Disappearance of Max Edward Metcalf

On October 7, 1958, 33-year-old Max Metcalf was last seen at the home he sared with his wife and children in Princeton, Wisconsin. He told his wife that he was going to a local tavern that was a 1/2 mile from their home. He would drive off in his Dodge 330 series pickup. He would never return home. His truck would be found 35 miles away in Oshkosh, Wisconsin aroun 11pm to 12 am. 

The pickup was parked behind a storage facility on South Main Street. Itnot seen as suspiscious for a week until police heard of his disappearance. The trucks parking break was on and his wife thought that was suspicious as he wouldn't use the parking break as it was broken. The truck was parked in a way that it seemed like someone was in a hurry. 

Max is a white male and was 33-years-old at the time. He was 5'5" to 6'3" and 190 to 220 lbs. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He left wearing his blue Air Force shirt, Wrangler jeans, and maroon canvas shoes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Find a Grave

Missing Veterans

Wisconsin Missing

Where Abouts Still Unknown

November 18, 1919 St. Maries, Idaho John Doe

On November 18, 1919, the body of a man was found weighed down in a body of water (not stated) in St. Maries, Idaho. It was presumed that the man had been murdered sometime that month. He was buried the next day at Woodlawn Cemetary in St. Maries. 

SOURCES:

Find A Grave

Unidentifed Wiki

Murder of Joseph Lopez

 On April 28, 2008, 17-year-old Joseph Lopez attended school at Spring Valley High School. He would go home and told them he would be home soon, but less than two hours later his body would be found. He was found in a storm drain under Tropicana Avenue west of I-215 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He had been shot to death between 5:09 and 6 p.m. 

One article states that Joseph had attended a behavioral program for students. Months before his death he had transferred from Durango High School to Spring Valley High School. It's speculated that he may have gone to fight someone as he was wearing sports gloves at the time of death. 

Joseph's mothers were divorced at the time, but both they and their partners were very much in Joseph's life at the time. He was described as being well-liked and liked spending time with his family.

SOURCES:

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Obituary

Las Vegas World News

Murder of Harvey Jackson

 On April 28, 1971, the body of 61-year-old Harvey Jackson was found near 107th and 104th st. in Palos Township, Illinois. Harvey had been shot multiple times. At the time he was employed at the Y.M.C.A. There is little information on this case. 

SOURCES:

Cook County Sheriffs Office

Find a Grave 

December 23, 1892 Door County Norwegian Railroad Worker Unknown

 In, 1892 a Norwegian man was working on the railroad in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. He was diagnosed with Typhoid in December. He would die from typhoid fever on December 23, 1892. His funeral was paid for by the city, but his name was unknown. His age is unstated but can be assumed to be an adult.

SOURCES:

Find A Grave

Unidentified Wiki

Disappearance of Merlene Hayes

 

On April 26, 1994, around 7:30 p.m. 55-year-old Merlene Hayes left her home on Pepper Drive in Tallahassee, Flordia. She told her daughter, Angela Harris, that she wanted to go for a walk for a second time that day. Her daughter told her not to go out because it was late, but she went anyway. She would be spotted locally in the days and weeks after her disappearance.

She wouldn't be reported missing for six days, because Merlene disappeared once before and was found in Marianna three days later. It was uncharacteristic for Merlene to not talk to family for this long.

Merlene is An African American woman and was 55-years-old at the time. She's 5'7" and 170lbs. She has short greying hair and brown eyes. She has a mole on the bridge of her nose. She often wears wigs and was wearing one at the time of her disappearance. Marlene has depression and was taking medication for it at the time. If she doesn't take her medication regularly she might become disoriented and may not know her identity. 

At the time she was wearing a purple-flowered shirt, pants, and a pair of Nike's. 
 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Charley Project

Disappearance of David Michael Borer

 

On April 26, 1989, around 5 p.m.  8-year-old David Borer was last seen walking to Mile Marker 82 on Parks Highway 11 miles north of his hometown of Willow, Alaska. He was either walking to a friend's home or to go play at a sandbar at the nearby Kashwitna River. At the time the river was iced over. When he never returned home.

There was no hole in the ice of the river, but the center wasn't iced over. It's shallow, but the current is swift. Dogs followed his scent to Parks Highway, but no signs of him anywhere else. David was a 1st grader but was an independent child. He once hitchhiked 20 miles to Wasilla. Foul play may be involved in this case.

