April 30, 1970 Virginia Beach, Virginia Baby Doe

On April 30, around 10:30 a.m. the body of a baby girl found lying on the water's edge at Sandbridge Beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It seems as if she was asphyxiated and then the killer (likely her parent or parents) tossed the body in the ocean. It's likely the body floated from north of where she was found.

She was estimated to be 0 to 12 months old and white. She was 1'8" and 6 lbs. She had brown hair. 

SOURCES:

Virginia Beach

NamUs

Febuarary 3, 2005 Berlin, Germany Baby Jane Doe

Around 3:40 p.m. on Feb. 3, 2005, a worker at the recycling center owned by Alba in 12623 Mahlsdorf, Hultschiner Damm 335 In Berlin, Germany found the body of an infant. It was determined that there was about 70 truckloads of recyclable waste delivered that day. 85% was from the entire city of Berlin and 5% from northern, southern, and eastern districts of Bradenburg. The other cargoes came from the districts of Güstrow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Gifhorn in Lower Saxony and the city of Wolfsburg to Berlin.

The infant girl was found to have been born alive and was likely strangled a few minutes after birth. They then wrapped the baby in a towel and disposed of her. She was likely born in the 7th or 8th month of the pregnancy. 

She was wrapped in a pink terry towel with a flower motif. It was 90 by 70 inches. The label had "Modische Frottierwäsche" in red yarn. 

SOURCES:

Polizei Berlin

Disappearance of Aliayah Lunsford

On September 24, 2011, 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford was reported missing from her Weston, West Virginia by her mother Lena Lunsford.

A year later Aliayah's five siblings were adopted by Craig and Cammie Cole. They had suspicions that the children may have known what had happened to their sister. They weren't for sure until two of her sisters who were 9 and 11 at the time Aliayah's disappearance came forward.

They came forward in 2016 claimed that they watched their mother hit Aliayah with a piece of wood. They said that she was found dead the next morning and their mother hid her body in the woods.

The girls said they promised to never tell anyone and they were terrified of their mother. One sister said that Aliayah seemed to be treated the worst out of all the siblings. She would get harsher punishments than anyone else.

The two girls were taken to the woods separately to point out where their mother buried Aliayah. They pointed out the same area without talking to each other. The dogs were brought in for the search and Aliayah's body was there at one point, but it was moved somewhere else or animals had gotten to the body.

Lena was charged for her daughter's death. Her husband said that he had no idea that Aliayah had been killed that the two did bath salts that night and he drank some beer and went to bed. He went to work and came back and was told by Lena Aliayah was missing.

Lena was charged and is going to serve life in prison.

Aliayah is a white female and was 3 at the time of her disappearance. Her ears are pierced and she was missing her four front teeth at the time. She was 3' and 35lbs She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a purple Dora P.J. bottoms and a pink princess shirt.

SOURCES:
Missing and Exploited Children
WCHS
CBS
WVNews
Crime Online 

March 30, 1881 Centerville, Iowa Newborn Girl

A woman posted a package in Camden and stated that the package was to be paid in Centerville, Iowa. On March 30, 1881, a package was delivered by the train. It was addressed to the county treasurer John Addison Pierson. He's gone to see if any packages were delivered for the county and did not expect this particular package. He paid for the pasteboard package and opened it in his office. Inside the package was a horrible sight the body of a newborn girl was wrapped in an old skirt.

It was obvious that the infant was born alive and was killed. The killer had put either concentrate lye or acid down the baby’s throat. Then the lye or acid was splattered on one side of her face and body. It was not a kind death.


It’s believed that the person who did this was possibly the infant's parents. It’s unknown why the crime wasn’t concealed and why it was sent to Centerville. Maybe they sent the body for a proper burial, but why murder the child in the first place then?


SOURCES:

Iowa Unsolved Murders 

Centerville Times

Centerville Times 

Feb. 11, 1971 Cudahy, Wisconsin Baby Doe

On February 11, 1971 around 6:50 p.m. someone was walking through Pulaski Park in Cudahy, Wisconsin. They stumbled upon a green mesh wire trash can near East Grange Ave. and South Swift Ave. inside of it was something  horrifying. There was a full term baby girl wrapped in some fabric, clothes, and plastic bags. She was then placed inside of a shopping bag that contained hand written essays with no names, about buffalos. It's believed to be written for a school assignment. Her body was completely frozen. 

