Disappearance of Frank Howard

On August 6, 1896, 56-year-old Frank Howard would leave his home at 1043 South Hill St. in Los Angeles, California. He told his family that he was going on a business trip to San Bernardino and the desert. He was last seen by a friend standing on a street corner waiting for a street car, He was not seen since. 

Frank was an Attorney and was president of the Los Angeles County Board of Education and trustee of the county law library.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Metropolitan News-Enterprise September 12, 2006

June 8, 1950 Pomona, California John Doe

In Pomona, California an elderly transient would work for a woman. He would reside in her barn as he worked for her. On June 5, 1950, he would admit that he was not feeling well. She would contact her doctor to check him out. He was prescribed medicine but had refused to take any of it. He would be last seen alive at 8 pm on the 7th and at 6:35 the next morning he would be found dead. It's not stated how long he'd worked there or if he told them his name/what they had called him.

John Doe was a white male between 70 and 90 years old. He was 5'10" and 140 lbs. He had grey or greying hair. Army tan undershirt, gray workshirt, inner trousers khaki, outer pants Levis, Army hook leggings, and heavy work boots.

SOURCES:

NamUs

WANTED: Jeffery Dean McDaniel

 

In September of 1998, Jeffrey McDaniel left Placer County, California with his 13-year-old  female relative. Her whereabouts were unknown until September of 2000 when she was found in Mexico. According to her Jeffery had traveled through California and Nevada and ended up in Mexico. He had continued to sexually assault the girl which resulted in pregnancy. 

His whereabouts remain unknown. On February 28, 2001, an arrest warrant was issued for McDaniel after he was charged with child custody deprivation. A federal arrest warrant was issued in May of 2001, and McDaniel was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

He may still be in Mexico. He may be working in the computer industry. He has intrust in the tattoo industry. 

Jeffrey McDaniels was born on March 14, 1967. He is a white male. He is 5'11" and 190 lbs. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He has the following tattoos: several skulls, one wearing a helmet, and 3" roses on vines on his chest; a solar system design featuring multicolored planets from his wrist to his elbow on his left forearm; an Egyptian pharaoh on his right bicep; a door hinge on the inside of his right elbow; old swastikas on both forearms (blacked over, but still visible); a dagger on his left wrist with "S" and "J" on either side of it; lightning bolts on the fingers of his left hand; a green wedding band on his left ring finger over the word "Michelle"; a dot on the web of his right hand; "X" inside a circle on the inside of the web of his left hand; a snake winding through a skull on his right calf; "Shelly" above his right knee; "MBM" in Old English letters above his left knee; and the image of Fred Flintstone elsewhere on his body. 

SOURCES:

FBI

Murder of Carlton Mosley

On September 3, 2000, Carlton Mosley was in a vehicle in the 500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Bakersville, California, Carlton was struck by gunfire and died from a shot to the back of the head. 

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Bakersville 

Disappearance of Eric Sermon

On August 20, 1996, 16-year-old Eric Sermon went to a park with two friends in Chino, California. They would leave the park, but Eric would not return home. There is little information in this case.

Eric is a black male and was 16 years old at the time. He is 6'2" and 170 lbs. He has brown hair and brown eyes. At the time his hair was shaved. He was wearing a white shirt and black pants.

SOURCES:
NamUs

Murder of Seagram Miller

Seagram Miller was a rapper who went by his first name. He started his career in 1989 but debuted in 1992. He was a member of the gang 69th Village Mob. In 1993 he would record a song about a rival gang and it angered an Oakland kingpin. On June 29th the said gang would target him with a hit. The gunmen however failed to kill him.

Over 3 years later on July 31, 1996, 26-year-old Seagram and a friend were at a San Leandro, California Mall. Seagram would tell his friend that he wanted to go to Oakland. The friend agreed to go and claimed to not know why Seagram wanted to. 

Around 7:15 pm  Miller and a friend went to the 1900 block of 24th Ave in Oakland, California. When they got out of the van they were fired upon. Both men would be hit by bullets and go to the hospital. However, Seagram would pass away an hour later at 8:15 pm.

It's unknown if the gang he previously had a conflict with was involved in his murder. It's not stated if either men were intended targets or just in the wrong place at the wrong time. This area was known to be dangerous because of violence and drug trafficking. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Case Text

All Bay Music

SF Gate August 2, 1996

XXL Magazine July 31, 2018

July 22, 1912, Bloodstains in J.D. Smith's Home

 On July 22, 1912, J.D. Smith returned to his home at No. 420 East Forty-first street in Los Angeles, California. He had returned home from a trip through the state and his home was not how he had left it. It was in a way that he never would have thought of coming back to.

