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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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