May 21, 1932 Birmingham, England baby Jane Doe

 On May 21, 1932, the body of a newborn baby girl was found in a public lavatory on Washwood Heath Rd in Birmingham, England. The baby had been decapitated and had signs of scorching on the body after death. It was born alive and died due to suffocation possibly caused by constriction of the throat with a finger and thumb.

SOURCES:

Unsolved Murders UK

Birmingham Gazette May 26, 1932

May 20, 2023 North Edge Casino Stabbing

Around 12:20 am on May 20, 2023, at the Northern Edge Casino in Farmington, New Mexico a man would ask two other men if they had a cigarette. He was told that they did not have any and the man got upset because the man he asked had one behind his ear. The three would argue ending with the single man attempting to punch one of the other men. 

The single male would walk away towards their vehicle. The two other men would follow him. Another altercation would ensue and the single man would get stabbed on his left side and survive. 

The two suspects are Native American. One man was wearing a black beanie, black jeans, and a hoodie with "Stay Chief" and a Native American in a headdress in white on the front. The other male was wearing a black hoodie with white and red lettering on the front, and black jeans.

SOURCES:

FBI

Disappearance of Sister Jacinta Bracken (Christina Nuala Bracken)

In 1979, 38-year-old Sister Jacinta Bracken was a nun who based at the Stella Maris convent in Swansea, Wales. She was from Ballacolla, Ireland. She was working as a music teacher for the Ursuline of Jesus Convent. She was well-liked and was known to like to walk, shop, and give children guitar lessons. 

On May 19, 1979, it was seemingly a normal day for Sister Jacinta. She did communal prayer and spent the morning grading papers. After lunch, she helped wash the dishes and headed to the city center to buy tights/stockings for her mother's birthday.

She asked another nun at the convent if she wanted to walk with her into town. The other sister was unable to, but the two promised to walk that evening. However, that wouldn't happen.

Two children that Sister Jacinta taught last seen her near the city's Quadrant multi-story car park.  She was known to often walk along the sand and mudbanks of the old docklands on her way back home from the shopping center. Someone stated that they may have seen her praying at St. Davids that day, but they were unsure because they didn't see her face. 

Her handbag was found on the shore 30 feet from the West Pier inside were stockings she bought for her mother's birthday and a small amount of money. When her room was searched officers found among her small number of personal possessions a ferry ticket to Ireland. 

Sister Jacinta is a white female and was 38-years-old at the time. She has blue eyes. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Unidentified Wiki

Tipperary Live Jan 13, 2012

Wales Online 

May 19, 1924 Barnby Dun, England Baby John Doe

 On May 19, 1924, The body of a newborn baby boy was found in a pond at Park Hill Hall in Barnby Dun, England. He had been murdered as a strip of linen was found tightly tied around his neck. It was so tight it cut into his flesh. 

SOURCES:

Unsolved Murders UK

May 18, 1995 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

On May 18, 1995, the remains of a woman were found under a cement floor at the former site of Robertson Motors on 1515 Danforth Ave. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The floor had been poured in 1949 meaning she likely died in 1949.

Jane Doe was a white female between 19 to 40-years-old. She was 165cm to 170 cm (5'5" to 5'7"). She had brown/red hair. 

SOURCES:

Canda's Missing

Doe Network

Urban Legends: Romãozinho

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In Boa Sorte district, Pedro Afonso, Goiás, Brazil Romãozinho was born to a farmer and his wife. As the boy grew up he was said to be disobedient, cruel, and evil. He was known to get great pleasure from treating animals cruelly and killing plants.

Sometimes Romãozinho's mother would tell the boy to bring his father lunch. His father worked in a garden. One day even though Romãozinho did not want to bring the food to his father he did. On the way, he would eat the chicken and place it back into the lunch box. 

He would hand the lunchbox to Father as he was supposed to. His father was confused when he opened the box and his food was eaten. The father asked the boy what the bones meant. In response Romãozinho did not take responsibility instead he told him that his mother sent it to him that way on purpose. That the bones were the leftovers from his mother and the man who came over when his father wasn't home.  

This enraged his father and caused him to go back home immediately. Romãozinho would follow along knowing that his mother was going to be on the other end of his father's wrath. When they arrived home his father would pull out a dagger and began stabbing his wife. All while this was happening Romãozinho laughed enjoying his mother's "punishment". 

Knowing her son was the reason for all this and his pure joy from her death she would curse him with her dying breath. "You will never die! You won't know heaven or hell, or even rest until there's just one person left living on Earth!"

Romãozinho would continue to laugh especially after she died. This came true as he never grew up. It's said that he can be seen wandering the street causing mayhem. This however doesn't always mean he was entirely bad. In one story Romãozinho assists a woman in labor by scaring a local midwife chicken. This would help the midwife find the lone woman and help her give birth. 

