On July 31, 1901, a baby was found in Pheonix, Arizona. The baby was Hispanic. There's little information in this case.
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Saturday, July 31, 2021
Friday, July 30, 2021
Murder of Nell "Alma" Tirtschk
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By 1921 Henry, Alma's, and Viola's grandfather died and the grandmother took all parental duties. Alma was described as shy, studious, and well behaved and excelled in her studies. Her grandmother raised the two girls and was a strict disciplinarian and would restrict the girls from social activities with other students this could have been the reason why Alma was shy and didn't make friends readily. She was also described as having soft speech and a soft manner.
On the afternoon of 30 December 1921, 12-year-old Alma was sent on an errand by an aunt. She was supposed to get a package of meat from her uncle's butcher shop in Swanston St. Melbourne and deliver it to a customer on Collin's street. It wasn't supposed to take more than 15 minutes and Alma was typically fast with her errands.
When Alma didn't return her family began to worry because they knew she was reliable and responsible. She was reported missing and the family and police searched for the girl through the night. It wasn't until early the next morning that her nude body was found in Gun Alley a laneway off of Little Collins Street. The poor girl had been raped and strangled to death.
She was last seen alive between 2:30 and 3:00 p.m. at the corner of Alfred Place and Little Collin Streets close to where her body had been found. Among the men interviewed about the murder was 29-year-old Collin Ross, a saloon manager, and was seen with a girl matching Alam's description that day outside his saloon.
Collin was known by the police and had recently been acquitted in the shooting and robbery of his customers. He claimed that he had been tending the bar the whole night and had not killed the girl. He nominated several witnesses who did see him tend the bar that night. Police were convinced it was him, he was arrested on 12 Jan. 1922.
Even though police were convinced of him being the murderer family members of Alma didn't believe it to be him. Collin had, throughout the trial, claimed innocence. The trial then began on 20 Feb. John Harding who was previously found of perjury was in jail with Collin. He testified against Collin and claimed that Collin made a confession to killing the girl.
A detective noticed several strands of blonde hair on a blanket inside of Collin's home. Alma's hair was compared to the blanket's and Charles Price a trained chemist looked at the hairs and claimed they came from the same person. This helped lead to a conviction against Collin. He was sentenced to death on April 24, 1922 by hanging
In 2008 hairs that were claimed to have come from Alma were tested. It was found that those hairs did not belong to the girl and the man who claimed Collin made a jailhouse confession had been subject to perjury and it's possible he lied about the confession.Collin has been pardoned for Alma's murder. It's unknown who had actually attacked and killed the young girl.
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Murderpedia
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Murder of Brian Edmonds
At 2:40 a.m. on July 29, 2001, 16-year-old Brian Edmonds was found in the southbound lanes of State Rd 68 north of Espanola, New Mexico. He was taken to the hospital as a John Doe and was suffering from major head trauma which would kill him later that day. He would soon be identified. It was undetermined whether or not how he got injured if it was caused by a vehicle or a blow.
The night before he was found he was at a birthday party. He was seen with a small injury on his head and left the party to walk home. His residence wasn't far and where he was found was less than a mile from it.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2021
July 28, 2010 Liège, Belgium Jane Doe
She was a white female between 60 and 80-years-old. She was 5'0" with a normal build. She had grey hair. She had a 10 cm scar on the right abdomen and only 5 upper teeth. She was wearing a grey short cardigan with black checks, a green t-shirt, a white top, blue-grey 3/4 pants and mother-of-pearl leather sandals. She was wearing a gold wedding ring, a white metal watch from the brand RODANIA, a pendant, and a bracelet. She used a dark brown wooden walking stick.
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Murder of Lockey M. Mitten
On July 28, 2007, a friend of 64-year-old Lockey Mitten went to go check up on her. At 6:42 p.m. her friend would arrive at the mobile home at 214 Indiana Avenue in Williamstown, New Jersey. She was found with her throat slit.
There is a $10,000 reward for the arrest and conviction in the person or persons involved in this case.
