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

November 29, 1985 Conroe, Texas

On November 29, 1985, a man fishing in Rish Creek in Conroe Texas would snare a skull with his fishing pole. It is suspected that the skull was a war trophy from WWII as there were faint scribblings on WWII, the Japanese, and the date April 22, 1942.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Doe Network
Unidentified Wiki

Murder of Denise Davenport

On February 24, 1985, 20-year-old Denise Davenport was working at the Greeley Mall in Greeley, Colorado. She would be seen leaving the mall around 5 pm. At the time she was driving her boyfriend’s blue Mazda RX-7. She was supposed to go to a sorority party that started at 6 pm. However, she never arrived and was never seen alive again

There was a wide search for her. The car was found in a University of Northern Colorado parking lot near Frazer Hall. The car was unlocked with the radio on and mud inside. It's believed she was not the last person to drive the car. Her boyfriend stated that she would never leave the car unlocked or the radio on. 

On April 20, 1985, Denise's nude body was found floating in the South Platte River. It's not stated how she had died,

SOURCES: 

Uncovered

Colorado Bureau of Investigation 

Daily Sentinel March 4, 1985

The Daily Sentinel July 7, 1985

Longmont Leader April 14, 2022

Fox 31 May 5, 2022

Murder of Cheryl Lynne Coates

Photo of Cheryl

Composite of her as a Jane Doe

On January 15, 1985, the body of a young woman was found in a shallow grave in the area of MacArthur Blvd. and Stamford Rd in Superior Township, Michigan. Her shallow grave near the Woolman Oval Apartments had been abandoned in the 1970s and does not exist now. She had been dead for several months to a year. She had been killed by being shot in the head.

The young woman was 25-year-old Cheryl Coates, but she would be a Jane Doe until 2023. Her DNA was submitted to Ortham and on December 15, 2023, she was identified.

Cheryl was known to frequent Detroit and Southfield.

SOURCES:

DNA Solves
Doe Network
Unidentified Wiki
Washtenaw Sheriff Facebook

Fox 2 Detroit December 15, 2023

Murder of Brett Kreglo

Around 10:49 p.m. on December 4, 1985 officers were dispatched to a robbery call at Pizza Hut on 7520 E. 87th St. in Kansas City, Missouri. During the process of the robbery 22-year-old Brett Kreglo and his friend Dave would arrive at the Pizza Hut to pick up a pizza.

Just before the two came in the robbers put the people in the store in the cooler. The two gunmen would then tell them to get to the bathroom. Brett would be shot because he was not doing it swiftly enough for the robbers. They didn't even have the chance to leave the entry foyer before they shot him. He was shot in the upper left chest and killed instantly. the robbers would get away with $2,000.

Dave and Brett were only in town for an hour. They had just come to town to find jobs and Brett's sister also lived here. They were originally from Colorado. 

At the time it was suspected the same robbers were the same people who robbed Gates&Son and held a gun to 10-year-old's head who walked into the robbery. They tormented the kid and then locked everyone in the restaurant's Meat cooler. I'm not sure if this is still the case, but one article mentions this.

One suspect was described as a black male around 30 years old. Around 5'6" and 145lbs.He was wearing a tan three-piece corduroy suit with a white shirt. The second suspect was a black male. He's 6'1" and 160 bls. He was wearing a black stocking mask, burgundy jacket, and pants. 

SOURCES:

Kansas City Police Department

The Kansas City Times December 5, 1985

The Kansas City Times December  6, 1985

The Kansas City Times January 4, 19861985, 1980's, Murder, Rob

Murder of Douglas Morgan

On October 20, 1985, the body of 36-year-old Douglas Morgan was found in the woods near Route 101 in Greenland, New Hampshire. He was last seen at the beginning of July. It was found that he had been beaten and stabbed to death.

Douglas was from Sharon, Massachusetts. At the time he along with four other men were being charged with conspiring to sell $2 million in stolen bonds and was supposed to be a witness in the federal trial happening in Boston.