David is a white male and was 8-years-old at the time. He 4'0" and 60 lbs  He has blonde hair and blue eyes. He has small scar under his right eye and a scar above his left eye. His front tooth protuded slightly

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Charley Project

September 21, 1914 Bronx, New York "German" John Doe

 On September 21, 1914, a man had committed suicide. He was found hanging at the Maple Grove Cemetary in Hart Island, Bronx, New York. It's believed that the John Doe may have been a German laborer. He was a white male between 39 to 45-years-old. he had a newspaper, a pair of spectacles, and a red handkerchief. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki

Disappearance of Alewijn Sterk

 

On April 24, 1972, 21-year-old Alewijn Sterk was last seen in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was active in the anti-violence movement. He was moving in the alternative circuit. 

Alweijn is a white male and was 21-years-old at the time. He has blonde hair and blue eyes. He has a thin build and was 170 cm tall. He did suffer from bouts of depression. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

April 23, 1996 Burbank California John Doe

 On April 23, 1996, a man called Burbank, California police to tell them he found a skull a while back while hiking in Griffith Park. He had the skull for an unknown amount of time and had it varnished and a tooth placed in the mouth. The mandible was not with the skull.

Anthropologists stated that the skull belonged to an African American male over the age of 38-years-old. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

NamUs

Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner

Murder of Hazel Williams

On April 22, 1983, 55-year-old Hazel Williams was found in her apartment on the  800 block of Virginia Blvd. in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Her death was a result of blunt force trauma. She was last seen alive earlier that day walking on 17th st. and 18th st.

SOURCES:

City of Virginia Beach

Murder of Kelly Jane Evelyn Cook

 

On April 22, 1981, at 8:20 a.m. 14-year-old kelly Cook received a call from a man going as Bill Christensen. He asked the teen if she would babysit that evening for him. He had gotten her number from a friend that was busy. She agreed and made arrangements for the man to pick her up at her home in Standard, Alberta, Canada. 

At 8:30 p.m. a full-sized North American car pulled up to her home. Kelly would get into the car and never be seen alive again. Her body would be found in the Chin Lake Reservoir east of Lethbridge on June 28, 1981. Her body had been bound and weighed down with two concrete blocks. Lethbridge is over 2 hours away from Standard.

It's believed her killer had planned this abduction over a one or two-month period. 

Other girls in Canmore, Alberta had gotten calls from a man who asked if they would babysit for him. He would offer to give the ride to his home. These phone calls were made from a payphone and are possible to be the same man. 

SOURCES:

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Unsolved Case Files

Medium

Murder of Mary F. Kelly

 On the night of April 21, 1988, 28-year-old Mary Kelly left her home to meet a friend at a local bar. She'd never be seen again. In September 1988 her body was discovered in a wooded area off Patterson Mill Rd. In Harford County, Maryland. There is little informaiton in this case. 

SOURCES:

Maryland State Police

April 20, 2004 Klamath Falls, Oregon Jane Doe

On April 20, 2004, the skeletal remains of a woman were found 20 meters north off of forest service road 9730-040 by Collier State Park in Klamath County, Oregon. She may have died between 2003 to 2004. 

She's a black female and was 18-30-years-old at the time of her death. She has black hair and likely had brown eyes. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

NamUs

Murder of Jocynda Irwin

 

On April 19, 1990, 24-year-old Jocynda Irwin's body was found in the vicinity of Rampart Range Road and Loy Gulch Road in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was seen the day before. Her cause of death is undetermined.

SOURCES:

Colorado Cold Cases

El Paso County Sheriff's Office

October 10, 1914 Yuma Arizona John Doe

 On October 10 1914 the body of a man was found in Yuma, Arizona. He had been murdered the same day, but it's unstated how. The murderer was unknown. 

John Doe was a black male around 40-years-old. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki

Disappearance of Francisco Alvarado Flores

 

Sometime in 1978 17/18-year-old Francisco Alvarado Flores went missing from Coyoacan, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Fransisco is a White/Hispanic male with brown eyes and browns hair with a thin build. He may have had some mental problems.

There isn't much information at least in English. I could only find was the Doe Network page.

