Disappearance of Mary Belle "Mary Beth" Henley

On June 5, 1951, 25-year-old Mary Belle Henley was last seen in Witchita, Kansas. There is little information in this case. She May go by Mary Beth.

Mary is a white female and was 25-years-old at the time. She's 5'8" to 5'9" and 125lbs to 135lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She has a mole on her chin.

SOURCES:
NamUs

Murder of Herbert McWright

On May 25, 1968, 57-year-old Herbert McWright was at his neighbor's house on Ohio Ave in Wichita, Kansas. The neighbor would leave her home around 10:30 pm to run and get gas. She would return home within a few minutes. She would find Herbert in his car swerving on 10th st. She knew this was strange and honked her horn at him. This would cause him to pull over for him.

He had been shot and told her that he was looking for her. That she needed to call the police. She opened the door and this would cause him to fall out of the car and would soon die before help could come. It was found that he had been shot in the hip. 

Herbert was a former Kansas City Police Officer. 

SOURCES: 

Witchita Police

Uncovered

The Witchita Eagle May 26, 1968

Witchita Beacon May 27, 1968

Murder of Daisy "Cookie" Hamilton

 

Police Composition of Daisy

​Around noon on December 14, 1982, the city flood-control crew found the body of  34-year-old Daisy Hamilton near a pond at I-135 and 29th St North in Wichita, Kansas. She had died from multiple shotgun wounds to her head. 

Police would make a composition that would help her get identified within a couple days as her sister recognized her. 

SOURCES:

Wichita Police

Uncovered

The Wichita Eagle December 15, 1982
The Wichita Eagle December 17, 1982

Disappearance of Andrew Memmelaar

On October 25, 1975, 17-year-old Andrew Memmelaar left Lehigh, Kansas, and was on his way to Jefferson, New York. He however never arrived and was never heard from again.

Andrew is a white male and was 17-years-old at the time. He was 5'11" and 150 lbs at the time. He has red hair and blue eyes. Andrew's collarbone was previously broken on the right side and didn't heal properly and has a one-inch scar on his lower left arm and a scar from cyst removal near his right armpit.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project

Disappearance of Jay Fregon

On September 30, 1987, 25-year-old Jay Fregon was last seen in Fort County, Kansas. There is little information in this case.

Jay is a white male and was 25-years-old at the time. He's 5'8" and 140 lbs. He has brown hair and brown eyes.  

SOURCES:
Kansas Bureau of Investigation

Charley Project

Doe Network

Murder of James Perkins

 On September 3, 1997, 33-year-old James Perkins's body was found in an alley at 200 S. Commerce St. in Wichita, Kansas. He died from trauma to his head. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:
Wichita Police

Uncovered

Murder of Sandra Talbott

At 5:30 p.m. of July 10, 1977, 27-year-old Sandra Talbott was dropped off at St. John's Church in El Dorado, Kansas. She would participate in a Bingo night at the church. When her mother returned about 5 hours later to pick her up she found that Sandra had already left. At the time Sandra had a bad lim from a vehicle accident several years before. She walked with a cane. The next day Sandra would be reported missing. It was believed that she had hitchhiked to Witchita to be with friends. One article states that she had been seen at a bar talking to two men on the 13th. One man left before her and the other man and it's unknown if the other man left with Sandra. 

On July 30th at 111th St. S. & 231st St. West Sedgwick County in a tree row, Sandra's body would be found. She had been murdered. 

SOURCES:

Sedgwick County

Sedgwick County (PDF)

The Witchita Eagle July 31, 1977

The Witchita Eagle September 8, 1977

Disappearance of Joseph Kempter

On July 5, 2004, 63-year-old Joseph Kempter was last seen walking away from a nursing facility at 1112 Southeast Republican Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. He had left the facility in the past and returned on foot or was returned. He however has also been previously located in Denver, Colorado, staying at a mission.

Joseph is a white male and was 63-years-old at the time. He has grey hair and brown eyes. He's 6'1" and 175 lbs. He is humped back and walks with his head down. He is also missing a te on his right foot. He was last seen wearing a button-down shirt and pants.

SOURCES:
Kanses Bureaur of Investigation
Uncovered
Doe Network
Charley Project

Murder of Aaron Matej

Around 2:30 a.m. on June 14, 2015, 36-year-old Aaron Matej was walking near 13th and 183rd Streets in Goddard, Kansas. He would be hit by a vehicle and it fled the scene. Aaron would later die at the hospital. 

SOURCES:

Sedgwick County

Sedgwick County (PDF)

KSN June 14, 2015

Kake June 23, 2016

Murder of Adrian Harrison

On December 30, 2002, at 8 a.m. the body of 23-year-old Adrian Harrison was found in a small abandoned building in the parking lot at 11th and Elmwood in Kansas City, Missouri. He was last seen alive in Kansas several days before his body was found. It's believed that he was not killed where he was found and his body was dumped. 

Adrian was a long-time resident of Kansas City, Kansas.

