Murder of Sheri R. Herr

 

On October 13, 1989, 18-year-old Sheri Herr was alone at her home in Warren, Indiana. Her parents had left the home around 8:30 a.m. to go to work. When her father got back to the home around 4:30 p.m. he would find Sheri dead in her bedroom. 

Sheri had been beaten about the head with several objects and stabbed in the throat. It's not believed that the crime was sexually motivated. Her cause of death was from the beating and not her stab wound to the throat. 

SOURCES:

Indiana State Police

Find a Grave

The Star Press October 15, 1989

Indianapolis Star October 16, 1989

The Star Press October 20, 1989

Disappearance of Lonnie George Lemon

 

On May 30, 1993, 47-year-old Lonnie Lemon was last seen in Pocatello, Idaho. He was last seen in the mountainous area, and he was considered paranoid around this time. 

Lonnie is a white male and was 47-years-old at the time. He 6 ft and 185 lbs. he has brown hair and blue eyes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Murder of Gary "Pop-Pop" Cooley and Regina Keck

 

On April 29, 2014, an employee of 57-year-old Gary Cooley walked past his home on 4100 Alma Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee. They saw the front door was open and grew suspicious because it wasn't like Gary to do that and when Gary didn't show up a friend was sent to the house. The door was still open and nside they would find bodies of Gary Cooley and 46-year-old Regina Keck. 

Regina and Gary were friends and would visit him often. The Afternoon before Gary had thrown a party and Regina stayed afterward. It's believed that someone would force their way into the home and shoot and kill both victims. 

SOURCES:

Knoxville, Tennessee

East Knox

Knox News

May 28, 1983 Los Angeles, California Jane Doe

 On May 28, 1983, a worker laying piping for a sprinkler system in Los Angeles, California found the body of a woman beneath some bushes on 10900 Cottonwood Avenue. The resident of the property noted that the foul smell started around 10 days earlier. She had been found nude and had been shot to death.

Jane Doe is a black female and was between30 to 50-years-old. She had black hair. She was 5'6" and 95 to 145 lbs. She had a yellow metal earring and purple nail polish. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Los Angeles Medical Examiner-Coroner

Murder of Miles Vallint

On August 27, 1959, 11-year-old Miles Vallint was excited to pick out a bike for his birthday next month. At 1:30pm he left his home in South Norwood, south-east London, England to Croydon to look at bikes. His mother told him to be home by 4:30 pm. 

He would not return home again. Miles was very good at meeting curfew and when he didn't return home his mother worried for him. The next morning would come and she would go looking for her son. She frantically went to the bicycle shops asking if anyone saw him. Only one person told her that they saw him around 2:30 for leaflets.  

What she didn't know at the time was that Miles's body was found under a chestnut tree behind a 3ft fence on Tavistock Rd. The boy had been strangled to death. It was believed he died between 6 to 10 pm and was strangled to death with a rope. There was no evidence of a sexual assault.

A shopkeeper in Croydon may have been the last person to see him alive the day before. He came in around 4 pm to buy a plastic clothesline. In the doorway waiting for the boy to purchase his item was a man.

The man was described as the vagrant type. He was pale and gaunt with a fair complexion. He was between 35 to 40-years-old. He was drab-looking and was wearing a dirty fawn raincoat. 

SOURCES:

Unsolved Murders UK

True Crime Library

The National Archives

Evening Standard August 28, 1959

Evening Standard August 28, 1959

Evening Standard September 8, 1959

Murder of Anthoine Harrison

On May 26 1990 at 7:30 P.M. 18-year-old Anthoine Harrison was found in the front seat of his blue Chevrolet, Chevette hatchback at the dead-end of Raleigh St. in Charlotte, North Carolina. He had been shot to death. Robbery doesn't seem to be motive.

SOURCES:

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department 

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department  PDF

Murder of Maurice Giguere

On February 22, 1991, 30-year-old Maurice Giguere was last seen leaving a party that was across the street from his home on Clairmoor Drive in Nashua, New Hampshire. His roommate would report him missing on March 3. His body wouldn't be found until May 2nd in the Androscoggin River in Dummer. He had been shot to death.

SOURCES:

New Hampshire Department of Justice

Find a Grave

May 24, 1893 Hampton, Minnesota Unknown Man

 On May 24, 1893, the body of a man was found in a building in Hampton, Minnesota. It was believed that he was a tram that went into the building for shelter but ended up dying from exposure inside. He was buried in the Potters Field of Lakeside Cemetary in Hastings, Minnesota. 

SOURCES:

Find A Grave

Murder of TaDaryl D. Goins "P-Nut" Hawkins

 

On May 23, 2011, 33/34-year-old TaDaryl Hawkins was found lying on the edge of a parking lot on 1147 W. New Street in Knoxville, Tennessee. He had been found alive suffering from gunshot wounds and was taken to the hospital. He would die the next day during surgery. 

