September 29, 1945, Navajo County, Arizona Jane Doe

On September 29, 1945, a body of a young girl was found buried under a ledge of rocks about 1.5 miles southeast of Winslow Arizona. She had not been murdered and had died from dysentery about 5 to 6 weeks before. Her body would be reburied the same day in Winslow.

Jane Doe was a Native American female about 3 or 4-years-old. 

SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki

Disappearance of Jesse Mathews

On May 19, 1968, 48-year-old Jesse Mathews was last seen in Spokane, Washington. His car was located near Bowl and Pitcher- Riverside State Park in Spokane. Witnesses have indicated that he was murdered. The suspect has been identified but has died since Jesse's disappearance.

Jesse was 48 at the time and is a Native American male. He is 5'8" to 5'10" and 150-170 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Disappearance of Christine Lester

On May 5, 1987, 24-year-old Christine Lester left her home in Indian Wells, Arizona at 6 a.m. to get to the Flagstaff Mall in Flagstaff 120 miles away. She had also cashed her check and had $300 with her. She and a friend were supposed to hitchhike there. Her uncle gave her a ride for two miles to Arizona 77 and this was the last time she was seen.

The woman that she claimed to supposed to have met that day said that they had no plans. Christine is a shy religious woman who rarely left home. It was unlikely that she ran away. 

Christine is a Native American and a part of the Navajo Nation woman and was 24 at the time. She's 5'3" to 5'4" and 120lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She suffers from epilepsy and takes prescription medication to control her condition. The medicine was left behind.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

Disappearance of Lee Andrew Davis

Sometime in December of 1984 16-year-old Lee Davis was seen by family in Tulsa Oklahoma. He was supposed to be en route to Oklahoma City but was never seen again. He was then reported missing in 1985. Lee is a biracial male being Native American and Caucasian. He's 5'4" to 5'7" and 130 lbs.  He has brown hair and green eyes. He has spiral fractures of his right distal tibia and fibula.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

Doe Network

Disappearance of Ann Sanchez

Sometime in 1971 35-year-old Ann Sanchez was last seen at a store in Casa Grande, Arizona by her son. She was never seen again after this. Ann is a Native American woman and may use the last name Charge on Him. She's 5'2" and 130lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project
Justice For Native Women

Disappearance of Delema Lou "Babe" Sits Poor

Sometime in Feb. 1974 12-year-old Delema "Babe" Sits Poor was walking a back road from Oglala to Manderson near the Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge, South Dakota. She never arrived at where she was going. At the time temperatures were below zero. It's unknown what had happened to her.

Delema is a Native American female and was 12 at the time. She's 5'5" and 135 lbs. SHe has brown hair and brown eyes.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

Argus-Leader

Monsters: Apotampkin

Apotampkin is a Native American monster modernly mistaken as a vampire due to its use in Twilight. This is not the case though as it is like a monster more similar to the boogeyman. It’s a giant fanged sea serpent that lurks in the Passamaquoddy Bay. It’s described as having long red hair and large teeth. It likes to drag people into the water and drown them whether the water is frozen or not.

This monster was used to dissuade children from venturing on ice in the winter and in the summer in the water alone. Some legends say that it was once a woman giving it more of a real feel to it. Children do not like the idea of being eaten by a monster and would make better choices Making sure that people don’t swim alone or recklessly in the Bay and not to fall into the ice and die this way.

SOURCES:
Native Languages
Pantheon
Wikipedia
Revolvy

Disappearance of Susan Robin Bender

On April 25, 1986, 15-year-old Susan Robin Bender left her home in Modesto, California to stay with friends in Carmel, California. She was at the Greyhound bus depot on 10th St. in Modesto, making a phone call. She was seen entering an unidentified olive-green 1977 Ford van outside the station. She was never seen again.

Susan's diary, address book, and some clothing were located at suspects home. The person was questioned and released due to lack of evidence. It isn't stated whether or not they are still a suspect.