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Inquirer July 29, 2008
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
July 27, 1992 Toronto, Ontario, Canada John Doe
On July 27, 1992, the body of a man was found in the Toronto Harbour of Lake Ontario in Toronto, Ontario. Little informaiton in this case.
He was a white male and between 20 to 40-years-old. He was 5'10" to 5'11" he's recorded as being 160 lbs, but that may be inaccurate due to decomposition. His upper right central incisor had a root canal treatment and metallic restoration at it's root end. There were several other sites of root canal treatment. He still had his appendix and was uncircumcised.
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Monday, July 26, 2021
Murder of Donna Arrasmith
No one in the vicinity saw anything unusual. It wasn't until 6 p.m. that the owner/manager of the shop found her body in the storage area of the shop.
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Sunday, July 25, 2021
Murder of Khamphosey “Kim” Louanlavon
On the morning of July 25, 2004, 32-year-old Khamphosey “Kim” Louanlavon was found dead inside her apartment on 2409 Nottingham in Fortworth, Texas, The home was located in the rear of her family's residential property. She was last seen by her family the day before. She had been shot to death.
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Saturday, July 24, 2021
Murder of Arthur "Buddy" Louis Schumacher
On July 24, 1925, around 9 a.m. 8-year-old Arthur "Buddy" Schumacher left his house in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He had left with some neighborhood boys and was last seen by them after they hopped off a freight train they'd jumped on to get a ride to a nearby swimming hole.
The boys said that a man on the train accosted and asked them where they were going. This scared the boys and they jumped out, but Buddy did not jump off with them. They then ran He jumped off on the otherside and the man also jumped off. They last saw Buddy at the train tracks with the man.
A search would be done looking for Buddy. It was initially thought by police that maybe the freight had carried him far away or that he had accidentally drowned at the river where the boys planned to go. With there being no evidence of the boy showing up people began to suspect that he had been abducted.
Buddy's body would be found 7 weeks later just a mile from his home. It was obvious that the young boy was murdered. His handkerchief was deep down his throat and he was missing some of his clothing. It's likely died the day he went missing.
There were many leads, but nothing panned out and Buddy's murder remains unsolved.
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Stevens Point Journal July 27, 1925
News-Record July 28, 1925
News-Record July 30, 1925
The Post Crescent September 14, 1925
Friday, July 23, 2021
Murder of Concepcion "Connie" Romero
On July 23, 2000, the body of 76-year-old Concepcion "Connie" Romero was found in her home she lived alone on 4440 Fletcher Ave. in Fort Worth Texas. She died from blunt force trauma.
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July 23, 1972 Beckley, West Virginia John Doe
On July 23, 1972, a man hitch-hiking was struck by a vehicle that went out of control near the Fair Deal Market in Beckley, West Virginia. Someone who had given the hitch-hiker just before the accident told them that he was raised in Chicago, Illinois and his parents are dead. At the time he was en route to Bluefield to acquire a birth certificate so he can join the military. He did not divulge his name.
John Doe was a white male between 17 to 21-years-old. He was 6'0". He had dark reddish-brown hair and sported a mustache. He was wearing blue Levi jeans, a blue and grey checkered shirt, and jungle boots.
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Thursday, July 22, 2021
Ghosts: The White Lady of Kinsale
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At the Charles Fort in the 1600's, there was an officer named Sir Trevor Ashurst. He would meet Wilful Warrender who's father was Govoner Warrender, the commander of Charles Fort. The two would have a whirlwind romance and would soon fall in love and wed. The Governor was actually happy for the young couple. The two would soon marry and on the wedding day would end in tragedy.
On the night that the two had married, they went to take a walk on the grounds of the fort. The two were to spend their wedding night at the fort. Wilful would see some flowers at the base of the battlement. Trevor was going to go get them, but an on-duty sentry offered to get them instead. Trevor would ask Wilful to wait for him in their room, and he would take the sentry's post so the flowers could be retrieved.
