February 28, 1981 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Baby Andrew Doe *Solved*

57-year-old Theresa Bentaas has been charged in this case. She was the baby's mother. She admitted she hid the pregnancy from friends and family. She had the baby alone in her apartment and abandoned the baby there. She is currently married and had other children with the father of baby Andrew. The father is not going to be charged with anything due to not knowing about the baby.

On Feb. 28, 1981, around 3:10 p.m. a newborn boy was found in a ditch about the 3/4 mile south of 26th St. and Sycamore Dr. The baby was covered with a white bed sheet with maroon flowers, a Maroon wool blanket, and a red plaid shirt.

He was abandoned alive. He was born healthy and near full-term. He was alive at least two hours after being born and died from exposure. He still had his umbilical cord attached. He had been dead for a day and 1/2 when he was found.

A woman from the community named him Andrew. She offered to pay for his funeral and fifty people attended it.

He was a Caucasian newborn. He had brown hair.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Doe Network
KSFY
Keloland Media Group

Feburary 28, 1984 Los Angeles County, California John Doe

On Feb. 28, 1984 the body of a man was found in an abandoned building after a fire was extinguished. Not much is known about John Doe. His remains were unrecognizable, due to damages of the fire.  He was an Asian male between 15 and 23 years old. He had black hair. He was 5'1" and 102 lbs.

SOURCES:
NamUs

January 28, 1956 Gorman, California Earl Doe

On Jan. 28, 1956 an African American male stopped a vehicle on US 99 Highway in Gorman, California. He stopped them to borrow a jack. He then tried to cross the highway and was struck by a vehicle traveling northbound. He was transported to the Newhall Hospital but had died. He may have gone by the name Earl and might have lived in a motel at 27th and Long Beach in Los Angeles.

He was an African American male between 30 and 35 years old. He was 5'7" and 150 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes.

SOURCES:
NamUs

February 27, 1978 Dalton, Georgia John Doe

On Feb. 27, 1978 a skull and several bones were found scattered in a secluded area on Mitchell St. in Dalton, Georgia. Not all remains were recovered. A white male between 26 and 36 years old. 5'7" and 155lbs. He had brown hair. A white t-shirt, blue jeans, red and white boxers, green PJ bottoms size 42-44 and a 34 (length) black belt. There was a box nearby with miscellaneous clothing.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Murder of Taneka Michelle Butler

On Jan. 10, 2002 21-year-old Taneka Butler was hanging out with friends outside a residence at 105 North Slocumb St. in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Around 3 a.m. two people began shooting. Witnesses stated that people ran, but unfortunately not everyone was unharmed.

Right after 3 a.m., the police arrived at the residence after a call of shots fired at the location. They found Taneka lying in the driveway dead from a gunshot wound. She left behind two young daughters.

Two men were charged with the crime, but they were later dismissed.

There is a Reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for Taneka's death.

SOURCES:
North Carolina Bureau of Investigation
Goldsboro News-Argus 

Disappearance of Linda St. Germaine

12-year-old Linda St. Germaine was living with her mother and brother in a motel in Schuyler Falls, New York. A fire had gutted their home. On Feb. 13, 1973, Linda told her brother she was running away to Burlington, Vermont by crossing the ice on Lake Champlain.

Her footprints were found leading from the motel unit to a thin area of ice new Valcour island. The footprints stopped there and it's believed that Linda fell through the ice and drowned. Her body was not found.

Linda is a white female and 12-year-old at the time. She was 5'1" and 100 lbs at the time. She had brown eyes and blue eyes. She has a birthmark from the center of her chin down her neck. She was wearing a green and blue hooded parka, brown corduroy pants, and brown suede shoes.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project

Disappearance of Amelia Jo "Molly" Zelko

On September 25, 1957 47-year-old Amelia Jo Zelko who also went by Molly left her Newspaper's office on Cass St. in Joliet Illinois just before 11:30. A bartender claimed she stopped in for a drink and used the payphone on her way home. She then parked in front of her second-floored apartment on 413 Buell Ave.

Someone claimed to have seen some men bury a woman near where Zelko lived. Zelko's shoes were found and her friends stated that it meant she was in danger. She would kick off her shoes and run if she felt in danger. Police thought there may have been a ransom, but no note arrived.

Amelia was a newspaperwoman for the weekly paper in Joilet. She would blast mobsters, political corruption on the front page. She was also a big advocator against gambling. It's unknown if her work at the newspaper was the reason for her disappearance, but she did male a few enemies doing so.

She was reported legally dead in 1964.

