November 1, 1872 Kings County, New York Jane Doe

 On November 1, 1872, the body of a woman was found at the Navy Yard in Kings County, New York. He cause of death was drowning. There is little information in this case.

Jane Doe was around 35-years-old. 

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Find a Grave

Murder of John Caylor

On the night of October 10, 2003, John Caylor went to a party at a home on Waltonian Road in Harmony, New York. It seemed like a normal party and no one openly noted anything weird about it. John's brother was supposed to come pick him up from the party and would call him a few times in the early morning hours. However, his brother was asleep at the time and missed the call. 

Later that morning at the residence where the party was John's body would be found in the front yard. It was found that he had been beaten with a blunt object, and strangled. 

According to a news article, John did argue with someone at the party. There was a lot of drinking going on and no one said what the fight was about if it was about anything. The person of interest was never publically identified, but they did make statements that made him suspicious. The suspect died several years later making the case probably never going to be officially solved. 

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Chautauqua County Sheriff

Post Journal  November 20, 2021

September 1, 1876 Oyster Bay, New York John Doe

 In early September of 1876, a body was found washed up on High Hill Beach in Oyster Bay, New York. The man had been in the water for two or three days and had been murdered. His head and right arm had been cut off roughly. He was found wearing good quality clothing, but there was nothing to identify him. He was buried on the beach where he washed up. His death date is labeled as September 1st. 

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Find a Grave

WANTED: Rene F Ramirez

Rene Ramirez is wanted for his alleged involvement in the possession and receipt of child pornography. It's Alleged that between June of 2007 through December of 2009, he was involved in the trafficking of child pornography, via computers, in the New York City area. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Ramirez in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, on March 7, 2011, after he was charged with possession and receipt of child pornography.

Rene Ramirez is known to wear eyeglasses. He speaks both English and Spanish. He has ties to The Bronx, New York, and Mexico. Ramirez is skilled in the use of computers and may frequent social networking sites.

Rene was October 19, 1982, in Mexico. He is white Hispanic male. He's 5'8" and 220 lbs. He has black hair and dark brown eyes.

SOURCES:
FBI

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

August 8, 1838 Manhattan, New York John Doe

 On August 8, 1838, an unknown man died at the City Hospital in Manhattan, New York. He would be buried at Potter's Field Fiftieth Street. There is little information in this case.

John Doe was a man around 45-years-old.

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Find A Grave

July 29, 1818, New York City, New York John Doe

 On July 29, 1818, an unknown man drowned in the East River in New York City, New York.

John Doe was around 38 years old.

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Find a Grave

Murder of Stephen Forbes

On July 8, 1980, 28-year-old Stephen Forbes went to visit a friend on Vine St in Liverpool, New York. He would be seen around 2 pm when he left the home in his blue 1977 Dodge Pickup Truck. His family and friends worried about him because they had not seen him and reported him missing on July 11th. 

His vehicle would be found abandoned at the Hancock Airport in Syracuse. On August 19th his body was found near Lafayette in a heavily wooded area adjacent to a small dirt road leading south off Route 20. Near his body were discarded construction debris and garbage. 

At the time he was living at the Village Green Apartments, Baldwinsville. He was also a partner in the "Novel-T Shirt Store" on Route 48 in Pheonix. 

SOURCES:

Uncovered

New York State Police

CNY Central Feb 28, 2017

Syracuse March 1, 2017

June 15, 1994 Seabrook, New Hampshire Jane Doe

On June 15, 1994, the skull of a young girl was seized from a private business in Seabrook, New Hampshire. The business owner stated that a friend purchased the skull in New York earlier that year as a souvenir. It was believed that the girl died between the ages of 5 to 8 between 1984 and 1992, but it may be possible that the death before the estimation. It's possible it was stolen from a grave, but the skull was estimated to be outside in the elements for several months. She likely had Greek Ancestry. 

Jane Doe was between  5 to 8 years old. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

DNA Doe Project

Lucky 7 Pirated TV station

Made in Bing Creator

On April 14, 1978, The Lucky Seven Channel first broadcasted in Syracuse, New York. It's believed that it was the first pirated TV station in the United States. It would broadcast on the unused channel 7 for only 3 nights. It was said to have been well-done and even a logo for the station was good. It was a dice rolled to a seven and a jingle was also recorded with an all-female chorus. 

 It played in various films and TV shows. Some examples were Rocky, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Star Trek, Twilight Zone, and the porno Deep Throat. Between the films, a man would wear a gas mask with a noose around his neck would editorialize. Production is said to have been surprisingly well done, with even a logo for the station being a die that rolled to a seven. A jingle was also recorded, featuring what sounded like an all-female chorus.

It's unknown who did this, but it was suspected that it was some students at Syracuse University. It seemed that the signal was strongest in the surrounding neighborhood. This pirated channel was reported in the news at the time. However, there are no known recordings of this at this time. 