Jane doe was a white female newborn. She was 6 lbs. She had a small amount of brown hair. The clothes and towels found with the infant was covered with blood. Her umbilical cord was still connected, but no placenta was found. It can be assumed that the mother may have been a teenager and or college student with the essay being found. 

On Namus the essays and receipt can be found under Documents.

SOURCES:

https://identifyus.org/cases/9573

March 09, 1976 Greece, New York John Doe

On March 09, 1976 at the Greece apartments on Winston Drive Rochester, New York the superintendent of the apartments was cleaning the basement storage when he stumbled upon a rusted blue footlocker. He decided to open it and what was inside was something horrifying. It was the near skeleton of a 2 to 5 year old boy.

It was estimated that the body had been in the locker for 6 months. The child had been malnourished and had a head injury, but it’s undetermined what the cause of death was. The child likely could not walk and may have had developmental deficiencies. Weight and height were unlisted and race is unknown. He was wearing Light turquoise to light blue woolen pajama top with brown trim with "Bambi" or another deer design on left chest area and a plastic diaper with 2 stainless steel diaper pins with blue heads. A white or yellow blanket and a Khaki colored Sears Super Tarp 5x7.

Geochemical analysis of his remains say that he spent his first years of his life in the U.S. Northwest and the last years of his life in the U.S. Southeast. This means he more than likely is not from the New York area.

Other Images:

SOURCES:

https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/13643

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10188856/dc_greece_john_deo_mar111976/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10030904/namus_up_13643/

http://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMU/1245432/1/screen

May 01, 1977 Santa Cruz, California Baby Doe

On May 01, 1977 child's skull was found after animals dragged it onto the highway and a vehicle crushed it by running over it. Only the skull was found. It's believed the child had been dead for months or years. Possibly died in 1975 to 1976. Cause of Death unknown, but it could be possible murder.

The skull belonged to a white unknown gendered 1 to 2 year old. There was light brown hair found on the skull. A partial fragment of cotton cloth possibly blue/green weave pattern that was possibly part of a bed sheet or pillow case, and bright red dyed rabbit hair was stuck to the skull.

Dentals are available.

SOURCES:
https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/14201

WANTED: Shadia Mahamed Muse

18 year old Shadia Mahamed Muse is wanted for the alleged murder of her newborn baby girl on September 3, 2004. Muse entered Columbus Hospital in Columbus, Ohio complaining of stomach cramps. It had turned out she recently had given birth. She was then interviewed by police and she admitted she'd given birth in the shower at her residence and wrapped the baby in a blanket and placed her in the trunk of a relatives car. The baby was found deceased.

On September 7, 2004, the Columbus Police Department obtained a warrant for Muse's arrest on homicide charges. On October 29, 2004, Muse was indicted by a grand jury of the state of Ohio on charges of homicide, felonious assault, and child endangerment. A state arrest warrant was issued based upon the indictment the same day. 

On November 3, 2004, a federal arrest warrant was issued by the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, after Muse was charged federally with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. She has ties to both Somalia and Canada and is possibly living in Canada. 

She is a Black female born on Jan 1, 1986 in Somalia. She was 5'4 and 135 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. 

Other Images:

SOURCES:

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/murders/shadia-mahamed-muse

1966 Baltimore, Maryland Three Baby Does

In Baltimore, Maryland there were 3 different cases of possible Infanticide in 1966. These three precious babies lives were taken from them before they were able to live it.

On May 24, 1966 a white infant male was found on the apartment complex property of Stafford Street Apartments. He had died within hours of  being found. He was 9 lbs and 19 inches. His hair and eye color is unknown. He was found with a blue garment, it is unknown what the garment was.

DNA is available, but not submitted.

SOURCES:
https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/13011


On August 10, 1966  around 6:30 a.m. a male fetus was found in the Baltimore Harbor at Pier 1 on Pratt Street. He had been dead for days and race could not be determined. He was 14 inches and weighed 1 lb. Hair and eye color could not be determined.

