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.
On April 24, 1924, the body of a newborn baby boy was found on Roker Beach near Sunderland, England. The infant was burned, had a fractured elbow and a scalp wound. It's believed that right after birth the infant was placed in a fire and burned to death.
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On October 19, 2018, the body of a man was found burned in an abandoned car in a ditch between the Van Wyck Expressway Ramp and Northern Blvd. in Queens, New York. He was slumped over in the passenger seat.
John Doe is an African American male between 50 to 90-years-old. He was 5'7" and 140 to 150 lbs. He has a white metal ring with white and blue rings.
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NamUs
New York Post October 19, 2018
The next morning the car he was using was found on fire on Country Rd3490 in Rural Anderson County. Inside the trunk was Joshua's body. It's not stated how he died or if he was alive when the car was set on fire. The killers used a flammable liquid to set the car on fire from a distance.
A witness stated that they believe that they saw Joshua with men and another vehicle near where he was found. The witness stated that he may have been arguing with them.
It's unknown who the black man he was at the bank with was. He was described as well-mannered. It was unknown if he was a friend or someone related to his death. The men seen with him on the side of the road have also never been identified.
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KLTV Jan. 8, 2006
Front Page Detectives Nov. 23, 2021
At 7:30 p.m. on August 3, 2009, neighbors called police to 54-year-old Linda Jackson's home at 218 Pamlico Rd near Oriental, North Carolina. When someone checked in on her she was found dead in her bedroom. It was found that she had been beaten about her head and that was what killed her and her body was set on fire. The fire only affected her bedroom and did not spread.
At the time Linda had been living alone since her companion died several years before.
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North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
WCTI 12 August 2, 2010
On July 21, 1991, the body of a woman was found on the side of the Oritsuji Line by a vehicle shelter in Ikawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Her body had been wrapped in trash bags that originated from the Hyogo Prefecture, and then her body was burned with car oil. The day before a witness stated that they had seen a car with a Kobe license plate in the area. It's possible that Jane Doe and or her killer was from the Kobe area or at least resided in the Hyogo Prefecture. Even if the killer is found the statute of limitations for this case has run out.
Jane Doe was an Asian female and was in her 20s. She was 5'1" with a medium build. She has evidence of dental treatment on her lower left molars, and upper anterior teeth, and is blood type B. She was wearing a 14K gold chain necklace manufactured in Italy by Unoaerre.
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Unidentified Wiki
On January 1, 1924, the burned/charred remains of a man were found in Des Moines, Iowa. His cause of death is not stated and there is little information in this case.
He was a white adult male pre-40-years-old. He had long black hair. The lower part of a pair of hip boots was found on the body.
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On April 9, 1977, the charred body of a man was found near 59th and Happy Valley Rd. in Maricopa County Arizona. His cause of death was unknown or unstated, but he had died recently.
He was a white male around 25 to 40-years-old. He was 5'7" and 122 lbs. He had brown hair, and brown eyes and was sporting a mustache. He was missing teeth and one or both hands were missing. He was wearing a blue tank top it's not stated whether or not he may have been wearing other clothes or if they had been burned off as his body was found charred. women's panties and a sleeping bag were found near the body.
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Alfred for a while thought of faking his own death for a while. He was fed up with his life and was expecting children from his mistresses. He wanted to start life over again and realized that the man would not be missed and took the opportunity. He would search out for the man on the 2nd or 3rd of November and would find him. Alfred would tell the man that he was going to Leicester on Wednesday and would give the unknown man a lift there. He would make an appointment to meet the man to meet on November 5th at 8 p.m.
On the 5th he would meet the man outside of the pub. The two men would ride in Alfred's Morris Minor. On the drive, the two would talk a lot, and the man would drink the whisky Alfred gave him. When they got to Hardingstone the man would be half dozing due to the whisky. He would grip the man's throat with his right hand and pushed his head against the back of the seat. The man did not resist and just gurgled.
Around 1 a.m. on November 6th Alfred would then go and loosen the feeding pipe between the petrol tank and the carburetor. He would take the petrol can from the boot and poured it on both the victim and the vehicle before placing it back in the rear of the car and grab his attaché case Standing from a distance he would catch the vehicle on fire. The man was unconscious and burned alive.
His intention was to walk to Northampton and travel to Scottland by train to start his new life. But when he was walking away from the vehicle he would pass two young men. The men noticed the smoke and said something about it. In response, Alfred responded with "It looks like someone's having a bonfire up there." Alfred would then abandon his plan and return home as the men had seen him and he believed that no one would think it was him who was dead. He would then report the vehicle stolen.
The victim was badly burned in the vehicle. He would not be identified. Alfred would be soon arrested for the murder. He would be insistent during the trial that the car was caught on fire due to John Doe's Cigar. That John Doe had been asked to fill the petrol and he must have accidentally lit the car on fire. The Jury would find him guilty and he would be sentenced to hang.
John Doe was between 33 and 40-years-old. He was 5'6" to 5'8". The autopsy revealed that he had worked in an extremely dusty place throughout his lfe. The following descriptions are from Alfred. The man was respectfully dressed in a light-colored overcoat and had an overall appearance of a clerk. He had a slight brogue and had a sporting or boxing tattoo on his right forearm. At the time he was wearing police boots and had told Alfred that London police had given them to him. He had also carried a sports diary.
In 2012 DNA was taken from the John Doe, but this has not led to an identification yet.
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