On November 30, 1921, a person died of paresis at the Mount Vernon Hospital in Mount Vernon, Alabama. They would be buried the next day at the Mt. Vernon Hospital Cemetary.
Though the Unidentified Wiki lists the Doe as a John Doe their source states that the Gender was unknown. The person was black and around 38-years-old.
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On November 29, 1922, on the 10:00 a.m. train from Brighton to Victoria, in England, the body of a baby boy was found wrapped in satin and brown paper. The baby was a newborn and had likely been suffocated from direct pressure on its mouth. There was evidence of the baby being placed in an oven and baked, but it's unknown if this happened before or after death. The baby was placed there at Brighton or one of 14 stops between Brighton and Victoria. It was assumed that the mother was a young woman and who was a cook.
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On November 29, 1981, 25-year-old Michael Morgan was seen talking to a man in the backyard of 3513 Stanley Ave in Fort Worth, Texas. About 10 minutes after the witness seen Michael they heard gunshots and found Michael dead in his front yard. Evidence showed that Michael was shot several times inside his home and walked outside and passed.
A news article mentions that Michael had told a neighbor that he had been attacked coming out of his home. That the person came at him with a knife and cut off the end of his finger. Michael was able to fend off his attacker with a rake in the yard that time. Michael was thinking of getting a gun for protection. This event happened about two weeks before his death.
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In 2013 a pair of skeletons known as the Lovers of Cluj-Napoca was uncovered by archeologists in a cemetery of a former Dominican convent in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The couple was buried facing each other and with their hands interlocked. It's believed that the two lived and died between 1450 to 1550 due to where they were located.
The couple was around 30-years-old. The male appears to have died from a fight or accident which left his sternum broken. This wound was possibly caused by a blow with a blunt instrument. It's also possible that he died from a broken hip instead. The cause of death for the female is unknown, but it could not have been suicide as she would not have been able to be buried in the consecrated ground if she had.
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The Huff Post April 22, 2013
At 6:18 a.m. November 27, 1997 (Thanksgiving) the body of 20-year-old Francis McDonough was found by maintenance workers for the National Park Service. He was found in a desert area at the 3.3-mile marker, North Shore Rd., Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was found naked and bound and had been shot to death. He was killed elsewhere and the scene was never discovered.
The car he borrowed from a friend was located in the area of Hollywood and Lake Mead Blvd which was several miles away from where he was found.
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On November 26, 2008, 13-year-old Stephanie Morales was last seen in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. It's believed that she had left on her own and may be in the local area or in San Antonio, Texas. There is little information in this case.
Stephanie is a Hispanic female and was 13-years-old at the time. She was 5'0" and 108 lbs at the time. She has brown hair and brown eyes. At the time her hair was dyed a dark red. Her upper teeth are slightly larger. She has a burn scar on her leg. At the time Stephanie could speak both English and Spanish.
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On October 25, 1901, the body of a baby was found in the Kensington Gardens in London, England. The infant had a hat pin inserted into their head which caused them to die due to an effusion of blood.
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Back to Life is a 20-minute silent film. It was released on November 24, 1913. The movie stared William Worthington as The Gambler, Pauline Bush as The Wife, J. Warren Kerrigan as Jim the Outlaw, Jessalyn Van Trump as The Girl, and Lon Chaney as The Rival. The film is now considered lost.
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A gambler brings his sick wife to the mountains after they learn she has tuberculosis and needed special care. The gambler soon becomes tired of having to care for his wife and becomes attached to a young girl at a local saloon. The wife would soon find out about the infidelity and would walk out to the woods to die.
In the woods, the wife would find an outlaw called Jim. He was weak from blood loss and she would nurse him back to health. Jim in turn for her help takes her to a cabin with an elderly couple in the hills. They would then nurse her back to health.
The wife still loved her husband and decided to return to gain his love back. When she returned home though she finds that he had been shot and killed by a rival in a saloon brawl. She would then go to Jim and the two would find happiness together.
