120: MURDER & MISSING: Bill and Kay Wood

Detective Perspective

Derrick Levasseur & Square Mile Studios

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🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

At around 11:35 p.m. on July 30, 2011, neighbors near a home in Norwalk, Iowa, stepped outside after smelling smoke and saw flames rising high above the trees. Within minutes, firefighters arrived to find the house fully engulfed.

Once the fire was extinguished, a body was discovered inside the burned remains of the home. That victim was later identified as Bill Wood. An autopsy revealed he had been murdered.

Bill’s wife, Kay Wood, was not found at the scene and has never been located. More than a decade later, her disappearance - and Bill’s murder - remain unsolved, and detectives are still searching for the person, or people, responsible.

If you have any information in Bill and Kay’s case, please call the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at 515-725-6036.

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0:00.0	At around 11.30 p.m., on July 30, 2011, neighbors near a home in Norwalk, Iowa stepped outside after smelling smoke and saw flames rising high above the trees.
0:20.0	Within minutes, firefighters arrived to find the house fully engulfed in flames.
0:25.6	Once the fire was extinguished, a body was discovered inside the burn remains of the home.
0:30.6	The victim was later identified as Bill Wood.
0:33.6	An autopsy would later reveal that he had been murdered.
0:42.5	Bill's wife, Kay Wood, was not found at the scene and has never been located.
0:47.6	More than a decade later, her disappearance and Bill's murder remains unsolved, and detectives are still searching for the person or people responsible.
1:26.6	Music or people responsible. The person or people responsible. The Hey, everyone, welcome back to Detective Perspective. My name is Derek Lavasser. I'm a licensed private investigator and former police
1:28.6	detective. Each week I'll be covering an unsolved case and story format. I'll then give you my
1:33.6	perspective on the investigation and provide contact information for the individuals or
1:38.5	organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips, you can contact them directly
1:43.3	and maybe you can help solve a case. So if you're someone tips, you can contact them directly, and maybe you can help solve
1:44.8	a case. So if you're someone who's interested in true crime, specifically unsolved cases,
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2:20.8	Okay, so Bill and Kay's case is interesting.
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