Earl L. Thelander
May 9, 1927
to
September 1, 2007
October 21, 2011
KCAU-TV Channel 9, Sioux City
July 29, 2010
The Muscatine Journal
February 12, 2010
ONAWA, Iowa – Bringing up unsolved murders can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, victims’ families hope new stories and information can cut through years of mystery and uncertainty and bring to justice the person responsible for their loved one’s murder.
The Des Moines Register
November 19, 2008
… A thief who stripped copper tubing from a propane tank in western Iowa in August was blamed for a buildup of gas in a house. The explosion killed 80-year-old Earl Thelander of Onawa.
Copper theft: It can have deadly consequencesThe Sioux City Journal
September 28, 2008
SIOUX CITY — Even though he had retired from the plumbing and heating business, 80-year-old Earl Thelander liked to stay busy. On Aug. 28, 2007, he was cleaning up the basement of one of his rental properties in rural Onawa, Iowa, when an explosion occurred. Thelander, who suffered second- and third-degree burns over 80 percent of his body, died four days later at an Omaha burn unit.
May 14, 2008
The television newsmagazine reports on the nationwide copper theft epidemic and the death of Earl Thelander of Onawa, Iowa.
Remembering Earl ThelanderKTIV News Channel 4, Sioux City
May 10, 2008
A year after his death, Earl Thelander’s family plants evergreen trees in his memory.
KMEG Channel 14, Sioux City
May 10, 2008
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Action 3 News, Omaha
May 8, 2008
Price Hikes Lead to Rash of Metal TheftsU.S. News & World Report Magazine
March 27, 2008
The Scone Advocate
March 6, 2008
WHO-TV Channel 13
January 8, 2008
Thelander Family Offers Reward for InformationKTIV News Channel 4, Sioux City
January 6, 2008
Council Bluffs Nonpareil
December 22, 2007
‘A good man died a needless, pointless death’The Sioux City Journal
October 28, 2007
Two months after blast, search continues for those responsible
MSNBC
October 12, 2007
Omaha World-Herald
October 12, 2007
Man Dies After $20 Copper TheftKETV 7, Omaha
October 12, 2007
KCCI Channel 8, Des Moines
October 12, 2007
WOWT News Channel 6, Omaha
September 25, 2007
The Sioux City Journal
September 22, 2007
Williams Kherkher
September 18, 2007
Polk County Newspaper.com
September 14, 2007
WOWT Channel 6, Omaha
September 13, 2007
The Daily Nonpareil
September 10, 2007
Des Moines Register
September 5, 2007
KTIV TV
September 4, 2007
Denison Bulletin Review
September 4, 2007
KLEM 1410, Le Mars
September 4, 2007
Iowa State Daily
September 4, 2007
The Daily Nonpareil
September 4, 2007
WHO TV News Channel 13
September 3, 2007
The Sioux City Journal
September 3, 2007
MSNBC
September 3, 2007
The Sioux City Journal
September 3, 2007
WOWT News Channel 6, Omaha
September 3, 2007
KTIV TV News Channel 4
September 1, 2007
WHO TV News Channel 13
August 31, 2007
The Record Herald and Indianola Tribune
August 30, 2007
KTIV TV News Channel 4
August 30, 2007
WOWT News Channel 6, Omaha
August 30, 2007
The Sioux City Journal
August 30, 2007
Omaha World-Herald
August 30, 2007
DTN Blogs
August 30, 2007
KETV 7, Omaha
August 29, 2007
Associated Press
August 29, 2007
KTIV TV News Channel 4
August 29, 2007
The Sioux City Journal
August 29, 2007
Des Moines Register
August 29, 2007
Godlike Productions (from KCAU TV)
August 28, 2007
KTIV TV
August 28, 2007
Top Story: Rural Onawa, IA Home ExplodesKTIV TV
August 28, 2007
