Murder of Joseph Baillargeon

 On Feb. 7, 1968, the body of 79-year-old  Joseph Baillargeon was found 7 miles from his home in Biddeford, Maine. 

SOURCES:

Maine State Police

Feb 25, 1967 London, England John Doe

 On Feb. 25, 1967, a man took his life by jumping off of the top of the Shell Building, Belvedere Road in London, England. John Doe is an Asian male around 30-years-old. He was 165 cm and had a thin build. He was wearing a brown flecked jacket and trousers, a white shirt, maroon tie, black socks, black shoes, and a Lusina watch that was yellow metal with a stainless steel back no. 71220.

SOURCES:

UK Missing Persons Unit

Doe Network

1866 Lincoln County, New Mexico John Does

 In 1866 two unknown men were buried in The Casey Ranch Cemetary in Picacho, New Mexico. The two were listed as being killed by Indians. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Find A Grave (Unknown Man 1)

Find A Grave (Unknown Man 2)

Lincoln County New Mexico Genealogy and History

Unidentified Wiki (Man 1)

Unidentified Wiki (Man 2)

Disappearance of Thomas Clyde O'Daniel

On May 15, 1958, 29-year-old Thomas O'Daniel called his family and told them he was hitchhiking to Yuma, Arizona from Pheonix which is a distance of around 200 miles. There is little information in this case. 

Thomas is a white male and was 29-years-old at the time. He is 5'10" to 6'0" and around 170 to 190 lbs. He has strawberry blonde hair and green eyes. He has flesh tags behind his ears. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

National Missing Person Directory

November 6, 1930 Hardingstone, England John Doe

 

In November 1930, 35-year-old Alfred Rouse met a man outside of a London, England pub. The man would tell him a down-and-out and a hard-luck story, he was looking for work and mentioned he had no family. Alfred would then bring the unknown man to a pub for drinks. He would drink lemonade as he pays for the unknown man's drinks.

Alfred for a while thought of faking his own death for a while. He was fed up with his life and was expecting children from his mistresses. He wanted to start life over again and realized that the man would not be missed and took the opportunity. He would search out for the man on the 2nd or 3rd of November and would find him. Alfred would tell the man that he was going to Leicester on Wednesday and would give the unknown man a lift there. He would make an appointment to meet the man to meet on November 5th at 8 p.m.

On the 5th he would meet the man outside of the pub. The two men would ride in Alfred's Morris Minor. On the drive, the two would talk a lot, and the man would drink the whisky Alfred gave him. When they got to Hardingstone the man would be half dozing due to the whisky. He would grip the man's throat with his right hand and pushed his head against the back of the seat. The man did not resist and just gurgled. 

Around 1 a.m. on November 6th Alfred would then go and loosen the feeding pipe between the petrol tank and the carburetor. He would take the petrol can from the boot and poured it on both the victim and the vehicle before placing it back in the rear of the car and grab his attaché case Standing from a distance he would catch the vehicle on fire. The man was unconscious and burned alive.

His intention was to walk to Northampton and travel to Scottland by train to start his new life. But when he was walking away from the vehicle he would pass two young men. The men noticed the smoke and said something about it. In response, Alfred responded with "It looks like someone's having a bonfire up there." Alfred would then abandon his plan and return home as the men had seen him and he believed that no one would think it was him who was dead. He would then report the vehicle stolen.

The victim was badly burned in the vehicle. He would not be identified. Alfred would be soon arrested for the murder. He would be insistent during the trial that the car was caught on fire due to John Doe's Cigar. That John Doe had been asked to fill the petrol and he must have accidentally lit the car on fire. The Jury would find him guilty and he would be sentenced to hang. 

It wasn't until a few days before his execution on 10 March 1931 that Alfred admitted to the murder. He would write to the Daily Sketch of the events that happened. Alfred would refuse to help the police find the man's identity. He would though give some descriptions of him. He did not know the man's name as he had no reason to ask.

John Doe was between 33 and 40-years-old. He was 5'6" to 5'8". The autopsy revealed that he had worked in an extremely dusty place throughout his lfe. The following descriptions are from Alfred. The man was respectfully dressed in a light-colored overcoat and had an overall appearance of a clerk. He had a slight brogue and had a sporting or boxing tattoo on his right forearm. At the time he was wearing police boots and had told Alfred that London police had given them to him. He had also carried a sports diary. 

In 2012 DNA was taken from the John Doe, but this has not led to an identification yet. 

SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki

Wikipedia

BBC

Murder of Lorraine Hubble

 On Feb. 15, 1972, 47-year-old Lorraine Hubble was strangled to death on 2920 Asland Ave. in Cincinnati, Ohio. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Ohio Attorney General 

Feb. 14, 1982 Penticton, British Columbia, Canada Baby Doe

 On Feb 14, 1982, the body of a baby girl was found in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. She was a white female and was 0 to 1-year-old. She may have been dead between 2 weeks and 3 months. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Disappearance of Steven Earl Kraft Jr.

