On September 30, 1977, 34-year-old Carolyn Holloway was last seen in Richardson, Texas. Foul play is suspected in her case and is believed she was taken against her will.
Carolyn is a white female and was 34-years-old at the time. She is 5'6" and 120 lbs. She has blonde hair and grey eyes.
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At 9:30 p.m. on September 30, 2011, 26-year-old William Green and a friend were in a small white vehicle parked in front of Building 12 on Dorthy Drive in McDougald Terrace in Durham, North Carolina. Several males would approach the vehicle and shoot. William was injured and drove to a parking lot near the North Carolina Central University for help. He would, unfortunately, die the next morning at the hospital.
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Around 12:30 a.m. on September 30, 1955, a fight would break out at the Trocadero Dance Hall on 10151 103 St. in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The fight was consensual between 24-year-old Robert Geibelhaus and an unidentified man. The man would hit Robert in the jaw and knock him out, and Robert's head would strike the sidewalk. The man and his two friends would flee.
Robert would not regain consciousness and would die 10 hours later of a brain hemorrhage. The man and his two friends were never identified.
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A witness came forward stating when they were a child, around 6-years-old, witnessed the murder of a man named Roy. He had been beaten to death with a fire poker and buried in a wooded area behind the witness's home in one of 6 states they lived in.
Roy was a white male. He was a caretaker of a farm for an older white woman possibly named Quincey. He would have died between 1975 to 1979. It could have happened in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas.
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On September 28, 1764, Frances Ruscombe and her maid Mary (Champness) Sweet were brutally murdered in Frances's home on Green College in Bristol, England. The murders were described and being barbarous and brutal.
The murder was done during the day while people were passing and repassing the door. The home was within a few yards of the cathedral and during divine service. Even though the area was busy that day there was no clue who brutally murdered the two women.
It would eventually be demolished in 1860. The house stood what is now part of the Royal Marriot Hotel.
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Twitter @WeirdBristol
Unsolved Murders UK Frances Ruscombe
Unsolved Murders UK Mary Sweet
The Popular History of Bristol by George Pryce page 569
The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 33 page 537
On September 27, 1992, Regina Canzater was found in a ditch along the railroad tracks on West Beltine Blvd in Columbia, South Carolina. She had been strangled to death. Regina would walk on the path where she was found constantly to get to and from her home to her daughter's home at the Colony Apartments from her home at the Jagers Terrace Apartments.
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Richland County Sheriff's Office
On September 26, 1985, the body of a teen was found in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California. He had died sometime that year. His head, torso, one or more limbs, and one or more hands were not recovered.
He was around 5'7" and believed to be around 15 to 17-years-old.
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On September 25, 2003, at 2:30 a.m. there was a knock on 19-year-old Michael Snapp's apartment on the 4600 block of Downeast Court in the North Beach apartment complex in Virginia Beach. He would answer the door. He would try to close the door on his killer and be shot in the chest. When police arrived they found Michael lying inside the door of the apartment. He would die there and his body would be transported to the State Medical Examiner's Office.
At the time Michael was a student and baseball player at Virginia Wesleyan College. His 20th birthday was just 3 days away. He grew up in Newport News and graduated from Woodside High School in 2002.
On September 25, 1967, 59-year-old went to eat at the cafe attached to Claude's Shell Station in Sartell, Minnesota at 4 a.m. This would be the last time anyone saw him. He was driving a metallic blue four-door 1963 Buick Electra with the Minnesota license plate number 6DU516 and serial number 8J4036010. It's unknown if his vehicle was recovered.
Roy was a widower and his loved one stated he was happy with his life. They don't believe he would have disappeared on his own. He owned a business the St. Cloud Gas and Appliance Service. At the time he lived in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. He was well-off with no debts, and usually carried a large amount of money with himself as he only used cash. He may have had several thousands of dollars with himself.
Roy is a white male and was 69-years-old at the time. He has thinning brown and grey eyes. He has a scar of the rightside of his left eyebrow.
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On September 24, 2003, the Virginia Beach, Virginia Fire and Police responded to a fire around 3:42 a.m. A townhome located on the 800 block of Hampstead Cound in the Weblin Place neighborhood was fully engulfed in fire. Inside was the 12-year-old Jonathan Pelham, who had died from smoke inhalation because of the fire.
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Daily Press March 6, 1951
On September 22, 2003, 36-year-old Tammy Brown was last seen carrying a suitcase walking down Fourth Street where she lived with her boyfriend in Reno, Nevada. She was found the next day lying in the roadway in Thomas Creek Canyon south of Reno.
