MURDERED: Patricia Jauron, Sioux City, Iowa, May 26, 1998

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On May 26, 1998, Patricia Jauron, a middle school secretary beloved by her community, was found brutally murdered outside of her old home in Sioux City, Iowa. Patricia had reportedly gone to her old home to meet someone interested in purchasing an old bed, that person, and the red car seen near her home, were never located. 

Decades later, this murder remains unsolved. Was this a random act of violence, or was the killer someone closer to home? 

SOURCES: 

• Michele Linck, Police investigate woman’s death, The Sioux City Journal, May 27, 1998
• Maggie O’Brien, Woman found dead at rural home; investigators suspect homicide, The Des Moines Register, May 27, 1998
• Maggie O’Brien, Woman stabbed multiple times, autopsy shows, The Des Moines Register, May 28, 1998
• Michele Linck, Car sought in probe of murder, The Sioux City Journal, May 28, 1998
• Michele Linck, Investigation continues into woman’s slaying, The Sioux City Journal, May 29, 1998
• Patricia A. Jauron Obituary, The Sioux City Journal, May 29, 1998
• Followup: Sioux City slaying, The Des Moines Register, June 7, 1998
• Michele Linck, Reward offered for information in woman’s death, The Sioux City Journal, June 5, 1998
• Murder probe awaits test results, The Sioux City Journal, June 13, 1998
• Lynn Zerschiing, Red car may hold key to Jauron murder, The Sioux City Journal, July 30, 1998
• Followup: Authorities stymied, The Des Moines Register, August 2, 1998
• Jason Clayworth, FBI help sought in identifying killer, The Des Moines Register, November 7, 1998
• Michael Koehler, Murder case analyzed to get profile of killer, The Sioux City Journal, November 7, 1998
• Jim Jenkins, Authorities will review unsolved homicide, The Sioux City Journal, June 20, 2002
• https://www.facebook.com/iowacoldcases/posts/17-years-ago-today-pat-jauron-45-was-viciously-stabbed-to-death-at-her-former-ru/914092618613919/
• Melissa Lanzourakis, Interview with Gene Jauron, KTIV News Channel 4, 2005
• https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/patricia-jauron/
• https://database.projectcoldcase.org/?name=&city=&state=Iowa&year=

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