SOURCES:

Lost Media Wiki

Wikipedia

The Ithaca Journal April 18, 1978

Ocala-Star Journal April 20, 1978

The Philidelphia Inquirer June 5, 1978

April 13, 1989 New York, New York John Doe

On April 13, 1989, the Synagogue on 12 Eldridge St in New York City, New York was undergoing renovations. A worker was shoveling a pile of coal ash in the basement when a skull would be found. Police were called and the rest of the skeletal remains of a teenage boy were found. It's believed that the remains may have been there for a long time. There was a bottle from the 1930s was found in the same area. It's not clear how it may be forensically significant to this case. Also, the building did not have a coal burner for the last 50 years. So it's believed the young man had died between 1930 to 1960. 

John Doe was a black male between 14 to 17 years old. He was around 5'2".

SOURCES:

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

Daily News April 14, 1989

Daily News April 15, 1989

Disappearance of Mimi Schultz

On March 21, 1974, 15-year-old Mimi Schultz was last seen in Valley Stream, New York. There is little information in this case. 

Mimi is a white female and was 15 years old at the time. She is 6'0" and 105 lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Disappearance James P Creegan

 On February 28, 1979, 19-year-old James Creegan was last seen in Rockville Centre, New York. There is little information in this case. 

James is a white man and was 19 years old at the time. He's 6'5" and 180 lbs. He has red auburn hair and blue eyes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs 

Haunted Objects: Charley The Doll

Photo by Cauer an Atlas Obscura User

In 1968 a doll would be discovered in the attack of a Victorian home in Upstate New York. It was inside a forgotten trunk. It had laid among tattered newspapers from the early 1930s and a yellow piece of paper containing the Lord's Prayer. The doll however could not be dated. 

The doll would be given the name Charley and added to other antiques in the home. He would blend in well with the rest of the dolls in the collection. There was little attention given to him until he began moving from his place on the bench of dolls. 

The parents would blame their five children because if it wasn't the parents it had to be the children. The children never fessed up to moving the doll, however. The parents never witnessed anything, but the children began to act weird around the doll. 

The youngest daughter (4) had at one point claimed that Charley spoke to her when she got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. The parents believed it to be her wild imagination. Then the other four children refused to use the bathroom at night or go near the bench within 5 feet. One day the youngest was covered in scratches with the blame placed on Charley instead of their cat. 

The parents wanting to end the children's antics removed Charley from his place. They would lock him back up in the attic in the trunk he was originally found in. Everything would go back to normal and Charley wasn't being blamed for anything. He would lay there for years forgotten. 

Years later after the children were grown the house was sold. The trunk was found in the attic and sold in a garage sale. Charley was one of the last things to go and went to a woman wanting him for her own antique doll collection. She was warned of Charley's antics. 

Charley would switch hands several times with stories of moving from time to time. It was made sure his story of the family in 1968 was told to each owner. It's said that he is more active around children.

In Salem, Massachusetts a shop called the "Local Artisan". The shop beholds odd things suck as taxidermied animals, unusual art, and oddities. He can now be seen by the public. 

SOURCES:

Atlas Obscura

From Tiny Pennies

The Ghost in My Machine

Unidentified Photography: New York Flight Attendant

The Library of Congress is looking to identify the woman in the photograph and subject matter. It's believed that this may be a flight attendant with some ties with the state of New York. There is a marking on the plaque possibly where Finger Lake is. 

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Library of Congress

Murder of Barbara Jean Kemp

On December 5, 1976, 19-year-old Barbara Kemp was in the village of Baldwinsville, New York. On December 7, 1976, her body was found not far from the former Miller Brewery Plant on Great Bear Road in Volney. She was rolled up in something (not disclosed what) and dumped on the shoulder of the road. She had been stabbed multiple times causing her death. 

At the time Barbara had many friends and often frequented bars in Baldwinsville and Phoenix.

SOURCES:

New York State

Uncovered

Find a Grave

Smore December 1, 2008

November 4, 1982 Freeport, New York Jane Doe

On November 4, 1982 skeletal remains of a young woman were found in a dumpster in Freeport, New York.

Jane Doe was a possibly biracial woman black/white or other and was between 16 to 30-years-old. She was 5'1". She was wearing a striped blue, green, and yellow sweater jacket, bra, choker necklace and made of silver-like metal in a flexible cord type fashion, a chain with opal looking pendant, a yellow metal chain with a heart-shaped pendant with a letter "K" in the center.

SOURCES:
NamUs

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

WANTED: Zahidul Islam

Zahidul Islam is wanted for the alleged sexual assault of a female patient at a major hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event allegedly happened on October 3, 1996, while he was practicing medicine at the hospital. He had given the victim patient some medication that made her groggy and then forcibly raped her. At the time the victim was recovering from surgery when the assault happened. 

After state charges were filed a federal warrant was issued for his arrest in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in July of 1997. 

Zahidul Islam is a (white) Central Asian male born on October 1, 1955. He's 5'5" and 160 lbs. He has black hair, brown eyes, and a medium complexion. He may wear glasses Islam has ties to New York State and Montreal, Canada. He may be traveling with his wife, who is also a physician.

SOURCES:

FBI

September 17, 1849 Manhattan, New York John Doe

On September 17, 1849 a man would die in the hospital in Manhattan, New York.

John Doe was a male around 35-years-old.

SOURCES:
Find a Grave