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On September 21, 1966, 33-year-old Kenneth Schmit traveled from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan to North Battleford. He called his wife (she was in Prince Albert) and told her that he was going fishing with his friend Horace Green. He stated that he was going to also look into purchasing a car.
Around 6 p.m. Kenneth and Horrace would go to the home of a Mr. Romphf in Saint Walburg. At 10:30 pm on September 22, 1966, Kenneth had left the residence after having a fight with Mr. Romphf. He would never be seen again after this.
There were no known reasons for him to disappear. He was in good health and was enjoying his happy home life. Since his disappearance, no checks or his card were used since his disappearance. The area would search the area multiple times. The area he disappeared from was heavily wooded and marshy and had bears in the area.
Kenneth is a white male and was 33-years-old at the time. He's 173 cm (5'8") and 70 kg (155lbs). He has black hair and hazel eyes. At the time he had a heavy beard.
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Sometime in 1930 19-year-old Derald Luse was last seen in Sioux City, Iowa. There is little information in this case.
Derald is a white male and was 19-years-old at the time. He is 6 ft and 180 lbs. He has brown hair and brown eyes.
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On September 18, 1984, 31-year-old Sandra Killian got into an argument with her husband William. She told him she was going home to Kentucky from their home in Lakewood, Colorado. Her only way there though was by hitchhiking.
Sandra is a white female and was 31-years-old at the time. She's 5'3" to 5'8" and 100 lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She has a butterfly tattoo on her left shoulder. She was wearing a brown coat, blue t-shirt, and jeans at the time.
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On September 15, 1986, 20-year-old Kathy Perry was on her way home from her shift at a bookbinding company in Warwick, Rhode Island. She was last seen at a gas station making a quick purchase by a friend. Her white 1979 Mercury Capri would be found about 4 a.m. and it made the police worry about the occupant of the car.
The car was found abandoned on Route 2 in Warwick near the Old Kent County Courthouse. still running, and the lights and heater were still on. All of Kathy's possessions were still inside including her pocketbook with $100. It was believed that Kathy had been abducted and police went to search for her.
Later that day her naked body was discovered by a truck driver in a dumping area off of Telmore Rd. She had been severely beaten to death with some type of stone or blunt object.
In more recent years there was a new suspect in the case from a tip from Facebook.
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On September 14, 1935, a woman was found drowned in the Netherlands. She was buried in Delfzijl. There is little information in this case.
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On September 14, 1969 the bodies of 61-year-old Murel Marie and 45-year-old Hubert Johnson were found in a burned car in Knoxville, Tennessee. The two were last seen together in a tavern. I don't know if they were last seen on September 12 or if Murel was just reported missing on September 12th. One article states that Murel had been shot in the head, but not Hubert's death was.
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Johnson City Press September 18, 1969
The Tennessean September 18, 1969
Johnson City Press September 20, 1969
On September 13, 1953, 33-year-old Sarah "Ella" Snow was with her mother and children in Springville, Utah. She told her mother that she was going to get supplies for dinner, and left with her car. She never returned, and a few days later her car, and shoes were found at the mouth of Hobble Creek Canyon. There was an extensive search, but no sign of her.
Sarah is a white female and was 33-years-old at the time. She was 5'3" and 103 to 125 lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing green slacks, white shoes, and a red and green plaid blouse. She may go by her nickname "Ella" or the last name Young or Snow.
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On September 12, 1991, 69-year-old Joseph Anderson went to the Ducks Unlimited Banquet. This would be the last time anyone saw him alive. Police were notified at 1:35 p.m. on September 16 of a suspicious car in the Gladstone Inn parking lot in Jamestown, North Dakota. The car appeared to have bloodstains and a foul odor and may have been there since September 14th.
It was Joseph's 1979 Buick Riviera and inside the trunk was his body. He was only in his underwear and was wrapped in a green sheet that was later found to be from his home. It's either unstated or unknown what his cause of death was. But due to his stomach contents, it's known he died within hours of eating at the banquet. His home was investigated, and it didn't seem to be disturbed.
Joseph was a self-made man and was successful in business. He invented and pattened a hay grinder. He began manufacturing it in Minot in 1966 and moved the Haybust Manufacturing plant to Jamestown 3 years later. At the time he was employing 100 people. At the time he was looking at opportunities outside of North Dakota.
