June 8, 1950 Pomona, California John Doe

In Pomona, California an elderly transient would work for a woman. He would reside in her barn as he worked for her. On June 5, 1950, he would admit that he was not feeling well. She would contact her doctor to check him out. He was prescribed medicine but had refused to take any of it. He would be last seen alive at 8 pm on the 7th and at 6:35 the next morning he would be found dead. It's not stated how long he'd worked there or if he told them his name/what they had called him.

John Doe was a white male between 70 and 90 years old. He was 5'10" and 140 lbs. He had grey or greying hair. Army tan undershirt, gray workshirt, inner trousers khaki, outer pants Levis, Army hook leggings, and heavy work boots.

SOURCES:

NamUs

July 14 1950, Braidwood, Illinois John Doe

On July 14, 1950, the body of a man was found in an abandoned strip mine pit between I-55 (Route 66 at the time) and Route 113 in Braidwood, Illinois. The area was a strip mine and farm. He had been dead around 4 to 5 weeks.

John Doe is a white man Pre 50. He's 5'8" to 5'10" and 175 to 180 lbs. He had brown hair that was thinning on top. He had a tattoo on his left arm. 

SOURCES;

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

January 16, 1950 Eastville, Virginia John Doe

On January 16, 1950, the body of a man was found on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Eastville, Virginia. His cause of death is unstated/unknown, but he had been dead for around 6 weeks. 

John Doe is a white male between 35 to 40-years-old. He was 5'9" and 140 lbs. He was wearing clothes, but they were not described.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

Disappearance of Geneva Beatrice Long (Jeanne Long)

 

On July 29, 1950, 27-year-old Geneva Long was last seen in Bakersfield, California. She may go as Jeanne Long. There is little information in this case. 

Geneva is a white female and was 27-years-old at the time. She's 5'11" to 6'2" and around 130 lbs. She has brown hair.

SOURCES: 

NamUs

Charley Project

Unidentified Wiki

October 21, 1950 Utah County, Utah Baby Jane Doe

 On October 21, 1950, the body of a newborn baby girl was found by a couple in a virtually dry Provo riverbed 3 miles from the mouth of Provo Canyon, in Utah County, Utah. The location was not far from Christmas City Cafe/Tavern. The water in the riverbed was drained about 2 days before at Murdock diversion dam.

The baby had been wrapped in a sheet and weighed down with a large rock likely when the water was still running. The body was too decomposed so the cause of death could be found. She was likely a 7-month fetus and it undetermined if she was born or aborted. 

Jane doe was a newborn white female. 

SOURCES:

Utah Department of Safety

Disappearance of Lora Skaggs

Sometime between 1948 to 1950 Lora Skaggs went hitchhiking in Charleston, West Virginia. She was either on her way to Ohio for work or was on her way to pay bills. Little information is known in this case.

Lora was a white female around 27-years-old when she disappeared. She was 5'0" to 5'4" and 115 to 130 lbs. She has red/auburn hair and her family believes she has brown eyes but weren't positive. She had an appendectomy scar.

SOURCES:
NamUs

Murder of Harold "Murph" Murphy Cohen

On November 3, 1949, 38-year-old Harold" Murph" Cohen was reported missing to the Denver, Colorado Police Department. Murph would leave a note stating he wouldn't be seen for several days. He had also told his wife that he was going to a special dinner. He reportedly attended a ceremonial dinner at Gaetano's in Denver prior to his disappearance. At the time he was a known gambler and was a fight referee. 

It wasn't known what had happened to him as he went missing for months, but on Feb. 11, 1950 His body was found in Blue Lake located south of Highway 58 at Indiana St. He had been hit in the head and then tied up and tied to railroad iron and tossed into the lake alive. He was likely attacked during the dinner or right after. They intended for his body to sink to the bottom of the lake, but it landed on a ledge. 

SOURCES:

Colorado Bureau of Investigations

Jefferson County, Colorado

Fort Collins Coloradoan Feb. 13, 1950 

Greeley Daily Tribune Feb 13, 1950

St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 17, 1950

Disappearance of Tommy Richey

16-year-old Thomas "Tommy" Richey left home to go fishing on July 11, 1950. He went to his favorite fishing area on the Rogue River in Prospect, Oregon. The area had a cable car he would use to move to the middle and fish from above. His fishing pole and a few fish were found in the car, but he was not. It's likely he fell or jumped into the river and drowned as the car was still sitting over the river.

Coincidentally Tommy's mother's first Husband and his older 1/2 brother who was 6 at the time drowned in the Rogue River in 1930.

Tommy is a white male and was 16 at the time. He was 5'9" to 5'10" and 160 lbs. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He wore prescription glasses.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project