 He first noticed a mysterious pencil checkmark on the front door when he entered the front porch. When he entered the parlor he notice a light grey hat covered in blood. This however was not the only thing covered in blood. There were stains on the carpet, and streaks on the piano. The piano itself was even broken as the lid had been cracked from one end to the other. Oddly enough even though there was obviously a break in there were no signs of anything being stolen.

When he asked his neighbors to see what had happened in his home no one knew. No one stated that they had seen any men or boys about his home. One thing J.D. did note is that his neighbor's doors also had strange pencil marks.

Police investigating inclined to believe that boys had entered the home and started a fight near the piano resulting in blood and broken piano.


SOURCES:
Strange Company

The Los Angeles Times July 23, 1912

WANTED: Erik Kristian Moller

Erik Kristian Moller is a convicted child molester. Between the years of 1997 to 2000, he was entrusted with the care of his female victim who was 10 when the crime began. He would either make the girl drunk or drug her before molesting her. On December 18, 2002, he was convicted of two counts of lewd act upon a child. Moller was released on bail until sentencing. On March 18, 2003, Moller failed to appear for sentencing related to the lewd act upon a child conviction in San Luis Obispo, California. Moller was sentenced in absentia to ten years in state prison. On March 19, 2003, a felony bench warrant was issued for Moller after he was charged with failure to appear. On April 24, 2003, Moller was charged federally with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution by the United States District Court, Central District of California, and a federal warrant was issued for his arrest.

He may have traveled from Miami, Florida to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, in 2003. Moller is also known to have ties to Denmark. He has had previous work in the Aviation fuel business.

Erik Moller was born on June 24, 1967, in Arcadia, California. He is a white male. He is 5'10" and 140 lbs. He has blonde/brown hair and blue eyes. He has a 3-inch birthmark on his lower back. He has a tattoo of a falling angel on an upper arm; and a tattoo of an Indian sitting on a horse on an upper arm. He has a scar on his upper left arm. 

SOURCES:

FBI

Suspicious Death of Grover Ramirez Jr

On June 3, 2001, 20-year-old Grover Ramirez Jr went out of his home and went to get his daughter's milk. That night he would meet up with two friends before returning home. The friends, Michael Burns and Marco Sandoval, stated that near Comanche Creek in Chico, California they spotted an abandoned truck. The three made a plan to strip it of parts and sell it. 

His friends stated that a group of people was also in the area and they began chasing Grover and his friends. They stated it was unknown why the group started chasing them. During the chase, they stated that they heard splashes. When his friends stopped running after about a mile they noticed Grover wasn't with them anymore.

It wasn't until June 7th it was found what happened to him. Grover's body was found in a creek under a group of overhanging bushes. It was listed that he had died from drowning and had no signs of trauma and a lack of scrapes and scratches. Which doesn't match the brushy, thorny area the men were running on that night. 

The family stated that they didn't believe the two friends. They stated that after Grover left someone had called the house threatening to kill her and Grover. It was shocking because Grover was well-liked and got along with a lot of people.  His family also believes that the police dropped the ball in this case. That they did not take the search for him seriously and that they didn't take his death seriously. They even labeled him as a gangbanger even though he was not. 

SOURCES:

Uncovered

Facebook

Enterprise-Record June 8, 2001

Enterprise-Record June 9, 2001

CN&R July 19, 2001

May 31, 1994 Baldy Mesa, California John Doe

On May 31, 1994, a skull (no mandible) was found by investigators during a drug search in Baldy Mesa, California. The skull was found in a cardboard box beneath a bed. It's suspected that the skull is a souvenir skull or possibly a museum or teaching specimen. There seemed to be a bullet hole on the right posterior parietal with a possible exit through the left orbit. Meaning it's possible that they are a murder victim, suicide victim, or casualty of war. Victim could have been dead for up to a 100 years. 

John Doe is a man of possible mixed race (not specified) and was between 19 to 70 years old. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

May 23, 2023 Sacramento, California

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On May 23, 2023, the body of a man was found in the Sacramento River, east of 450 Jibboom Street in Sacramento, California. He had been in the water and there was moss found on his face. There is little information in this case. 

John Doe may be white, but it was uncertain. His age estimate is also unknown. He is 6'0" and 160 lbs. He has short black or brown hair. He sported a mustache, goatee, and possibly beard or facial stubble. He was wearing a black Mossy Oak sweatshirt, a red t-shirt, black sweats, black athletic shorts, socks, and one black glove on his left hand. He has a red tribal-like tattoo on his right arm.

