George Raymond Keller, a 61-year-old World War II veteran, was found dead in his home near Woodburn, Clarke County, Iowa, in the early morning of Tuesday, September 29, 1981. Investigators determined he had been killed by gun violence on Monday, September 28, 1981. No arrests were ever made and no suspects have been publicly identified.

The case remains open in Iowa’s cold case files. For a rural community unaccustomed to violent crime, Keller’s unsolved homicide left longstanding questions and grief for his family and neighbours. Few details beyond the date, cause of death, and lack of an arrest are available publicly.

Did anyone in the Woodburn area around late September 1981 have information about Keller’s movements or visitors in the days before his death?