The sentry would not return quickly and because the groom was tired from the day's festivities he fell asleep at the post. Wilful's father went on his nightly inspections. He was known as strict and had a reputation for enforcing strict military codes. When he would stumble across a sentry, who he didn't know at the time was his son-in-law, leaning against the wall seemingly asleep. He called out to the sentry several times and when he got no answer he shot him through the heart.
This was when he realized that it was not any sentry, but his son-in-law. He would be filled with sorrow and regret. Wilful would soon after find out what her father did to her groom. She would be grief-stricken and would take her own life that night. She would jump from one of the ramparts into the icy waters below. Her father knew that he killed his son-in-law leading to his daughter's suicide. After his daughter's suicide, he would take his own life by shooting himself.
Other versions state after realizing he killed Trevor that he threw jumped the ramparts right after killing him. That Wilful found them both dead and jumped into the icy waters after losing two very important people in her life.
What is known in the tale is that three lives would tragically end on what was supposed to be a joyous day.
It is said that Wilful who is known as The White Lady of Kinsale haunts the area. She is typically seen in her wedding dress. She usually is a kind but sorrowful spirit people in and around Charles Fort are said to have seen her. In particular, she is seen by or near children as if she's keeping an eye on them. Now she did have a mean streak and was known to push soldiers mostly captains down the stairs.
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The Bocksten Man
In the 1880s a farm called Bocksten in Varberg Municipality, Sweden was created near a bog. The bog had been regularly drained and a harrow was used to gather peat by the owner Albert Johansson. A leather shoe was found in the wetland and donated to the Varberg County Museum, and later a shoe sole was also found in the bog.
On June 22, 1936, Albert's son Thur found a body while gathering peat. His harrow got caught on sackcloth. When Thur examined what he was hitting he saw parts of a skeleton. The next day Albert and Thur went and notified the police and doctor. It was then realized that the body was not recent and too old to be of investigation.
Johan Albert Sandklef, the director of Varberg County Museum, took over the body. He would invite others to help investigate the bog body that would eventually be called the Bocksten Man. They would measure and photograph the area before excavating.
The upper parts of the man passed through the harrow and were badly damaged. The lower parts stayed intact though. Though the body had been damaged his body is considered one of the best-preserved finds in Europe in that Era.
It's believed he had been hit at the lower jaw, then the right ear, and then the lethal hit was towards the back of his head. He was then pushed to where he was found and impaled with three wooden poles used for roofing to the bottom of the bog.
Bocksten Man's inner organs, parts of the lungs, liver, brain, and cartilage were preserved. It's believed that he's between 25 and 40 (more likely 35 to 40), but could be up to 60-years-old. He was 170 to 180 cm (5'7" to 5'11") tall with a slender build. His tunic was well-preserved, one of the best-preserved from that time. It was made of woollen fabric. He was wearing a gugel hood that was 90cm long and 2cm wide liripipe. He was wearing a shirt and a cloak and his legs were covered by hosiery. He had a fabric bag, foot coverings, leather shoes, a belt, a leather sheath and two knives. The sheath was 40mm wide and 62mm long, it was composed of 3 layers with a combined saltire and St. George's Cross carved on the outer layer. The inner laver had a similar pattern was carved, but with a pole added
The time he died was based on his clothing it's believed that he may have died between 1290 to 1430. His stature and items/clothing found with him makes it believed he was an upper class or a merchant. It's also suggested that he was a tax collector or soldier recruiter.
According to Albert Sandklef a local farmer, Karl Andersson, had heard of legend from when he was a child. His father was told bt two older people that a soldier recruiter was killed by local peasants. His body was put in the bog, but his ghost would haunt the area. So in order to stop it, poles were stuck into the body. Albert Sandklef asked other locals of this, but no one claimed to have heard of the story.
It's believed he had been hit at the lower jaw, then the right ear, and then the lethal hit was towards the back of his head. He was then pushed to where he was found and impaled with three wooden poles used for roofing to the bottom of the bog.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Disappearance of Ronnie Leon Brooks Sr.