SOURCES: 

Wikipedia

Myths and Folklore Wiki

Murder of Amanda "Sissy" Goodman

On the afternoon of May 16, 1989, 13-year-old Amanda "Sissy" Goodman was walking home from her Middle School in Brownwood, Texas. She would be last seen alive around 3:30 pm. Around 45 minutes later her mother would search for her.

Around 4:30 a passing motorist would find her body would be found 10 miles south of Brownwood. She was in a ditch in the Indian Creek Community. She had been shot in the head and killed. Nothing was taken from her.

SOURCES:

Uncovered

Fort Worth Star-Telegram May 18, 1989

Abilene Reporter-News May 18, 1989

Abilene Reporter-News May 26, 1989

The Monitor February 6, 1994

KTXS May 18, 2018

Murder of Chantal Saurial

On May 15, 1988, the remains of  16-year-old Chantal Saurial were found by a fisherman near Cannan and Averill, Vermont. Just a mile south of the Canadian Border from her home country. Chantal was a Jane Doe for 8 years. It wasn't listed how she had died, but it was a violent end

She had disappeared from Montreal, Quebec, Canada in May of 1987. She was staying at the Maison Notre Dame Detention Center. During a group outing, she slipped away from them and wasn't seen again. Her life was not easy as she was homeless was working as a prostitute and was into drugs and alcohol. Her friend who was also homeless at the same time said that Chantal was scared of living on the streets. She may have been moving drugs for a motorcycle gang in Montreal. 

SOURCES: 

Vermont State Police

Burlington Free Press April 13, 1997

Valley News April 13, 1997

Burlington Free Press August 10, 1997

Around 1980 Portal North Dakota John Doe

In 2016 a skull was turned into Sheridan County Sheriff's Office. The skull was found in an outbuilding in or around 1980 in Portal, North Dakota.

John Doe was an Asian Male.

SOURCES:
NamUs

Murders of Florence Eyssalenne and Gretta Denise Rainey

Photo of Florence Eyssalenne

On 600 block of 3rd St. SE at the Capitol Hill Apartments in Washington, D.C. two women were murdered in an apartment building. The two apartments were next to each other, and neither were broken into. It seemed that the suspect either knew the victims or somehow was allowed in the homes. He would sexually assault the women and strangle them to death. It wasn't until 2022 that DNA connected the two cases. The DNA belongs to a man believed to be Black. 

Around 9 am on October 27, 1985, 23-year-old Florence Eyssalenne's body would be found dead in her apartment. She was raped and strangled to death. 

At 12:20 pm on May 13, 1987, 35-year-old Gretta Rainey's girlfriend Roxanne Johnson became concerned for her. Gretta was not answering the phone when she called. So Roxanne would come to the apartment with a coworker and would find Gretta's body. She had been raped and strangled to death. 

SOURCES:

Uncovered Florence

Uncovered (Greta)

Metropolitan Police DC

Metropolitan Police DC (Greta)

Washington Post May 13,1987

Washington Blade October 19, 2022

Disappearance of Ian Douglas Dickinson

In May of 1991, 22-year-old Ian Dickison was visiting Toronto, Ontario, Canada from Scotland. He would be last seen around 4:00pm on May 12, 1991 he was last seen leaving a restaurant near Yonge Street and Eglington Avenue. He was supposed to return on May 23, but he did not board his flight.

Ian is a white male and was 22 years old at the time. He is 175 cm (5'9") and 73 kg (161 lbs). He has red wavy hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. He has a scar on his left leg.  He was wearing a light green and white rugby shirt, denim blue pants, and brown leather shoes.

SOURCES:

Canada's Missing

May 11, 1933 Putnam County, Missouri Jane Doe

On May 11, 1933, Mr. Davis was walking t near Highway No. 4 five miles from Unionville, Missouri. The ground was wet and didn't want to fight with the muddy roads. He would pass a culvert and notice what he initially thought was a baby doll on the rocks below. He continued on his walk, but the "doll" made him uncomfortable.

When he got to the next house the thought of it not just being a baby doll bothered him. He would go up to tell Mr. Steele of the "doll" and that he was uncertain if it was actually one or an infant. Mr. Davis would continue on to Unionville and Mr. Steele went to check on the doll. It was not a doll, but the body of a newborn baby girl. He would contact another neighbor and then they contacted Sheriff Gibson. The Sheriff and Prosecutor could not show up to the scene, so Dr. Thomas would also show up instead.

The baby had been born and died within the last 24 to 36 hours. The baby was premature and had a string tied around the navel. The string was that of what was used in corsets or girdles. It's likely the baby was placed in some clothing on the west side of the road or in the ditch in a pasture near the old road. The heavy rains would have washed her and the clothes down to where they were found. It is not stated how the baby had died.

