Michael "Gamel" Bowers-Haynes

 On April 29, 2005, 42-year-old Michael "Gamel" Bowers-Haynes was shot and killed at the Kimmerly Glen Apartments in Charlotte, North Carolina. A witness saw a white van leaving the apartment complex at a high speed. 

SOURCES:

City of Charlotte

City of Charlotte PDF

Murder of Shirley Jackson

On April 27, 2017, 60-year-old Shirley Jackson was working at a Day Care in 1805 Park Lane in Little Rock, Arkansas. While the children were down for a nap She was struck and killed by a stray bullet from a driveby. She was not the target and it is believed that Deshaun Rushing was the target. They were struck in the leg with a bullet. He may have been targeted for the shooting death of 2-year-old Ramiya Reed.

SOURCES:

City of Little Rock

Fox 16

ABC 7

April 23, 1910 Naco, Mexico John Doe

 On April 23, 1910 the body of a man was found in Naco, Mexico. He was beaten and shot. He was between 45 to 48-years-old

SOURCES:

Find a Grave 

Unidentified Wiki

April 18, 1930 Perry County, Pennsylvania John Doe

 On April 18, 1930, a man was found in Perry County, Pennsylvania. He had committed suicide by hanging about 15 hours before discovery.

He was a white male around 55-years-old.

SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki

Find a Grave

Murder of Bishop Davis

On April 17, 2016, around 8:45 p.m. 18-year-old Bishop Davis was shot and killed on the 1100 block of Hull Sr. In the South Norfolk area of Chesapeake, Virginia. A vehicle had drover and fired several rounds at him

SOURCES:

City of Chesapeake 

Murder of Tyra Brown

At 1:50 a.m. on April 17, 2016, 19-year-old Tyra Brown was shot on the 4600 Block of Elmwood in Kansas City, Missouri. On 4613 Elmwood numerous shell casings were in the driveway and further south more were found. By the time police arrived Tyra was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle and would, unfortunately, die from her injuries there. 

SOURCES:

Kansas City Police Department
Gun Memorial

Corey's Network (Facebook page)

Disappearance of Donald Edward Pauling

 On April 15, 1965, 31-year-old  Donald Pauling was quit his job in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  He had been out of contact since. 

Donald was 31-years-old at the time and is a white male. He is 6'1" and 230 lbs. He has strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

National Missing Person Directory 

Murder of Brenda Swann

At 12:30 a.m. on April 10, 2018, 51-year-old, Brenda Swann was found dead on a sidewalk across from the Overlook Apartments on 1507 Ray Rd in Chillum, Maryland. She had been shot to death. It is unknown why she was in the area at the time of her death as she lived several miles away.

SOURCES:

Prince George County Crime Stoppers

7 News

Fox 5

Lost Media: The Heart Specialist (1922)

The Heart Specialist is an American silent film directed by Frank Urson. The film was released on April 9, 1922 and was 5 reels. This film is now considered lost. 

CAST:

• Mary Miles Minter as Rosalie Beckwith
• Allan Forrest as Bob Stratton
• Roy Atwell as Winston Gates
• Jack Mathis as City Editor
• Noah Beery as Dr. Thomas Fitch
• James Neill as Fernald
• Carmen Phillips as Grace Fitch

PLOT: 

Rosalie Beckwith works for a New York City newspaper as an editor of a column devoted to affairs of the heart. The City Editor wants to drop the column as there is no such thing as romance. Rosalie not wanting the column dropped wagers a month worth of her salary that she can find proof of romance within 40 miles of the newspaper's office. 

Rosalie would choose a small random town to find romance. When she arrives she is mistaken for a Muriel Murat Bay, the cousin of a war hero turned millionaire. She decides to play along and goes to the war hero's home as their cousin. It was found out that Dr. Thomas Fitch with his accomplice Grace Fitch (the real Muriel) has embezzled the millionaire's funds and is planning to poison him. After several complications, the Dr. introduces his accomplice Grace Fitch as Muriel in a way to cover for the missing money and stating she had gotten the money. Dr. Fitch would attempt to murder Rosalie, but the hero comes to the rescue and save Rosalie. Rosalie and the hero fall in love and she wins the wager. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia
IMDB

All Movie

Library of Congress

Silent Era

Lost Media: The Stepmother's Tragedy

 The Stepmother's Tragedy is a play written by Henry Chettle and Thomas Dekker and is now considered lost. The play is mentioned in Philip Henslowe's diary in August of 1599. 

It's unknown, but the play may be associated with a ballad called "Isabella's Tragedy" or "Cruelty of a Stepmother". The Ballad is about how a duke was away hunting leaving his daughter Isabella behind with his wife. The wife and kitchen cook planned to kill the girl together and bake her into pies. When the Stepmother sent the girl to the kitchen and the cook attacked her. A scullery boy tries to prevent the murder and even offered himself to be put in the pies, but the girl was murdered and served instead. The Duke on his return did not see his daughter and refused to drink and eat until he saw her. The stepmother claimed that the girl had gone to church for prayer, but the scullery boy revealed the evil deeds of the stepmother and cook. The stepmother was burned at the stake and the cook boiled in lead. The scullery boy would become the duke's heir. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Academic Kids

Lost Plays

Murder of Erik D. Heard

Just after midnight on April 4, 2011 gunshots were heard in the area of  3592 East 118th Street Cleveland, Ohio. No one phoned the police about the gunshots. Around 9:45 a.m. the body of 22-year-old Erik Heard was found. 

SOURCES:

Ohio Attorney General 

April 3, 1946 Memphis, Tennessee

On April 3, 1946, the skeletal remains of a man were found in the Wolf River at the foot of Poplar St In Memphis, Tennessee. He had been dead for several months. There is little information in this case. 

He was a white male around 50-years-old. 

SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki

Find a Grave

August of 1904 Little Falls, Minnesota John Doe

 In April of 1904, Mrs. Philinda Crampton closed a pest house building she owned. There had not been a patient there since March and she had the building boarded up. In August her daughters discovered a body when they looked into a window to the backroom.  A coroner was called and they had to crawl through a window because the door was locked, likely how the deceased man had done. 

The man was on a cot with his shoes and stockings off and on the floor, and a hat believed to be his sat in a corner. The man was laying in a natural position on the cot with one arm lifted near his head. There were no signs of violence and it was believed the man had died around 4 months ahead. It's possible the man had gone to the pest house before for help and ended up passing from possibly a heart attack.

He was a man around 50-years-old. He had scanty hair that was reddish grey. His clothes were better than those worn by tramps. His trousers were dark and the coat bluish. In his clothing, an advertising card of a Duluth accident insurance company was found. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Disappearance of Bettina Minnie Antone

In late March or early April of 1980 44-year-old Bettina Minnie Antone was last seen in Redding, California. She called a family member stating she was going camping in the Clear Creek area with two males. She was at the time going to therapy for depression and she had a history of alcoholism. Her apartment at the California Motel had her items such as a toothbrush, makeup, clothes, her car, and photos of her two children and grandchildren. She is considered at risk missing because of her mental and physical health issues. The family believes that she may be dead or in a mental health facility. 

Bettina is a white female and was 44-years-old at the time. She's 5'3" and 120 lbs. She has black hair and blue eyes. She has dentures, a surgical scar on her lower back, a mole on her cheek, facial dimples, and her ears are pierced. One of her legs and one of her arms have been fractured. 

She went by Bettina Minna Antone, Betty, M. Tina Armstrong, Tina Armstrong, Bettina Minne Davis, Betty Davis, Tina M.

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Charley Project

National Missing Person Directory

State of California Department of Justice