Susan is a biracial female she has both white and Native American heritage and was 15 at the time of her disappearance. She is 5'5" and 130 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. she has freckles and her ears are pierced. She was wearing a light blue skirt with multicolored dots, a light blouse, a white vest, and a gold bracelet.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project
California Department of Justice Office of The Attorney General 

Murder of Terrence Demildenhall and Fred Edgi

Photo of Fred Edgi

On September 2, 1986, the body of 22-year-old Terrence Demildenhall was found in his sleeping bag shot to death next to the sea wall in the Waterfront Park 100 yards north of the Morrison Bridge in Portland, Oregon. Terrance was a transient at the time and was last seen alive and sleeping in the same spot around 12:30 a.m.

5 months later on Feb. 27, 1987, 36-year-old Fred Edgi was found shot to death in his sleeping bag under the west side of the Burnside Bridge near Front Ave, now Naito Parkway, just before dawn. A handwritten note near the body was found and it was claiming responsibility. Fred Edgi was a transient originally from Canada and had recently come to Portland. He was a talented amateur artist.

Both murders are believed to have been done by the same person. Fred and Terrance were both transients found shot to death in their sleeping bags in the early hours less than a half a mile apart. They both were described as heavy drinkers. They were different races though. Terrance was white and Fred was Native American. 

SOURCES:

City of Portland (Terrance)

City of Portland (Fred)

Disappearance of Aleca "Lisa" Renee Manning

22-year-old Aleca "Lisa" Manning was attending a concert at the Celebrity Theater in Pheonix, Arizona with friends on Feb. 17, 1975. She had separated from her friends around 10:30 p.m. She did not return home and was never seen again. She was born in Alaska. Foul Play is suspected.  

Lisa was a 22-year-old biracial female from both White and Native American heritage. She was 5'2" and 125 lbs. She has brown hair and green eyes. She was wearing a light green blouse, moss-green pants, a dark green floor length jacket, and dark tan shoes. 

SOURCES:
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/3891
http://charleyproject.org/case/aleca-renee-manning
http://www.justicefornativewomen.com/2016/01/aleca-manning-missing-from-arizona.html
https://unidentified.wikia.com/wiki/Lisa_Manning

Disappearance of Mary Margaret Begay

Sometime in August of 1957 20-year-old Mary Margaret Begay was last seen at the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. She worked at the park and had left her home in Leupp, Arizona to work there. On the day she disappeared Mary and three friends left their employee housing and went to the Grand Canyon Inn to have some drinks. She got into a vehicle with two unidentified Hopi Indian Men. She was never seen again.

When she didn't return to work she was fired and they boxed up her belongings. Her family didn't realize she was missing till they went to visit and she was gone. They reported her to the Navajo Nation Authorities and the Coconino County Sheriffs office didn't find out till a year later. 

One of her friends believed she had simply run away and didn't want her family to know where she was. It's thought this was unlikely because she was in touch with her family regularly while she was working at the park. 

Mary is a Native American female. She was 5'2" to 5'5" and 100 to 120 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a white sweater and pedal pusher pants.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project

Disappearance of Cindy Cheree Kent

In or around March of 1979 17-year-old Cindy Cheree Kent was last seeing at a bus station in North Little Rock, Arkansas.  It is stated Feb 10, 1979, and March of 1979 as days last seen. Little information is known in her case. Cindy's maiden name was Woosley and she may spell her middle name, Sheree. She could also go by Nee- Woosley, Cindy Sheree Kent, and Cindy Woosley.

Cindy is a Native American Female and was 17 at the time of her disappearance. She's 5'6"-5'8" and 135 lbs. She has either brown or black hair that went down to her shoulders. She has either Hazel eyes or brown eyes. She has high cheekbones, full lips with the lower lip being more prominent and a slight underbite.

SOURCES:
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/40133/details
http://charleyproject.org/case/cindy-cheree-kent

Feburary 6, 1985 Chicago Illinois John Doe

On Feb. 6, 1985 unfortunately a man committed suicide on 30 West Chicago Ave. in Chicago Illinois. It isn't stated how, but he was unrecognizable due to traumatic injuries. He was a Native American male around 30 years old. He was 5'8" and 140 lbs. He had black hair and brown eyes.

