Showing posts with label Possible Suicide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Possible Suicide. Show all posts

Friday, March 15, 2024

Disappearance of Juan Ortiz

On March 15, 1999, 49-year-old Juan Ortiz was last seen in New Haven, Connecticut. He may have been suicidal when he went missing.

Juan is a white male and was 49 years old at the time. He is 5'5" and 180 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing LSW black Jeans, a White FUBU sweatshirt, and a black jacket.

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Suspicious Death of Jerome P. O'Sullivan

On February 21, 1977, the Belknap County Sheriff's Department performed a search warrant at a home located on Beauty Hill Road in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. The sheriffs found four tons of marijuana equaling $6 million worth in an upstairs bedroom. On the bed was 29-year-old Jerome O'Sullivan. He had a gunshot wound to the right side of his head right above the ear. It's believed he died two to three days before. The medical examiner could not determine if it was suicide or homicide.

Jerome started in the home for several weeks to a few months newspaper articles vary. He was at the time living with a woman and neighbors noted that there were strange acting people who came in and out of the home. 

SOURCES:
Glimanton NH History ( collage of news articles)


Wednesday, December 27, 2023

December 27, 1953 Los Angeles, California John Doe STW



On December 27, 1953, an off-duty Los Angeles Police Officer was hiking in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California when he discovered skeletal remains scattered along the hillside. He had died around a year before and there was no evidence of violence on the skull. A broken phonograph was found nearby. It was the type to be used for home recordings so police suspect it was a suicide note. It's also believed that he was not wearing his pants when he died. v

John Doe was a man between 50 to 60-years-old. He was 5'0". He was wearing a grey hat with the initials 'STW', grey trousers, a white nylon shirt, a red sports shirt, and brown Oxford shoes. He had a pocket comb, black plastic lead pencil, a gold wristwatch 'Gruen' brand, a silver scapular medal and chain, a pair of old bifocal glasses, and a pair of horn-rimmed eyeglasses.

SOURCES:
Daily News December 28, 1953

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Disappearance of Barbra Jane Shumac


On the morning of December 16, 1982, 29-year-old Barbra Shumac and her husband got into an argument at their home in the 10700 block of Kimball Road in Venango Township, Pennsylvania. He would go back to bed and ask her to wake him up later so that they could cut down a Christmas tree. She didn't wake him up, however, and was not in the house when he woke back up. She had left the home between 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. 

There was a note left behind apologizing to him for making his life miserable and "It really hurts me inside to do this, but I don't see any other way".  A .22-caliber rifle was also missing from the home, but she left her purse, key, and vehicle behind.

He would report her missing around 5 p.m. A search was done, but there was a snowstorm happening at the time, and would have covered any tracks that she would have left. In 1990 she was declared dead.

Barbra is a white female and was 29-years-old at the time. She is 4'6" to 4'10" and 110 to 120 lbs. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. She was wearing blue jeans, a dark blue snowmobile suit, and a pair of blue/grey snow boots. She has had a history of mental health issues. 

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Disappearance of Paul Alan Vogen





On November 8, 1983, 29-year-old Paul Vogen was last seen at his home on 46th Place and Indian Rd in Phoenix, Arizona. The next day his vehicle was found at the Sky Harbor Airport and he allegedly bought a plane ticket to California. He previously stated that he wanted to take his life by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. However, it is unknown if he did this.

Paul is a white male and was 29-year-old at the time. He's 5'7" to 5'9" and 160 to 170 lbs. He has sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. He was wearing brown corduroy pants, a brown windbreaker and blue and white sneakers, and wire-framed glasses.

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Sunday, April 30, 2023

Disappearance of Ian Richardson



On April 30, 1992, 16-year-old Ian Richardson disappeared from Denver Colorado. He lived in the northern section of the city and frequented the Idaho Springs area. Foul play is suspected in this case. 

John Taylor is a prime suspect in Ian's disappearance as he was sexually abusing him since he was 13 until he disappeared. In 1991 Ian told police that John Taylor had sexually abused him in 1989 during a camping trip and again in 1990. John was then charged with child sexual abuse and harboring a runaway. These charges were dismissed after Ian recanted his story. 

In 1992 Ian accused John again, but this time of circumcising him while he was passed out drunk. John refuted stating that Ian had done it to himself. Ian would tell a counselor that he was being threatened and that if he testified he or his family would be harmed. He would then allegedly punch John in the face later. This would cause Ian to be charged with assault in juvenile court. He would disappear soon after. 

 John Taylor would admit that he had in fact sexually abused Ian. He claimed that Ian had killed himself. In 2002 however, a friend of his went to the police to tell them that John had in fact shot Ian and then chemically cremated him. John is a chemist and had the knowledge to do so. He claims that he's being framed for Ian's disappearance. 

Ian is a white male and was 16-years-old at the time. Ian was 5'10" and 150 lbs. He had brown hair and brown eyes. 

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Friday, January 13, 2023

Disappearance of Diana Schmitz






At 2:28 p.m.on January 13, 2019, 23-year-old Diana Schmitz's family received a text message from her which stated "it was not their fault, that she would find peace and that they should take good care of her son." Her family immediately contacted police, who subsequently found Diana's car at a carpool spot near Colijnsplaat, The Netherlands about a kilometer away from a bridge. Her telephone and glasses were found on the bridge. It is believed she committed suicide by jumping off the bridge and consequently died in the icy water. Diana'sremains were never found. The water had been dredged and searched with sonar equipment and sniffer dogs. Police believe her body may have sunk into the sand. 

Diana had previously attempted suicide at least twice before.


Diana is a white female and was 23-years-old at the time. She is 165 cm (5'4") She has brown hair and blue/green eyes.


SOURCES:
Politie

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Murder of Harland Shuey

On January 11, 2001, 78-year-old Harland Shuey would receive news that his wife who had dementia would not return home. He would call 911 for an injury twice. He was found stabbed in his home at 3310 E. 42nd St. in des Moines, Iowa. He would pass away from his wounds. It was initially thought that it may have been suicide, but the weapon wasn't found in the home. A pair of scissors was found near him and all the knives in the home were tested. None of them matched his wound though.

SOURCES:
Des Moines Register April 7, 2001
Des Moines Register July 1, 2001


Saturday, November 26, 2022

Disappearance of Florian Krüger



21-year-old Florian Krüger enjoyed being a DJ in his spare time in Germany. On the night of November 25, 2011, Florian played music at a bowling center and then afterward went to a discotheque. Friends would have seen him there and talked to him and at about 1 a.m. the next morning he would leave because he was tired. However, instead of going home, he went to his boyfriend's house because he wanted to talk about their difficult relationship. His boyfriend told him to leave and they would talk about it the next day because of how late it was. 

Florian would likely make it to a bridge in Kiel at about 1:45 a.m. His car would be found there with the hazard lights on at 2 a.m. in the middle of the bridge. His phone would be found inside with a message to a friend he saw earlier at the discotheque. "Kevin broke up. For me, life has no meaning anymore." There were no signs of suicidal thoughts or tendencies before this. Florian has not been seen since. 

Florian is a white male and was 21-years-old at the time. He was 5'9" at the time. He has dark blonde hair and blue/grey eyes. He has a burn scar on his neck, a small scar under his eye, and a small scar on the chin. He has a gap between his incisors. 

The link to the original information on the case on Internations Missing Persons Wiki does not work, so I'm unsure is case is still active or not. 

SOURCES:

Chu "Joe" Wong Kung

On September 26, 1946, 50-year-old Chu "Joe"  Kung was visiting Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was at the time staying at the Alexan...