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

Disappearance of Steven Mushok

On August 17, 1983, 72-year-old Steven Muchok was last leaving his home in West Islip, New York in a brown 1976 Lincoln Continental. The vehicle was later found. There is little info about this case. 

Steven is a white male and was 72 years old at the time. He's 5'7" and 140 lbs. He has grey or greying hair and hazel eyes. He has a scar on his back and missing his bottom teeth. He was wearing a light blue long-sleeve shirt, a pair of dark blue pants, and black shoes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Murder of Raymond Sadler

On July 11, 2008, 88-year-old Raymond Sadler was beaten to death at 425 Winkler Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky. There is little information in this case.

SOURCES:

Louisville Police

Uncovered

The Courier-Journal December 31,2008

Michael Dimitri Georgies

On May 10, 2019, 74-year-old Michael Georgies was last seen in Myrtle Creek, Oregon. Has residences in both Myrtle Creek and Eugene. His 2007 Toyota Yaris was also missing but was found abandoned in November 2019. There is little information in this case. 

Michael is a white male and was 74 years old at the time. He is 5'9" and 185 lbs. He has grey hair and hazel eyes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

Murder of Bertha Scott and Nancy Lagerquist

On May 2, 1990, 86-year-old Bertha Scott was found dead in her room at the Riverside Health Care Facility on East Broadway in Missoula, Montana. She was found still restrained to her bed, but it was not seen as a suspicious death at the time. The window however was open which was memorable to some, but not strange. 

Around 2 am on July 1st 87-year-old Nancy Lagerquist, who was a resident at the same facility, was taken from her room. It was found that Nancy was sexually assaulted and died because of it. Her body was then thrown into the river where she was found. 

When staff was interviewed a nurse recalled how Bertha, who died in May, had discoloration on her throat. This would lead investigators to exhume Bertha's remains and autopsy her body. Bertha had been murdered by being strangled to death. It's believed the killer or killers broke into the rooms using the windows of the rooms. 

SOURCES:

Missoula County

Uncovered (Bertha)

Uncovered (Nancy)

The Havre Daily News August 16, 1990

The Missoulian Augustt 21, 1990

Disappearance of James Lee Meyers

On April 9, 2002, 87-year-old James Meyers was last seen in a local restaurant in Seatle, Washington. He and his vehicle, a red 2001 Chrysler 300 sedan. At the time Meyers was in poor health and having memory problems that was possibly dementia. He was a poor driver and with at least one side mirror broken. 

James is a white male and was 87 years old at the time. He's 5'7" to 5'10" and 140 to 150 lbs. He has grey or greying hair and hazel eyes. He has very narrow feet.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Disappearance of Herbert Snyder

Around 6:45 pm on January 23, 2017, a caregiver of 72-year-old Herbert Snyder was last seen him at 4066 Powelton Ave in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. He was known to frequent 41st and Powelton Ave., 4000 Market St. He may have been in a care facility as his photo was provided by one. 

Herbert is a black male and was 72 years old at the time. He's 4'9" and 100 lbs. He has grey or greying hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black coat, blue jeans, and white sneakers. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Murder of Rosetta Witt

On October 2, 1961, 74-year-old Rosetta Witt was in her small grocery store that was attached to her house on 5050 Carr St. in Arvada, Colorado. At about 10:44 am Rosetta was found dead in the grocery store. Money was also missing from the register. 

A man was last seen in the store. The man is a white male between 30 to 35-years-old old. He was between 5'8" and 5'10" and around 165 to 175 lbs. He has dark hair and was sporting it in a pompadour style. He appeared to have needed a shave. He was wearing a windbreaker-style jacket, dark pants, and brown, heavy work boots. He would leave in a two-tone blue or blueish green 1950 to 1954 Oldsmobile-like car. There was a white woman in her late 20s in the car. She had short dark hair.

On October 2, 1961, 74-year-old Rosetta Witt was shot in her small grocery store attached to her home at 5050 Carr St. at about 10:44 a.m. Money was missing from the cash register. Shortly before the shooting, a white male (depicted in the composite drawing), about 30 to 35 years of age was seen in the store.
The man, described as being between 5 foot 8 to 5 foot 10 inches tall and 165 to 175 pounds, had dark hair in a pompadour style and appeared to need a shave. He was wearing a windbreaker-style jacket, dark pants and brown, heavy work boots. The man got into a two-tone blue or bluish-green 1950 to '54 Oldsmobile-type car. A white female about 25 to 30 with short dark hair was in the car.