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North Dakota Attorney General
On September 12, 2009, around 11:30 pm 35-year-old Jose Venegas went to his car at his home on Brook Way Drive in West Valley City, Utah. Jose would be shot and he and people in the neighborhood heard the shots. But by the time anyone went out or looked out their windows all they saw was Jose on the ground. He would be flown to University Hospital but would die at 3 am
There were no witnesses to the crime. This neighborhood did not get crimes like this and when shots were heard neighbors went to check, but the shooter was nowhere in sight.
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KSL September 13, 2009
Deseret News September 14, 2009
On the morning of September 11, 2008, the home that 76-year-old Willene Chong lived in with her son's family was caught on fire. Someone had deliberately and randomly set the home on fire after setting a series of arsons hours before in their area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The last place they set on fire in their home.
Her son awoke to the fire, and raced through the house. He tried to save his mother, even breaking a basement window to get to her, but Willene would die. It's unknown who set the fires, and who caught the home on fire killing Willene.
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On the night of March 18, 1959, 34-year-old Robert McKay was driving his Taxi. He was working for Edmonton's Yellow Taxi on and off for several years in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. At 8:25 p.m. he radioed his dispatcher from the Canadian National Railways station. This was the last time he was heard from.
At 10:30 p.m. George Bates was returning home to 130th St. in the Laurier Park area when he spotted a Yellow cab parked in the middle of a dead-end st. on the corner of 85th Ave. and 131st St. He went to check on the can and inside Robert was unconscious and slumped over the steering wheel.
When police and ambulance arrived and were removing him from the cab he weakly struggled and mumbled, "What are you guys trying to take me for now?". He would be rushed to the hospital and was operated on, but never regained consciousness and would die.
Robert had been beaten and suffered a compound fracture of the skull, and other head injuries resulting in severe brain damage. His taxi windows were broken and there was blood on one of the doors, but there was no sign of struggle near the taxi.
A local resident would find a hammer with blood and hair on it, a pair of rubber boots, and Robert's cap several blocks away. The items were set beside each other on the road with a nickel and dime on the grown a few feet away.
Snow would soon hide any evidence of a struggle and they barricaded the area hoping the snow would melt and reveal evidence. An inconsiderate motorist would remove part of the barricade and would drive up the lane destroying any evidence that may have been there.
He had not been robbed his recorded fare money was still in his pocket, and he only had a few cents when he left for work. His glove compartment seemed to have been gone through, so a robbery may have still been the motive. The killer may have been scared off and didn't get the chance to go through Robert's pockets.
The cab company told police that if Robert was going to pick up a fare and be asked to go to an isolated area like he was found that he would have likely called their dispatch and tell them because robberies often happen in isolated areas.
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Edmonton Journal March 19, 1959
Edmonton Journal March 23, 1959
On September 9, 1999, 14-year-old Diane Colon left her family's residence in the Camino Real Condominiums in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico at 5:30 a.m. It's believed that she left on her own and may have gone to San Juan after she disappeared.
Diane is a Hispanic female and was 14-years-old at the time. She was 5'5" and 120 lbs at the time. She has black hair and brown eyes. She has scars on her forehead, her left eyebrow, and right knee. She has a mole on her left shoulder, her top tooth protrudes and both ears are pierced. At the time she only spoke Spanish. She was wearing a white shirt and short black pants.
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Kansas City Missouri Police Department
On September 8, 1994, the skeletal remains of a little girl were found in Bombay Beach, California. She could have been dead for around 50 years. Her race is unknown, but it's believed she was around 4 to 5-years-old.
There is little information in this case.
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On September 8, 2011, a friend of 54-year-old John Labbe came over to his home on Texas Hill Rd. in Plymouth, New Hampshire. His friend would find John's body in a shed. He had been shot multiple times and may have been dead for a couple of days.
In May of 2010, John was well known in New Hampshire for filing a civil suit in Hillsborough Superior Court name the Archidiocese of Manches and Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate as defendants. He alleged that he had been sexually abused multiple times in a four-year period in the 1960s. He was serving as a young altar boy at St. Brendan's Catholic Church and claimed that Rv. George St. Jean (deceased since 1982) was the perpetrator. The church may have known of the abuse and still gave the Reverand jobs dealing with children.
He was known as a soft-spoken and courageous man. He was one of the first men in New Hampshire to talk about sexual abuse against a priest. It's not known if the lawsuit had anything to do with his death. No motive could be found.
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New Hampshire Department of Justice
On September 8, 1944, two boys discovered the body of a man on the salt flats 4 to 5 miles northwest of Kaysville, Utah. He'd been dead for around a year. His cause of death is unlisted or unknown.
He was an Asian or Native American male around 65-years-old. He was 5'2" and had grey or partially grey hair. He had no teeth. He was wearing faded green plaid trousers, red suspenders, a white t-shirt, and underwear. There was an empty eyeglasses case near him.