SOURCES:

Kansas City Missouri Police Department

Ghosts: Blue Albino Woman of Rochester Cemetery

At the Rochester Cemetery in Topeka, Kansas there is said to be the ghost called The Blue Albino Woman. Tale began in the 1960's. She can be seen roaming around the Rochester Cemetery, but sometimes seen on the streets of Topeka. from afar she looks like a frail elderly woman, but with a closer look you can tell ghastly she looks. She has strange pale blueish skin, rotting skin, red glowing eyes, sharp teeth, and long white hair. 

Many people who visit the Rochester Cemetery at night will likely encounter her. She will often run them off, and some were rumored to be devoured. She is sometimes seen raised from the 

Many people who dare visit the Rochester Cemetery at night time usually encounter her. She often runs them off. Some people who don't make it say that the woman will devour them. She's even allegedly been seen arising from the ground.

Tale goes that around that the elderly woman was albino. Some said in life she was nice and was described as having white hair, stark white skin, and blazing pink eyes. She was often made fun of for her looks as she stood out in a crowd. She may have worked as a maid in a two-story house near the cemetery. No one could remember the poor woman's name. 

The tale goes that around 1965 a group of men attacked the woman. They believed that the woman was a witch. They dug a grave and buried the woman alive. Many believe that her horrible death may have been the reason she was so angry after death. 

SOURCES:

Urban Legendpedia

It's Something Wiki

Visit Topeka

Murder of Jeremy R. Fabricius

On July 16, 2009, at 12 p.m. the body of Jeremy Fabricius was found on the bank of the river near Sardou bridge at 100 NE Porubsky Drive in Topeka, Kansas. His cause of death is unstated and or unknown. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Topeka

Topeka Capital-Journal July 18, 2009

Topeka Capital-Journal Jan. 2, 2010

1878-1884 Tombstone, Arizona Kansas Kid

 Between 1878-1884 a cowboy (likely male) was killed in a stampede in or near Tombstone, Arizona. They were buried in Tombstone and the graveyard was active between 1878 to 1884. There is little information in this case.

SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki

Find a Grave

Tombstone Chamber of Commerce

May 1877 Kansas City, Kansas John Doe

 A male was found in the Missouri River in or near Kansas City, Kansas in 1877. He would be buried at the Oak Grove Cemetary on May 19, 1877. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

1864 Garnett, Kansas Jane Doe

An elderly African American woman was part of a group of refugees that a man named John Horn rescued from Missouri in 1864. It was believed that she died from fright because she was afraid that Bushwacker would take her back to Missouri. She was living in a hut on what was called Thompson hill. She would die in Garnett Kansas and because she was without clothing she would be buried in John Horn's Army overcoat.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki

January 14, 1870 Wallace County, Kansas Doe

  On Jan. 14, 1870, an unknown individual (gender unstated) died of pneumonia in Wallace, Kansas. They would be buried the next day at the Wallace Township Cemetery in Wallace. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki

Murder of Ryan A. Bradley

On October 9, 2011, 23-year-old Ryan Bradley left his home in Olathe, Kansas. He told his uncle that he was going on a walk to the Olathe North High School. He was supposedly meeting a friend. (It's never stated if he met the friend or not or if they knew who the friend was). He left his car, wallet, and I.D. behind. 

On March 18, 2013, Ryan's skull in a field near Gardner Road and 213th Street by hunters. His cause of death was either unstated or unknown. 

SOURCES:

Johnson County Sheriff

Johnson County Sheriff PDF

The University Daily Kansan October 19, 2011

The Gardener News August 16, 2013

The Kansas City Star August 16, 2013

September 24, 1908 Lebo, Kansas Unknown Boy

On September 24, 1908, the body of a young man was found dead 3 miles east of Lebo, Kansas on the Santa Fe train tracks. His body was in bad condition due to being run over by a train. It was believed that he was riding the rods of a passenger train or was on freight and fell off. This resulted in the train running over his body. His head and left shoulder were severed from his body. It wasn't stated on how recent they believe he died. 

He was a white male and was believed to be in his teens likely around 14 to16. He had a fair-skinned and freckled complexion. He had light hair and brown eyes. He was around 5 ft tall. He had a half-moon like a scar over his right eye. He had nothing that would identify him, but he was carrying milk tickets and two tickets to an Opera in Tennessee    

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

The Lebo Enterprise September 24, 1908

The Sun September 24, 1908

The Burlington Democrat September 25, 1908

Chanute Weekly Tribune September 25, 1908

The Waverly Gazzette October 2, 1908

Sylvia Sun October 1, 1908

Mystery Man and his Prisoner at Hiawatha Cemetery

I had found an interesting article from 1913. I don't know for sure if it was exaggerated, or a hoax, or a lie, or solved, but interesting none the less.




SOURCES:
The Troy Republican

Disappearance of William Ray "Vanity" Chapman

On December 8, 2008, 24-year-old William "Vanity" Chapman was last seen in Witchita, Kansas. At the time he was working as a video blogger and musician. He also enjoyed going to gay bars like Fantasy Club in Witchita. He was known to be a very sociable person and was known to wear wigs and makeup. His friends knew him as Vanity and don't believe he left on his own. At the time he may have been driving a black 2002 Ford.

William is a white male. He was 5'8" to 5'10" and 180 to 210 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes. He has a tongue piercing.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project