Amelia was a white female and 47 years old at the time. She was 5'4" and 5'6" and around 120 lbs. She has dark brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a hat and a diamond ring and a bracelet they were worth $5,000 at the time.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Doe Network

Murder of Chance Douglas Smith

On December 13, 2003 around 3:49, 6-year-old Chance Douglas Smith was reported missing from his Grandfathers residence in Locust, North Carolina. Volunteers, police and firefighters searched for him. Around 11:30 p.m.he was located in a pasture near his Grandfathers.

He was transported to the hospital but unfortunately died in the early morning hours the next day. It's believed he was hurt somewhere else and left in the horse pasture to die.

SOURCES:
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation 
Find a Grave

Disappearance of Kevin Andrew Collins

On Feb. 10, 1984, 10-year-old Kevin Andrew Collins went to basketball practice. Around 6:40 p.m. he was last seen sitting at the bus stop on the corner of Oak St. and Masonic Ave. in San Fransico, California. The 4th grader was waiting for the bus. He was witnessed talking at the bus stop with a blonde man in his 20's or 30's and was around 6 ft tall. He accompanied with a large black dog.

It's possible he was abducted by two white men driving a four-door royal blue 1967 Ford Galaxy. It's never been confirmed that he went into this vehicle.

It isn't believed that Kevin had run away. 

It could be possible that Kevin fell victim to Jon Dunkle, a serial killer who's got 3 confirmed murders. His three victims resembled Kevin and they were roughly the same age group. He was never charged in connection to this case.

Another possible suspect was Dan Leonard Therrien. He lived across the street from Kevin's school and had a history of sex crimes against children. He resembled the description given of the man talking to Kevin and at the time he owned a large black Doberman. He used several alias DOB and names including Raymond William Stewart, Kelly Lee Dawson, Kelly Sean Stewart, and Wayne D. Jackson. His actual birth name and age is unknown. He died in 2008.

 He had given permission to the police to search his home, and it yielded nothing. It was unknown to the police at the time but he was wanted for kidnapping and sexually assaulting three  13-year-old boys. In 2013 renewed to the investigation and searched his former residence. All that came up was animal bones. 

Kevin came from a big family. He was the 6th child of 10 in his Irish Catholic family.  There was also one foster child and one cousin living in their home on Sutter St. 

Kevin is a white male and was 10 at the time. He 4'6" and 72 lbs. He has brown hair and grey eyes. He has a freckled complexion and a small horizontal scar on his tongue. Kevin has dyslexia. He was wearing a Giants jacket, his school uniform which was a short-sleeved dress shirt, green sweater, brown corduroy pants, and beige Nike sneakers. 

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project

Murder of Reyes Valenzuela

On the morning of Feb 19, 1995 Reyes Valenzuela had been shot to death in his home in Socorro, New Mexico. There is little information on this case.

SOURCES:
New Mexico State Police 

The Message Mary Eleanor (Wheeler) Pearcey Put in The Paper Before Her Execution

Wax sculpture of Mary Pearcey

Mary Eleanor (Wheeler) Pearcey was hung for killing her lover's wife and baby in North London, England. Upon learning her fate she requested an ad to be placed in the newspaper.

"MECP Last wish of MEW. Have not betrayed. MEW"

She would not elaborate what the message had meant, but it could be assumed that MEW was referencing to herself. As her birth name was Mary Eleanor Wheeler. That would mean MECP may also be a person, but who the message was for and what it meant is unknown.

Some believe that she was possibly a Jack the Ripper suspect for the brutal way Mary had slit Pheobe's throat and ditched her in a public place. Some believe Jack The Ripper had killed in private. This though contradicts the information of the crimes which took place at the place the bodies were found.

There is little known about Mary's childhood. She was born in 1866. At the time of the murders she was 24 years old and was described as 5'6" and had a 'lovely russet of hair and fine blue eyes," she was also described as having a normal build and shapely hands. She wasn't the prettiest of women but had no problem attracting men.

 In her late teens, she was in a relationship with a carpenter named Jahn Charles Pearcey. She took his name though they weren't married. She continued to use it even after their relationship was over, Mary never really had to work as she associated herself with better off men. She had several admirers who paid for things for her including her rented room.

Mary suffered from depression and would drink heavily. She only had her mother and sisters as her only living relatives. She had other suitors and in addition to Charles Creighton who paid for her room, she fell for Frank Hoggs. He was a furniture remover and impressed Mary with his printed cards.

She would put a light in her window to let Frank know she was free and he would let himself in with his copy of a key. Frank and Mary were somewhat together but had affairs with other people. Frank had gotten another girl pregnant and was to marry her. Mary was slightly upset but asked if they could still have an affair and she'll treat his soon to be wife as a friend. They agreed to this.

