Murder of Christina Burke (Baynard)

 

On December 24, 1962, 38-year-old Christine Burke was murdered in her apartment at 2705 13th St. in Washington D.C. There's little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Metropolitan Police Department 

Disappearance of Francis "Frans" Theijn

 

On Christmas Eve 1974 41-year-old Francis Theijn was last seen in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Francis is a white male and is 175 cm tall. He has grey hair and blue eyes. 

SOURCES:

Politie

Murder of Lee Thao Hue

On July 30, 1981, 7-month-old Lee Thao Hue was brought to Primary Children's Hospital where she would later die from her wounds. Lee and her family were a part of the Mong Refugee. There is little information in this case and Salt Lake City, Utah police are handling the case. 

SOURCES:

Utah Department of Public Safety

Murder of Patricia DaSilva

 

On December 20, 2006, 21-year-old Patricia DaSilva went to work at Trans Brasil Travel in Long Branch, New Jersey. Around 2:46 pm police responded to a report of an unresponsive female at the location. It had turned out that someone had shot and killed Patricia. 

Patricia was a Brazilian native and had legally moved to the U.S. from Brazil two years before her death. She was well known in the Brazilian community. She would volunteer in her free time at the Brazilian Consulates outreach programs in Long Branch. 

SOURCES:

Monmouth County Prosecutor

Asbury Park Press December 22, 2006

Asbury Park Press December 24, 2006

Asbury Park Press December 24, 2006

Asbury Park Press December 26, 2006

Disappearance of Cecilia and Leo Payash

 

On July 1, 1957, 47-year-old Cecilia Payash and her son 8-year-old Leo were walking down Red Lake Rd in Red Lake, Ontario along the railway line. The two were never seen again. 

Cecilia is First Nations and was 47-years old at the time. She was 4'11 and described as having a thin build. She had black hair and brown eyes. She has a hooked nose. At the time Cecilia was carrying $30. 

Leo is First Nations and was 8-years-old at the time. He was 4' and was described as having a thin build. He has black hair and brown eyes. At the time he had a bad eye infection in his left eye and it was nearly swollen shut from it. 

SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki (Cecilia)

CBC (Cecilia)

CBC (Leo)

Unidentified Wiki (Leo)

Canadas Missing

Ontario's Missing Adults

September 23, 1995 Bordighera, Italy Jane Doe

On September 23, 1995, the body of a woman was found floating in the sear near Bordighera, Italy, and close to the French border. The woman had been murdered. He had been hit several times on the right side of her head possibly when she was sleeping or lying down as it appears the opposite side was rested on a soft surface. The weapon was either a bottle or a bar like item. It's possible that she may have been attacked and killed aboard a boat and then tossed into the sea to drown. 

Jane Doe is a white female around 25-years-old. She's 172 cm and 60 kg. She has black and wavy hair and her skin tones described as being Olive colored. She has a C-section scar around 1-2 years old meaning at the time of her death she may have a young child. She was wearing a Tokyo CIty brand t-shirt, a hoodless "Mid Way Sport Style" brand cotton sweatshirt, an Off Shore brand hooded sweatshirt, silk, and satin panties size 38/40 (French Sizing), an armlet around her ankle, and a pair of patterned socks. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network
Chi l'ha Visto

December 12, 2006, Sausalito, California John Doe

 On December 12, 2006, the body of a young man was found beneath the Golden Gate Bridge in Sausalito, California. It was apparent that he may have jumped to his death 20 minutes to 24 hours before he was discovered. He may have been associated somehow with Galileo Highschool as his sweatpants had the name/mascot on them. Staff at the school did not recognize him though. 

He is white with possible Asian or Hispanic admixture and was between 17 and 25-years-old. He was  5'8" and 170 lbs. His hair was black in a buzzed cut and he had blue eyes. He had scant chin hair and was Large, but not obese. He was wearing large purpled sweatpants with "Galileo Lions" written lengthwise down the leg of the pants, and White Nike shoes in a size 10.5 that were too large for him.

SOURCES:

Missing and Exploited Children

Doe Network

NamUs

The Attack on Julie Cooper

Photo of Julie after the attack

Photo of Julie 7 years after the attack

Between 1:05 and 1:15 pm on 15 August 2000, 28-year-old Julie Cooper was walking back to work after taking a lunch break at home. She would be attacked on a cycle path close to Norfolk County Hall, Martineau Lane, and a local industrial estate at Europa in Norwich, England. Julie would suffer from injuries and on her face and upper body from a knife or sharp weapon and had been robbed.  Julie would survive the attack and would end up having several surgeries because of it.

