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Police asks for help in 1987 murder case of Jamedia Hines

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    DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — The Des Moines Police Department is asking for information in the cold case of a young mother who was murdered in the Riverbend neighborhood.

On Sept. 5, 1987, Jamedia Hines was found strangled and beaten to death. Investigators said there was no evidence of a sexual assault, no fingerprints, and DNA use wasn’t a common practice yet.

The late 1980s was a time when the cocaine epidemic raged through many communities.

“The reports you see, everything is about the drugs, the gangs, and you know, she wasn’t necessarily a part of all that, but she was around it,” said Rashawnda Hines, Jamedia Hines’ daughter. “It’s guilty by association in some sense, you know. I just think a lot of people that’s still in that lifestyle have some knowledge of what happened to her. And, like I said, a lot of them are still around us. They’re still here. And I just need them to say something at this point.”

The Des Moines Police Department said it hasn’t had a lead in 16 years.

“I just know she probably would’ve been an amazing mom, great grandmother,” Rashawnda Hines said. “She’s always been a true friend to people. I just think she would’ve been great if she had the opportunity.”

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