 SOURCES:

Knoxville Tennessee

Find a Grave

Dead Death

Murder of Angela Belisle

On Jan. 3, 1981, 35-year-old Angela Belisle's body was found in her driveway at 62 Brooks Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Someone walking by the home saw her body underneath the frozen snow. It was initially believed she had gotten out of her car and slipped in the snow and hit her head, possibly freezing to death. But that was proven false as they uncovered the snow on her and found that she had been shot to death. 

Evidence shows that her killer waited for her hiding beside the garage. The person would move to their position and shoot Angela in the head. It seemed that the crime was perpetrated by someone who knew Angela or at least knew her schedule it was planned. Nothing was stolen and there was no contact between the killer and victim. If the gun was found the bullet would match.

Angela is a mother of three and a teacher. She and her ex had recently divorced. That night she met her ex at the parking lot of UVM and dropped off the children to spend the night at their Dads. She would then go to the grocery store and then home. 

SOURCES:

Vermont State Police

My Champlain Valley

February 1915 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Unknown Girl

In February 1915 a body (believed to be a teenage girl) was found in the basement of a home on 133 s 14th st, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A plumber was going to lay a sewer in the basement and the skeletal remains were found underneath the stairs from the outside access. The stairs had to be removed in order to get to the body. so the killer would have removed them also. The grave was shallow and was 2 by 3 ft. This would mean the girl was doubled up or her remains dismembered. The skull seemed to have evidence of an injury with a sharp object like a hatchet. Her remains had been burned and quicklime was poured on the body. It's believed she could be dead for around 10 to 15 years. 

Jane Doe was a teenage girl around 16-year-old. She had chestnut brown hair. a piece of cloth was found with the body and it's thought of being similar to the end of an apron string possibly made out of white muslin.  

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Harrisburg Telegraph Feb 13, 1915

Harrisburg Daily Independent Feb 13, 1915

May 21, 1974 Little Rock, Arkansas John Doe

On May 21, 1974, the body of a man was found floating in the Arkansas River at Terry Dam #6 in Little Rock, Arkansas. It's not stated his cause of death or it's believed to be accidental or not. He had died sometime in 1974 and was not recognizable. 

He was a black male and was between 40 to 60-years-old. He's 6'5". He has a mole on the left side of his chin. He was wearing size 34 Jockey shorts from JC Penny's. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

May 19, 2004 Yavapai County, Arizona John Doe

On May 19, 2004, the charred remains of a man were found Williamson Valley Road, 11 miles south of I-40 near Seligman, Arizona. He had been dead for 3 to 5 days prior and his cause of death is unstated.

He was a white male between 30 to 40-years-old. He was 6'4" and 200 lbs. He was wearing blue Wrangler jeans size 36x36, a 4" round Marlboro belt buckle, blue Hanes underwear, white socks, and black Great Western cowboy boots around size 8-9.

SOURCES:

NamUs

DoeNetwork

Unidentified Wiki

Murder of Geneviève Beaulieu

On May 19, 2006, around 5:30 p.m. 31-year-old Geneviève Beaulieu was found dead in her home in Saint-Christophe d’Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada. She had been shot to death. 

SOURCES:

Cold Cases

May 19, 1985 Westport Connecticut

On May 19, 1985, the body of a woman was found burning in a pile of tires off the westbound shoulder of I-95, near Sasco Creek overpass in Westport, Connecticut. Her hands and feet had been removed and were never found. It was estimated that she had been dead for around an hour. 

Jane doe was a black female and was 30 to 40-years-old. She was 5'0" and 110 lbs. She had black kinky/curly hair. She was wearing a wool wrap-around sweater, Russler brand blue jeans, a bra with two safety pins as clasps. She may have been a smoker as she had Salem cigarettes in her sweater pocket. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Murder of Donna Denise Baker

 On May 18, 1979, 21-year-old Donna Baker was found in a vacant lot near Morocco and Heritage in San Antonio, Texas. She had been shot in the back and her car was found a short distance from her. Her keys and purse were still in the car. At the time Donna was working at a computer firm and living in an apartment. 

SOURCES:

Unsolved Crimes

City of San Antonio 

KSAT

Murder of Karen Rena "Peaches" Hawkins

 

On May 17, 1968, Karen "Peaches" Hawkins disappeared from her home on the 2400 block of 18th Sr, NW in Washington, D.C. She would be found murdered a few days later in the basement of 2526 17th St. NW. 

There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Metropolitan Police Department

Murder of Joseph V. Furando

In May of 1979 39-year-old Joseph Furando went on a business trip to New Hampshire from his home in Gilford, Connecticut. He was last seen in Newton, Massachusetts. On May 16th he had reservations at the Holiday Inn in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On May 17th he would be found on Brewer Rd in Kensington, New Hampshire. He was found lying 20 feet from his vehicle. His death was caused by being shot in the head. 

