Disappearance of Ian Richardson

On April 30, 1992, 16-year-old Ian Richardson disappeared from Denver Colorado. He lived in the northern section of the city and frequented the Idaho Springs area. Foul play is suspected in this case. 

John Taylor is a prime suspect in Ian's disappearance as he was sexually abusing him since he was 13 until he disappeared. In 1991 Ian told police that John Taylor had sexually abused him in 1989 during a camping trip and again in 1990. John was then charged with child sexual abuse and harboring a runaway. These charges were dismissed after Ian recanted his story. 

In 1992 Ian accused John again, but this time of circumcising him while he was passed out drunk. John refuted stating that Ian had done it to himself. Ian would tell a counselor that he was being threatened and that if he testified he or his family would be harmed. He would then allegedly punch John in the face later. This would cause Ian to be charged with assault in juvenile court. He would disappear soon after. 

 John Taylor would admit that he had in fact sexually abused Ian. He claimed that Ian had killed himself. In 2002 however, a friend of his went to the police to tell them that John had in fact shot Ian and then chemically cremated him. John is a chemist and had the knowledge to do so. He claims that he's being framed for Ian's disappearance. 

Ian is a white male and was 16-years-old at the time. Ian was 5'10" and 150 lbs. He had brown hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Charley Project

International Missing Persons Wiki

Murder of Aaron Anthony Breaux

Around 8:53 p.m. on April 29, 2007 officers would respond to the 38000 block of Fremont Blvd. in Fremont, California. They would find 19-year-old Aaron Breaux was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the parking lot. He would later die from his wounds. Witnesses stated that they heard two gunshots, but did not see any suspicious people or vehicles. 

Aaron was a high school student at Washington High School.

There is up to a $60,000 Reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. 

SOURCES:

Fremont Police Department

CBS News Bay Area June 6, 2022

ABC 17 June 6, 2022

April 29, 2021 Assault and Carjacking Towaoc, Colorado

On April 29, 2021, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation was assaulted and his vehicle was stolen near the entrance gate of Weeminuche Construction Authority in Towaoc, Colorado. The assault resulted in numerous injuries to his face and head and it required stitches and caused a concussion and brain bleed.  His cell phone and wallet were in the truck, and his work tools were in the truck bed at the time of the assault and robbery.

The vehicle is a 2015 Chevrolet Colorado 2WD crew cab short bed with Arizona tag CAF1572, The VIN is 1GCGSAE30F1176700. The truck has a cracked windshield, black marks near the driver’s side front fender, and an “Aztec Strong” sticker in the rear window.

SOURCES:

FBI

April 28, 1879 Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Baby Jane Doe

 On April 28, 1879, a white female baby was found drowned in the Milwaukee River in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. She was a white female about 2 weeks old. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Murder of Helen Duffner

On April 27, 1977 the body of 63-year-old Helen Duffner was found off the Mount Rose Highway south of Reno, Nevada. She was found near an old shack and her 1964 white Chevy Nova was parked nearby. Helen had been shot twice in the back and once in the back of the head. It was described as an execution-type murder. Witnesses stated they heard the gunshots that morning. The area at the time was known as Mercury Mine and was frequented by hikers, dog walkers, motorcyclists, and 4-wheel-drive areas. 

Helen was from Santa Rosa, California but was living out of her vehicle in Nevada for a while. 

SOURCES:

Washoe County Sheriff

Reno Gazette-Journal April 29, 1977

Reno Gazette-Journal May 23, 1977

Nevada Evening Gazette May 23, 1977

Disapperance of Vidgor Shreibman

On April 26, 2019, 88-year-old Vidgor Shreibman was last seen in San Francisco, California. He was never seen again.

Vidgor is a white male and was 88-years-old at the time. He's 5'8" and 120 lbs. He has white hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a red jacket, khaki pants or blue jeans, and a straw hat.

SOURCES:

California Attorney General

Charley Project

Murder of Jesse Earl Mobley

On April 25, 2003, 81-year-old Jesse Mobley was found dead in a two-story condemned building on 816 West Queen St. in Tyler, Texas. Jesse was possibly last seen at a nearby pool hall before his death. He may have been in an altercation with someone outside the pool hall.