The attack was not common in this area of Norwich, and there didn't seem to be any similar attacks or offences leading up to the attack. The area she was attacked may have been a busy traffic route, but at the time the path was heavily overgrown so her attacker may have done the attack in that area for that reason.

Police hope that someone will come forward with information so that this case could be solved. 

SOURCES:

Norfolk Constabulary

Eastern Daily Press

Disappearance of Ira "IraGene" Eugene Goff

 

On December 14, 2014, 59-year-old Ira "IraGene" Goff was last seen in Benton, Illinois. He was last seen leaving Huck's, a convenience store, around 9 a.m. on foot as he had not driven his vehicle there. 

Ira is a white male and was 59-years-old at the time and would have turned 60 on the 29th. He has grey hair and blue eyes. He was 5'8" and 150 lbs at the time.  He has a birth make on the left side of his neck and a skin graft scar on his back and full upper dentures. At the time he was wearing a camouflage-print jacket, a red hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, a camouflage-print baseball cap, and boots.

SOURCES:

Charley Project

NamUs

National Missing Person Directory 

December 10, 1970 Denver, Colorado Baby John Doe

 On December 10, 1970, the body of a newborn was found in a toilet at the Woolworth store at 16th and Champa in Denver, Colorado. The baby was born alive. The baby was a white male with brown hair and hazel eyes. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Colorado Bureau of Investigation 

Disappearance of Dena Viola McHan

 

  

In the early hours of December 6, 1981, 19-year-old  Dena McHan left a friend's home in Sacramento, California. She would be last seen in Stockton to fill up her canary-yellow 1974 Toyota with a black vinyl top. The attendant at the gas station noticed two men harassing her and asked if she needed help. She refused and told the attendant that she'd be fine. She was never seen again after this and her car was also never located. 

Dena is a white female and was 19-years-old at the time. She's 5'6" and 130 lbs. She has blonde hair and green eyes. At the time she was wearing a thick white Jordache sweater, jeans that were three times too big, brown wool pants, nylon stockings, and open heeled shoes. 

SOURCES:

Charley Project

NamUs

State of California Department of Justice

National Missing Person Directory

Record Net

Disappearance of Chantelle Alice Rose Bushie (Kim Star)

 

In  December 2007 16-year-old Chantelle Bushie was las seen in  Grand Prairie, Alberta Canada. She known to live a high-risk lifestyle. She was a member of Alberta, Canada's Dena Tha' First Nation. She was known to have had traumatic events in her childhood such as sexual abuse and the accidental death of her sister. When she was 14 she began to cut class and run away from home. When she would do this she would use the Alias Kim Star.  She was known to hang around prostitutes and drug dealers even though she herself was neither. If the police picked her up and brought her home she would run away again. At the time in December, she had an infant daughter who was a couple months old. Because of her constant running away she wasn't officially reported missing until 2009 by her mother. 

Chantelle was 16-years-old at the time and is First Nations. She was 5'5" at the time and was 119 lbs. She has short black hair. She has the initials V T on her left hand, these are her parent's initials. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

RCMP
CBC CA

Disappearance of Vera Macey

 

In 1972 58-year-old Vera Macey was a patient at Edith Cavill Nursing Home in Burwood, New South Wales, Australia. In December of 1972, Vera walked out of the Nursing Home and was never seen again. It isn't stated why Vera was staying at the nursing home. 

Vera was 58-years-old at the time. She is 145 cm and a medium build. She has black hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Disappearance of David Dyke

 

In Jan. of 1976 25-year-old David Dyke took his 3-year-old son and 8-year-old niece to Edithvale Beach 30 km south of Melbourne, Australia. He was last seen by his niece going into the water. The children were then found alone on the beach and brought home by the police. It's possible that David had drowned that day. The sea was reported to have been calmed and there were no reports of distressed swimmers though. 