SOURCES: 

NamUs

Sacramento County Coroner

CBS News July 3, 2023

Serial Poopers: College Campus Crapper

At the beginning of May 1999, San Francisco University in San Fransisco, California was the destination for  "The College Campus Crapper". At least 24 incidents of unknown person or persons would crap where they should not and it was usually on the floor. It happened in both men's and women's bathrooms, even once in a classroom. The gifts the Campus Crapper would leave were usually in the stalls right in front of the toilets. It seemed as if they changed location often leading them to never be caught 

SOURCES:
Reddit
Unusually Stupid American by Kathryn and Ross Petras Page 276

Disappearance of Marion Cornelia Hawkins

 In May 1975 20-year-old Marion Hawkins would move from Marin City, California to live in Los Angeles. Her mother would receive a letter from her shortly after. It's not stated what was in the letter. She would shortly after lose all contact and go missing. 

Marion is a black female and was 20 years old at the time. She has black hair and brown eyes. She is 5'11" and 130 lbs.  She has two small toes on her left foot. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

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.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Hair Bundle Mystery

 

In early March 2019, mysterious bundles of hair started showing up in Santa Barbra, California. They had been found mainly in center divider areas on Carrillo Hill, Meigs Rd, Cliff Dr, and even the Mesa Shopping area. It's said that some people witnessed the bundles being thrown out of cars.

The bundles were in braids and were dark brown. They were similar to horse hair but less coarse and almost like human hair, but not. (I wonder if they were some sort of hair for extensions)

Why were these bundles of hair left sitting around? No one knows, but many would say that it was creepy nonetheless. 

SOURCES:

Keyt March 9, 2019

Ed Hat March 9, 2019

KFI March 11, 2019

Reddit

February 19, 1979 Los Angeles, California John Doe

On February 19, 1979, a man's skull was found at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California. He may have died between 1978 to 1979. 

John Doe was a white man and was around 18 to 35 years old. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner

Unidentified Wiki

February 10, 1952 San Pedro, California John Doe

On February 10, 1952, the body of a man was found floating in the surf at the end of Barracuda St on Terminal Island in San Pedro, California by two fishermen. He was greatly decomposed when he was found and was missing body parts such as the legs below the knee and both arms. 

John Doe was between 20 to 25-years-old. He was between 6'0" and 6'5". 

SOURCES: 

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

News-Pilot February 11, 1952 

Disappearance of Edward Amador

On February 10, 1986 20-year-old Edward Amador was last seen leaving work in Oakland, California. There is little information in this case.

Edward is a Hispanic man and was 20-years-old at the time. He's 6'0" and 140 lbs. He has brown or black hair and brown eyes.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project
State of California

February 5, 1956 Arcadia, California John Doe

On February 5, 1956, two boys found leg bones in some brush at the Santa Anita Wash in Arcadia, California. More remains were found, but not all. It's believed that there was animal activity on his body. It's unknown how the man had died, but he may have been there for a year or more. 

John Doe was a man over 50 years old. He was 5'7" to 5'9" and around 200 lbs. He had grey or greying hair. He had Khaki trousers Penney's Big Mac with a 30" inseam x 40" waist, Blue denim trousers with a 30" inseam x 40" waist, a blue denim jacket, a brown sleeveless fleece lined leather vest, a pair of work gloves, a dark brown socks, army like work shoe, and horned rim glasses. There were also items found in the area. A bath towel, a feather pillow, a big box of matches, and a small box of matches.

It's unknown if all the items found with the body had anything to do with him. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

LA County Coroner

Unidentified Wiki

Daily News-Post and Monrovia News-Post Feb 7, 1956

Lemon Grove Mummies

 

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In 1966 a couple of teenage boys were obsessed with archeology. They heard of how in Mexico people were buried or mummified in caves. The boys would spend over a month exploring the caves of Chihuahua, Mexico for a discovery. They were successful in doing so as they discovered a pregnant mother and an infant possibly their child. In order to not be caught they would smuggle the remains over the border to Lemon Grove, California. The boys could not show off their discovery or turn the bodies over to a museum because what they had done was illegal. 

When the two were drafted they asked a friend if they could store the box in their garage. More than likely it was unknown to the friend what was inside the box. In 1980 the friend's mother opened the box while cleaning the garage. She was horrified at the sight and called the police. Where everything was discovered.

The remains were discovered to have lived and died between AD 1040 and AD 1260. The bodies were then donated to the San Diego Museum of Man and the Mexican Government decided to grant the U.S.  custody of them.

The mother was estimated to be around 15-years-old and was around 7 months pregnant and close to giving birth. The infant girl was around 1. It's not stated if the two were related. It's not believed that they were purposly buried. The teenage girl laid with her arms over her head.

One refrence states that a CT scanof the young woman revealed a dislocated shoulder, ossified hematoma on the back of the head, indicating blunt force trauma, and a dislocated hip. These injuries are similar to a fall, and she had died soon after.

Another refrences don't mention their deaths, but that it was suspected from their positions that they may have died in their sleep. 

SOURCES:

Atlas Obscura

Ancient Orgins

The Lemon Grove Mummies

Mumipedia