SOURCES:
NamUs

February 4, 2001 Atlanta, Georgia Jane Doe

On Feb. 4, 2001 Children playing in a wooded area on Maynard Court near Charlie Brown airport in Atlanta, Georgia found skeletal remains. The remains were skeletalized and were possibly spread by animal activity. Her death possibly happened in early 2000. The area is said to be frequented by people having sex, and or using drugs. This area had also been a dumping ground for bodies in the past. It is near one of three Interstate highways that go through Atlanta. It is very near an industrial route used by hundreds of semis.

The woman was possibly biracial Native American or Hispanic with White between 45 and 60 . She was wearing a dark colored bib overalls a pair of size 7 panties, two ankle length white socks, and Kathy Ireland brand white athletic shoe size 9. There was a bag of crack found inside the sock, but it may not have belonged to the victim and may have been left by someone else who was in the area as the area was a known place for drug addicts.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Disappearance of Michelle Wells

13-year-old Michelle Wells was last seen leaving a residence she was visiting in Detroit, Michigan. The exact date is unknown, but it was sometime in 1982. Not much is known in this case.


Michelle is biracial she has Native American and Caucasian Heritage. She had Red or Auburn hair and her eye color is unknown. She was 5'0" to 5'5" and 100 to 200 lbs.

Disappearance of Jesse Mathews

On May 19, 1968, Jesse Mathews went missing in Spokane, Washington. His car was found near Bowler and Pitcher- Riverside State Park in Spokane Washington. Not much is known in the case. Witnesses though claim that Jesse had been murdered. The Suspect identified has since died.

Jesse was 48 years old male at the time and is Native American. He is 5'8" to 5'10" and around 150 to 170 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes.

SOURCES:
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/19604

Disappearance of Linda Ann Miller

19-year-old Linda Ann Miller had used a Greyhound Bus to travel from San Rafael, California to Guadalajara, Mexico in July of 1973. Her sister reported her missing in 2001. Her sister believes that she had left with a man name "Cary Kristal".

Linda was 19 years old and is Native American. She is 5'4" and around 112 lbs. She had long straight brown hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/11802/details

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3087dfca.html

Disappearance of Tuck Esenituk

30-year-old Tuck Esenituk was last seen in Brevig Mission, Alaska on June 1, 1961. He was supposedly traveling to Teller. He hadn't been seen since and not much information is known in this case.

Tuck was 30 years old and was Native American or Alaska Native. He 5'8" and 160 lbs. He had black hair and brown eyes.

SOURCES:
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/42364

June 10, 1975 Clarence Port, Alaska John Doe

On June 10, 1975 the skeletal remains of a John Doe was found on the beach in Clarence Port, Alaska. Not all parts were recovered, he was missing his torso. Not much is known in this case. He was an Native American male between the ages of 15 and 35 years old.

He does have Dentals and DNA available.

SOURCES:
https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/16755

August 15, 1983 Phoenix. Arizona Jane Doe

On August 15, 1983 around 8:30 a.m. an employee of the Salt River Project was driving down 4300 E. Williams Field Rd. in Phoenix, Arizona.  He discovered the nude body of a woman lying beside and irrigation ditch. She was located in the desert South of Ahwatukee and a mile from Gila River Indian Reservation. The woman had been murdered by suffocation and dumped in the ditch between 24 and 36 hours before being discovered.

She was a Native American Woman between the ages of 19 and 30 years old. Originally this was thought, but her race listed as unknown. She recently had her DNA Phenotype and it's discovered she was mostly Native American and Central American decent.She was 5'5" and 140 lbs. She had Short wavy brown hair, and brown and black eyes. She had evidence that she previously wore braces, and she still had the retainer in place.

DNA, Dentals, and Fingerprints are available.

SOURCES:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/796ufaz.html
https://identifyus.org/cases/984
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18811594/august_15_1983_phoenix_arizona_jane/
http://unidentified.wikia.com/wiki/Phoenix_Jane_Doe_(1983)