Phoebe Styles thus married Frank Hogg in November of 1888. At the time she was three months pregnant and gave birth to their daughter Phoebe in the summer of 1889. The affair between Frank and Mary continued like planned.

On October 24, 1890, Mary allegedly asked young Willie Holmes to run an errand for her. She asked him to deliver a note to Pheobe Hoggs for a penny. He delivered the note and inside it was Mary inviting Phoebe over for tea.

Around 4 p.m. Charlotte Priddington, a neighbor of Mary heard the sound of breaking glass coming from Mary's. Worried she called over the fence asking if Mary was alright. She got no response. Sometime between 4 and 7, a neighbor saw Mary walking with a baby pram with a heavy object inside it.

At 7.p.m A man was returning back home from work. He found Phoebe's body was found lying on a pavement in Crossfield Road. Her head was wrapped in a cardigan which he removed and saw her bloodstained face.

Phoebe's skull had been fractured and her throat had been slit. Her throat had been nearly decapitated from the slit. There were bruises on her head and arms showing she was trying to defend herself. It was found she was murdered elsewhere and left there. She wasn't identified at the time and her baby wasn't with her.

The next morning a constable found a bloody pram in Hamilton Terrace a mile away from Phoebe. The body of baby Phoebe was found the next day. She had been suffocated to death. It was unknown whether or not it was intentional. She was either killed during or after the murder of her mother. She could have possibly been killed in the pram from her mother's body being placed upon her.

Frank had sent his sister Clara to go ask Mary if they had seen Phoebe and the baby. Mary denied seeing her and went with Clara to see if the bodies in the morgue were Phoebe and the baby. Mary's behavior became strange at the morgue. It was like Mary was trying to prevent Clara from identifying them. Clara went and identified them.

When Frank heard the news that they were dead he admitted to having an affair with Mary. Police went to her home on Priory St. and found the kitchen bloodstained and the windows were broken. It was obvious that this was a crime scene. A rug with bloodstains was attempted to be cleaned with paraffin. as a bloodstained poker and knife had also been found. When asked about it Mary responded with "Killing mice, killing mice, killing mice." Police searched the house with her there and she played popular songs on her piano.

Mary was arrested, and when Mary was searched there were bloodstains on her clothes, scratches on her hands, and two wedding rings. One of which was Phoebe's.

While waiting in police court awaiting the committal hearing Mary started to talk to Sarah Sawhill, a woman looking after her. She told her that Phoebe did come over for tea. Phoebe had said something that offended Mary and they argued. Mary went silent as soon as she realized she was incriminating herself.

Mary had entered a plea of not guilty. She was hanged on December 23, 1890. It was noted that Mary seemed to have been calm and accepted her fate.



SOURCES:
Casebook
Historic Mysteries
Capital Punishment UK
Find a Grave

Murder of Donald Norcia

On February 23, 1981, around 8:30 p.m. a residential structure on Elliot St. in Brattleboro, Vermont was on fire. Inside was the body of 39-year-old Donald Norcia in his home. He did not die in the fire though, but before the fire was even started as he had no evidence of smoke inhalation in his lungs. An autopsy showed he had been beaten to death. He died from a skull fracture inflicted with a blunt instrument. The fire was set to probably cover the crime.

Donald was the owner of Pinball Wizard and formerly owned IGA in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Donald had a questionable reputation. He ran with a crowd that liked to beat people up. The month prior to his death he was charged and pleaded innocent on a charge of assault of a woman. He allegedly had hit her with the butt of a pistol. In December he was allegedly involved with a fistfight at a club that ended up getting someone's jaw broken.

It's unknown if the motive for his murder was related to his questionable history or not.

SOURCES:
Vermont State Police 
The Burlington Free Press 1 (Newspapers.com)
The Burlington Free Press 2 (Newspapers.com)

February 22, 1984 Union County, Indiana Jane Doe

On Feb. 22, 1984, a body of a female was found in Union County, Indiana. She had died from 1983 to 1984. Not much information is known. She was a white female between 18 to 26 years old. She was 5'5" and weight couldn't be estimated.

SOURCES:
NamUs

Disappearance of Cherrie Ann Mahan

On February 22, 1985, 8-year-old Cherrie Ann Mahan got off her bus at 4:05 p.m. with three other students. SHe was around 100 to 150 yards from her family's home on Cornplanter Rd. in Cabot, Pennsylvania. 

From the front porch, her parents could hear the bus, but could not see. They waited for her to show up. When she didn't arrive home her father searched for her and called the cops when she wasn't found. 

