The Copper Dollar Ranch Murders
This story will be different than I believe any I have done before. I do not think I have done a story on a case that has not been resolved completely, at least in some way or that is currently in the court process as this one is. However, after watching an episode of TNT's Cold Justice this story intrigued me and I had a huge desire to know more. Since it has not been through a court of law as of yet completely then unlike other cases there are still questions that have not been answered and the defendants story cannot be completely told. In essence this will likely be the first case that I will have to come back and update at some point. On March 3, 1983 Jeff Illingworth reported to his job as a ranch hand at The Copper Dollar Ranch just outside Newton Iowa. When he got there he found the body of fellow co-worker and mechanic, 20 year old Steven Fisher laying outside near a camper trailer he had been staying in. Inside the camper Illingworth found the n...