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From left to right, the Locust Tap, the Teachout building, and the Hohberger building, Blunck’s signature renovation works in the East Village of Des Moines. / Google Maps
In Des Moines, a curious death In January, well-known architect Kirk Blunck was found crumpled and dead in a stairwell, but beyond that, his case remains a mystery.
“We’re trying to put everything together and find out what happened,” says Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek, during an interview with The Zweig Letter . “We may never find out what happened.” The founding principal of Knowles Blunck Archi- tecture , according to various reports in the Des Moines media, had been drinking in the Locust Tap before heading over to the Teachout. The rest of the story, however, remains murky. A man in the building at the time told police he heard Blunck fall, but police have not been able to “There is still potential that it could turn into a criminal investigation. A couple of interviews have raised more questions than they’ve answered.”
By RICHARD MASSEY Managing Editor W hat happened to Des Moines, Iowa, architect Kirk Blunck? On January 24, police found the 62-year-old dead on the second floor stair- well landing of the Teachout building in the East Village, a neighborhood in the shadow of the Iowa State Capitol. But weeks after his death, police are not really cer- tain of how Blunck, a husband and father of three, came to die in a historic building he bought and renovated back when the East Village was board- ed up. “We’re trying to put everything together and find out what happened. We may never find out what happened.”
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