On July 21, 2017, 54-year-old Ronnie Brooks Sr. was last seen leaving his residence on the 100 block of Grady Smith Rd. in Pink Hill, North Carolina. He was last seen driving a white 199 Ford F-150 pickup with the license plate EEJ2195. According to his brother Ronnie had a drug problem, but it was out of character for him to disappear and not contact friends and family.
Ronnie is an African American male and was 54-years-old at the time. He has brown hair and brown eyes. His hair was short and thinning in the front, and he may have a goatee. He has one or both ears pierced.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Murder of Jakeem Tully
At 2 a.m. on July 20, 2008, 15-year-old Jakeem Tully was walking home from his girlfriend's house in Hartford, Connecticut. He was in front of a 24 hr market on 485 Albany Ave. with a group of men. A vehicle drove by with several men inside and they shot at the group. Jakeem was shot twice in the left bicep and left chest.
A car driving by saw that Jakeem had been injured and brought him to St. Francis Hospital. The police were called at 2:10 a.m. to the hospital for the shooting. Jakeem would, unfortunately, die at 2:42.
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Monday, July 19, 2021
Disappearance of Cindy Irene King
On July 19, 1977 15-year-old Cindy King was last seen in Grants Pass, Oregon. There is little information in this case. She may go by the name Suzzane
Cindy is a white female and was 15-years-old at the time. She's 5'3" and 115 lbs. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. She has a small scar near her right temple, a tattoo near her groin, her ears are pierced, and she has long toes. She aslo has large teeth and wore a dental retainer at te time of her disappearance.
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Sunday, July 18, 2021
Murder of Serafin Maldonado
Around 1:30 a.m. July 18, 1999, Serafin Maldonado's home on 12000 block of Bone Camp Road (Northport) in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama unknown suspect entered. They would drag Serafin the his bed and then beat him to death.
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July 18, 1982 Westlake, California Jane Doe
On July 18, 1982, the partial skeletal remains were found in an open area in Westlake Village. It was estimated that she died that year.
Jane Doe's race could not be determined, but she's possibly Asian and is believed the be between 1 and 24-years-old. She was 5'0" tall. There was a rust-colored sleeping bag with red lining found with or nearby the remains.
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Saturday, July 17, 2021
Murder of Catherine and George Peacock
76-year-old George and 73-year-old Catherine Peacock lived in Danby, Vermont. On September 17, 1989, George did not show up to work and no one had seen the couple for a few days. Someone would go and check on the couple that day and find their bodies inside.
In the home, their bodies were found. Catherine's body was found in an unfurnished bedroom upstairs and George was found at the bottom of the stairs. The two had been stabbed by the same double-edged knife more than an inch wide. Robbery may have been motive by The house was secured and there was no evidence of a forced entry was discovered.SOURCES:
The Battleboro Reformber September 21, 1989
Rutland Daily Herald October 3, 1989
The Bennington Banner October 3, 1989
The Battkeboro Reformer Ocotber 4, 1989
April 28, 1879 Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Baby Jane Doe
On April 28, 1879, the body of a 2-week old infant girl was found in the Milwaukee River in Wisconsin. She was drowned. She was buried in the Milwaukee County Almshouse and Poor Farm Cemetery in Wauwatosa.
The Find a Grave states that the info was gleaned by Robert J. Felber from Milwaukee Co death records vol 13 page 363SOURCES:
Friday, July 16, 2021
Murder of Claudette Young
17-year-old Claudette Young was last seen on April 16, 1993, and was reported missing by her mother on May 5th. Her body would be found on July 16, 1993, in a wooded field near Clarkson Rd and Weston Rd in lower Richland County, South Carolina.
There is little information in this case.
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Richland County Sheriff's Department
Murder of Joseph Carl Vincent
On July 16, 1982, 49-year-old Joseph Vincent was found dead 3 miles from 1st Ave and Kratzville Rd in Evansville, Indiana. He was found to be shot multiple times. His truck was found 3 miles from where he was found.