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On November 22, 1965, 18-year-old Archie Laroque went hunting with six other people near Laroque Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada about 25 miles east of Carrot River. The hunting party split up and Archie was last seen walking alone. A search for him was conducted, but he was never found.
Archie is a white male and was 18-years-old at the time. He's 168 cm (5'6") and 62kg (137 lbs). He has red hair and brown eyes. He has a freckled complexion and is blind in one eye.
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On November 22, 2006, the body of a woman was found on the beach at Port Logan, Scotland. She had been in the water for 6 months.
She is a white female between 30 to 50-years-old. She was 152 cm-165 cm with a thin build. She was missing teeth (unspecified). She was wearing a size 10 black trousers brand is Bay Trading. Size 34C white bra brand Bhs, light-colored underwear, tan-colored tights.
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On November 19, 1949, the body of a man was found in Pilcher Park in New Lenox Township, Illinois. It's likely he died from a self-inflicted gunshot.
John Doe is a white male and was pre-40-years-old. He was 5'6". His hair color is unknown as he was bald. He has a scar on the right side of his face from his lip to ear across the cheek. He was wearing a khaki aviator wool-lined jacket with a brown fur collar, grey fedora, light yellow shirt with pencil stripes, tweed trousers with a light brown and black check pattern, black leather belt, tan oxfords with cream-colored paint, Handkerchief with the letter R on it and eyeglasses.
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On June 18, 1959, the Shelton's were excavating their basement with a neighbor at their home on 1936 Halleck in Detroit, Michigan. They would find the skeleton of a woman about four inches below the surface. It was stated that she was there for years and according to a newspaper she had a hole on the top of her head and a shattered jaw.
The house was bought by the Sheltons in 1943 and the house was built in 1922/1923. It's possible she died between that time. It was originally speculated that the woman may have been killed by John Kasap and John Kurzawa who killed several people in 1940. One of their victims was buried a block away in the basement of another home. I don't know if this is still speculated about the case, I couldn't find any recent detailed information on the case.
Jane Doe was an African American woman. She was between 25 to 35-years-old. She was around 5'0".
Ironwood Daily Globe June 18, 1959
Detroit Free Press June 19, 1959
On November 17, 1977, 25-year-old Richard Christenson was found in a small copse of bush near 178 St. and 107 Ave in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. His body was later identified, and his cause of death is unstated.
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The Cat's Pajamas (1926) is an American silent film directed by William A. Wellman and released on August 29, 1926. The movie starred Betty Bronson as Sally Winton and Ricardo Cortez as Don Cesare Gracco. Other stars of the film are Gordon Griffith as Jack, Theodore Roberts as Sally's father, and Arlette Marchal as Riza. The film has been lost to time. Only stills, posters, and newspaper advertisements survive.
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This year has been a really rough year for me. I know that no one really cares what I have to say on here about my personal life, but this year has been one of the shittiest years for me. I lost 4 family members this year in 4 different instances (naturally), and my Grandmother's cancer is back. Towards the end of last year to June of this year, I was constantly calling the cops at work on crazy customers (cops would only show up half the time). Let's say I did not feel safe in the least bit, especially since I had a frozen sandwich thrown at my face for kicking out someone who was banned, and my co-worker and a customer were threatened to be shot. I was done. So I had to quit when I saved up enough money in June and I was going to try to stay a bit longer, but I couldn't do it mentally especially since family members kept telling me to leave for safety reasons. Honestly, I don't expect people to, believe me, it's just unbelievably stupid and I can't even believe all this bs has happened myself. But I saved up enough money for my personal life till January.
Now the reason I've got this off my chest is I've to talk about what's going on with this blog and kinda with my other, To Slip One's Wind. I enjoy research and writing and I had an interest in true crime since I was a kid. That's basically why I started these two blogs. I try to do earlier cases compared to newer ones. To do this and have more information I would use my Newspapers.com account which allowed me to get articles from the time. Those typically revealed more information than the modern ones. I currently cannot afford to pay for 6 months.I don't have the money to do so and don't make money from doing these. I have written posts almost every day into Feb. before it expired. I will sometime in the future subscribe again, but that probably won't be until after Jan.
