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Cedar Rapids murder case remains unsolved after 1983 death
Dennis Chaffee, killed in 1983, left two teens and a widow in Cedar Rapids. The twins Maria and Adam Chaffee recall their father as a kind worker while investigators note a cluttered home and missing firearm. Cold case investigators pursue new leads and review gunshot residue history.
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Adam Chaffee
Hiawatha
Mary Hernandez Snell
Maria Chaffee
the Gazette
Maria
Adam
Cedar Rapids
Matt Denlinger
Mary Hernandez
Chaffee
28Th St. SE
Hernandez
Harlon
Betty Chaffee
Denlinger
Chaffees
Dennis
Dennis Chaffee
Harvey Denlinger
Robert Wenger
Allen Black
Walford
Jerry
Sherri Covington
Sheri Covington
Covington
Chaffee’s
Annie Hernan
U.S. Army
National Defense Service
Wilson & Co
Harlan Chaffee
Wenger
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
North Liberty
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Nick Rohlman
Gazette Archives
Harlon Chaffee