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Thursday, July 15, 2021
Murder of Thomas Carbine
On July 14, 1982, 27-year-old Thomas Carbine got off of a plane from Dillingham, Alaska to Kodiak, Alaska. In Dillingham, he was working as a fisherman, and the boat he was working was broke down. It's possible he went to Kodiak to look for work while the boat was being repaired.
That evening he would go to the Beachcomber bar. He was buying rounds of drinks up until 3:30 a.m. the next morning. He would be seen leaving the bar. Someone may have followed him out of the bar to rob him. He would be found 10 minutes later laying between two cars, he had been stabbed to death and his wallet, identification, and money were missing.
His case remains unsolved.
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Alaska Bureau of Public Saftey
KMXT July 19, 2010
KMXT July 22, 2010
Sit News August 21, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Disappearance of Stephanie Agnew Grant
On Feb. 14, 1990, 37-year-old Stephanie Grant was last seen in Oakland California. Stephanie also went by; Barbara Nancy Wood, Paula Anne Anderson, Stephanie Lynn Agnew, Connie Channing, and Stephanie Fernandez. There is little information in this case.
Stephanie is a white female and was 37-years-old at the time. She is 5'3" and 110 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. . Her ears are pierced, and she has a scar on her abdomen and a tattoo that was removed from her upper right arm. She has a tattoo of the word Gemini on her upper left shoulder and a tattoo of the name Danny on the inside of her left ankle.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
May 13, 1937 McNairy County, Tennessee
On May 13, 1937, the body of an elderly man around 70 was found on the railroad tracks about 10 miles north of Selmer, Tennessee. His cause of death was unknown.
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Monday, July 12, 2021
Murder of Dolores Martinez
On July 12, 1853, Dolores Martinez was shot to death by an unknown person in Sonoratown near zanja, in California.
There is little information in this case.
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Criminal Justice Research Center (Excel Document)
Lost Film: Ann and Harold (First Television Series)
Ann and Harold is a radio play written by Louis Goodrich. It was about a love story between a London couple. It has six scenes and was broadcasted on March 5, 1932. It starts with their meeting and ends with their wedding. The radio play became widely popular it even got a sequel called More About Ann and Harold. In 1938 BBC would decide to pick it up and create the first television series having Louis Goodrich write the series. This would be the first televised series, and Ann and Harold even had their own theme song one of the firsts for television.
Ann Tod would Portray Ann Teviot and Wiliam Hutchison playing Harold Warden, and Louis Goodrich would also appear in the show as he was also an actor. From July 12th to August 9th there were five episodes each ranging from 15 to 20 minutes. There was supposed to be 6 but Ann Tod got a part in a West End play and was granted permission to leave the show early. So instead of ending at the wedding, it ended at the Lord's Cricket Ground.
Unfortunately, the show was filmed live and thus there was no recording of it. So those who watched it when it was aired, are the only ones who ever got to see the T.V. series.
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Television HeavenSunday, July 11, 2021
July 11, 1948 Corinne, Utah Baby Jane Doe
On July 11, 1948, the body of a baby girl was found in Bear River about 350 yards South and East of the Steel Bridge in Corinne, Utah. The body was found laying on the edge of the banks in the water. It's believed that she had been dead for at least a week or 10 days.
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Saturday, July 10, 2021
Disappearance of Opal Beatrice Fulks
In 1931/1932 22-year-old Opal Fulks was last seen in Monticello, Indiana. She was last documented at her daughter's birth on March 4, 1931. In 1939 according to newspapers, Opal's husband was divorcing her because they separated in 1932 and she abandoned her children.
Opal is a white female and was 22-years-old at the time. She 5'0" to 5'10" and 100 to 180 lbs.
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Friday, July 9, 2021
Murder of Lenore Cohn and Charles Murray
On March 19, 1915, little 5-year-old Lenore Cohen was seen in the Tenement building she lived on 3rd Ave. in Manhattan, New York by a neighbor. She smiled and showed the milk and candy she had. Her Aunt Mrs. Eckers asked the young girl to go on an errand to get milk for her. Leonore was excited as a penny was usually a reward.
