Murder of Donovan Bailey

Around 11:38 on April 17, 2013, 29-year-old Donovan Bailey was dropping off friends at the rear of East 13th St in Reserve, Louisiana. The van would be fired upon hitting him in the chest and killing him. 

In 2014 someone was arrested for the murder, but they weren't charged. 

SOURCES:

Crime Stoppers

WWL TV May 9, 2023

Urban Legends: 999 Phone Charging

Photo By Randy Lu

In 2012 rumor was spread around in the BlackBerry forums that if you call 999 it charges the battery. 999 is the emergency number in the United Kingdom. So those who believed it would make lots of false calls to law enforcement. It was so bad that in 2013 Derbyshire Constabulary had a press release telling the public that calling 999 doesn't charge your phone, but in fact wastes law enforcement time and help for those who need it. If there were calls with quick hangups or left in silence police would have to try to get in contact with the cell phone user to make sure there was no emergency. It was illegal for them to misuse the number. 

Whoever posted this in forums probably thought of it as a joke and likely didn't think people would be dumb enough to do it. 

SOURCES:

Urban Legendpedia

Wikipedia

Disappearance of Victoria "Vicky" William

On October 19, 2013, 13-year-old Victoria "Vicky" Williams left her home on Fabyan Place in Newark, New Jersey. She was supposed to have met some friends, but she never returned home and this was the last time she was seen,

Police believe that she had run away and may still be in the area and or traveled to San Diego or another place in California.

Victoria is a Black female and was 13-years-old at the time. At the time she was 5'6" and 130lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. At the time she had blonde extensions. She has eczema on her arms and legs. She was wearing a blue orthopedic boot. A black shirt and pink pants OR a blue denim long-sleeved shirt, a gray short-sleeved shirt, and blue jeans.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Missing and Exploited Children

Charley Project

September 23, 2013 Sterling Heights, Michigan John Doe

On September 23, 2013, workers repaired the sewer system in Sterling Heights, Michigan. They would find human remains on a grate in the sewer line located along 15 Mile Road east of Maple Lane, inside the Edison Corridor. The remains, which are of a Caucasian, were discovered while the workers were making repairs to the sewer system. A news article at the time stated that it was possible that it was improperly disposed medical waste. 

John Doe was a White man. He had brown hair. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Click on Detroit

Interstate 80 Rapist

The Interstate 80 Rapist was someone who committed 3 rapes within 4 months near the I-80in Sacrament, California. This rapist currently only has 3 cases attributed to him through DNA. He not only raped the victims but also physically and violently harmed them. The man attacked all three women in the cover of the darkness. All three women were victims were walking on dimly lit streets. The first two were attacked and assaulted in one area. The third woman was kidnapped at knifepoint and taken a mile away. The streets they were attacked on were Watt Avenue, Madison Avenue, and Auburn Boulevard.

The attacks happened on September 9, 2013, at 4:20 am, December 10, 2013, at 9:15 pm, and on January 8, 2014, at 4:30 am.

The suspect was described as a black male between 20 to 40-years-old. He has a large build and had either a short afro or bald. He was clean-shaven. He was wearing rectangular glasses. In the most recent attack, he was driving a red, older model, boxy 4-door vehicle.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

KCRA3 Jan. 10, 2014

ABC 10 March 31, 2014

The American River Current May 15, 2014

August 30, 2013 La Paz County, Arizona Doe

On August 30, 2013, on the banks of a river near Ehrenberg, Arizona a mandible was found. Gender could not be determined, but it's believed that they were between 18 to 55-years-old, and died between 1905 to 2005.


SOURCES:
NamUs

August 22, 2013 Rochester, New York Doe

On August 22, 2013, a femur would be found in a vacant lot in Rochester, New York.

SOURCES
NamUs

Murder of Quinton “Sparks” Stokes

At about 10:16 p.m. on June 22, 2013 Sheriff deputies would respond to the 1800 block of Grempler Way in Edgewood, Maryland. When deputies arrived 24-year-old Quinton "Sparks" Stokes was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported by Maryland State Police Helicopter to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. He would however later die.

SOURCES:

Harford County Sheriff's Department

WMAR February 26, 2020

Murder of John Kulon White

Around 5:20 p.m. on June 16, 2013, 38 year-old John White was found shot near 12-14 Montcalm Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. There is little information in this case.

SOURCES:
Hampden District Attorney

Disapperance of Ricardo Hernandez

On May 5, 2013, 87-year-old Ricardo Hernandez left his home in Downey, California. He had a history of wandering away and would take the bus to downtown Los Angeles and Bell Gardens. He was not carrying a phone or any identification when he left.

Ricardo is a Hispanic man who was 87-years-old at the time. He is 5'2" and 110 lbs. He had grey hair and brown eyes. It's believed he was in the early stages of Alzheimer's. He was wearing a black jacket and blue jeans.

SOURCES:
State of California Department of Justice
Charley Project

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

Murder of Rashawn Robbins

On Jan. 20, 2013, at around 2:50 a.m. 19-year-old Rashawn Robbins was shot and killed on Central St. near the intersection of Pine St. in Springfield, Massachusetts. He would be pronounced dead at the Baystate Medical Center at 3:16 a.m.

SOURCES:

US Gun Violence

Hampden District Attorney

Mass Live

January 12, 2013 Auckland Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand

On the morning of Jan. 12, 2013, at 10:50 a.m. the body of a man was found floating in Auckland Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. The man was believed to have only been in the water for a few hours due to the tide on it''s was out at the time. It was unlikely he floated from the inner harbor where he was found. 

He was an Asian male in his 20's. He was described as having a thin build. He was wearing an Adidas t-shirt with a large red, yellow, and green logo, and was wearing a single chain necklace with a ring on it. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

The Aucklander

September 15, 2013 Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada John Die

On September 15, 2013, the body of a male was found in the Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada near highway 40. He was an Asian or biracial male between 25 and 40-years-old, He was between 5'4" to 5'9". He had suffered from episodes of malnutrition or anemia. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Unidentified Wiki

Canada's Missing

Rocky Mountian Outlook

Murder of Felicia Diggs Williams

On November 5, 2013, 34-year-old Felicia Diggs Williams was shot and killed in the front yard of her home on Paddlefish drive in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Her three children were inside the home at the time of her murder.

SOURCES:

Cumberland County
The Fayetteville Observer
WRAL

ABC News