SOURCES:

The Doe Network

 

SOURCES:

The Doe Network

October 8, 1994 Princeton, British Columbia, Canada The Princeton Angels

On October 8, 1994, the bodies of newborn twin girls were found inside a black garbage bag in a pit toilet at Allison Lake Provincial Park about 30 km north of Princeton, British Columbia, Canada, along Highway 5A. The girls were born alive and killed. It's believed that the mother did not receive aftercare as there were no hospital records supporting that. She may have come from another province and it's possible the mother was a victim herself. 

The twins are known as the Princeton Angels and a memorial plaque marks their burial in the Princeton Cemetary.

SOURCES:

Doe Network

CBC

Disappearance of Cynthia Dawn Constantine

 

On July 11, 1969, 15-year-old Cynthia Constantine went on a walk with her dog along the railroad tracks in Oakland, New York.  Earlier that day Cynthia and her brother found a muskrat den in the woods and she wanted to check it out again and brought her dog with her. Three young boys would see Cynthia go into the woods and minutes after she left for her walk the dog would return home with its leash and collar on. Her brother would soon lead authorities to the muskrat den and there was evidence that Cynthia and the dog were there, but rain would soon wash away her tracks. 

Cynthia is not believed to have run away as she had brought nothing with her and she was looking forward to her rabbit giving birth. It's believed that Cynthia had met foul play and may have been abducted. Where Cynthia disappeared was near the train station and if someone was responsible for her disappearance it's possible they may not have been from the area. 

Cynthia is a white female and was 15-years-old at the time. She was 5'3" and 117lbs at the time. She has blonde hair and blue eyes and wears glasses. She has a mole on her throat, a discolored front tooth, and had previously broken her arm the summer before. She was wearing a white blouse, black Bermuda shorts, orange sneakers, and was possibly wearing a yellow metal chain necklace with a cross. 

SOURCES:

The Doe Network

The Charley Project

Missing Person Directory 

Find a Grave

Murder of Joseph Wilson

 On the night of October 7, 1911, it was a normal work night for 60-year-old Joseph Wilson. He was the station master at the Lintz Green Station in County Durham, England. He would see off the last train around 11 p.m. that night. After it had left Joseph walked to his home 50 yards from the station. 

Someone would ambush the stationmaster on his doorstep. Sand would be thrown into his eyes and there was an attempt to gag him with a linen cloth. During a struggle, he would be shot in the chest. This would not automatically kill him, but he was unable to say who did. Four Miners who were on the last train weren't very far when they heard the gunshot.

By the time they arrived to Joseph's aid, his killer had disappeared unseen. His daughter was in the house and came out when she heard the sound. The miners and his daughter brought Joseph into his home and tried to help him. He seemed to have tried to talk but was unable to do so before he died. 

Police believed that the motive for the murder was a robbery. Though the day's takings weren't with him and he had brought them home earlier that day. 

The prime suspect in this case was 25-year-old Samuel Atkison. Samuel was a relief porter for railroad. Someone stated that they saw him at the station that night. Samuel said that he had went home after work and went for a walk around 7. He would be arrested and arraigned at the local Magistrats Court. At the trial, there was no evidence against Samuel and this allowed him to be released. This case was never solved. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

True Crime Library

Unsolved Murder UK

The Times October 9, 1911

The Guardian October 13, 1911

Disappearance of Humphrey "Albert" Wilkinson

 

On Jan. 23, 1957, 30-year-old Humphrey "Albert" Wilkison was last seen at his workplace. He had failed to pick up his last paycheck and was reported missing on Jan. 29, 1957. At his home in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, it was determined his wallet and ID were left at his home and his dog and gun were missing from the home. At the time Albert was working as a carpenter at Martin Paper Co. in New Westminster and was also a part-time commercial fisherman.

On Jan 29. 1957 an employee of Woolworth in New Westminster believed that she saw Albert, and she stated that he went by Al.

Albert did not mention that he was planning to leave or go anywhere. He had no sought employment insurance but did tell personnel with employment insurance that he wished to seek employment in Cache Creek. He also had a dream that he wanted to tour the world, and it was thought possible he joined the military to do so. These lead to nothing Cache Creek failed to turn up a trace of Albert and he never joined the military. 

Investigators were also told that he may have gone to Northern BC to go fishing with a friend only known as "Old Man" whom he spoke of often. This lead nowhere as the friend couldn't be identified and it couldn't be determined where said friend lived. 

Albert had also been trying to convince a married woman to leave her husband. He had introduced the woman to his family as someone he had married. He had bought her a diamond solitaire ring and a plain wedding ring. They were not married though. She stated that she didn't know why he had left or gone missing, but he wouldn't hurt himself. 

