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. 

SOURCES:

Unsolved Murders UK

March 9, 1924 Aston, Delaware John Doe

On March 9, 1924, a man's body was found on Concord and Bridgewater Rd in Aston, Delaware. He was frozen to death due to exposure.

John Doe was a black male around 55 years old.

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Find a Grave

March 1913 Plymouth, Pennsylvania Baby John Doe

 In March 1913, an infant boy was left in an orchard in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. The boy would then die from exposure. 

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Find a Grave

Winter of 1766 Barbeque, North Carolina Stranger

  In the winter of 1766, the body of a man was found frozen to death on the steps of the Barbecue Presbyterian Church in Barbeque, North Carolina. He was never identified so he was buried in the cemetery.

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Find A Grave

August 24, 1880 Worcester, Massachusetts Jane Doe

  On August 24, 1880, a baby girl was found dead in the jail yard on Vine St. in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was about a month old and had died from exposure. 

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Find a Grave

Jan. 19, 1941 Charlotte, North Carolina Unknown Newborn Girl

 On Jan. 19, 1941, the body of a newborn was found abandoned in the woods in Charlotte, North Carolina. The baby girl had died from exposure recently. 

She was a newborn African American female.

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Find a Grave

 

Jan. 12, 1888 Monroe, Nebraska John Doe

On Jan. 12, 1888, a man died due to a blizzard in Monroe, Nebraska. He would be buried at the New Hope Cemetary. 

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Find a Grave

Murder of Ronald S. Johnson

 On November 6, 1994, Ronald Johnson's body was found frozen in a water-filled ditch about five miles northwest of Dunseith, North Dakota.  He had been assaulted and placed in the ditch which resulted in him dying from hypothermia. 

SOURCES:

North Dakota Attorney General

June 11, 1932 Perrysburg, Ohio Baby Doe

On June 11, 1932, a newborn boy was left abandoned in Perrysburg, Ohio. He would die from exposure and hemorrhage through an untied umbilical cord. It was believed he was born 3 days before he died and was found. 

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Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki

March 5, 1777 Hessen, Germany Jane Doe

On 5 March 1777, the body of a woman was found near a resting area in the woods near Burgwald, Hessen, Germany after the snow had faded away. It was believed that she had died several months from the cold. She was wearing a brown camisole, a headband with a veil attached, and men's shoes. She had 4 dollars and a piece of bread, but there was nothing to identify her on her person. 

She would be buried the next day in the churchyard in Oberrosphe,Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany.  

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Find a Grave

Murder of Susan Cadieux

At 7:15 p.m. on January 6, 1956, 5-year-old Susan Cadieux was plating in the schoolyard of St. Mary's School at 345 Lyle St. in London, Ontario, Canda. She was playing with her older brothers and wasn't that far away from home at the school.

Around 7:45 p.m. a man approached the kids and focused on Susan. He spoke with her and in return, she told the other children that the man was going to give her something. He told them that he was supposed to meet with the St. Mary's church priest at 9 and stated he lived on York St. while pointing towards King St. The other kids got distracted by a nearby fall on the ice and this was when Susan walked away with the man. 

By 8 p.m. her brothers panicked when they saw Susan gone. They rushed home to tell their parents about the man and she was gone. The search began. By 9:30 the London Police were involved and by 1:30 a.m. 300 people were searching for the girl.

At 10:08 a.m. Susan's body was found at the rear of Roy James Construction located at 609 William St. alongside the CPR spur line. This was around 6 miles north of where she was last seen. She had been sexually assaulted and died from exposure less than 3 hours before she was found. It was so cold out her tears were frozen to her face. It's believed the man assaulted her and left her in the yard.

Image of Suspect

The man was described as being a man between 30 and 40 years old. He was tall, thin and unshaven. He was wearing a light brown overcoat that was unbuttoned, a pair of unbuckled black galoshes that flapped openly and a dark Russian style or army Melton hat with ear flaps.



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London Police

Find A Grave

The Ottawa Citizen 

February 28, 1981 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Baby Andrew Doe *Solved*

57-year-old Theresa Bentaas has been charged in this case. She was the baby's mother. She admitted she hid the pregnancy from friends and family. She had the baby alone in her apartment and abandoned the baby there. She is currently married and had other children with the father of baby Andrew. The father is not going to be charged with anything due to not knowing about the baby.

On Feb. 28, 1981, around 3:10 p.m. a newborn boy was found in a ditch about the 3/4 mile south of 26th St. and Sycamore Dr. The baby was covered with a white bed sheet with maroon flowers, a Maroon wool blanket, and a red plaid shirt.

He was abandoned alive. He was born healthy and near full-term. He was alive at least two hours after being born and died from exposure. He still had his umbilical cord attached. He had been dead for a day and 1/2 when he was found.

A woman from the community named him Andrew. She offered to pay for his funeral and fifty people attended it.

He was a Caucasian newborn. He had brown hair.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Doe Network
KSFY
Keloland Media Group

Murder of Shelley Connolly *Update*

On Jan. 7, 1978 16-year-old Shelley Connolly went to an Anchorage bar called Chilkoot Charlie's. At some point during the night, she was seen with several men at the bar. At least one person reported seeing her at Leroy's a diner on C street. A reliable timeline is hard to determine. 

Sometime during the night Shelley was raped and beaten. At some point, she was pushed out of a moving car. Her hand had gotten stuck in the door though and she was dragged by the car. It's believed that once they noticed she was being dragged they opened the door and threw her over the side of a hill to the railroad tracks 10 miles south of Potter Marsh at McHugh Creek at milepost 109 of the Seward Highway.

There was evidence that Shelley was still alive afterward. In the snow, you could tell that she tried to climb up the hill. She had died from a ruptured spleen and exposure. The next morning two female hitchhikers found her body. 

The four men Shelley was talking to at the bar are possible suspects. The police are also looking for a man who went by "Pinkie" who may have lived in the Kenai area. 

UPDATE:

On August 30, 2019, 62-year-old Donald F. McQuade has been arrested for her murder. He is charged with both first and second-degree murder. They found a DNA Match by going through genetic genealogy. 

SOURCES:
https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Anchorages-Cold-Case-16-year-old-left-for-dead-400891401.html
https://coldcasesmaps.com/coldcase/shelley-connolly/
https://www.adn.com/crime-justice/article/one-family-last-hope-solve-unsolved-murder-nearly-40-years-old/2015/05/04/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26527057/shelley-connolly