SOURCES:

New Hampshire Department of Justice

Murder of Heraida “Iris” Ayala

On January 15, 1985, 36-year-old Heraida “Iris” Ayala's body was found by her friends and boyfriend in her apartment in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The three of them had forced their way after not seeing her for a while and there was no response to the door. They would find her body in the bedroom and her apartment seemed to have been ransacked. She had been stabbed to death about 36 to 48 hours before she was found. 

Iris had a criminal history and was recently facing drug charges. 

SOURCES:

Allentown Pennsylvania

Allentown Pennsylvania (PDF)

The Morning Call January 16, 1985

December 29, 1985 Tuscon, Arizona Jane Doe

On December 29, 1985, the partial cranium of an adult woman was recovered from a residential yard. There were obvious signs of animal depredation on it. The previous tenant of the home reportedly left the cranium in the residence. When he vacated he told the new tenant that it was from a teaching specimen. Analysis however reveals that it's possible to have been a Trophy Skull from an unknown origin. the earliest that the woman may have died was the 1930s.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

Murder of Yvonne Menke

Around 6:25 a.m. on December 12, 1985, 45-year-old Yvonne Menke left her home in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin to go to work. She was shot three times in the head and neck as she went to her car. A person was seen fleeing from the alley area her car was. Her body would be found in the stairway leading to her apartment.

The suspect was believed to have been under 6' and wearing a dark-colored stocking cap and a grey 3/4 length coat.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Polk County Wisconsin

The Journal Times December 13, 1985

Murder of Roger Dean

On November 21, 1985, 51-year-old Roger Dean and his wife were at their home in Littleton, Colorado. Intruders would come into the home and held them at gunpoint. During it, Roger was shot and he would die from his injuries. 

SOURCES:

Douglas County Sheriff

Douglas County Sheriff (PDF)

Murder of Theresa Lynn Baker

On September 24, 1985, Theresa Baker was last seen around 2:30 a.m. at a restaurant called D'Angelo's on Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia across from Johnny's Bar. She had been to both places that night and both places were regularly by local factory workers. Theresa's body would be found on February 8, 1986, in a wooded area of Mechanicsville at the end of the Cherrydale division,

Recently Theresa moved from Pennsylvania to Chesterfield County with her two small children. 

SOURCES:

Hanover County Sheriff's Office

NBC May 11, 2010

Disappearance of Roberto Orejel Blanco

On March 20, 1985, 32-year-old Roberto Blanco was last seen at his home in Santa Cruz, California. His car was found abandoned at Butano State Park and it's believed that foul play is involved in his disappearance.

Roberto is a Hispanic male and was 32-years-old at the time. He's 5'6" and 170 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes and may be sporting a mustache. He was an alcoholic and may have suffered from an unstated behavioral disability. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

Hit and Run of Kip Hallow

 

Just before 2 a.m. on October 26, 1985, 20-year-old Kip Hallow was hit by a car on Vickers St. North and Weigand Ave. in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Two passersby found him and got assistance from a cab driver who arrived shortly after. The cab driver called paramedics and police, but Kip would be pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after 2 a.m. The people who found Kip stated that a car was seen going up North Vickers St. when they found Kip.

Kip's clothes had evidence of red or marron paint chips from the sedan that hit him. He was wearing a black leather jacket, faded blue jeans, a white shirt and tan coloured cowboy boots and also had a lighter that was a replica of a Derringer pistol.

It's believed that before the hit and run Kip was at the bars on the North side that night. 

SOURCES:

Thunder Bay Police

CBC October 28, 2017

CBC October 26, 2020

October 25, 1985 Havre Montana John Doe

 On October 25, 1985, the body of a man was found by a railroad yard in Havre, Montana. He was laying on cardboard and partially covered with plastic. He may have died in 1984 or 1985. 

He's a white male between 30 to 40-years-old. He's 5'10" to 175 lbs. He has brown hair. He was wearing a blue t-shirt with white lettering of WWU, cotton short sleeve plaid shirt undershirt, green pants, rust sweater, black socks, and brown wingtip shoes. He had a silver pocket watch and an 1883 silver dollar was found near the body. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

September 26, 1985 Los Angeles, California John Doe

 On September 26, 1985, the body of a teen was found in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California. He had died sometime that year. His head, torso, one or more limbs, and one or more hands were not recovered. 