David was 25-years-old at the time and is a white male. He was wearing a yellow -shirt, brown pants, and swimming trunks. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Australias Missing Person Register

The Age

May 5, 1910 Phoenix, Arizona Baby Girl

 On May 5, 1910, the body of a baby girl was found in the Salt River Canal in Pheonix, Arizona. She was less than a year and possibly was a newborn. The death certificate lists the baby as probable 1 day. It's believed that the baby's death was criminal. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki

Cochise County Does 1878-1884 Tombstone, Arizona

 

The Boothill Cemetary in Tombstone, Arizona was active between 1878 and 1884. On Row 11, Lot 9 two Chinese Does are buried there. They had died from leprosy, but it is unknown when they had died, but it's likely between 1878 and 1884.

SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki

Find a Grave

Find a Grave

Murder of Brian Sean Housley

 

In the early morning of November 27, 2017, around 2:30 a.m. Brian Sean Housley was at the 900 block of 16th street in Ogden, Utah. He had been working on a car in a driveway.  He had shot in the head during a drive by shooting by an unknown person. After the shooting, the vehicle fled. Brian would die 3 days later. 

SOURCES:

Utah Department of Public Saftey

Washington Times

ABC

Standard

Murder of Gerardo Mena

 On November 26, 2006, 24-year-old Gerardo Mena was attacked in the parking lot of Ernesto's Taqueria at 4050 Hemphill St. in Fortworth, Texas. He had been stabbed and was transported to the hospital where he unfortunately died. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Fortworth Texas Police Department

Murder of Laura (Felix Patricio) Abarca

 

 

On November 23, 1990, the body of 23-year-old Laura Abarca was found on an embankment off of Sunrise Highway at Mile Marker 33.5 in Mt. Laguna, California. Laura was last seen on October 17 and was reported missing on November 19th just a few days before her body was found. She was bound with a yellow cord and was found face down. She had died from asphyxiation. 

At the time Laura was working as a prostitute and was undergoing gender reassignment surgery. 

SOURCES:

San Diego County Sheriff's Department

San Diego Union Tribune

Disappearance of Patrick "Pat" E. King

 

On November 21, 1995, 32-yeara-old Patrick King left his job at a furniture factory around 3:30 p.m. He was last seen later that evening getting into a grey passenger car with two unknown people. He was supposed to meet up with his girlfriend later that night for a date and never showed up. This was uncharacteristic of him.

The next day his 1991 Ford Ranger was found near Snakey Point east of Miller Bridge near Patoka River in Gibson County, Indiana. There was a small amount of blood on his truck and no sign of Patrick. Foul play is suspected in this case. 

Patrick is a white male and was 32-years-old at the time. He's 5'0" to 6'6" and 140-200lbs. He has brown hair.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

Indiana State Police

Unsolved Murders of Theresa Marcoux and Mark Harnish

 

On November 19, 1978, the bodies of 18-year-old Theresa Macoux and 20-year-old Mark Harnish were found behind a concrete retaining wall at a rest area near U.S. 5 in West Springfield, Massachusetts. The two had been shot to death inside of their truck (which was found nearby) and dragged out and dumped behind the wall. One of the windows of the truck was shot out. it's believed that they were killed between 1 am and 9 am that morning.  

At the time the couple had been living in the truck and may have been sleeping when killed. There was no known motives for the couples deaths.

SOURCES:

Hampden District Attorney

The Boston Globe

North Adams Transcript

Murder of Ashley Turniak

 

On November 9, 1998 16-year-old Ashley Turniak went to her  Highschool in Agawam, Massachussets. She was seen before classes and was waiting for a friend so they could skip together. She would end up skipping without the friend and getting in the car of an unidentified person. 

20 minutes later on Interstate 91 in Longmeadow near the Massachusetts/Connecticut line Ashley was seen tumbling out of a blue or tan car traveling towards Conneticut at 50 to 65 mph. It's unknown if she had been pushed or jumped out to escape the car, but had exited feet first. She had unfortantly died from her injuries. 

She was wearing a black tank top, jeans, but did not have a coat or shoes on. The same day her backpack was later found lying on a side street of the highway.

SOURCES:

Hampden District Attorney

South Coast Today

Hartford Courant 

Murder of Leigh Ann Wilson

 

On November 2, 1978, around 10 p.m. 36-year old Leigh Ann Wilson left her apartment in Jefferson, Missouri. She had gone to a nearby gas station to get a pack of cigarettes. Around 11:30 p.m. someone saw a grey 1970's vehicle possibly a Pontiac parked along the median of U.S. Highway 63 south of Highway 163. The vehicle was parked with their flashers activated. They also saw a white man with an average build and dark hair hitting her. This would be the last time anyone would see her.