SOURCES:

New Hampshire Department of Justice

Disappearance of Boleslaw Nowak

In 1967 21-year-old Boleslaw Nowak lived in the worker's hostel and his little brother lived at the Coal Miner's House nearby in Knorow, Poland. He worked in the coal mines of Slask, his most recent job was at a coal mine in Knorow Szczakow. He was also serving his military service. 

On the night of May 16, 1967, Boleslaw came to see his younger brother. He had been beaten up and claimed that the ORMO forces. His brother advised him to see the head coal moner on the night shift and ask him for work in the baths. 

After this, he was never seen again. He didn't show up to work, or the hotel, or have been employed in the territory of Slask.

Boleslaw is a white male and was 21-years-old at the time.He has dark hair. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Ktokolwiek Widział

Murder of Joseph J. Kelly

 

On May 16 1975 at 12:05 a.m. police received a call of shots fired in the 200 block of 10th street in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the scene, the victim was 20-year-old Joseph Kelly suffering from a gunshot wound. He would be transferred to Virginia Beach General Hospital where he would die.

There was a yellow 1972 or 1973 model Chevrolet with white walls was seen in the area. It's believed that two black males were occupying the vehicle. They may have information about this case. At the time Joseph was in the U.S. Navy stationed at Dam Neck Naval Base. A motive could not be found in this case.

SOURCES:

The City of Virginia Beach

Murder of Joseph Davis

 On May 15, 1976, 65-year-old Joseph Davis and his wife Adel 70-years-old were home at the house on Cushman Place in Bay Park, San Diego, California. That night someone knocked on the door and Joseph answered on the other side was an unknown intruder with a gun. 

The couple would be tied up and the intruder would ransack the house and fled with the couple's car. The couple would be left tied up and could not free themselves. Their housekeeper would find them on Wednesday. They would not have had water or food for days and as Joseph was diabetic it would lead to his death. Adel would survive. 

The car would be abandoned at an apartment complex a few days later. The suspect was a white male between 25 and 35-years-old. He was around 6' and around 200lbs. He had dark hair, a heavy beard, and long scraggly hair. 

Joseph was a self-employed swap meet buyer and seller. He typically carried large amounts of cash on himself and sometimes used a money belt. It's possible that the killer could have known or met Joseph at a swap meet. 

SOURCES:

City of San Diego

October 26, 1856 Stockton, California Antoine

 On October 24, 1856, a man around 36-years-old named Antoine was admitted to Ward No 2. to Stockton State Hospital in Stockton, California. He would die 2 days later on the 26th from Epilepsy. There is little information in this case. He was described as being an "idiot" and was French.  He was also a Charity Patient. 

SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki

Find a Grave

13 May 2006 Seaham, England, John Doe

 

On 13 May 2006, a man was walking his dog near the northeastern coastal town of Seaham, England. The body was found on the seashore among the rocks. He had been dead for weeks. 

The man was a man between 40 to 60-years-old. He was 173 to 183cm with a medium build. Isotope analysis was done in this case and it was found he had lived in Northern Europe. His feet were size 11, he suffered from heart disease, he had three fractured ribs (unknown if before or after death) and was missing several lower back teeth on both sides and it would have been noticeable when he talked. 

John Doe was wearing dark grey socks with Oblong gripper type thread on the underside, (much like a slipper type with rubber on the bottom), 1x Camper brand brown ankle boots with leather uppers, and cream rubber sole.

SOURCES:

Doe Network

National Crime Agency

May 1912 Providence County, Rhode Island Jane Doe

  In May of 1912, the body of a woman was found in the Blackstone River in Providence County, Rhode Island. Her arms and legs were bound and her head was missing. There is little information on this case. 

She was buried in Edgehill Cemetary. The Cemetary is now abandoned and there are no grave markers.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki

March 5, 1777 Hessen, Germany Jane Doe

On 5 March 1777, the body of a woman was found near a resting area in the woods near Burgwald, Hessen, Germany after the snow had faded away. It was believed that she had died several months from the cold. She was wearing a brown camisole, a headband with a veil attached, and men's shoes. She had 4 dollars and a piece of bread, but there was nothing to identify her on her person. 

She would be buried the next day in the churchyard in Oberrosphe,Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany.  

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Murder of Silene Eaddy

 

On April 15, 2004, around 7 to 7:30 p.m.15-year-old Silene Eaddy left her home in Hopkins, South Carolina. She was supposed to walk around the corner to the neighbors home. It was unknown where she went and what she was doing.

Fire Fighters would respond to a brush fire at a wooded area at the intersection of Pincushion and Montgomery Roads on April 17th. They would discover a girl lying face down who had been set on fire. It had been Silene. She had been beaten and her lungs had soot in them leading them to believe she was still alive when she was set on fire. Investigators believe that she knew the person or persons who killed her. It's believed that she was set on fire to destroy evidence.

