July 1, 1970 Grottoes, Virginia John Doe

On July 1, 1970, while police were searching for missing vehicles in an abandoned manganese mine in Grottoes, Virginia skeletal remains of a man were found.  It's believed that the man had died between 1957 and 1960. 

John Doe's race is unknown and he was between 35 to 55 years old. He was around 5'7" to 6'2". 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Disappearance of Kenneth Stone

On June 13, 1970, 38-year-old Kenneth Stone was a lobster fisherman and went out on the water in Owls Head, Maine. Later his watercraft was found abandoned on Marblehead Island, a tiny rock island, at the mount of Penobscot Bay. The throttle was full a head, but the engine was dead. His thermos with coffee still inside and his jacket were found floating nearby. It's believed that he may have drowned. 

Kenneth is a white male and was 38 years old at the time. He's 5'1" to 6'3" and 200 lbs. 

SOURCES:
NamUs

Portland Press Herald June 15, 1970

Disappearance of Arthur John Levario

Sometime in 1970 41-year-old Arthur Levario was last known to have been in Phoenix, Arizona. He may spell his last name Lebario or Levarro. There is little information in this case. 

Arthur is a white man and was 41-years-old at the time. He is 5'9" to 6'0" and 170 lbs to 180 lbs. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He has a scar on his left elbow. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

International Missing Persons Wiki

Murder of Maynard "Manny" Francis Grossbach

On November 30, 1970, the body of Maynard "Manny Grossbach was found in his white 1969 Ford van parked in front of 844 Jefferson Street in Eugene, Oregon. He had been shot in the back between 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm. His wallet and receipts were missing. At the time he was the owner of two Eugene bar and grill establishments.

SOURCES:
Eugene Police Department
Uncovered

The Capital-Journal December 1, 1970

Murder of Jeanne Melville

On September 24, 1970, Phyllis Nichols arrived at the Greyhound Station in Richmond, Indiana. She was there to pick up her niece 18-year-old Jeanne Melville. Jeanne was visiting from Wisconsin. She waited and waited, but Jeanne didn't arrive so she left and came back. Jeanne never arrived.

On October 11th a nude body of a young woman was found in a cornfield near Arcanum, Ohio. She was found 60 ft from Frazers Rd by two teens wandering the area on horseback. She had been Asphyxiated. It was Jeanne, but she would be a Jane Doe until July of 2009. Her ring was found with her, but has gone missing since then. Her clothing was found beneath two bridges nearby over the line in Preble County.

It was initially believed that Jeanne never made it to Indiana, but seeing as her body was found about 40 minutes away it's now believed that she did. She may have gotten to the Station early or late and possibly missed her aunt. She likely got a ride from someone she perceived as friendly and that person killed the young woman. It could be possible that this person was a local or even someone who was on the bus with her.

SOURCES:
Ohio Attorney General
Charley Project
Uncovered
Unidentified Wiki

Daily Advocate April 1, 2018

September 28, 1970 Anaheim, California Baby John Doe

On September 29, 1970, an infant's body was found in a hat box in a service station's restroom. It's believed that the infant was dead for around 7 hours.

John Doe was a white male and an infant. He is 1'1" and 2lbs.

SOURCES:
NamUs

Suspicious Death of Carmel Sue Whitacre

On August 9, 1970, 26-year-old Carmel Whitacre was last seen. She was released from the NH State Hospital for a weekend visit with her husband in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was supposed to return to the hospital to never be seen again.

On October 27, 1979 hunters were a short distance from Route. 43 in Northwood, New Hampshire. This was where they found Carmel's skeletal remains. Her cause of death is either unknown or unstated. It's unknown if she was murdered or not but her death is suspicious. 

SOURCES:
New Hampshire Department of Justice
Valley News November 2, 1979

Murder of Martin Bustos

On February 27, 1970, 27-year-old Martin Bustos was shot and killed near his 1955 Chevrolet in the area of 2626 Curtis St. in Dever, Colorado. There is little information in this case.


SOURCES:
Denver
Denver PDF

Murder of Pamela Lynn Conyers

On October 16, 1970, 16-year-old Pamela Conyer went to a homecoming bonfire/pep rally at the Glen Burnie High School in Glen Burnie, Maryland. At 8:30p.m. she wanted to put some finishing touches on her outfit and some shoe polish for the dance the next night. She would ask her mom for $5 and took the family's 1967 Dodge Monaco to the Harundale Mall. Pamela would make it to the mall but never made it back home.