SOURCES:

City of Tyler Texas

Tyler Morning Telegraph May 3, 2003

Disappearance of Kierra Stubbs

A 9 a.m. on April 24, 2014, 23-year-old Kierra Stubbs had her brother drop her off at 3rd Avenue west in Birmingham, Alabama. She was meeting a man at Boost Mobile who offered to help her fix her car's brakes in exchange for braiding his children's hair. She did not know the man personally but had met her at his job. She would get into his burgundy 2012 Chrysler 200 and would never be seen again. NamUs states that she was dropped off at the same location by the man.

The man she was with is an African American male in his 50s driving a burgundy 2012 Chrysler 200. He is a suspect in the case, and his identity was never released. Since it was just the two of them in the car there is no witnesses and no signs of foul play. 

Police do suspect that there was foul play involved, but hope she is still alive. 

Kierra is an African American woman and was 23-years-old at the time. She is 5'3" and 145 lbs. Her ears are double pierced. She was wearing a grey hoodie, and grey leggings. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

CBS March 27, 20019

The Visitor of Caroline Christine Walter

Caroline Christine Walter was born in 1850  to a poor family in Germany. A tragedy hit the family as her parents haddied. Caroline and her affectionate sister, Selma, would go to live with their grandparents in Freiburg. Caroline would grow up to become a beautiful young lady and was loved by many who knew her. 

At 16/17 the young lady would contract tuberculosis and would then pass away in just a few weeks. Her sister would have her buried at the Alter Friedhof Freiburg im Breisgau. Her sister had a life-size tomb statue of her sister falling asleep reading. The book's inscription is "It is surely God’s will to separate from what is dearest to you."

After a few weeks, Selma would notice that someone else had started leaving flowers at the grave. It didn't seem that anything stopped the visitor from leaving a flower. Caroline was a beauty and had many suitors it's unknown if she had someone she was seeing. Some think that she and a particular teacher were seeing each other. Some think that it was someone who loved her but regretted never telling her. 

For the next 150 years, someone left flowers on her grave. Unless the original visitor is some sort of immortal person others have taken over this tradition. It's unknown who these people are or why the visits continue.

SOURCES:
Find a Grave
Atlas Obscura

English News

Freiburg

Medium

Murder of Manuel Ramirez

At about 7:09 p.m. on April 22, 2014, 41-year-old was shot and killed at 3115 New Castle Ave in New Castle Delaware.

SOURCES:

New Castle County Police

Disappearance of Amadeo Sanders Figueroa

On April 22, 2018, 47-year-old Amadeo Sanders Figueroa called his sister and asked his sister to pick him up at the Casino of the Sun in Tucson, Arizona. She would arrive there 30 minutes later and he was nowhere to be seen. An unidentified Hispanic male had told her he had left on foot. 

His sister would go to his residence to find out he had been kicked out and evicted earlier. Amadeo had no other source of income other than his food stamps and his phone had not been used since his disappearance. His sister stated that he had been calling her for a week before his disappearance concerned. 

Amadeo is a Hispanic man and was 47-years-old at the time. He's 5'4" to 5'11" and 150 to 180 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

April 21, 2014 Chicago, Illinois John Doe

On April 21, 2014, the body of a man was found in an abandoned building in Chicago, Illinois. His cause of death and the estimated time of death are unstated or unknown. It's also not stated if they thought id he was a transient or not. 

John Doe is an African American Male between 40 to 60 years old. He was 5'9" and 129 lbs. He had black hair with grey streaks. He was wearing a white t-shirt, two pairs of blue jean pants, and one black Nike gym shoe on his right foot. The victim's left Nike gym shoes were approximately 2ft to the west of his body.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Unidentified Wiki

"Charlie" of Aberystwyth Castle

 

Mosaic at the Castle about the discovery of the skeleton

Aberystwyth Castle was built between 1277 to 1289. The castle that is now in ruins is the third built of it before it was destroyed in 1649 during the English Civil Wars. It was slighted by Oliver Cromwell making it into ruins. This was to prevent it from being a fortress again. The locals likely took advantage and pilfered the castle walls. 