SOURCES:
Find a Grave
The Princeton Telegraph May 24, 1933

Michael Dimitri Georgies

On May 10, 2019, 74-year-old Michael Georgies was last seen in Myrtle Creek, Oregon. Has residences in both Myrtle Creek and Eugene. His 2007 Toyota Yaris was also missing but was found abandoned in November 2019. There is little information in this case. 

Michael is a white male and was 74 years old at the time. He is 5'9" and 185 lbs. He has grey hair and hazel eyes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

Murder of Rashaun Julius Nelson

Around 1 am on May 9, 2001, 21-year-old Rashaun Julius Nelson rode his bike on West Buck St in Paulsboro, New Jersey. He was confronted by two men and shot in the head causing death. He was found with at least 10 bags of cocaine and several hundred of dollars on him. So robbery does not seem to have been the motive. 

One article stated that a few weeks before his death Rashaun was confronted by a man. The man brandished a gun and threatened him. 

There was someone charged with Rashaun's murder, but they were found not guilty.

SOURCES:

Uncovered

Gloucester New Jersey

Courier-Post May 10, 2001

Courier-Post June 6, 2001

Yahoo News! January 6, 2017

Disappearance of Winnefred Jeanette Freeman

On May 8, 1968, 20-year-old Winnefred Freeman was last seen getting into her 1964 blue and white Chevrolet with a heavyset middle-aged man in Portland, Oregon. Her car would be found abandoned four days later in Portland.

Winnefred is a black female and was 20 years old at the time. She's 5'4" and 115 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:
NamUs

Serial Poopers: College Campus Crapper

At the beginning of May 1999, San Francisco University in San Fransisco, California was the destination for  "The College Campus Crapper". At least 24 incidents of unknown person or persons would crap where they should not and it was usually on the floor. It happened in both men's and women's bathrooms, even once in a classroom. The gifts the Campus Crapper would leave were usually in the stalls right in front of the toilets. It seemed as if they changed location often leading them to never be caught 

SOURCES:
Reddit
Unusually Stupid American by Kathryn and Ross Petras Page 276

Murder of Albert William Spatz

On February 11, 1988, 67-year-old Albert Spatz got off a bus at 25th St and Monroe Blvd in Ogden, Utah. He would walk down North on the east side of the sidewalk on Monroe. When he got to 2450 Monroe Boulevard he saw someone running at him from the Alley behind the Holly Rue Apartments.

The man demanded money from Albert. Albert told him he had no money and the robber knocked him to the ground causing him to go unconscious. The man raided his pocket while he was out and stole his wallet that had $20 inside. He would run back to the same alley he came from. 

Albert went to 803 24th Street and he called the police. Officers would document his injuries. Albert had a golf ball-sized goose egg on the upper right side of his head a swollen right cheek and a cut inside his mouth. He was taken to the hospital and released from the hospital to a friend. However, when he went to sleep that night he was unable to wake up again.

His son would try to wake him up the next morning but failed to do so. He would be taken to the hospital again. He went to surgery to get blood drained from his head however he never woke again. He would pass away on May 6th. 

Albert described the suspect as a black male. The man was around 5'10" and 150 lbs. He had short hair and did not have facial hair at the time. He was wearing a black coat and tan pants. 

SOURCES:

The Putney Pusher

Around 7:40 am on May 5, 2017, on Putney Bridge in London England, a woman would be walking on the bridge. When suddenly a man who was jogging without hesitation would push her with both hands towards the street towards a bus. The bus driver would swerve last second just missing her by inches and would later say that he did not know that she was that close till he'd seen the CCTV footage. Luckily she was not injured. How did the jogger react? He continued his jog without looking back at his victim or the scene he caused. 15 minutes later he would jog back and the shaking victim would confront him. He ignored her and continued on. 

Even though the video of the assault circulated and many were enraged the man was never found.  This case is now considered closed till new information comes out. There have been suspects in the case but found suspects have been ruled out. 

The suspect is a white male with a stocky frame. He has short brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a pair of dark blue shorts and a grey T-shirt. 

SOURCES:

BBC June 27, 2018

Wired October 14, 2021

My London August 6, 2022

The Guardian  More than 5 years ago

Thijs Poos "(van) Rosmalen"

 

On May 4, 2007, 29-year-old Thijs Poos las contacted his family. His last known address was in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He may have been staying in Paris and London at the time. He may be calling himself Thijs (van) Rosmalen.

Thijs is a white male and was 29 years old at the time. He has dark blonde hair and grey/blue eyes. He is around 170 cm (5'5"). 

SOURCES:

Politie

Missing Person

International Missing Persons

Meenybradden Woman

On May 3, 1978 turf cutters in Meenybradden Bod near Ardara, Ireland would find the body of a woman. It was found that the remains were of historical means. Her body would be kept in Dublin's city morgue and stayed in a freezer where the body was damaged. In July 1985 the body would be shipped to the British Museum and examined further.