SOURCES:

Jefferson County

Colorado Bureau of Investigation

September 5, 1995 Las Vegas, Nevada

On September 5, 1995, an elderly woman was brought to the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was in cardiac arrest. The person who brought her in left no information and left.

Jane Doe is a white female and was 70 to 85-years-old. She was 4'5" and 65 lbs. She has grey hair that is 9 inches long.  Her left eye was blue and her right eye was missing, and the socket was well healed. She was wearing a blue and white striped shirt, purple pants, and black sandals.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Murder of Frank Shemwell

On July 24, 2006, the home of 81-year-old Dr. Frank Shemwell was on fire in Paducah, Kentucky. Police and Firefighters would respond and Frank's body was found inside lying on the kitchen floor. It had been found that Frank was murdered as he had suffered from blunt force injuries and was still alive when the house was set on fire as he had inhaled smoke. 

SOURCES:

Paducah, Kentucky

Wave August 16, 2006

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

Disapperance of Vidgor Shreibman

On April 26, 2019, 88-year-old Vidgor Shreibman was last seen in San Francisco, California. He was never seen again.

Vidgor is a white male and was 88-years-old at the time. He's 5'8" and 120 lbs. He has white hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a red jacket, khaki pants or blue jeans, and a straw hat.

SOURCES:

California Attorney General

Charley Project

Murder of Jesse Earl Mobley

On April 25, 2003, 81-year-old Jesse Mobley was found dead in a two-story condemned building on 816 West Queen St. in Tyler, Texas. Jesse was possibly last seen at a nearby pool hall before his death. He may have been in an altercation with someone outside the pool hall.

SOURCES:

City of Tyler Texas

Tyler Morning Telegraph May 3, 2003

Murder of Jonathan Alonzo Anthony

On November 17, 1953 neighbors of 75-year-old Jonathan Anthony went to check up on him as they had not seen him for two days. They went to his home Burnetts Chapel Rd in Greensboro, North Carolina. He had been bound, severely beaten, and gagged. He was beaten before he was bound and had been suffocated with a torn bed sheet. A blood-stained trowel was found on a shelf on the back porch.

SOURCES:

Rocky Mount Telegram November 19, 1953

The Herald-Sun November 19, 1953

The News and Observer November 19, 1953

The Durham Sun December 11, 1953

Disappearance of Lily May Huff

On the morning of September 6, 1988, 73-year-old Lily Mae Huff wandered away from the Welcome Haven Nursing Home in Winchester, Virginia where she only lived for 3 months. After having breakfast she was waiting in the hall for one of the aides to bathe her. She would then leave through the dining room's patio door, the only one that did not have a bell attached. She has Alzheimer's and had a history of wandering away which resulted in her usually being restrained to a wheelchair. A five-day search was done by local law enforcement with no results.

It's unknown what happened to her after she left. She could have wandered somewhere and succumbed to the elements or met with foul play. In 1992 one of her sons placed a $15,000 reward for information leading to Lily's whereabouts. Shortly after an anonymous letter came to the family stating that she was abducted outside of a Safeway supermarket by an older couple into their car. The writer later came forward, and it's unknown if their information was helpful in this case. 

Lily is a white female and was 73-year-old at the time. She's 5'2" and 150 lbs. She has grey hair and brown eyes. She's wearing a beige nightgown under a loose-fitting blue dress with red and white stripes, ankle socks, blue slippers, and a gold chain watch. She wears bifocal glasses. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Charley Project

Unsolved Mysteries Wiki

Murder of Richard Rugman and Attempted Murder of Eliza Smith

On the night of April 1, 1887, 80-year-old Richard Rugman and his live-in maid 76-year-old Eliza Smith was at their home on Morton St. in Thornbury, England. visited by their neighbor Mrs. Brown. She left the two at 6p.m. and then another friend of theirs, French, came and visited till after 7 p.m. The two seemed to be in a good mood that night. A third visitor would come that night and create a tragedy.