It's unknown what had happened to Albert. His family spent a considerable amount of money in newspapers looking for him. None of the tips from these ended up being any good. 

Albert is a white male and was 30-years-old at the time. He's 5'5" to 5'6" and 140 lbs and described as having a medium build. He has blue-grey eyes and brown hair with sideburns. He was known to suffer from headaches, stomach aches, but it's unknown if he suffering from this at the time. In the past year, he was known to be drinking quite heavily in the last year. He was an avid cartoonist. 

When he was last seen he was wearing a dark green toque, a green jacket, a black wool jacket, black plaid shirt, and knee-high gumboots. He was known to wear expensive clothing. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

RCMP

April 10, 1990 Riverside, Alabama Baby Doe

On April 10, 1990, around 2p.m. someone collecting recyclables found the body of a newborn girl was in a dumpster at the Riverbend Apartments in Riverside, Alabama. It's believed that she was born and died the day before her discovery. It's not stated whether she was born alive or not. She's a white female and was 7lbs. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Murder of Bryan Michael Mace

On the morning of April 9, 2003, the home of 20-year-old Bryan Mace on the 12000 block of Elk Run Road in Midland, Virginia was broken into. Bryan had gone out and got a new game and when he came back it's believed Bryan interrupted the robbery and was shot and killed. The killer or killers then would set the house on fire and flee. 

The killers likely set the fire to destroy any evidence. They had stolen several valuables including several firearms. 

SOURCES:

Fauquier County

Fauquier County PDF

Fauquier Times

April 9, 1977 Maricopa County, Arizona John Doe

 On April 9, 1977, the charred body of a man was found near 59th and Happy Valley Rd. in Maricopa County Arizona. His cause of death was unknown or unstated, but he had died recently.

He was a white male around 25 to 40-years-old. He was 5'7" and 122 lbs. He had brown hair, and brown eyes and was sporting a mustache. He was missing teeth and one or both hands were missing. He was wearing a blue tank top it's not stated whether or not he may have been wearing other clothes or if they had been burned off as his body was found charred. women's panties and a sleeping bag were found near the body. 

SOURCES:

Maricopa County

NamUs

Doe Network

Murder of Ronald Eugene Keith

 On October 16, 1969, Ronald Keith was last seen by his family around 11 p.m. His body would be found months later on Jan. 24, 1970, in a field on the 3000 block of South Lynnhaven Rd across from Plaza Middle School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He had been shot to death. Ronald was known to travel to Tidewater cities, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake.

The spot he was found is not a field anymore and buildings occupy it.

SOURCES:

City of Virginia Beach

Murder of Duncan

 

In the 1980s a body of a man was found during building work at the Lanes Shopping Center in Carlisle, England. It appeared that he had been murdered as his head showed evidence of damage by a weapon that caused a small entry wound and large exit, and he had several facial injuries. It's impossible to know who had killed and dumped this man in a well as it had happened 1,700 years before in the 3rd Century A.D. 

The man was called Duncan by excavators. It's believed that this was an unlawful killing and hiding of the body.  At the time of his death, it was against the law for anybody to buried inside city limits. The dead had to buried outside of the city and if caught the family of the deceased would be paying a heft fine. 

It's unknown now if this man's murder had been known or solved. This case will always remain a mystery

SOURCES:

Unsolved Murders

BBC News 24 January 2004

BBC News 26 May 2004

Free Republic 26 May 2004

Disappearance of Fred Wright

 

In the evening on December 6, 1998, 13-year-old, Fred Wright was last seen at his family's home in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was last seen in the home by an adult male who was inside at the time. Fred was never seen again after this and foul play may be involved. There was a suspect in the case, but they are now deceased. 

Fred is an African American male and was 13-years-old at the time. He was 5'9" and 115 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes. He has a mole on his neck or shoulder and one of his front teeth is chipped. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Charley Project

Black and Missing 

Missing Children Wiki

Murder of Annie Yates

In 1884, 23/24-years-old Annie Yates was living at No. 12, Burton-Crescent St. (now knowns as Cartwright Gardens) in London, England. It was a home that rented out furnished apartments to women. Annie's room was on the first floor in the back. At the time Annie was working as a prostitute. Annie's past is a bit mysterious. It's believed that Annie Yates was an alias as a friend said that her name was Mary Anne Marshall, and her friends were in Reading. One article refers to her as Mary Anne Yates. 