It's believed that the woman was around 25 to 30 years old and died 1050-1410 CE. It is unknown how she died, but she didn't die violently. She was buried about a meter deep into the bog. It was strange that she was wrapped in a cloak dated by textile typology to the 16 to 17th centuries. However, the cloak was not carbon-dated and it's possible that it was from around the time she died. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Mummipedia

Irish Central 

Disappearance of Anwesha Dey

On May 3, 2015, 30-year-old Anwesha Dey was last seen leaving a friend's home near 23rd and S Streets in Lincoln, Nebraska.  She was walking home alone but never arrived. At the time the weather was bad and was stormy with heavy winds.

CCTV from the Union Plaza area showed that Anwesha had fallen into Antelope Creek at 7:27 pm. The creek was only 3ft deep, but the current was strong. Anwesha was also known to not know how to swim. It's believed that she had accidentally drowned. 

Her body may have never been found due to Antelope Creek flowing into Salt Creek, then which connects to the Platte River, which joins into the Missouri River that goes into the Gulf of Mexico. Her body may have ended up in any of these bodies of water. 

Anwesha was born and raised in India. She moved to Nebraska to attend the University of Nebraska. She studied biological sciences. Anwesha originally believed in the Hindu religion but began practicing Buddhism after she moved to the United States

Anwesha is an Asian female and was 30 years old at the time. She is 5'9" and 110 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. She was wearing an orange hooded zip-up sweatshirt with the Fall Lake State Park logo, blue jeans, and blue/pink or white lace-up shoes. She was carrying a light blue umbrella and an orange and gray backpack.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

International Missing Persons Wiki

Murder of Bertha Scott and Nancy Lagerquist

On May 2, 1990, 86-year-old Bertha Scott was found dead in her room at the Riverside Health Care Facility on East Broadway in Missoula, Montana. She was found still restrained to her bed, but it was not seen as a suspicious death at the time. The window however was open which was memorable to some, but not strange. 

Around 2 am on July 1st 87-year-old Nancy Lagerquist, who was a resident at the same facility, was taken from her room. It was found that Nancy was sexually assaulted and died because of it. Her body was then thrown into the river where she was found. 

When staff was interviewed a nurse recalled how Bertha, who died in May, had discoloration on her throat. This would lead investigators to exhume Bertha's remains and autopsy her body. Bertha had been murdered by being strangled to death. It's believed the killer or killers broke into the rooms using the windows of the rooms. 

SOURCES:

Missoula County

Uncovered (Bertha)

Uncovered (Nancy)

The Havre Daily News August 16, 1990

The Missoulian Augustt 21, 1990

Suspicious Death of Michael "J.T." McGuire

On May 2, 1978, 34-year-old Michael "J.T." McGuire's body was found in a wooded area on Albuquerque Road in Litchfield, New Hampshire. It's unknown what his cause of death was, but it is suspicious. He was in a secluded part of the woods. 

J.T. was from Lowell, Massachusetts, and was believed to have been a Hells Angel. 

SOURCES: 

New Hampshire Department of Justice

Concord Monitor May 4, 1978

Disappearance of Marion Cornelia Hawkins

 In May 1975 20-year-old Marion Hawkins would move from Marin City, California to live in Los Angeles. Her mother would receive a letter from her shortly after. It's not stated what was in the letter. She would shortly after lose all contact and go missing. 

Marion is a black female and was 20 years old at the time. She has black hair and brown eyes. She is 5'11" and 130 lbs.  She has two small toes on her left foot. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Personal Update: Etsy and Printify

 This has nothing to do with True Crime and you can ignore it if you want. I'm just trying to advertise my Etsy and Printify as I'm going through a rough patch with money right now. I can't even afford to keep paying for Newspapers.com Which is where I get a lot of information for crimes on this blog. Don't worry I will still try to post daily and have posts up into August. 

My Etsy 

Here's some examples you'll see on it. 

16 Printable True Crime Bookmarks

Printable True Crime Junkie Wall Art

Printable Unicorn and Princess Theme Reading Rewards and List

Printable Mothers Day Card Two Moms are Better than One

Here's My Printify

Everyday We Wear Pink Rosy Maple Moth Spiral Notebook

True Crime Girlie Cotton T-shirt

Starry Sky Tote Bag

May 1, 1924 Koppel, Pennsylvania John Doe

On May 1, 1924, the body of a man was pulled from the Beaver River near Koppel, Pennsylvania. He was dressed in winter attire and was believed to have been dead for several months. It's believed he had drowned.

John Doe was 5'9" and 175 lbs.

SOURCES:
Find a Grave