Saturday, February 29, 2020

Murder of France McKenzie

Picture of France McKenzie



On the night of Feb. 29, 1972 France McKenzie was possibly last seen leaving Cégep de Sainte-Foy to head home. She was reported missing on March 1st. A few days later her body was found by road maintenance employees while clearing snow. She was found at Petit rang Saint-André in Saint-Thomas, in the Sainte-Hyacinthe area in Quebec, Canada. 
SOURCES:
Sûreté du Québec

Friday, February 28, 2020

Disappearance of Patricia Ann Spencer and Pamela Sue Hobley

 


On October 31, 1969, Patricia (Patty) Spencer and Pamela (Pam) Hobley disappeared from Oscoda, Michigan. The two girls skipped their afternoon classes at their school. Even though they had skipped they planned on going to the homecoming game and Halloween party that night. The girls were also not considered friends.

They walked down on River Rd. away from the school and towards the business district. It was known till 2013 that the two hitched a ride with a passing motorist and were dropped off at a gas station at River Rd. and Interstate 23. The motorist that was with them came forward in 2013 saying they had given the girls a ride, and he has been cleared as a suspect.

Neither girl was carrying their purses or I.D.'s

The girls were initially believed to have run away, but after a few weeks of no contact, police started to suspect foul play.


Patty was 16 at the time and is a white female. She's 5'3" to 5'4" and 120 lbs. She has light brown hair and blue eyes. She has a bite scar on one of her legs. She did wear glasses but did not take them with her when she disappeared. She was wearing a grey/green plaid jacket, a brown sweater, a matching brown tweed or plaid skirt, brown shoes with a thick heel and a silver necklace with a peace symbol pendant. 

Pam was 15-years-old at the time and a white female. She is 5'6" to 5'8" and 115lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. a has a scar on the bridge of her nose and a scar or birthmark on the left corner of her mouth. She was wearing a white imitation fur coat with brown trim at a three-quarter-length, a long sleeve shirt with ruffled cuffs, a brown and white plaid skirt, white knee socks, and chunky shoes with a thick heel.

SOURCES:
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (Patricia Spencer)
Doe Network (Patricia Spencer)
Charley Project (Patricia Spencer)
NamUs (Patricia Spencer)
FBI (Patricia Spencer)

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (Pamela Hobley)
Doe Network (Pamela Hobley)
NamUs (Pamela Hobley)
Charley Project (Pamela Hobley)
FBI (Pamela Hobley)

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Murder of Homer Able

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On Feb. 27, 1984, 63-year-old Homer Able was working as a gas station attendant at the Asamera Gas Station. The station was located on Highway 6 just a few miles east of Rifle, Colorado. He was robbed that night and during the robbery, he was shot.

The suspect was described as a young white male 5'8" and 150 to 170lbs. He had dark hair and a dark beard and a closely trimmed mustache. He was possibly driving a dark-colored full-size American made truck with a white camper shell.

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Murder of Gérald Lapierre

Picture of Gérald Lapierre

On Jan. 16 1980 the body of 50 something-year-old man Gérald Lapierre was found by a police officer patrolling on montée Saint-Victor, in Saint-Janvier, Quebec, Canada. He was fully dressed and had been shot and killed. He was last seen by a waitress in a bar. He was known to go to various licensed establishments in Montréal.

SOURCES:
Gouvernement du Québec

Disappearance of Elizabeth Ogungbayibi



On 26 September 2006 5-year-old Elizabeth Ogungbayibi it's believed that she was abducted from her non-custodial father in Manchester, England. She's a black female with black hair and brown eyes. 

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

February 25, 1994 Escondido, California John Doe

On Feb. 25, 1994, a man, was attempting to cross State Route 78, in Escondido California. The man was struck by a private passenger vehicle. This resulted in his death. The man is a biracial man Hispanic and or Pacific Islander. He's between 30 and 50 years old. He's 4'11" and 134 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes. 

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Monday, February 24, 2020

February 24, 1976 Brecksville, Ohio John Doe




On Feb. 24, 1976, the remains of a young man were found in a wooded area off of I-77 in Brecksville, Ohio. It's believed he had been dead up to 6 months and the cause of death wasn't stated. One or both hands were unrecovered, it's not stated whether or not it was from animal activity.  He was a white male between 17 and 26-years-old. He was around 5'10". He had medium to long length hair that had evidence of being bleached entirely or for highlights.

He was wearing a longsleeved shirt that was white, blue, yellow and beige/brown with a paisley pattern size 14 1/2", blue jeans size 30"x28 1/2" to 30", white jockey style underpants size 32. One blue and white canvas left tennis shoe brand North Star size 9-9 1/2.  He also had a white metal ring with an inlaid pattern with turquoise and was stamped "Mexico" in it. He had two books of matches found in a shirt breast pocket; one book of matches was a political campaign book stating Kapper for Mayor in Akron, Ohio. According to Google Akron is about a 30-minute drive from Brecksville.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Unidentified Wiki


Sunday, February 23, 2020

Murder of Pamela Edie

In November of 1978 34-year-old Pamela Edie was a noted cook and she also conducted the "Beggars Banquet" program on the radio station WAMU-FM. The program was dedicated to food preparations, she did interviews, and allowed callers to ask food questions.

