Suspicious tan SUV found near Cortland Drive woods, Des Moines IA

Suspicious Activity

Reported: 11/7/2025 11:03 AM

E Lacona Ave, Des Moines, IA

Officers investigated a suspicious tan SUV believed linked to an address near Cortland Drive between Kirkwood and Lacona Avenue. The vehicle was found parked in a wooded area near Cortland Drive. The SUV's license plate was associated with a different vehicle earlier, and the location made access difficult due to terrain.

Audio|Source: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP

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Transcript:

00:00

So it's this apartment cell in place.

00:06

Copy, not at the apartment's on the East Lacona.

00:09

(number withheld).

00:12

That plate on that vehicle hits a 20-4-way Corbyn Drive in the street a few times on LPR.

00:22

North or South on South Union for any cars in the area.

00:31

Address for me?

00:34

It hits a few times between Kirkwood and Lacona Ave on Cortland Drive, parked in the street.

00:40

So I'm assuming it's associated with one of those addresses there.

00:44

Copy.

00:48

That car was it?

00:53

The TN Suburban license plate is Mary Tom, Santhix, (number withheld).

00:59

It comes back on a different vehicle.

01:04

36 Adam, I came north down the southman from Virginia, I didn't see it.

01:13

(number withheld).

01:14

One of those addresses that, uh...

01:17

One of those addresses that (name withheld) gave, it might be in the backyard, in the wooded area of that.

01:23

I'm up a hill and I see a tan,

01:27

suburban, or SUV by a bunch of trucks.

01:29

I'm not, I can't get down to where it's at, though.

01:32

I'm not sure what address that is, but it's up in the woods a little bit.

01:38

Okay, copy.

01:43

Possibly in a wooded area between Kirkwood and Lacona on Cortland.

01:50

Cortland.

01:54

See where my GPS, my car's not working, but I just turned my radio on.

01:59

Can you see my location in that vehicle is directly to the west of me?

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Location mentioned:

E Lacona Ave, Des Moines, IA

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