 

On between 7 and 8 p.m. Jan. 11, 2001, 12-year-old Steven Kraft Jr. went outside with his dogs in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Steven would fail to return for dinner. His dogs would be found, but Steven would not. The temperatures that night were below freezing and remained cold for the next few days. Steven wasn't wearing a hat or gloves and it's believed without shelter he would not survive.  

Steven is a white male and was 12-years-old at the time. At the time of his disappearance, he was 5'1 and 95 lbs. He has brown hair and green eyes. He has a small red mark on his chest. At the time of his disappearance he was wearing an aqua and purple Hornets team jacket, a tan and white striped t-shirt, and tan parachute pants, and black boots.

SOURCES:

FBI

Doe Network

Charley Project

Murder of Debbie Fijan

On Feb. 11, 1966, 10-year-old Debbie Fijan stayed after school to watch a basketball game at her West Chicago, Illinois Elementary school. After the game, she waited for her mother to come to pick her up. This was when Debbie went missing. A teacher stated he saw Debbie on a swing at 5:15 p.m. A teacher's husband would see a girl getting into a white car, it's unknown if this was Debbie. A janitor who left at 5:35 stated that no one was there when he left including Debbie. Around 5:30  Debbie's mother arrived at the school and didn't see Debbie. She would go around to Debbie's friend's home to see if she went home with them and did not find her. 

At 6:44 Debbie's mother reported the disappearance of her daughter. Neighbors helped search for the girl. Around 11 p.m. 19-year-old neighbor and his 17-year-old friend would find Debbie's body in a ditch on Lies Rd. near West Chicago. She had been stabbed 19 times. She was found fully clothed and wasn't sexually assaulted. Her stuff was found thrown near her. 

It isn't stated whether or not Debbie was stabbed where she was found, but car tracks did lead to where she was found. She possibly got into a white car. It's unknown if Debbie knew the person or not, but her mother stated that since the girl walks around a lot she was talked to about getting into cars with strangers.

The teacher who last saw her was suspected by the police. He was charged for the killing, but the judge would soon see the evidence didn't match up in the crime. 

SOURCES:

Dupage County Sheriff's Office

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune Feb 13, 1966

Madera Tribune  Feb. 16, 1966

Feb 10, 2004 Stanton, California, Baby Doe

 

Baby Doe and an age enhancement image of him. 

On Feb 10, 2004, the body of an infant was found at CR Tranfer Inc. in Stanton, California. His body was found on the conveyer belt that sorted trash from recyclables. He was a newborn as his umbilical cord and placenta were still attached. He was born alive but was suffocated before being placed in the trash. 

Baby Doe's race is unknown, but he may have been Hispanic and or black. He had short black and curly hair and grey eyes. A bloody towel, a plastic bag, and a newspaper were found with his body. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network 

OC Register 

Murders of Frances Wheedleton and Kimberly Thompson

Frances Wheedleton                    Kimberly Thompson

At 8 a.m. on Feb 9. 1994, the body of 35-year-old Frances Wheedleton was found dead in the parking lot of a Substance Abuse Clinic on East Ramseur St. in Durham, North Carolina. She had been shot twice in the abdomen. 

After 5 a.m. on Feb 14, 1994, 24-year-old Kimberly Thompson was found in an apartment complex parking lot at 504 Holloway St. in Durham. She had been shot and was still alive when she was found, but unfortunately passed a short time after arriving a Duke University Hospital. Witnesses stated that a scream and a shot was heard. 

There were enough similarities between the two murders for them to be possibly related, but it isn't positive that they are. The murders were less than a mile apart from each other, the same caliber weapon was used in both and both women were possibly involved in prostitution at the time.

SOURCES:

ABC

City of Durham

WRAL

News Observer

July 1, 2017 Edmonton, Alberta Canada John Doe

On July 1, 2017, the body of a man was found by a canoer on the west bank of North Saskatchewan River and approximately 300m south of Dawson Bridge in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. It's believed that the man could have been dead up to a year. 

He was a male between 18 and 70-years-old. He was 169 cm (5'7"). He had dark hair either dark brown or black. He was wearing dark-colored jeans with a brown belt, a black one-quarter zip fleece sweater, a dark brown or black jacket, and brown leather strap sandals with black soles. He was carrying A unique silver-colored Cosmo alarm clock. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

RCMP

Edmonton Journal 

Murder of Lyle Trudeau

On the morning of Feb. 1, 1986, 27-year-old Lyle Trudeau was at Cory's Port Call a tavern in Cudahy, Wisconsin. Later that morning at 11:21 a.m. his body would be found in a ditch at 3600 W. Elm Rd. in Franklin. He had been beaten and stabbed to death. 

SOURCES:

Franklin Wisconsin