On the 19th a man walking through the woods would find the car Pamela was driving. Inside was the shoe polish. When the car was found searches were dispatched for Pamela.  At 10:20 a.m. on October 20th discovered in a wooded area between the eastbound and westbound lanes of Maryland Route 177 that extended into Millersville, Maryland, Which was not far from the car.

Pamela was found lying on her side. She was clothed but her pullover sweater was inside out and her underwear missing. She had been sexually assualted and strangled to death.

SOURCES:
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
The Baltimore Sun October 21, 1970

The Evening Sun October 23, 1970

The Baltimore Sun October 24, 1970

The Baltimore Sun November 11, 1970

Washington Examiner April 18, 2011

Murder of John Leonard

On September 8, 1970, 52-year-old John Leanard was working in his taxi. A call for a pick-up at the Buck Hill Inn in Barrett Township, Pennsylvania. Around 2:30 p.m. he would then park near the entrance and wait in his car. A man would be seen near his vehicle. 

When Donald Mick, the owner of the taxi service, could not get in contact with John it worried him. It was unlike John to not responding. He would then go to where his last pickup was and found the taxi still there. Unfortunately inside was the body of John, someone had shot him 4 times in the head. The motive for the murder is unknown as he was not robbed and still had his wallet.  

In 1973 his widow Madeline told her teenage children she was going to check on a lead to their father's murder. She did not return home as she had died in a car crash into the woods along Route 940 in Paradise Township. The crash was ruled an accident. 

The man seen near the vehicle was a white male between 25 to 35-years-old. He had a tanned complexion. It is believed he was around 5'10" and 190lbs with a medium build.  He was wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a bright blue sport coat. He seemed to have been carrying a heavy paper bag in his left hand. 

SOURCES:

Monroe County District Attorney

The Pocono Record September 10, 1970

BRCTV May 12, 2022

WNEP May 19, 2022

Murder of Ronald Eugene Keith

 On October 16, 1969, Ronald Keith was last seen by his family around 11 p.m. His body would be found months later on Jan. 24, 1970, in a field on the 3000 block of South Lynnhaven Rd across from Plaza Middle School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He had been shot to death. Ronald was known to travel to Tidewater cities, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake.

The spot he was found is not a field anymore and buildings occupy it.

SOURCES:

City of Virginia Beach

Murder of Mary Catherine Olenchuk

 

In the summer of 1970 13-year-old Mary Olenchuk and her family were staying at their summer home in Ogunquit, Maine. On August 9th Mary would go on a ride on her bike. She would be last seen talking to someone in a maroon car in front of the beachside motel that was 200 yards from their summer home. The man in the car was in his mid-thirties wearing dark clothing. Her bike would be found under an archway at the hotel, but she wouldn't be found.

For two weeks there would be no traces of Mary. On August 22, 1970, an abandoned barn that was previously searched was searched again. The barn was at the Parson's Estate in Kennebunk which was 10.2 miles away from where she was abducted. This time a bale of hay was moved by an officer and this was when Mary's body was found. She had been murdered.

Mary had been strangled to death, the rope that was used was still around her neck. A shirt nearby her body would be identified as hers by her parents. It's suspected that the man in the maroon car had abducted and killed Mary.

SOURCES:

Maine State Police

Find a Grave

Lebanon Daily News August 14, 1970

Lebanon Daily News August 24, 1970 

Bennington Banner August 24, 1970

Murder of Marcia Currier

 On Jan. 8, 1970, 23-year-old Marcia Currier was found strangled to death in 100 block of N Columbus St. in Arlington, Virginia. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Arlington County

December 10, 1970 Denver, Colorado Baby John Doe

 On December 10, 1970, the body of a newborn was found in a toilet at the Woolworth store at 16th and Champa in Denver, Colorado. The baby was born alive. The baby was a white male with brown hair and hazel eyes. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Colorado Bureau of Investigation 

Disappearance of Paul Edward Levang

On May 15, 1970, 28-year-old Paul Levang was last seen in Mounds View, Minnesota. He left without his driver's license, Social Security card, and other important documents. There is little information in this case. 