He was around 5'7" and believed to be around 15 to 17-years-old.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Unidentified Wiki

May 19, 1985 Westport Connecticut

On May 19, 1985, the body of a woman was found burning in a pile of tires off the westbound shoulder of I-95, near Sasco Creek overpass in Westport, Connecticut. Her hands and feet had been removed and were never found. It was estimated that she had been dead for around an hour. 

Jane doe was a black female and was 30 to 40-years-old. She was 5'0" and 110 lbs. She had black kinky/curly hair. She was wearing a wool wrap-around sweater, Russler brand blue jeans, a bra with two safety pins as clasps. She may have been a smoker as she had Salem cigarettes in her sweater pocket. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Murder of Regina Mae Armstrong

 

On June 18, 1985, 6-year-old Regina Mae Armstrong was playing with her 9-year-old sister Christina and their baby sitter's younger brother in the courtyard at Semoran Terrance apartments on Semoran Boulevard in Orlando, Florida. 

A man in his 40's who was described as smelling oily and looked like he was a mechanic or worked on cars approached them. He talked to the children briefly and returned 30 minutes later. By this time the children were playing by the mailboxes.  

He would ask Regina to go with him and offered to pay the other two $2 to watch a door at a nearby Beau Barton apartment. He stated that it was where he and his wife had lived. Regina would be persuaded to go with the man. 

Her sister would soon realize that Regina wasn't coming back. She would run to her babysitter for help, but she locked the door and wouldn't listen to Christina. It was until two hours later when her babysitter's other brother and boyfriend returned when she got help. 

Police were then notified at 4:30 p.m. when their mother came to pick them up. A search was done for the girl, but she could not be found. Three years later her skull and sundress were discovered by a construction worker found her remains at a construction site in Oviedo. This was around 15 miles away from where she was abducted. 

Her abductor was a white male in his 40's and was about 6ft tall and had salt and pepper hair. He was missing teeth and had a cut on his lip with stubble. He was wearing a plaid shirt and old blue jeans at the time. 

SOURCES:

City of Orlando

Find a Grave

Orlando Sentinel 

Murder of Owen Garmon

On March 14, 1985, 33-year-old Owen Garmon was found dead in his apartment at 1440 Middleton St. in Apartment #79 in Atlanta, Georgia. It was found that he had been beaten to death.

SOURCES:

Atlanta Police Department

Murder of Andrew Aguilar Onsurez

On Feb. 20, 1985, the body of 41-year-old Andrew Aguilar Onsurez's body was wrapped in a blanket in the trunk of his vehicle. He had been stabbed multiple times. His case is still unsolved.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

City of Bakersfield 

Disappearance of Rhonda "Dabis" Lynn Yocom

On Feb 7, 1985, 19-year-old Rhonda Lynn Yocom was last seen getting into a car with Odis "Buck" Garret in Oroville California. He was supposed to take ger to Klamath Falls, Oregon so she could avoid court. It's possible plans changed and they went to a house he owned in Vallejo, California. On Feb. 11 Rhonda called her boyfriend, John Woolen. This would be the last time anyone would hear from her. Foul play is suspected in her case.

Both John Woolen and Odis Garret were a part of Hells Angles. Right now Odis is serving several life sentences in prison for drug charges and murder. John is suspected in her disappearance but is in the disappearance of Paget Barr, another girlfriend of his. 

Rhonda is an Asian female of Filipino descent and was 19 at the time. She may use the last name Dabis. She's 5'1" and 115lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She has a small tattoo of either a rose or unicorn on her breast and scars on both legs from sore, she also has her ears pierced. She may be wearing earrings and has two turquoise rings and a necklace with a silver chain and a unicorn pendant. 

SOURCES:
NamUs
California Department of Justice
Doe Network
Charley Project