Showing posts with label Baby Doe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baby Doe. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

June 11, 1921 Omaha, Nebraska Baby John Doe

On June 11, 1921, an unknown baby boy was found in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Omaha, Nebraska. There is little information in this case.

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Friday, November 22, 2024

November 22, 1957 Dublin, Virginia Baby John Does

 On November 22, 1957, the bodies of two infant boys were found in a box recently buried in an unmarked grave near a cemetery in Dublin, Virginia. It is not stated how the boys had died or when they died. It's possible that the two were twins.

The baby John Does were both African American Infants. The boys were 18 inches long and one was 5 lbs and the other was 4 lbs. 

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NamUs Boy 1

NamUs Boy 2

Friday, June 14, 2024

June 1858, London, England Baby John Doe

In June 1858, an unknown baby boy was found on Hardwick St in London, England. The boy was not a newborn and was around 6 months old making his birth around or in December. It's not stated if his death was murder or not. He was buried at the  City of London Cemetery on June 14, 1858.

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

June 11, 1952 Tama County, Iowa Baby John Doe

On June 11, 1952. road construction was happening along the route of U.S. Highway 30, about four miles west of Tama, Iowa. A construction worker discovered a box 350 feet east of the Raven Creek bridge on the south side of the roadway. The box was a Wilson Packing Company box marked “chili.” and was wrapped with a cord.

The worker would open the box to find something horrifying. Inside the box were two packages wrapped with newspapers and tea towels. Inside the packages was the horrifying sight of the body of a baby boy. The other package was the afterbirth. It was found that the baby had blunt force trauma to the head and the baby was alive for 2 and a half to 3 hours.

They were the April 17 and May 8 issues of The Marshalltown Times-Republican. The newspapers had no mailing address attached, but two “stars” were discovered in the newspapers. This indicated they had been delivered on a Marshalltown city route. One tea towel had the embroidery of a lamb in one corner and the other had the numeral 49 in black.

John Doe was a white male newborn. He was fully developed. He weighed 8 lbs and had blonde hair.

SOURCES:
Iowa Cold Cases

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

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.

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Birmingham Gazette May 26, 1932

Sunday, May 19, 2024

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. 


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Saturday, May 11, 2024

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


Saturday, April 27, 2024

April 27, 1958 Long Beach, California Baby Girl Doe

On April 27, 1958, a newborn girl was found washed ashore in the Alamitos Bay in Long Beach, California.

Jane Doe was 1'3" to 1'6" and 7 lbs. She was wrapped in a woman's long housecoat size 38-40, it was in a duster-style and lightweight. The housecoat was faded with red piping on the collar. It opens from the neckline to the waist and is fastened with two buttons. The brand was Charmode which was sold at Sears Roebuck & Co.

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Saturday, April 6, 2024

April 6, 1924, Sheldon, England Baby Jane Doe

On April 6, 1924, the body of a newborn baby girl was found in a pond at Garretts Green in Sheldon, England.

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Friday, March 29, 2024

March 29, 1924 Gosport, England Baby Jane Doe

 On March 29, 1924, an engine-room artificer of the Royal Navy was on duty at the Costal Motor-Boat Base at Haslar Creek in Gosport, England. He would spot a suspicious brown paper parcel on the foreshore near the pontoon. It was a few feet above the tide line which was at the time dead low.

He would go and get the parcel and unwrap it. Inside was the body of a newborn baby girl. It was found that the child was born alive and had lived for at least a few minutes before dying from exposure and want of attention at birth. She had been dead for more than 3 days. 

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

March 27, 1936 Rich Hill, Missouri Baby Jane Doe

 On March 27, 1936, the body of a newborn baby girl was found floating in a well in Rich Hill, Missouri. The well was located in a pasture near a home. She had been dead for weeks.


This was the second newborn found in the area at the time as a few days before a different infant was found east of Rich Hill. I could not find much on this infant if their parents were identified or if the possibility of these cases is connected.

SOURCES:
Find a Grave
Butler Daily Democrat March 28, 1936
Springfield Leader and Press March 30, 1936

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

March 12, 1924 Allonby, England Baby Jane Doe



On March 12, 1924, the body of a newborn baby girl was found by a man walking his dog at the Reading Room near Allonby, England. The man was walking his dog heading towards Silloth when he saw his dog near the Reading Room. He would go home without the dog. Later he would see his dog coming back over the Skew Bridge with something in his mouth. It was the arm of a newborn.

The man would then go back to the Reading Room and would find more of the babys' remains above the high water mark about 2 to 3 ft from the grass. The baby's other arm was missing and her neck and face were disfigured. It's not stated if this was due to other animal activity.


SOURCES:
Unsolved Murders UK

Monday, January 29, 2024

January 29,1924 Whitehaven, England Baby Jane Doe

On January 29, 1924, the body of a newborn baby girl was found on the roadside in Whitehaven, England by two boys. The baby was burned and her arm and leg had been burned off. She was then wrapped in a newspaper and left at the roadside where she was found.

SOURCES:
Unsolved Murders UK
North Mail, Newcastle Daily Chronicle Feb 12,1924

Friday, January 12, 2024

January 12, 1880 Hull, England Baby Jane Doe

On January 12, 1880 body of a newborn baby girl was found in a box in the lady's lavatory in Paragon Station in Hull, England. It's not stated if she was born alive or not. 

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

December 14, 1923 London, England Baby Boy Doe

On December 14, 1923, the newborn body of a baby boy was found in the Regents Canal near Grove Road, Marylebone district in London, England. A man on the towpath next to the canal found the body in the canal. He was wrapped up in a piece of calico cloth. It's believed that the baby died from inattention at birth and was in the canal for around 17 days. 

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Monday, December 11, 2023

December 11, 1923 Sheffield, England Baby Boy Doe

On December 11, 1923, the body of a newborn baby boy was found dead in the Endcliff Park boating dam in Sheffield, England.  He had been burned about the head and arms before he was placed in the water. It's not stated what his cause of death was.

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

December 1933 Racine, Wisconsin Baby John Doe

 On December 5, 1933, an unknown baby boy was buried at the East Meadows Cemetery in Racine, Wisconsin. There is little information in this case.

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Find a Grave

Monday, November 20, 2023

November 20, 1936 Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

 On November 20, 1936, the body of a baby girl was found in a Milwaukee River Canal in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. She would be buried at the Optiz Cemetery in Mequon. 


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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

October 31, 1880 Floyd County, Indiana Baby Doe

On October 31, 1880 the body of a very young infant (less than a year-old) was found floating in the Ohio River opposite of the hickory Mill in Floyd County, Indiana. The infant's head showed evidence that they  had died a violent death . The Infant would be buried the next day in New Albany's Fairview Cemetery. 

Since the infant was described as very young and not newborn it could be assumed that it was not. 

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

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.

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NamUs

Chu "Joe" Wong Kung

On September 26, 1946, 50-year-old Chu "Joe"  Kung was visiting Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was at the time staying at the Alexan...