DNA is available, but not submitted .

SOURCES:
https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/13013

On August 21, 1966 an infant male was found on Central Avenue and Granby Street in a public area secreted in an enclosed object. He had been dead for hours. He was 19 inches and 7 lbs. He had short black hair, but race could not be determined. He was found in a pink be cover with a jack in the box pattern. A white wash cloth. A large size p.j. bottoms.

SOURCES:
https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/13014

What is Filicide?

Filicide is the term used for parent's who murder their own children or step children. The children can be from any age from newborns to adults.. According to a U.S.  study done in 2014 based on 32 years of data there are at least 500 filicide instances in a single year. according to this study at least 50 of the cases of filicide from the last five years were on the disabled. Within the last three decades the act of filicide has decreased since the 90's and did not increase with population increase.

A majority of filicide has children 6 and under fill up 72% of filicides. 10% were between 7 and 18 and 18% were on Adult children. 1/3 of all the deaths were of infants who were less than a year old.It was found that during times of higher economic stress that there are more cases of filicides (infanticide) involving infants.

A father killing their son is more possible (29.5%) than a mother killing her son (22.1%) In the cases involving daughters a mother will more than likely kill her (19.7%) than a father (18.2%). The rarest cases are with step mothers killing their step son (.5%) or step daughter (.3%).

Parents were more than likely to use their hand when murdering their child. Some examples are forced drowning, beating and or choking which is the case with 69% of infanticide. As the victim gets older weapons like guns are used which is the case with 72.3% of adult victims. Contact weapons like bats and edged weapons like knives were less likely used. Men were more than likely to use a gun than women. Stepparents are more than likely to use guns (40%)  than biological parents (21%).

Many parent's kill their children for many reasons. Some kill their children due to their child's disability, and some do it because the child was unwanted. Some even kill their children and themselves. There are just so many reasons as each case has is different.

SOURCES
https://news.brown.edu/articles/2014/02/filicide
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/filicide
http://autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ASAN-Anti-Filicide-Toolkit-What-Is-Filicide.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2174580/

Babies of Goodhue Couny, Minnesota

Three babies were found in Goodhue County Minnesota. Each one was a full term newborn baby. It all happened within 8 years.  It is believed that they were all born alive, but it is unsure what the causes of death was for the babies. John and Jamie are maternally related and it isn't believed to have the same Dad. The third infant Abby is believed to not have the same mother.

On November 4, 1999 Jamie Doe was found 10 yards north of the Mississippi River near 800 Levee Drive in Red Wing MN.  She still had her umbilical cord connected and was wrapped in a towel.  She was slightly decomposed, but it isn't believed she was in the water long. They believe she died 1-2 weeks before. She is white female newborn who was 21 inches and weighed 6 lbs. Her feet were 8 cm long. She had brown straight hair and irises were dark. She has Dentals, and DNA available. 

On December, 2003 John Doe was found on the edge of Lake Pepin in Old Frontenac MN. They beleive he had died 2 to 14 days. He was a white newborn baby 14 inches tall and 7 lbs.  He had black curly hair and dark irises. He is related to Jamie Doe. He has Dentals and DNA available. 

On March 26, 2007 Abby Doe was found at the Buffalo Slough of the Mississippi River Treasure Island Marina  at Slip 36 and Dock C in Red Wing MN. She seems to be white, but possibly biracial with Native American. It is believed she was not part of the Prairie Island tribe. It was estimated she was in the water for a few weeks to possibly the fall or winter of 2006. She was 21 inches and 6 lbs. She had black hair that was 3cm and eye color could not be determined. Dentals and DNA are available. 

JAMIE'S SOURCES:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/604ufmn.html

https://identifyus.org/cases/4795

http://unidentified.wikia.com/wiki/Jamie

JOHN'S SOURCES:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1044ummn.html

https://identifyus.org/cases/4794

http://unidentified.wikia.com/wiki/Goodhue_County_John_Doe

ABBY'S SOURCES:

https://identifyus.org/cases/4796

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/102ufmn.html

http://unidentified.wikia.com/wiki/Abby