Paul is a white male and was 28 at the time. He was 5'8" to 5'9" and 165-170lbs. He had reddish-brown hair and was slightly balding, and he had blue or greenish-blue eyes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

April 30, 1970 Virginia Beach, Virginia Baby Doe

On April 30, around 10:30 a.m. the body of a baby girl found lying on the water's edge at Sandbridge Beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It seems as if she was asphyxiated and then the killer (likely her parent or parents) tossed the body in the ocean. It's likely the body floated from north of where she was found.

She was estimated to be 0 to 12 months old and white. She was 1'8" and 6 lbs. She had brown hair. 

SOURCES:

Virginia Beach

NamUs

Disappearance of Alan Roger Bourque

On Feb. 9, 1970, 19-year-old Alan Bourque did not report to duty at the Keesler AFB, Mississippi. His missing date (Perhaps when he was reported missing) in March 10, 1970, from New Orleans, Louisiana. There is little information in this case.

Alan is a white male and was 19 at the time. He's 5'8" and 160 lbs. He has brown hair and blue eyes.

SOURCES:
NamUs

Jan. 23, 1971 Harris County, Texas Jane Doe

On Jan. 23, 1971 a passerby found skeletal remains in a wooded area near the intersection of CE Kind Highway and East Mount Houston Rd in Harris County. She had been dead for 1 to 2 years. She was an African American or possibly biracial with Caucasian between 16 and 19-years-old. She was 5'1' to 5'6" and her weight is unknown. She had black hair.

She was wearing a red miniskirt with black, brown, yellow and orange zigzag pattern size 24 waist, a long-sleeved brown shirt size 16-36, a white bestform bra size 32C, a fringe sued jacket or vest and a pair of brown leather dressy sandal with a chunk heel size 6.

SOURCES:

NamUs

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Texas Department of Public Safety 

Disappearance of Alexis Duggan

Between midnight and 4 a.m on September 14, 1970, 19-year-old Alexis Duggan left her home in Tampa, Florida. She left behind her 10-month-old daughter and didn't take anything with her.

Alexis is a white female and was 19-years-old at the time. She is 5'5" and 135lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She has a three-inch scar on her right knee, a scar on her right ankle and a scar on her abdomen. She may use the last names, Godwin or Yearby.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project 

Murder of Michael Andrew Hinson

On the night of September 12, 1970, 17-year-old Michael Hinson attended a Dorman High School football game. The 11th grader and his friends went to buy beer at the Ice House on Howard Street in Spartanburg, South Carolina. One of them had a fake I.D. and planned to drink the beer at a friends home on Magness Drive.

When the group was at a stoplight on Asheville Highway and California Ave. Michael leaned out of the window believing to see someone he knew at the gas station (that is now a used car lot) and yelled "Painter" at them.

The boys went on to Magness Drive to see if the friend was home. They soon realized though that a 1967 a faded chalkboard green Plymouth Fury (that may have come from the gas station) was following close behind them. They began a cat and mouse game through Hilltop. The teens pulled over at the Bethany Baptist Church and Michael got out of the car and confronted the Fury. He screamed at the driver to stop. The driver continued and the boys and Michael followed it up on Alamo St. and back down Asheville Highway.

The boys turned right into the Cleveland Park area and lost the Fury. They drove back to the Hilltop where they met the Fury again. It came up from behind them and passed them on the Hilltop. They followed the Fury again traveling at high speeds. They rode around the Hilltop area for a while and headed back to the Asheville Highway. The Fury then stopped at the red light at the Shell Station at California Ave. Michael got out of the car and confronted the driver through the passenger side window to see what they wanted.

They heard a shot and saw Michael fall back. He fell back on one hand and he started walking back to the car. The Fury ran the red light and continued towards Cleveland Park and turned right from Asheville Highway into Glenwood Estate. Michael told his friends he had been shot. They rushed him to Spartanburg General Hospital.

Michael didn't regain consciousness and died a short time after. He had been shot with a .22 caliber in the stomach and died from internal bleeding.

One night a woman called the family. Michaels mother answered the phone. The only thing the woman said was "Maybe that boy thought your son was going to harm him,"

There were two people seen in the car. The teens didn't get a good look and said that they believe that they were two men around 19 or 20. The passenger was white with long black hair. Authorities believed that it could be possible that the boys were from Spartanburg High School from the area they seemed to run off to.

SOURCES:
Spartanburg County Sheriff 
Group State