On the night of 8 March 1884 Annie Yates and another lodger Annie Ellis this was not unusual for the pair. Around 1 a.m. The two would part at Euston road as Annie Yates had gotten into a conversation with a well-dressed man. It wouldn't be until around 2 a.m. that Annie was heard coming home with a man who is assumed to be the same man she was seen with earlier. 

Around 3 a.m. screams were heard from Annie's room, but it wasn't unusual. The other lodgers said that she would go into bouts of hysteria and those sounded similar to her screaming that night. A considerable time after the screaming sounds of a man going downstairs and leaving the house was heard. This was also not an uncommon sound in the place so nobody went to check.

Annie would not end up coming down for breakfast. Between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. Annie Ellis went upstairs to check on her friend. The door was already open a crack so Annie E. went inside. What she saw was the bedding piled up on something. Seeing Annie's foot sticking out from underneath Annie E. pulled them off. 

Annie was laying on her stomach. She was partially dressed and was laying in a pool of her blood. She had a serious gash on the left side of her head above her ear and had a towel tightly tied around her mouth with the knot on the back of her head. Annie E. noted that there were bruises on the back of her legs. It was found that there was blood on the wall bed and towel. 

The alarm was raised to Mrs. Apex the landlady of the house. Mrs. Apex would send for medical help and notified the police station. Unfortunately, Annie had been dead for hours and it was believed the towel wrapped around her mouth had led to her suffocating.

Police searched for the weapon used to hit Annie, but it was not found. It's likely the wound on her head knocked her out and then the towel was tied around her mouth while she was unconscious It's unknown if he did intend to kill Annie or to silence her in case she woke up.

The room had also seemed to have been ransacked. It was found that the killer had possibly stolen a dark leather purse with a clamp and a gold ring Annie was wearing that night/morning was gone. Annies ring was described as 9-carat gold with three gems, a turquoise gem in the middle with two pearls on either side of it. 

The man last seen with Annie was around 25-years-old. He was described as being fair, with a medium height. He was wearing a black felt hat, brown cutaway coat, he seemed to have a respectable appearance.

According to Wikipedia, this murder was never solved.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

The Times 9 March 1884

The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Western Countries and South Wales Advertiser 15 March 1884

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser 22 March 1884

Murder of Jean-Marc Lavergne

 

Photo of Area Jean-Marc was found.

On November 13, 1976, 25-year-old Jean-Marc Lavergne was last seen alive leaving the Bar l'Écluse in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. His body would later be found on April 3, 1977, in the St. Maurice river under the Bernier creek Bridge in Saint-Jeane-des-Piles. It was found that his body had signs of violence and that he had been shot several times.

SOURCES:

Cold Cases

Disappearance of Sheila Fox

 

On 18 August 1944 around 4 p.m. 6-year-old Sheila Fox was seen leaving her school in Farnworth, Lancashire, England. Companions of Shiela would state that they would see the girl with a man with a bike outside of a bakery. Some accounts say she was on his upturned  handlebars others said she was walking with him. 

One witness claimed they had talked with Sheila while she was with the man. Sheila told this person that she was "going with the man". This behavior would have been strange for the shy girl if she did not initially know or was comfortable the man. 

Sheila's parents had intitally hoped that she would return home. They did not want to believe that their daughter had met with some sort of foul play and instead had gone to London to meet friends. According to neighbors later they changed their mind an aknowledged that something had happened to their daughter. 

The Man was described as being well-dressed, clean shaven male with a slim build between 25 to 30-years-old. 

In 2001 a man who was 13-years-old at the time of the disappearance came to the police and told them he suspected his neighbor had hurt Sheila. He had saw him around that time digging in his garden. The garden was dug up, but there was no evidence. It was found out the suspected neighbor had been convicted of rape in 1950 and in the 1960's child rape. The man was deseased by then and his son stated he had no knowledge of anything requiring a police search. 

Sheila is a white female and was 6-years-old at the time. She was wearing a blue flowered frock, a green coat, stockings and shoes, and pink bows in her hair. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Wikipedia

The Line-Up

Murder of Ronald “Ronnie” Gore

 In April of 1998 Ronald "Ronnie" Gore was murdered at his home on Coleman Rd. Madison County, Arkansas. He had been shot to death. A Corvette that was stolen from an Arkansas Dealership was found in the driveway. there is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Madison County Sheriff's Office