At the time two vehicles were seen in the area. Neither has been confirmed to have anything to do with her disappearance. 

A bright blue 1976 Dodge van was following the bus. The van had a snow-capped mountain and skier mural painted on both sides. The skier was wearing red and yellow clothing and skiing down a mountain.

images of the vehicle. 

A small blue car was also seen near the site. It is also unknown if the car had anything to do with Cherrie's disappearance.

Cherrie is a white female and was 8 at the time. She was 4'6" and 68 lbs. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. She has a cowlick on the right side of her hair and hair is slightly longer than in photographs. She previously broke her left arm below her shoulder, but it was healed by the time she disappeared. Her ears are pierced.


SOURCES:
Charley Project
NamUs
Post-Gazette 
Missing and Exploited Children 

Feburary 22, 1984 Union County, Indiana Jane Doe

On Feb. 22, 1984 the body of a woman was found in Union County, Indiana. She was unrecognizable due to traumatic injuries. She had died possibly between 1983 and 1984. There isn't much information on this Jane Doe. She was a white female between 18 and 26 years old. She was 5'5".

SOURCES:
NamUs

Disappearance of Kenneth T. Show Jr

On Feb. 12, 2008 33-year-old was last seen near the laundromat on E. Second St. in Oil City, Pennsylvania. He would usually visit with his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his children at 711 E. Second St. On this day he did so and left his laundry bags at his her home. He told her he was meeting his boss at midnight so they can take a trip to Maryland for a job. He did not show up and never did the work in Maryland. He was known to walk across the train bridge that crosses the Allegheny River.

Kenneth is a white male and was 33 at the time. He has brown hair and green eyes. he was sporting a light mustache at the time. At the time he had a bruised eye from an accident, it's unknown which eye it was. He has a tattoo on his left bicep. He was wearing a dark brown "wales" jacket, an orange t-shirt, and a blue ford mustang ball cap.

Dark brown "wales" jacket, orange tee shirt, blue ford mustang ball hat.

SOURCES:
NamUs

Murder of Brittany Lynn Locklear

On the morning of Jan7, 1998 5-year-old Brittany Lynn Locklear's mother walked her out to her bus stop outside her home on Grainey Road in Hoke, North Carolina. She was waiting for the bus her mother typically waited with her but had to use the restroom.

When her mother looked out the window a few minutes and didn't see her, she thought the bus had picked her up. That was until a neighbor knocked on her door in a panic believeing the girl had been kidnapped. They were about 200 yards away from when they saw someone in a truck take the girl 

 They went to the school and confirmed she never arrived. The police were automatically called when she found out. A manhunt had ensued. Her clothes and bookbag were found. The next day her body was found in a drainage ditch a few miles away from her home. She was sexually assaulted and drowned and left in the drainage ditch.

The Vehicle the suspect was driving was a full-size-pick-up truck of an unknown color. One source states it was possibly brown. 

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There is a $20,000 REWARD for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for Brittany's murder.

SOURCES:
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation

WRAL
Find A Grave

Forgotten Angles Facebook Page

Murder of Jillian Miles

27-year-old Jillian Miles was a mother of two. On late Feb 19, 2013, and early  Feb. 20, 2013, neighbors heard gunshots and then the sound of running water. The neighbors went and checked and saw the kids wandering around, but did not see their mother. They called police officers to check on their neighbor and her children. When police officers arrived they saw the children wandering the house and went inside.

The doors were locked and the police officers had to force their way in. They owned a pit bull that was giving the police officer issues. They found Jillian she had been shot to death. It's suspected that Jillian was killed by someone she knew.

SOURCES:
Ohio State Attorney General 
Fox 45 Now

Feburary 18, 1984 Davie, Florida Jane Doe

On February 18, 1984, the body of a woman was found face down in a canal in Davie, Florida. The canal was in the area of 2600 Southwest 130th Ave. She had been dead for two days and had been strangled to death. It could be possible she was the victim of serial killer Christopher Wilder. 

She was a white female between 21 and 35 years old. She was around 5'4" and 120 lbs. She had strawberry blonde or blonde hair and Hazel eyes. She had a gap in her front teeth. It was noted that she was wearing shorts. 

SOURCES:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/554uffl.html

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/1258

February 17, 1978 Oakman Georgia John Doe

On Feb. 17, 1978 The partial skeletal remains were found near White Graves Church in Oakman, Georgia. Believed he had been dead for months. The remains belonged to a white male 33 to 42 years old.  He had light brown straight hair.