Over 200 years later in 1988, an excavation was done at the castle. Surprisingly enough the body of a man. The soil in the area was acidic enough that typically destructive to organic matter. Because the castle was destroyed though it added lime to the soil helping keep the skeleton from being destroyed. It was hard to place when the man had died, but it was believed that he died during the Parliamentarian siege of Aberystwyth Castle. 

The skeleton was given the name Charlie and he can be found at the Ceredigion Museum

SOURCES:
Wikipedia
Geni
Crazy About Castles
Way Marking

WANTED: Leslie Charles Dawson

On January 31, 1986, Leslie Dawson was confined in an Oregon State Correctional Facility for two counts of rape in the first degree and two counts of sodomy in the first degree. Both cases involved juveniles. On October 7, 1986, he escaped from custody at the South Fork Forest Camp in Tillamook, Oregon. An order of arrest of an escaped prisoner was issued on August 8, 1991, by the State of Oregon Department of Corrections. A federal arrest warrant charging Dawson with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued on April 20, 1999, in the United States District Court, District of Oregon.

Leslie is a white male born in Illinois on March 21, 1946. He's 5'10" and 155 lbs. He has brown greying hair and brown eyes. He has a scar on his abdomen. He has a military background and training.

He may have altered his appearance using plastic surgery and hair dye. He has ties to California, Louisiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Philippines.


SOURCES:
FBI

April 19, 1854 Boston, Massachusetts Jane Doe

On April 19, 1854, a woman's body was found in the water near Battery Wharf in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. She appeared to have drowned recently as hours before she was seen. She was walking the streets and seemed to have been acting insane. 

The woman is about 35-years-old.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Boston Evening Transcript April 20, 1854

Murder of Martin Hawkins Jr.

At about 8:30 p.m. on April 18, 2012 officer patrolling in LaPlata, Maryland heard gunshots. They would canvas the area and would find the body of Martin Hawkins Jr. lying on the road on the 200 block of Kent Avenue.

There is a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the individual or individuals responsible for the death of Martin Hawkins, Jr. Information given may remain confidential.

SOURCES:
FBI
ABC News July 18, 2012
Southern Maryland Online June 1, 2016
Southern Maryland Chronicle March 31, 2018
Maryland News Net April 2, 2018

Murder of Sally Swisher Heet

At 8:30 p.m. on April 16, 1986, 35-year-old Sally Heet left the Senate Office building in Washington D.C. where she worked as an aide for Senator Daniel Evans. She was supposed to go to a meeting the next morning but never arrived. Her brother and another person went to check up on her. Inside of her apartment, Sally's body was found.

She was found nude in the living room. Someone had stabbed her to death it was not stated whether or not she had been sexually assaulted. Neighbors didn't state that they heard anything from her apartment. There were no signs of a struggle inside the apartment. Her mailbox in the lobby was swung open with her mail still inside. 

SOURCES:

Metropolitan Police Department

Metropolitan Police Department (PDF)

UPI April 18, 1986

AP April 18, 1986

The Olympian August 22, 1986

Murder of Susan Rae Perron

On June 13, 1971, 14-year-old Susan Perron left her home to walk to Lorenzi Park in Las Vegas. She had planned to swim and it's unknown if she made it there. This was the last time anyone had seen her. No one would know what had happened to her for almost 2 years. 

On April 16, 1973, her skeletal remains were found in a desert area about 5 miles west of U.S. Highway off of Lone Mountain Rd. It was determined that her cause of death was blunt trauma to her head. 

SOURCES:

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Find a Grave

Murder of Howard Smallwood

At approximately 7:48 p.m. on April 15, 2013, police would arrive at the apartment of 63-year-old Howard Smallwood on 9 Golden Acres Drive in Claymont, Delaware. He was found unconscious and suffering from gunshot wounds. He would soon pass away at the scene. 

SOURCES;

New Castle County Police Department

WDEL April 16, 2013

Girl of the Uchter Moor

 

In 2000 the body of a teenage girl was found in a bog by a peat cutter in Uchte, Germany. The person was using a backhoe at the time and dismembered the body. Leaving more than 100 body parts to recover. The girl was found to be from the iron age and was called Girl of the Uchter Moor or Moora. 

Her remains were dated to 650 B.C. and she was around 16 to 19-years-old. It's believed that she lived as a laborer and had chronic malnutrition throughout her life, underwent two partial skull fractures, and suffered from different diseases. Due to her malnutrition, she suffered from bone decay and lack of bone growth, and she had a benign tumor in her skull.

