Bertha Man Arrested in 1995 Iowa Cold Case Homicide
A Bertha man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with a 1995 homicide in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
Kelly Joseph Grant, 59, of Bertha, was arrested October 16 by Black Hawk County Sheriff’s deputies and agents with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Todd County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the arrest.
Grant is accused in the death of Angela Renee Buck, 37, of Waterloo, Iowa, whose body was discovered by two turtle hunters on August 11, 1995, along Poyner Creek near Pilot Grove Road, about five miles east of Waterloo.
According to court documents, deputies responded to the scene at approximately 10:40 a.m. An autopsy determined Buck died from a gunshot wound, and her death was classified as a homicide.
Investigators determined Buck had been at a residence in the 300 block of Cottage Street in Waterloo during the late evening of August 10 and early morning of August 11, 1995. Several people were at the residence, including Grant...
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