Ms. Augusta Johnson lived on the second floor. She heard a small cry outside her door 15 minutes after the other neighbor saw her. She opened the door and saw nothing, but stumbled over Leonore when she stepped out the door. The murderer probably heard Augusta's screams as it had aroused everyone in the Tenement. Leonore was still alive at this point. and was carried up to the third floor where her aunt lived. Her cousin tried to resuscitate her as she was foaming from the mouth, but she did not survive.
She had been hacked at with a knife. She had also been "criminally assaulted" possibly meaning molested. A later article states that her clothes were unbuttoned. There were finger marks on her throat. There were two sets of stairs in the building and Leonore didn't typically use the ones she was found on. Police believed that the murderer forced her to the area she was found. There was a cord found with grey hairs and is unknown if it was a part of the case.
It was brought to the police's attention that girls on 3rd Avenue have been harassed by an oldish guy who offered to buy them candy if they go with them.
Less than two months later on the night of May 3, 1915, 4-year-old Charles Murray was playing in behind the Tenement building he lived in on First Ave. in the East side of Manhattan, in New York. He was last seen alive 20 minutes before he was discovered. His 6-year-old sister walked into the hallway and saw a "foreign man" leaving it in a hurry. Shortly after she found her brother.
There are two gruesome crime scene photos. I will not post it as it shows the boy's intestines, but it's obvious whoever murdered him gutted him. It's described that the perpetrator hacked at the boy. His clothes were left unscathed from knife marks as the perpetrator unbuttoned his shirt before killing him. Just like the murderer of Lenora had. One article notes that a piece of the body was taken.
Several letters were sent to the mother of Leonore. The writer claimed to be the killer and boasted of his crimes stating the Eckard's (relatives of theirs) knew of the murders. The letters were signed with H.B. Richmond, Jack the Ripper. It was later found that a man named Edward Richmond had written the letters and was likely not the perpetrator.
A letter was also sent to Mrs. Murray, but it seems to have been written by a different person. This letter claimed they were going to continue their crimes.
There were several suspects, but none of them were convicted of the crime.
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There were several suspects, but none of them were convicted of the crime.
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New York Tribune March 20 1915
Chronicling America March 20, 1915
The Brooklyn Citizen March 21, 1915
Buffalo Courier March 22, 1915
New York Tribune March 20, 1915
Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record May 7, 1915
Evening Public Ledger May 6, 1915
The Washington Post May 9, 1915
Daily News May 16, 1915
Buffalo Courier March 22, 1915
New York Tribune March 20, 1915
Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record May 7, 1915
Evening Public Ledger May 6, 1915
The Washington Post May 9, 1915
Daily News May 16, 1915
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Unknown Artists: Master of the Weibermacht
In the 1450's and 1460's there was a German engraver active in the Lower Rhine area. Their name is unknown now, but they are known as The Master of Weibermacht (sometimes Master of 1462). His name derives from his large-format engraving of an original interpretation of the common theme of Weibermacht (Power of Women). There are other engravings depicting both religious and secular subjects these engravings have been credited to other artists at one time or another though.
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Zeno (Has a large list of art attributed to Master of Weibermacht)
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
July 7, 1914 St. Maries, Idaho John Doe
On July 7, 1914, a man was shot in the leg in St. Maries, Idaho, and die. There's little information in this case and it's not stated if he was intentionally shot or if the person who shot him was known. It's just known that his identity was never discovered.
He was a white male around 40-years-old.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
1933, Cheyenne County, Colorado John Doe
In 1933 an unidentified man was found in Cheyenne County, Colorado. He was buried at the Fairview Cemetary in Cheyenne Wells. There is little information on this case.
