As two previously reported missing people from Iowa City had
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been found with them in Coralville. According to the Gazette,
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investigations of the campsite revealed zero connection to Jane, and
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her family and friends said it was highly unlikely she
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would have gone off with them. Investigators confirmed her background
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information that she had no connection to the religious group.
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As a side note, this is not the first time
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I've mentioned the Jesus People movement, so if you want
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more information on that, you can listen to chapter one, fourteen,
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where I cover the disappearance of Jeanette's palma. As police
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candae the area, talking to neighbors and looking for leeds,
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they learned from residents that late Saturday night, yelling or
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screaming had been heard, but no one was positive where
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the sound was coming from. As there was a party
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being thrown at the time that was very noisy. Most
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assumed the yelling had come from the partiers and they
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didn't think much of it. Captain Patrick Carney of the
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Iowa City Police said of this report and report from
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the friend that tried to visit Jane that Sunday quote. Obviously,
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between Saturday night and Sunday morning, she disappeared Two days
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after Jane was reported missing, Iowa City police drained two
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lagoons near the mobile home park, but nothing relating to
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Jane's case was found. Then a month later, in October,
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the Sheriff's office in Lyon County, Kansas called and said
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that they had received a tip from a man in Emporia, Kansas,
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who reportedly heard two males talking in a motel room
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about getting rid of a woman. They allegedly said of
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disposing of the woman, quote the same way we did
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that one back in Iowa City in a sewage lagoon.
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The man that reported this was staying in the room
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next door and could hear a bulk of this conversation,
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but he was unable to give any sort of description
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of the men or their vehicle. Kansas police said that
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the man did not report the information immediately upon hearing it,
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but it was unclear how soon after Jane's disappearance this
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alleged conversation took place. As a side note in a
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nineteen ninety two article for the Gazette, it was stated
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that this conversation was actually overheard in August before Jane
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wit missing. In response to the tip, Iowa City police
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drained two ponds near Jane's home, though admittedly not lagoons,
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over the course of nine and a half hours, but
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nothing was found to aid in the investigation. At the
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possibility of draining other bodies of water, Acting Police Chief
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David Epstein said that it was quote under discussion, and
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they had no other leads at that point. Police had
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administered multiple polygraphs to different individuals connected to Jane by
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this point and all had passed, though one person of
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interest allegedly refused to take one. At a loss as
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to where to look next, the police turned to psychics
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for assistance in the search for Jane. Detective Kidwell said, quote.
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The psychics all said she'd be found in a body
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of water. Some said she'd be as close as one
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and a half miles from her residence, and the farthest
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distance was eight hundred and fifteen miles. Four months after
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Jane Disas disappeared, according to The Gazette, a confidential informant
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approached police and said that a friend of theirs had
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admitted to murdering Jane and cremating her body in an insiderator.
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The informant claimed this individual had driven to the airport
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on September sixth and cedar Rapids to rent a car
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this same make and model as Jane's boyfriend in an
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attempt to incriminate him. This person then drove to Jane's
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home and killed her after an argument via manual strangulation.
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Before transporting her body to the apartment where John Wakefield,
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jane soon to be ex husband, was living. The individual
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placed Jane's body, as well as trash bags and a
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large amount of charcoal in the building's incinerator and started
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the fire. After the fire was out, this person swept
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out the incinerator and the contents were placed into a
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garbage bag, which was then strewn along a ditch somewhere
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