Her death is believed to have been accidental. There had not been any violent injuries to her body that would have caused death. It's theorized that she may have been picking bilberries (intoxicating berries) at the time she died. She may have slipped and fallen to her death . She may have also been nude at the time she was mummified. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Mumipedia

Archeology

Ancient Origins

April 13, 1989 New York City, New York John Doe

On April 13, 1989, the skeletal remains of a teenage boy were found in the basement at 12 Eldridge St. in New York City, New York. The remains were found during construction and renovation. A bottle dated from the 1930's was found in the same area. It's not stated what respect to the body the bottle was found. It's believed that he died from 1930 to 1960. 

John Doe was an African American male between 14 to 17-years-old. He was 5'2".

SOURCES:

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

Murder of Greta Tim

On August 1, 2008, 14-year-old Greta Tim would be reported missing by her mother in Irvington, New Jersey. She was initially reported as a runaway as she had a history of it. For the next 4 years, it was unknown where she was. On April 12, 2012, her body would be found by landscapers in an isolated area on Sylvan Way in Parsippany. He had been murdered and her body was placed in a bag and dumped where she was found. She had been dead for a significant time and it's unknown if she died when she went missing. 

SOURCES:

Morris County New Jersey

Charley Project

New Jersey 101.5 June 20, 2012

NBC New York June 20, 2012

NJ June 20, 2012

Daily Voice April 12, 2021

Disappearance of Mandy Schmidt

On April 11, 1998, 13-year-old Mandy Schmidy would leave her parent's home in Halle-Saale, Germany to go into town. She was last seen around 2 p.m. in Halle-Saale. 

Less than a year later the brother-in-law would go to prison (reason unstated). He would admit to having been sexually abusing her and had done so the day she disappeared and that the two were in a forest area. Her hair was found in the trunk, but there was no evidence or proof of a crime. 

Mandy is a white female and was 13-years-old at the time. Mandy had shoulder-length dark blonde hair and grey-green eyes. She was wearing a black anorak, Anthracite jeans,grey sweater, and tricolor sneakers with sock sole with red stitching.

SOURCES:

VVK 

Focus

International Missing Persons 

April 10, 1981Miami, Florida John Doe

On April 10, 1981, the body of a young man was found in Miami, Florida.

He was a white male between 15 to 25-years-old. He was 5'8" and 146 lbs. He had black hair and brown eyes and was sporting a sparse mustache and beard. He had a 6-inch scar on his upper right chest and an unfinished tattoo of a woman on his left arm. He has had several fillings in his teeth. He was wearing a tan shirt, a white t-shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers.

SOURCES:
NamUs
National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
Unidentified Wiki

Anti-Semitic Vandalism of Huntsville, Alabama Synagogues

In the early hours of April 9, 2020, the Etz Chayim Synagogue at 7705 Bailey Cove Rd in Huntsville, Alabama was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti. The next day the Chabad of Huntsville located on 1
908 Parkhill Rd was hit with similar graffiti. Due to surveillance cameras, it was found that both were perpetrated by the same person.

The person walked with a pronounced and distinct limp and appeared to have had a prosthetic left leg. The vehicle that the suspect may have been driving was an early model Toyota Prius light in color. Prior to the vandalism on April 4th the same person was seen walking on residential streets near the Chabad of Huntsville in the Blossomwood neighborhood.

Damage exceeding $5,000 to a religious property is a felony offense


SOURCES:
FBI

Lost Film: Alice Adams (1923)

Alice Adams is a U.S. silent film drama directed by Rowland V. Lee and produced by King Vidor. It was released on April 8, 1923, and Distributed by Associated Exhibitors. It's based on the novel of the same name by Booth Tarkington. This film is considered lost.


PLOT:

Alice Adams is not satisfied with her family's financial situation. She makes up a personality and tries to convince others that she comes from a wealthy family. She tries to impress and make a wealthy young man, Arthur Russell, fall for her. Unsatisfied with whom she became in the end she goes to work and helps her father's failing business.


