Unsolved NE Iowa Murder May Stay That Way

MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — A former police investigator in eastern Iowa says officials are holding out little hope of solving the murder of an 84-year-old woman committed 40 years ago this week in Maquoketa.

Hulda Fischer was found dead in her Maquoketa home on the evening of Feb. 25, 1975. A widow, Fischer had been strangled and repeatedly stabbed.

Retired Maquoketa Police Chief Bob Andersen says he doesn't think the case will ever be solved. Andersen, who was the lead investigating officer in the killing, says no new information has emerged in Fischer's death since the case went cold decades ago. He says the neighbors who found Fischer's body and a one-time suspect in her death have all died.

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