Richard was sitting in his chair by the kitchen fire and Eliza was sitting nearby. A man would come to the house and lift the latch of the door to the kitchen. Eliza did not recognize the man as he demanded £5. Eliza would reply with a "My good man. we've got no money to give you. We can't afford it." The man angry at the response would then strike Richard upon the head with a large stick and then struck her. Richard would be struck at least five times over his right eye, and his arm broken from trying to protect his face. Eliza's face was badly beaten and he beat her on the left side of her body. The two lay on the floor till the next morning.

Eliza took all her strength to crawl outside the house. She would be discovered by George Trayburn, a tradesman, who came to get their order of meat. He would get help from a man named Horsman, who was working nearby, to bring Eliza into the home. They discovered the grizzly scene and Richard. The police and doctor would be called to the scene.

 It was found that the stick used was from the garden. The killer took it from a bundle of withies that was going to be used to make spikes. The murder weapon was found. It was about two feet long and the butt end that used to hit the two broke off. 

Richard's wounds were so severe that doctors worried about his survival. He would lay in and out of consciousness as people who knew him visited. He recognized his friends and family, but unfortantly he would die over a week later.

Though the unknown man had the opportunity to ransack the house he did not. There was gold and silver on a table upstairs and Eliza had a box with  £13 inside. The cottage they lived in was humble in nature and it was strange that the man thought they would have the money to give.

It was suspected at first that Eliza may have done the murder, but doctors stated she did not have the strength to do such blows. Also, her retelling of the crime right after may have been inaccurate due to her injury and worsening memory problems she had over the last few years. 

This case remains unsolved.

SOURCES:

Unsolved Murders UK

Thornburry Roots

Citizen April 9, 1887

The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Western Countries and South Wales Advertiser May 4, 1887

Disappearance of Walter Iwao Kimoto

On August 15, 2003, 71-year-old Walter Kimoto was last seen in Aurora, Colorado. He had sent a letter to his niece in Hawaii stating because of his declining health he was going for a last hike in the woods. Before he disappeared he gave his car away and closed his bank accounts. He may have gotten lost or injured when he went missing.

Walter is an Asian male and was 71-year-old at the time. He's 5'3" and 130 lbs. He has greying black hair and brown eyes. He suffers from macular degeneration, an incurable eye disease that causes loss of vision, and requires eyedrops.

SOURCES:
Charley Project

Murder of Jean Hooper

Around 11 p.m. on March 12, 1976, a cleaning lady for an apartment complex on the 200 block of NE Sacramento in Portland, Oregon went to 71-year-old Jean Hooper's apartment. She would find Jean dead on her bed. She had been beaten and strangled to death.

Jean was reported to be an alcoholic and had lots of visitors to her apartment. She kept her doors unlocked. It was rumored that she was bedridden at the time of her death.

SOURCES:

The City of Portland, Oregon

Murder of Thelma Grace Rhame

On December 18, 1982, a concerned neighbor went to go check up on 66-year-old Thelma Rhame at her condo at the Las Palmas Condos on 545 Garfield Ave in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Thelma was found on the living room floor. She had been brutally stabbed to death.

Drawers and cabinets of her home were searched through, but expensive items like jewelry, T.V. silver, and a stereo were untouched. Money was not found at the scene though and it was unknown how much was taken.

Thelma suffered from chronic pain and rarely left her home. There were no signs of a struggle in the home, but because of her arthritis and pain, she wouldn't have been able to fight back. It's believed that it was someone who knew her. As there was no evidence of someone breaking into the condominium. It's possible that it was someone who helped her out or someone to who she had given money. 

SOURCES:

Bevard County Sheriff's Office

Space Coast Daily

Florida Today December 20, 1982

The Orlando Sentenial December 22, 1982

The Orlando Sentenial December 22, 1982

Murder of Myrtle Vera Cole

 

Around 10:13 a.m on December 12, 1981, A family member of 81-year-old Myrtle Cole went to her home in Fairhaven, Minnesota. She was either killed that morning or the night before. She was found half nude on her bed and had been stabbed to death. In one article it states that a neighbor saw a car parked outside her home around 2 a.m. and a man was seen peaking out.

Fairhaven had a population of 100 people at the time and had a small tavern, a grocery store, a church, and City Hall. Myrtle was living alone in her home after her husband passed away in the years before her murder. She was well known in Fairhaven.

SOURCES:

Stearns County Minnesota

Tri-County Crime Stoppers

St. Cloud Times December 14, 1981

Star Tribune December 16, 1981

St Cloud Times December 18, 1981