I'm not worried about To Slip One's Wind because I have done enough posts to almost fill out an entire year. Most posts on both may be Unidentified and Missing Persons on both blogs as usually the information about those are simple and out there. I'm also going to try to post more Lost media, Anonymous Artists, and other mysteries that aren't necessarily crimes and don't require my Newspapers account.
Sorry, I just wanted to make an excuse on why some of my posts don't have as many references anymore and seem the bare minimum. Not that they weren't that way before or even good, but I felt had to make this to explain.
On November 14, 2000, 14-year-old Yamaira "Mayra" Montes-Gonzalez was last seen walking to her school bus stop in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. There is little information in this case.
Yamaira is a Hispanic female and was 14-years-old at the time. She was 5'7" and 126 lbs at the time. She has brown hair and brown eyes. At the time her hair was dyed blonde.
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On November 14, 1869, the body of a young man was found at the Southwest point of Washington Island, Wisconsin. He could not be identified and it was believed he was in the water for some time. It's possible that he was a sailor
John Doe's race is unstated, but he was a male around 17 to 18-years-old. He was around 5 ft and had black hair.
SOURCES:On November 13, 1996, 35-year-old Carrie Loraine Bowles was found dead in her home in the Old Mill Trace subdivision off of Keenes Mill Rd in Cottondale, Alabama. She had been shot to death. It's unknown if her killer knew her or not.
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On November 12, 1965, the body of a man was found on the north side bank of Ship Channel in the Turning Basin shortly after the channel had been dredged. It's believed that the man had accidentally drowned in the channel three days prior.
John Doe was an African American male and was between 45 and 65-years-old. He was 5'6" and 136 lbs. He had short kinky black hair. He had cutaneous papilloma on the medial side of the left knee, 1cm in diameter, his teeth were in a poor condition and many of them were missing, he was uncircumcised and he had calcified aortic valvular disease
He was wearing tan pants, a sweatshirt, a faded coat, and one black sock.
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On April 9, 1959, the daughter of 63-year-old Catherine Didluke went to her home in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Catherine did not answer the door and her daughter worried about her contacting the police. Inside Catherine's body was found. Her home had been robbed and she had been beaten to death with at least 2 hammer blows to the head.
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Edmonton Journal April 11, 1959
Toronto Sun April 5, 2021
On November 8, 1954 at 6:15 p.m. 14-year-old Carolyn Wasilewski left her home in Baltimore, Maryland to go to her friend Peggy's home. The two planned to register for dance lessons at the nearby elementary school. She would never show up at Peggy's home, register for dance lessons, or return home.
In 1660 a child sewed up in cloth was found at the Parish of St. James Clerkenwell in London, England. He was laid near the New Churchyard and after the coroner viewed the child he was buried on November 8, 1660, in the New Churchyard.
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On November 6, 1994, Ronald Johnson's body was found frozen in a water-filled ditch about five miles northwest of Dunseith, North Dakota. He had been assaulted and placed in the ditch which resulted in him dying from hypothermia.
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Around 1959 a boy would find a jaw bone on the beach in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (likely during winter as they stayed winter vacations here). The boy would then bring it home and showed a dentist that confirmed that it was a jaw bone. He would lose track of the jaw bone but would refind it as an adult.
It could not be determined what race and or age the bone was.
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The Miami Herald December 5, 1967
At 9:24 p.m. on November 2, 2008, a man flagged down a police officer. He told him that a man had been shot near the intersection of Dowd and Elizabeth in Durham, North Carolina. The officer would rush to the scene and find 27-year-old Ernesto Allen lying on the curb in front of 418 Dowd St. He would later die in the hospital.
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On December 18, 2007, 51-year-old Heidi Cummings was found dead in her home in the 3500 block of Cutter in Fort Worth, Texas. It's beli...
