The couple had been together for years, neighbors said, and regularly walked their dog, a husky named Alex, together.
It was not all that late, and several neighbours walked their dogs along the street at that hour.
My neighbor walked over from across the street.
Two nights ago, the neighbors were walking upstairs and he heard footsteps.
It is primarily a location where neighbors walk their dogs, and students from various Des Moines high schools visit.
It was woodsy and quiet, and his neighbors often walked their dogs past his house.
They watched as their elderly neighbor walked slowly down the road past their gate, his German shepherd on a leash.
"He kept watching a neighbor walk his dog three times a day," said his wife, Barbara Keane.
The neighbor walked over and said, "Jack, you'd better slow down.
"A neighbor of mine was walking in the street with her child and she was almost hit by a car," he said.