CAST:

• Florence Vidor as Alice Adams
• Claude Gillingwater as Virgil Adams
• Harold Goodwin as Walter Adorns
• Margaret McWade as Mrs. Adams
• Tom Ricketts as J. A. Lamb
• Margaret Landis as Henrietta Lamb
• Gertrude Astor as Mildred Palmer
• Vernon Steele as Arthur Russell

SOURCES:

Wikipedia (film)

Wikipedia (book)

IMDB

All Movie

Disappearance of Vitali Sperling

On April 7, 1994, 7-year-old Vitali Sperling went on a trip with his father to a quarry pond in Ostrach, Germany. For a brief moment, he left his son on the embankment alone. This was the last time he saw him. Divers searched the pond and it was ruled out that Vitali had drowned in it.

Vitali is a white male and was 7-years-old at the time. 

SOURCES:

Verein Vermisster Kinder

Doe Network

International Missing Persons Wiki

Medical Mysteries: Logan Carroll

 

On April 6, 1995, Todd and Tami Caroll went to the hospital to give birth to their third child. They were worried for the child though as their second, Megan, was stillborn. They would get tests and an ultrasound and everything seemed to be normal. The doctors would induce labor at 8:45 a.m. Contractions would grow stronger and more frequent throughout the day and by 4:30 she would begin to give birth. The fetal monitor would show a normal heartbeat but when she began to push it would go down. At 4:42 their son, Logan would be born without a heartbeat.

CPR was done on the newborn and doctors and an emergency team tried their best to save his life. After 15 minutes though there was no heartbeat or signs of brain activity. At 5:15 Logan would be pronounced dead and his parents and family grieved the loss of another child.

Doctors and nurses would take pictures of Logan with his family. This was when Tami's sister heard a gasping noise from him. It was initially believed to have been a reflex as it had been 40 minutes after death. Tami's mother was holding the small child when she realized that he was getting warmer. A nurse would soon realize Logan had a heart rate, and then his Doctor determined he was in fact alive.

It was a miracle as 6 doctors and 8 nurses had determined he had died, but somehow was alive. In just a few hours he was seen as a happy healthy baby. There was brain damage and confined to a wheelchair. He would pass away in 2020 but was said to have lived a happy life with his family.


SOURCES:
Unsolved Mysteries

WANTED: Lajos Varga

Lajos Varga is wanted in Hungary for child sexual exploitation and child pornography.

He was born on January 20, 1967, in Csenger, Hungary.

SOURCES:

Interpol

April 1860 Vigo County, Indiana Stranger

 In April 1860 an unknown person died drowning in Vigo County, Indiana. They would be buried on April 4th at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Terre Haute. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Disappearance of Wilma Rae Vermaas

On April 3, 1976, 23-year-old Wilma Vermaas was last seen in western Los Angeles, California. Family members tried to get in touch with her and her husband first claimed she was out. He then admitted he had no idea where she was.

Wilma is a white female and was 23-years-old at the time. She's 5'3" to 5'5" and 115lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She has both ears pierced, both upper teeth were false, one of her lower front teeth was smaller than the others as it was a baby tooth, has a large surgical scar on her left knee, and has discoloration on her abdomen. Her maiden name is Swanson.

SOURCES:    

NamUs

Charley Project

International Missing Persons Wiki

April 2, 1905 Ogden, Utah John Doe

On April 2, 1905, the body of a man was found drowned in Ogden, Utah. 

John Doe was a white male around 40-years-old. 

SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki

Find a Grave

Murder of Russell Grant "Blue" Valentine Jr

On the late night of April 2, 2007 gunshots were heard in the 6000 block of Wesleyan Drive in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 46-year-old Russell Valentine Jr. was found laying in the yard of a residence (not stated if it was his own, but he lived on the same block). Russell had been shot and transported to the hospital where he would soon die after. 

SOURCES:

City of Virginia Beach

Find a Grave

Unidentified Photographs: Still from a movie

 

Library of Congress has some photos and stills they want to be identified. This one is of a still from a movie it's unsure if it was for a horror film or a children's film. Many stated it reminded them of the Russian folktale Baba Yaga. Many of the photos are from the U.S., but some may not be and this film may be from a foreign country. The still was already hand-tinted by the time it made it to the Library of Congress. 

SOURCES:

Library of Congress