The next morning her body was found in a grassy South Hardwick Lane, just north of a roadside park near Ashland. She had been stabbed in the back and had her throat slit. It's believed that she was killed where she was found.  Her vehicle was later located in the parking lot of a grocery store in Jefferson City. It's possible that she had gotten into her killer's vehicle willingly and knew them. 

 SOURCES:

Boone County Missouri

Cold Case USA

Kansas City Times Nov. 7, 1978

St. Joseph News-Press Nov. 7, 1978 

St. Louis Dispatch Nov 7,  1978

The Kansas City Times Dec. 29, 1978

October 30, 1858 Stockton, California Juan "Portuguese Man" Unknown

 On September 15, 1858, a 24-year-old Portuguese man named Juan was committed to Stockton State Hospital, in Stockton, California by Judge M.C.Blake, a County Judge of California. It was Insanity caused by masturbation. At the time he was considered single and had no property. Unfortunately on October 30, 1858, Juan would die from marasmus or chronic malnutrition and would be buried at the hospital cemetery. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki

October 24, 1975 Boundary Bay, British Columbia, Canada Jane Doe

 On October 24, 1975, the body of an infant girl was found near the Tsawwassen In Boundary Bay, British Columbia, Canada. The girl had been dead between 1 to 7 days. She could have been up to a year old. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

British Columbia Coroners Service

Murder of Dawn Marie Davis

 

On October 23, 1979, 29-year-old Dawn Davis was found dead in her apartment in Salt Lake City, Utah. She had not been heard from for around 2 weeks prior to her body being found. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Utah Department of Public Safety

October 30, 1955 Barstow, California Jane Doe

On October 30, 1955, the partial skeletal remains of a woman were found scattered from a shallow grave 3.6 miles east of Bear Valley Road in a desert 10 miles south of Barstow, California. She may have died months prior to discovery. Her cause of death is unknown or unstated. 

She's a white female between 30 to 80-years-old but is more likely to be between 50 and 80-years-old. She's around 5'4" and her weight is unknown. She had reddish/blonde hair that is 6 to 7 inches long. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Who Killed Andy The Goose?

Andy with some of his fans picture credited to Jessica Korgie

In 1987 a grey goose named Andy was born without any webbed feet on a farm in Harvard, Nebraska. In 1989 Gene Fleming from the nearby town Hastings heard of the disabled Goose. Gene was a member of a local charity for disabled children and an inventor. Glen would take in Andy and his mate Polly and moved them to his farm in Hastings.

Gene would try to give Andy more mobility with a skateboard prosthesis, but it would fail. He would then fit Andy with a pair of specially adapted baby shoes, and this was successful as he taught Andy how to walk. The miraculous goose would then catch media attention and inspired many who were handicapped. 

Andy would appear in things like People magazine and The Tonight Show. He would then be given a lifetime supply of shoes, which was convenient because he would wear out his shoes at least once a month. Unfortunately, his life would be cut short. 

On October 19, 1991, Andy would be kidnapped and found later in a local park. The Flemmings had no idea that he was missing until the phone call asking "Is Andy Ok?". The people who found him in the park recognized the poor Goose's well-known shoes. His head and wings were removed.

The community would collect and raise $10,000 as a reward to help apprehend the murderer, though no one was identified.

SOURCES:
Wikipedia
Atlas Obscura
Road Side America

Murder of George Ira Spor

 On October 16, 1991, 53-year-old George Spor was reported missing and on October 19 his body was found. A deer hunter found George's body in Butterfield Canyon, Utah around 200 yards from the main road. His body was hidden in a thick scrub oak that could not be seen from the road. George had been shot in the back and side and it was determined to not be caused by a hunting accident. 

SOURCES:

Unified Police Department

The Daily Herald October 23, 1991

The Daily Spectrum October 23, 1991

The Salt Lake Tribune November 19, 1991

Murder of Charles Meyers

In 1979 27-year-old Charles Meyer was working with an antique dealer in Snohomish, Washington. He would be last seen by family in Granite Falls on October 14, 1979. He had planned to go to Monroe to meet somebody about antiques. Unfortantly this would be the last time he was seen alive. The next day Charles body was found by hunters on a looging road 2 miles south of Sultan near his car. He had been stabbed several times in the chest.

SOURCES:

Herald Net

Snohomish County