SOURCES:
NamUs

Disappearance of Aleca "Lisa" Renee Manning

22-year-old Aleca "Lisa" Manning was attending a concert at the Celebrity Theater in Pheonix, Arizona with friends on Feb. 17, 1975. She had separated from her friends around 10:30 p.m. She did not return home and was never seen again. She was born in Alaska. Foul Play is suspected.  

Lisa was a 22-year-old biracial female from both White and Native American heritage. She was 5'2" and 125 lbs. She has brown hair and green eyes. She was wearing a light green blouse, moss-green pants, a dark green floor length jacket, and dark tan shoes. 

SOURCES:
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/3891
http://charleyproject.org/case/aleca-renee-manning
http://www.justicefornativewomen.com/2016/01/aleca-manning-missing-from-arizona.html
https://unidentified.wikia.com/wiki/Lisa_Manning

Disappearance of Michael Clifford Bundy

On Feb. 17, 1985, 23-year-old Micheal Clifford Bundy was last seen in his Sacramento, California home. Foul play is suspected in this case. He's a white (listed as Asian in one source) male. He's 5'10" and 165 lbs. He had brown eyes and brown hair. He may have been sporting a mustache at the time. He has scars over his eyes. He was wearing a green striped shirt, tan pants, and a blue jacket.

SOURCES:
California Department of Justice 
The Charley Project
The Doe Network
NamUs

August 21, 1982 Westminster, Greater London, England John Doe

On August 21, 1982, in Westminster, England a man jumped on the track in front of an oncoming train at the Embankment Station.  He was a white male between 45 and 50 years old. He had brown collar-length hair and blue eyes. He had false teeth. He was wearing light brown trousers, a brown jacket, Brown slip-on shoes, yellow socks, a yellow metal chain necklace with a polo-type pendant, and a Stainless Steel Omega watch. 

 

SOURCES:

National Crime Agency

February 1, 1973 Fontana, California Baby Doe

On Feb. 1, 1973, a man was walking his dog in the Jurupa Hills area a mile southwest of Armstrong Road in Fontana, California. His dog began to sniff the ground and curious the ma looked at what his dog was sniffing and found the skull of a child. He had walked by this area many times, but the recent rainfall revealed the skull. In the grave was the body of a Toddler most likely female. They buried only a foot down and had been estimated to have died between 1968 and 1972.

DNA has been attempted at the remains multiple times, but no STR or MtDNA so far. It's estimated that the child was female due to the clothing found with them. Identifying the toddler may only be done with smiling pictures or head x-rays.

The race is unknown and gender is possibly female. They were between the ages of 2 to 4 years old. They were 3'4" and 39 lbs. Clothes description is being withheld. They were found with a child's Rosary with a gold colored crucifix.

SOURCES:
NamUs
The San Bernardino County Sun 1 (Newspapers.com)
The San Bernardino County Sun 2 (Newspapers.com)

Murders of Monica and Dalton Rollins

In September of 2002 23-year-old Monica Rollins was in her home with her children 6-year-old Dalton and 2-year-old Aaron. At the time Monica was 36 weeks pregnant. They lived in a trailer off of Sugar Hill Road in Heflin, Alabama.

A relative got concerned when they had not seen Monica and the children for several days. The relative came over on September 16, 2002 to check on them. They found the bodies of Monica and Dalton. They had been dead for days. Aaron seemed to have been unharmed.

Cause of death and other information is undisclosed.

SOURCES:
Alabama Office of General Attorney 
Advance Local

Murder of Rosa Tapia

On August 13, 1995, 6-year-old Rosa"Rosie" Tapia and her 4-year-old brother were sleeping in her bed together. At 2 a.m. their mother went to check on them and saw them sleeping. The room was located in the families basement apartment in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

About 4 hours later at 5:45 a.m. Rosie was found to be missing.  Her bedroom window screen was removed and someone entered the room and kidnapped the girl. Police were notified and a search was initiated.  It's believed she was kidnapped between 2:30 and 5:30 a.m. 

Her brother stated that there was a man with a beard in their room. He didn't know who it was and he told him to go back to sleep. 

The day before Rosie was carried the apartment by a man. Her older sister took her sister from the man. She asked why he was carrying her and he responded that she hurt herself on the playground slide. The man had known Rosie's name. Her sister questioned her about hurting herself, and who the man was. Rosie stated she didn't get hurt on the slide like he said and that she didn't know who he was or how he knew her name. 

Around 10 a.m. a man walking his dog spotted her little body floating in the surplus canal around 1900 South and 1600 West. Rosa had been sexually assaulted and drowned. It's suspected that the man who was carrying Rosa the day before is involved. 

Image of man who was carrying Rosie

SOURCES:

Salt Lake City Police Department

Salt Lake Tribune