Officials say justice served as Dyersville cold case investigation suspended

Investigators announced Tuesday that they are suspending the investigation into a homicide that took place in Dyersville over 40 years ago. The Dubuque County Attorney’s Office, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and Dubuque County Sheriff’s Department say they will all suspend their investigations into the homicide of Charles Jaeger, who was found shot to death in bed at his Dyersville home on Aug. 29, 1984. Officials said in a press release that the decision to suspend the investigation stems from information obtained in 2023 that indicates the individual law enforcement believes to be responsible for Jaeger’s killing is already serving two consecutive life sentences without parole for unrelated crimes in another state. Officials said they are not releasing the name of that individual, nor a motive for Jaeger’s killing, to preserve that information in case future prosecution becomes necessary.