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Monday, July 5, 2021
Disappearance of Richard Edward Strehle
On July 5, 1973, 26-year-old Richard Strehle was last seen by his landlady's husband near his studio apartment in the 1200 block of Judith Lane in South Lake Tahoe, California. He did not seem to take anything with him as he left behind his belongings and 3 of his vehicles.He was described as quiet, reliable, and a responsible employee. At the time though he was mildly depressed because his girlfriend moved to Colorado. But his disappearance was out of place.
In 1973 Richard was working as a realtor with Maloney Realty. He purchased a fixer-upper home on Zuni Lane shortly before his disappearance.
Richard is a white male and was 26-years-old at the time. He's 6'2" and 170 lbs. He has brown hair and hazel eyes.
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July 5, 1938 Albert Lea, Minnesota John Doe
On July 5, 1938, a custodian of the Freeborn County Courthouse in Albert Lea, Minnesota found a man hanging in the clock tower of the building. He had unfortunately committed suicide and wasn't identified.
He was a white male between 30 to 35-years-old. He was 5'7" and had long brown hair with a reddish tinge. He was wearing black oxford shoes, and a high-quality double-breasted grey suit with a light pinstripe, an almost new black raincoat. All laundry marks and manufacturer's labels on his clothing had been removed including his eyeglass case.
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The Minneapolis Star July 5, 1938
The Minneapolis Star July 12, 1938
Sunday, July 4, 2021
Disappearance of Bruno Gualazzi
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Saturday, July 3, 2021
Murder of Harry Ecklind Blochman
Harry Ecklind was born on May 12, 1888, to Swedish parents in Santa Maria, California. His father, a musician, would die as when he infant and a few years later his mother would join him. Knowing her son would become an orphan, before her death, his mother would come in contact with the Blochmans. The childless couple would take in the boy and treat him as if their own.
Lazar and Ida Bolchman were known as charitable people. They would take homless and less unfortanate people in. Lazar was both a businessman and columnist for the Santa Maria Times where he would write about economic and sociological issues.Ida was the vice president of the Santa Maria Union high School, and a member of the Board of Education of Santa Barbra County. She also was a a high regarded Botonist in Santa Barbra County.
Harry's name would be changed to Harry Ecklind Blochman was known as a happy, handsome and smart child. He seemed to inherit some of his father's artistic abilities and the Bolchmans wanted to nurture those talents.
On the night of July 3, 1901 Harry stayed out late that night. At 8:30 he was seen heading home, and at 9 he was seen talking to two men a block away from home. The two men seemed to have been threshers and one of them seemed to be drunk and this was the last time anyone saw Harry alive.
While the town celebrated the 4th the Bolchmans worried about their young son. The same night he went missing the Strong boys reported that their horse and buggy had been stolen from in front of Haslam's store around 9:30 pm. It was found in Guadalupe the next day with the horse exhausted.
Police suspected that Harry may have been abducted. The police kept asked about the trains leaving the Guadalupe area. Police found out that a man had been on a train about 11:30 he pretended to be asleep and his his face. When the conductor asked for a ticket he didn't have a ticket, but did pay to go San Luis Obsipo. This led nowhere though.
On July 6th around 7 p.m. two children were playing in their back yard. They noticed something a bean field not far from the Bolchman's home. They would stumble upon Harry's body about 1/8 of a miled from the road. The children's father notified the Blochman's before the police.
He was greatly decomposed and there was a struggle in the bean field. There were 9 knife wounds 4 of which could have caused his death. Two in the brain and two in the heart. It appeared that he tried to crawl towards his home before he died.
A man named William Kelso was believed to be the one who was seen speaking to Harry the night he died. Police would bring in a man named Kinkaid and arrested him as an accomplice. He allegedly knew that Kelso was the one that stole the horse and buggy that night, but he was released.
William would be found in Templton under the name Jackson working on a ranch. Sheriff Ivans would come up and arrest him. He would take him by train back to Santa Maria, but because there was rumors of a lynching he had William hide behind several large trunks in the baggage compartment. There was no lynch mob waiting for them.William would be charged and would go to trial for the murder. On October 9, 1901 William would be found not guilty of the murder. It only took the jury less than 45 minutes which was unexpected as many believed that it would take longer.