On February 23, 1979, the 34-year-olds children found her murdered inside her home at 230 E Street, NE, Washington D.C. There was evidence that she had been beaten with a blunt instrument and choked, but the killer decided to stab her to death.

SOURCES:
Metropolitan Police Department
Metropolitan Police Department (PDF)
Washington Post

Disappearance Moira McCall Anderson



On Feb. 23, 1957, 11-year-old Moira Anderson left her grandmothers Coatbridge, Scotland home to go one an errand for her grandmother. She was supposed to go and buy a birthday card and butter for her mother's birthday. This was unfortunately during one of the worst snowstorms that the area knew.

She was last seen around 5:15 p.m. on the bus by a couple. Police believed that the girl was abducted while traveling home on the bus and murdered. Her body was never found.

Two years later Janet, Moira's sister, was out on her lunch break from school. A man working under his hood asked her to hold his dipstick. While holding it the man groped her and she ran from him, but not before taking note of his registration plate. She reported it to the school and they called the cops. This caused the school to ask students to pair up if they leave.

Nothing was done of this incident, but it was later found out the man was Alexander Gartshore. At the time Alexander Gartshore was out on bail for raping his young babysitter. He was also the bus driver of the bus Moira was last seen on. 

When his daughter, Saundra Brown, was older she wrote a book Where There is Evil about suspecting him of killing young Moira. At one point he when she was bringing up his shortcomings as a father he told her that his father thought he killed Moira. That his father tried to convince him to go to the police to admit where Moira's body was. He said he didn't know the girl, but was the last person to talk to her. It wasn't a confession, but his own father was convinced he had done something to the girl. His own daughter even believed so. 

He died in 2006. He was a suspect before his death but wasn't prosecuted due to a lack of evidence. But in total it isn't really known what had happened that snowy night. 

Moira is a white female and was 22 at the time. He's 5'3" and 113 lbs. She was wearing a fawn-colored kilted Burberry coat, a blue winter scarf, a blue jumper, a lemon-colored cardigan, a thick tweed skirt, fawn socks, brown shoes and a navy-blue woolen pixie hat with red bands. 

Saturday, February 22, 2020

Murder of Mary Beth "Pixie" Grismore


On Feb. 22, 1978, 26-year-old Mary Beth "Pixie" Grismore was reported missing from her home in Marshall, Indiana.  She had recently married and went back to her home in Indiana to gather the rest of her stuff for the final move. She and her husband lived in Iowa at the time.

On Feb. 21 she was hanging out with friends and her sister in Terre Haute. They watched a movie "Looking For Mr. Goodbar.". They went to red lobster and ended their night at the Bo Disco. They dropped off Pixie at her home around 1:30 a.m. They tried calling her the next morning, but there was no response. They went to check up on her, but she and her car were gone. The stuff she came to get though was

On May 3rd police in Whitehall, Ohio was investigating an abandoned car at the Holiday Inn. Her death may have happened shortly after her disappearance. She had been strangled to death. Several leads were established, but there isn't enough information.

SOURCES:
Indiana State Police
Find a Grave  
Advance Indiana (recommend reading it has lots of information and is better written than my article)

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Murder of Andrew Aguilar Onsurez

On Feb. 20, 1985, the body of 41-year-old Andrew Aguilar Onsurez's body was wrapped in a blanket in the trunk of his vehicle. He had been stabbed multiple times. His case is still unsolved.

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Murder of Elizabeth Bertolino






On the night of Feb. 20, 1982 48-year-old Elizabeth Bertolino was working at the Omni Hotel at 100 Techwood Dr. She was working as a freelance violinist and had a job there that night. She was last seen at 9:15 p.m. when she was leaving the convention center with her violin and purse. Soon after she entered the walkway that connected the Omni Hotel and the Ga. World Congress Center she was attacked. 

She had been walking alone and the conventions only a few feet behind as they heard her screams from both ends of the hallway. She was then found quickly and the people who were close said that a man ran off with a purse. They had taken her purse, but not her violin. 

It was found that Elizabeth had been stabbed during the robbery. Her husband claimed that she never would have fought against a mugger and the killing wasn't necessary for her purse. It's likely the motive for Elizabeth's murder was robbery as her purse had been taken, but the killer left behind her violin and her pocketbook was later found in the parking lot. 

 
I could not find if they found the man or if he's still considered a suspect in more recent articles. But at the time this was the suspect of the crime. He's a black male who was 18-22-years-old and was around 5'10" and around 155lbs. He had a short trimmed afro, brown eyes and medium-dark complexion He was possibly wearing a rust-colored windbreaker, dark pants, tennis shoes, and a blue hat. 

SOURCES:
Atlanta Police Department

Murder of Daniel Calloway

On March 28, 1986, a friend of 32-year-old Daniel Calloway would go to his home to check up on him at 18041 Springfield Ave in Homewood, Ill...