December 27, 1902 Marylebone, England Baby Doe

On December 27, 1902, a baby was found wrapped up in a parcel beside the Great Central Railway at Rossmore Road Bridge in Marylebone. The infant had been born alive and healthy. It was found that she had a bruise over the right eye and her nostrils flattened. It's believed that something was pushed onto her face to cause suffocation leading to her death. 

The coroner added that the baby may have been a victim of baby farming and was part of the illegal disposal of infants at the time.


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Unsolved Murders UK

August 18, 1924 Albuquerque, New Mexico Baby Doe

On August 18, 1924, the body of a murdered baby was found buried in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There is little information in this case.

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July 26, 1924 North Yorkshire, England Baby John Doe

On July 26, 1924, the body of a newborn baby boy in a sack was found by 3 boys who were fishing in the River Ouse in North Yorkshire, England.

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Unsolved Murders UK

June 11, 1952 Tama County, Iowa Baby John Doe

On June 11, 1952. road construction was happening along the route of U.S. Highway 30, about four miles west of Tama, Iowa. A construction worker discovered a box 350 feet east of the Raven Creek bridge on the south side of the roadway. The box was a Wilson Packing Company box marked “chili.” and was wrapped with a cord.

The worker would open the box to find something horrifying. Inside the box were two packages wrapped with newspapers and tea towels. Inside the packages was the horrifying sight of the body of a baby boy. The other package was the afterbirth. It was found that the baby had blunt force trauma to the head and the baby was alive for 2 and a half to 3 hours.

They were the April 17 and May 8 issues of The Marshalltown Times-Republican. The newspapers had no mailing address attached, but two “stars” were discovered in the newspapers. This indicated they had been delivered on a Marshalltown city route. One tea towel had the embroidery of a lamb in one corner and the other had the numeral 49 in black.

John Doe was a white male newborn. He was fully developed. He weighed 8 lbs and had blonde hair.

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May 21, 1932 Birmingham, England baby Jane Doe

 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.

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Unsolved Murders UK

Birmingham Gazette May 26, 1932

May 11, 1933 Putnam County, Missouri Jane Doe

On May 11, 1933, Mr. Davis was walking t near Highway No. 4 five miles from Unionville, Missouri. The ground was wet and didn't want to fight with the muddy roads. He would pass a culvert and notice what he initially thought was a baby doll on the rocks below. He continued on his walk, but the "doll" made him uncomfortable.

When he got to the next house the thought of it not just being a baby doll bothered him. He would go up to tell Mr. Steele of the "doll" and that he was uncertain if it was actually one or an infant. Mr. Davis would continue on to Unionville and Mr. Steele went to check on the doll. It was not a doll, but the body of a newborn baby girl. He would contact another neighbor and then they contacted Sheriff Gibson. The Sheriff and Prosecutor could not show up to the scene, so Dr. Thomas would also show up instead.

The baby had been born and died within the last 24 to 36 hours. The baby was premature and had a string tied around the navel. The string was that of what was used in corsets or girdles. It's likely the baby was placed in some clothing on the west side of the road or in the ditch in a pasture near the old road. The heavy rains would have washed her and the clothes down to where they were found. It is not stated how the baby had died.

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The Princeton Telegraph May 24, 1933

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.

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April 24, 1924 Roker Beach, England Baby John Doe

 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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Unsolved Murders UK

April 6, 1924, Sheldon, England Baby Jane Doe

On April 6, 1924, the body of a newborn baby girl was found in a pond at Garretts Green in Sheldon, England.

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Unsolved Murders UK

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. 

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Unsolved Murders UK

March 27, 1936 Rich Hill, Missouri Baby Jane Doe

 On March 27, 1936, the body of a newborn baby girl was found floating in a well in Rich Hill, Missouri. The well was located in a pasture near a home. She had been dead for weeks.

This was the second newborn found in the area at the time as a few days before a different infant was found east of Rich Hill. I could not find much on this infant if their parents were identified or if the possibility of these cases is connected.

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Butler Daily Democrat March 28, 1936
Springfield Leader and Press March 30, 1936

March 12, 1924 Allonby, England Baby Jane Doe

On March 12, 1924, the body of a newborn baby girl was found by a man walking his dog at the Reading Room near Allonby, England. The man was walking his dog heading towards Silloth when he saw his dog near the Reading Room. He would go home without the dog. Later he would see his dog coming back over the Skew Bridge with something in his mouth. It was the arm of a newborn.

The man would then go back to the Reading Room and would find more of the babys' remains above the high water mark about 2 to 3 ft from the grass. The baby's other arm was missing and her neck and face were disfigured. It's not stated if this was due to other animal activity.


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Unsolved Murders UK

January 29,1924 Whitehaven, England Baby Jane Doe

On January 29, 1924, the body of a newborn baby girl was found on the roadside in Whitehaven, England by two boys. The baby was burned and her arm and leg had been burned off. She was then wrapped in a newspaper and left at the roadside where she was found.

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Unsolved Murders UK
North Mail, Newcastle Daily Chronicle Feb 12,1924

January 12, 1880 Hull, England Baby Jane Doe

On January 12, 1880 body of a newborn baby girl was found in a box in the lady's lavatory in Paragon Station in Hull, England. It's not stated if she was born alive or not. 

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Unsolved Murders UK

December 21, 1940 Derby, England Baby Doe

 On December 21, 1940, the body of a newborn girl was found on the bank of the River Derwent at Derby, England. She was wrapped up in sacking and a piece of mackintosh and a part of an apron and tied up with several yards of tape. Her body had been in the river for some time and had washed down the river where it was found. She was born alive and died of asphyxiation, but it does not state whether or not it was from suffocation or drowning.

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Unsolved Murders UK

December 14, 1923 London, England Baby Boy Doe

On December 14, 1923, the newborn body of a baby boy was found in the Regents Canal near Grove Road, Marylebone district in London, England. A man on the towpath next to the canal found the body in the canal. He was wrapped up in a piece of calico cloth. It's believed that the baby died from inattention at birth and was in the canal for around 17 days. 

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Unsolved Murders UK

December 11, 1923 Sheffield, England Baby Boy Doe

On December 11, 1923, the body of a newborn baby boy was found dead in the Endcliff Park boating dam in Sheffield, England.  He had been burned about the head and arms before he was placed in the water. It's not stated what his cause of death was.

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Unsolved Murders

December 7, 1923 Sheffield, England Baby Jane Doe

On the morning of December 7, 1923, the body of a newborn girl was found at the Encliffe Park boating dam in Sheffield, England. There was evidence of animal activity on the body as she was missing her left leg under the knee, and left hand. She had been born alive but likely was asphyxiated. Her arms and head were shown to have been burned after death. She was then placed in the water.


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Unsolved Murders UK

November 20, 1936 Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

 On November 20, 1936, the body of a baby girl was found in a Milwaukee River Canal in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. She would be buried at the Optiz Cemetery in Mequon. 

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November 17, 1917 Plymouth, Pennsylvania Baby John Doe

On November 17, 1917, the body of a newborn boy was found in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. He had died of exsanguination (loss of blood) that day. It was believed that the child was murdered to cover up an illegitimate birth. It was believed he was born the day before he was found.

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