Gary Harker & Cody James | “Two Bodies, One Truck”

On April 24, 1980 two brothers, 25-year-old James, and 18-year-old Richard Spurling were driving past the auction yard and spotted the black Chevrolet pick-up truck in the Davenport, Iowa.

They bought it for $140 at the auction conducted by the police department. 

A few hours later they noticed a foul odor coming from the truck—what they found was the decomposing bodies of Gary Harker and Cody James

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https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/cody-james-and-gary-harker/

https://qctimes.com/news/local/police-renew–year-old-slaying-case/article_9d9359f6-db83-5c94-9cfc-cf85047fe9ee.html

https://iowacoldcases.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2004-12-26-CRG-harker-james.jpg

https://qctimes.com/news/local/film-roll-sent-out-west-by-police/article_0b78e631-0eb5-57ea-83f0-abf95e9685b1.html

https://qconline.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/davenport-police-renew-old-murder-case-of-illinois-men/article_8d4f7cc7-8883-56b9-a75b-d575c14ad6d5.html

https://iowacoldcases.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1980-4-28-CRG-james-harker.jpg

https://iowacoldcases.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1980-4-25-spencer-daily-reporter-harker-james.jpg

https://iowacoldcases.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1980-4-25-BurlingtonHawkEye-Harker-James.png

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62726046/quad-city-times/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62726534/quad-city-times/