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The Odgen Standard-Examiner September 12, 1944
In 2010 Vindolanda Roman Fort near Bardon Mill Northumberland, England was excavated. The body of a child was found buried under a shallow pit in a barrack room floor. It's believed that the child was killed around 200 and that their killer buried them quickly. It was illegal at the time to bury bodies in built-up areas and had to be buried or cremated in cemeteries in the outskirts of these areas.
The child was around 10-years-old and their gender couldn't be determined, but they are called Georgie. It was believed to be a Roman child slave or a child of a Roman Soldier. The child was not from Britain and around two years before their death the child lived in either Northern Africa or Southern Europe.
The child likely died from a hard blow to the head as that seemed to be the only damage to the body. From the position of the body, it's possible that the hands of the child were bound when they were buried. It's possible that soldiers had killed the child and buried them in a hurry as to cover up the crime. Seeing as the childs remains stayed in the floors of the barracks it's possible that their death was unknown.
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Daily Mail September 16, 2010
BBC August 28, 2012
In 1972 20-year-old Donna-Jean Hudson and her family lived on 898 Greenfield Apt. 2G in Columbus, Ohio. In the home were her husband, her, and their 3 children with the 4th on the way. On the night of September 5, 1972, around 8:30 the husband of 20-year-old Donna-Jean Hudson would come home to their apartment. Donna-Jean had been strangled to death in front of her children.
Her oldest child gave a description of an African American male-killing their mother.
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The Times Argus September 7, 1976
The Burlington Free Press October 10, 1976
In June of 1976 17-year-old Kathleen Keohane moved to South Lake Tahoe, California from her home in Newbury Park. She had been staying there and living with friends and her fiance. She soon found work at a local motel. But before she moved into a house on Herbert Ave. She camped out in a tent near the Truckee River Bridge.
On September 2, 1976, Kathleen had dinner with her fiance Mike Warren around 6:30 pm at Carrows Restaurant where Mike worked. She told him that she was going to walk to the "Y" to pass time and come back at 10 at the end of his shift so they could walk home together. She would not show up at the restaurant and tired of waiting Mike returned home. His worry grew as hours passed and she was nowhere in sight. He would call the police at midnight.
The next day a young boy playing near the bridge she used to camp at found Kathleen's body. She was faced down in shallow water and her hair was matted with blood from the wound on her head. She had been hit in the head several times with a heavy blunt instrument. There was evidence that Kathleen had tried to crawl up the bank, but fell unconscious and passed. It was unknown if she was forced to the area she was found or went there willingly.
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South Lake Tahoe
San Francisco Examiner Sep. 5, 1976
Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 1976
Tahoe Daily Tribune December 19, 2001
Tahoe Daily Tribune Jan 20, 2012
In 1903 "A Guest of Honor" is the first written Opera by famous ragtime composer Scott Joplin. The Opera was believed to be the dramatization of African American civil rights leader Booker T. Washington. It was based at the 1901 dinner Booker T. Washington had with President Rosevelt at the White House. An event that was unheard of at the time that got many praises and many complaints at the same time.
In 1903 Scott Joplin applied for the copyright to the opera with the Library of Congress. Unfortunately, he did not include a copy of the opera with his application and the application mentioned that his publisher John Stark, would publish the music. The music was never published though.
A company of 30 people would be established and they would tour across several states in the Midwest. The beginning of the end of the tour would happen early though. Someone stole the box office receipts and this damaged their financial situation. This lead to the tour ending in Pittsburg, Kansas when payroll and rent couldn't be afforded.
As a result, Scott's belongings were confiscated including the opera score and sheets to other unknown compositions. Not being able to pay for the rent and getting his stuff back he left Pittsburg. These items were supposedly left inside of a trunk and no copy of the score has resurfaced likely being that it was destroyed.
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On the night of January 2, 1956, 25-year-old Nathaniel Abrams was enjoying a night out at the Young Man's Social Club at 25 South Burns Place in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He had been there with another man. At 10:40 police received a call of a man being shot in the alley in front of the club.
Nathaniel was found lying face down in a pool of blood. He had been shot five or six times.
Witnesses stated that they could recognize his associate if they saw him again. The associate never returned to the club, and it is still unknown who this was and if they had anything to do with the murder.
Nathaniel was based at Ft. Carson. He had just returned from Christmas leave. He had spent it with his wife and children in Chicago.
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Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Argus-Leader Jan. 3, 1956
The Ogden Standard-Examiner Jan 3, 1956
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