There were no other suspects in the case. It's unknown if William Kelso had done the crime and if not the real culprit will remain unknown.
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The Fresno Morning Republic July 7, 1901
San Fransisco Chronicle July 8, 1901
Santa Maria Times July 13, 1901
San Fransisco Chronicle October 10, 1901
Hanford Kings County Sentinel October 17, 1901
Santa Maria Times November 21, 2010
Santa Maria Times November 9, 2014
Friday, July 2, 2021
Jan 14, 1953 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Babes in the Woods
On Jan. 14, 1953, the bodies of two young boys (initially believed to be a boy and a girl) were found in a brush-filled area of Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. They were covered by what looked like a woman's rain cape. They were laying in a straight line with their feet almost close together and heads in opposite directions. They could have been dead for up to the fall of 1947.
There was a hatchet found at the scene. Both boys had wounds to their heads. One of the victim's skull had a wound in the back of the head that the hatchet fit perfectly. The other skull was fractured by what may have been the hammer of the hatchet. It's believed that the killer was the mother.
It's believed that the body of Boy A was laid down first where they were found. He was faced down in a shallow depression. Boy B was then placed down where he was found and it's believed that the killer (a woman) lost her shoe underneath his left shoulder and between a log. Before she left she covered the boys in her coat and in a panic left her shoe where she lost it.
The boys weren't identified. It wasn't until a DNA test in 90's that Boy b was found to be a boy instead of a girl.
There was a possible lead to identifying the children. In 1949 or 1950 a man working in a logging camp, and his companion picked up a woman and two children. During the ride, she told them that she had been in trouble with Mission Police for vagrancy charges. They learned that one or both children at some time attended Cedar Valley School and she lived on Cherry St. in Mission B.C. It's possible that the men mistook "Vag C" instead of vagrancy which was the code for prostitution at the time.
The woman was described as having red hair. The two boys were around 6 or 7 years old with one of them wearing an aviator flying helmet. The lead managed the find the family name of Grant, but this lead was exhausted after speaking to family members.
There was a report a few years before the bodies being found of an adult male and female walking in the woods with two young boys. One of the boys was carrying a hatchet. Later that day the couple was seen again this time without the boys and the woman was without one of her shoes.
Police don't believe that they'll catch the person who murdered these young children. It's likely that the killer would be deceased by now anyway. They just want to give the children back their names.
Boy A is a white male between 7 and 10 years old. He was described as having a sturdy build. He had many cavities. Clothing deteriorated. He was wearing brown oxfords with white crepe rubber soles, a belt and a leather aviation helmet with goggles, and a zipper jacket or sweater (one article states it's a red Fraser Tartan Jacket).
Boy B is a white male and was between 7 and 10-years-old. He was described as having a slender build. He had more cavities than his brother. He was wearing identical brown oxfords with white crepe rubber soles, but 1/2 an inch longer, a belt, a zipper jacket or sweater, an aviator helmet with goggles, and the underwear he was wearing was deteriorated but believed to be too big as a safety pin was used in the elastic to keep them up.
The hatchet at the scene was typically used by shinglers and lathers. It was rusty and the handle was broken into two by the time it was found.
The coat was a cheap dark brown (dyed rabbit) with leg-of-mutton shoulders that were popular in 1943. The coat is a size 16 and is 40 inches long. The lining material of the coat indicated it had been worn for 2 or 3 years. The woman's show was a moccasin style size 5 1/2 with crepe soles with a light grey plastic quarter lining and a red plastic quarter binding.
There was a light blue with white trim children's lunch box by the bodies. It isn't stated if there was anything inside the lunchbox when the children died.
There is no mention of a bracelet that I could find, but one article has a picture of a piece of a child's bracelet with a button from the coat.
SOURCES:
Doe Network Boy A
Doe Network Boy B
The Vancouver Sun Jan 19, 1953
The Vancouver Sun April 15, 1953
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