She was described as a "sweet, but lost child" and seemed to have changed after her foster father died. Friends would look for advice from her. She wanted to find her biological mom and didn't feel she fit in. She had run away several times from home. She was starting to hang around the wrong people.

SOURCES:

Richland County Sheriff's Department

The State

WIS News 10

Murder of Laymond Lee Drummond

On May 8, 2000, at 1 p.m. the body of 50-year-old Laymond Drummond was found in his truck in the parking lot of the nightclub Ma & Me in Greer, South Carolina. Someone had shot Laymond in the head in the vehicle. The shooting had to of happened between 9 a.m. and 1p.m. as he was seen by his family that morning. 

SOURCES:

Spartanburg Sheriff

Greenville News May 9, 2000

Murder of Dr. Tsunao Saitoh and his daughter Loullie

On May 8, 1996, 46-year-old Dr. Tsunao Saitoh and his 13-year-old daughter Loullie returned to their home in San Diego, California around 11 p.m. from the research lab a UCSD where Tsunao was a well-respected research neuroscientist. When their car pulled up to the front of their house unknown person or persons ambushed the two in the driveway. Tsunao was killed and slumped over in the car and Loullie had run a short distance away before being shot and killed. Neighbors heard the gunshots and passers-by found the bodies a short time after the shooting. 

The gun used was a .380 caliber as casings for one was found in the driveway and the street where the shots were fired. A ballistics analysis found the weapon to be a Grendel P-12 .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol. It was a gun manufactured in limited quantities. The weapon was not found. 

The motive for this killing is unknown. 

SOURCES:

City of San Diego

Murder of Anthony Wood

On May 7, 2003, around 1:48 a.m. police responded to a call on 3400 block of North Marshall St. in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. 18-year-old Anthony wood would be found lying on his stomach suffering from a stab wound to his chest. He would be taken to the hospital, but would, unfortunately, die later that morning. Anthony had been stabbed during a robbery and investigations indicated that two black males were seen leaving the scene in a black Cherokee Jeep.

SOURCES:

Philadelphia Police Department

May 6, 2016 Thurmont, Maryland John Doe

On May 6, 2016, the skeletal remains of a young man were found by a mushroom hunter in a wooded area near Cunningham Falls State Park in Thurmont, Maryland. He could have died up to 2 years before his body was found. His cause of death is unknown. 

It's believed he was between 16 to 19-years-old and was either a black or Hispanic male or biracial. He's 5'3" to 5'9". There was a shirt found at the scene, but it's unknown if it is his. The shirt is a "George" brand and was a charcoal grey plaid men's shirt size small with 34/36 short sleeve. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

NamUs

Missing and Exploited Children

NBC Washington

September 5, 1922 Kearney, Missouri John Doe

 On September 5, 1922, a man had robbed a post office in Kearney Missouri. He had been shot by the city marshall Frank Milbourn. his identity is unknown and he had broken into several buildings in town. 

He was a white male and was around 20-years-old. His hat had an Iowa town mark and a picture of a woman and child photographed in Clinton, Illinois. 

SOURCES:

Unidentified Wikipedia

Find a Grave

Missouri Digital Heritage: Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1970

1952 Gillespie County, Texas John Doe

 

In 1952 a body was found at Williams Creek, Texas. He was laid to rest with Christian ceremonies on April 10, 2007. John Doe was a young man. There is little information in this case.  

SOURCES:

Find A Grave

Unidentified Wiki

Murder of Yakov V. German

On August 10, 2003, 36-year-old Russian immigrant Yakov German was last seen in Vancouver, Washington. At the time he was working construction. His body would be found on May 3, 2004, buried in the woods in Cowlitz County. The autopsy would find that he had been stabbed to death. It isn't stated whether they believe that he had been dead since August.

SOURCES:

City of Vancouver

Murder of Brian MacAlister

Around 6:50 a.m. on May 02, 1987, 30-year-old Brian MacAlister was shot in the front seat of his car which was parked at Billy's Lounge 48 Millbury St. in Worcester, Massachusetts. He had been shot in the head.

SOURCES:

City of Worcester

The Boston Globe May 3, 1987

May 2, 1921 St. Johns County, Florida John Doe

On May 2, 1921, in St. Augustine, Florida a man was killed in an automobile accident and pronounced dead at 5 a.m. at the hospital. He was a white male around 38-years-old. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified

May 1, 1921 St. Johns County, Florida John Doe

On May 1, 1921, a man was shot by an Ernest Reid(possibly Rild) in self-defense in Hastings, Florida. He was a black male around 35-years-old. There is little information in this case and is unstated why John Doe was shot in self-defense. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki