Murder of Deborah Bates and Her Unborn Baby

February 23, 1993, 23-year-old Deborah Bates was 6 months pregnant. She left the apartment she shared with her brother to make a trip to a nearby store in Lowell, Massachusetts. Alone she made her way up Liberty Street in the cold and this was the last time anyone saw her alive. She would be reported missing in the next few days by her mother

At the time Deborah was battling with drug addiction and trying to better her life. Her first child was being taken care of by her mother at the time. Because Deborah was a drug addict there was a lack of action in her case. Her family felt that no one was looking for her.

But on March 11, 2004, an off-duty state trooper found a tarp next to the Lowell Connector in Chelmsford. Inside the tarp were layers of bedding and beneath that were the skeletal remains of the woman and a fetus that was between 7 months and full term. It was unknown how they died. The bodies would be identified as Deborah and her unborn child.

It was discovered that Debrorah and her unborn child (named Angel by the family) were not originally there. The bodies had been moved from one location and dumped there shortly before they were found. 

 SOURCE:

Cold Case New England

Uncovered

Boston April 11, 2013

Boston 25 News May 12, 2017

Murder of Esperanza Vicentè-Mestizo and unborn child

Around 11 p.m. on February 11, 2012, 28-year-old Esperanza Vicentè-Mestizo was unloading groceries from her minivan at her apartment in the 500 block of Third Place in Mattawa, Washington. A man in a hooded sweatshirt walked up to her and shot her several times in the torso with a handgun. The man would then run from the scene. 

Esperanza was taken to the hospital and as she was 7.5 months pregnant at the time both she and her unborn child were killed. 

SOURCES:

Grant County Sheriff's Office

The Criminal Journal April 24, 2021

Disappearance of Diane Marie Webb

18-year-old Diane Webb lived with her family in San Bernadino, California until 1959. In March her family would move to Dolan Springs, Arizona, and Diane would stay. She would then stay with her 16-year-old boyfriend, Bennie Webb, who would soon become her husband.

At least one time that year she stayed with her family in Arizona for a week. During the visit, she told her parents she was pregnant and that she was going to marry. Her father disapproved of the relationship, but her younger brother and mother made it to the wedding in Indio, California. 

The wedding was the last time her family saw her, but they would receive letters for several months after her wedding. The last letter was mailed on August 22, 1959, for her little sister's birthday. It included handkerchiefs that she crocheted for her. 

A letter would then arrive to Diane's family from Bennie in late 1960. He had believed that she was with them in Dolan Springs, and this confused them. They would send a letter back asking what had happened and when she had left. 

On January 5, 1961, he responded back stating that he hadn't heard from or seen Diane in a very long time. That he had given her $100 and put her on a bus to Dolan Springs. He stated she wrote one letter to him after she left and stated she had a miscarriage. Bennie recommended they to talk to a friend of Diane's in California to see if she knew something.

In August of 1961 Diane or someone else using her name visited a dentist's office in California. This was the last possible sign of her. 

Diane's family suspects that her husband had done something to her. Her father went to Bennies hometown in New Mexico where Bennies brother was a police chief. He was searching to see if he can find information on Diane. Allegedly Bennies brother chased him out of town. 

Bennie is still alive, but is not cooperating with the police and refuses a polygraph. He allegedly never recalled marrying Diane, but their marriage certificate exists. This however seems suspicious but does not mean he is guilty. 

Diane is a white female and was 18-years-old at the time. She's 5'2" to 5'4" and 110 to 120lbs. She has brown hair and grey eyes. She was pregnant at the time but may have had a miscarriage, one of her breasts was larger than the other, she has freckles on the tip of her nose, and her ears are pierced. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

International Missing Persons

Murder of Jane And Cathryn Johnson

On the night of September 3, 1996, 36-year-old Jane Johnson and her daughter, 8-year-old Cathryn, were at their home in Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada. Their neighbors would see that their home was on fire and alerted authorities. Both of them would be found dead inside in bed. Initially, it was believed that they died in the fire, but it was soon found to be wrong.

It was found that Jane was 5 months pregnant and had been stabbed to death. It's not stated how Cathryn died. The killer had set the house on fire before fleeing.

It's believed that Jane at least was familiar with the killer and they were aware of their schedule. There was no sign of it being a random act. Jane and Cathryn did not stay at the house frequently, but would mostly stay at her fiance's. They were staying the night there that night so that Cathryn could go to school from their home.

SOURCES:

Royal  Canadian Mounted Police

True Crime Files

Unsolved Case Files

Calgary Herald  September 5, 1996

Calgary Herald September 14, 1996

amonsters: Samca

 A Samca is a creature in Romanian Legends as an ugly and terrible evil spirit. She can take many different forms like a large pig, a grinning dog with rotten teeth, a hairless cat with fiery bulging eyes, a crow with bloody eyes, and a large black spider. The most known version is of a naked woman with disheveled hair down to her feet, dried out breasts that touch the ground, small bright eyes, a tongue of fire, and iron hands with nails as sharp as knitting needles or hooked as sickles.

They show themselves at the end of the month usually around the full moon. With their large crooked mouth, they show in front of children under 4-years-old.  A disease that children get after the Samca appeared often called "the children's malice". This causes the child to be deathly ill. 

They also show themselves to women lying on their birth bed, and once the creatures are visible they touch the pregnant woman as if kneading them. This would either scare the women to death or cripple them for life. It's also said that the Samca would curse the newborns.

Samca goes by 19 names; Vestitia, Navadaria, Valnomia, Sina, Nicosda, Avezuha, Scorcoila, Tiha, Miha, Grompa, Slalo, Necauza, Hatavu, Hulila, Huva, Ghiana, Gluviana, Prava, and Samca. In order to avoid the Samca people would need to write all 19 names on the wall of the house or ask someone for a protective spell. If attacked the person who did the spell gets attacked, except if the person is of age the Samca cannot.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Monster Wiki

Right Words

Librum Prodigiosum (tumblr)

December 30, 1921 Ravenglass, England Jane Doe

On December 30, 1921, the body of a woman was found in Ravenglass in water. She had been dead for several months her head was completely skeletalized, but the rest of her body wasn't. This left her unrecognizable. There were no signs of violence and had been in the water for several months.

The woman was thought to be around 35-years-old. She appeared to have been pregnant. She was wearing two pairs of black woolen stockings and an old pair of slippers.

SOURCES: 

Unsolved Murders UK

Disappearance of Patricia "Pat" Daphne Broun

At 8:30 a.m. on 4 June 1953, Broun left her home in Mount Lawley suburb of Perth, West Australia, Australia for work at HC Griffin, ANA House, 22 St. Georges Terrace, Perth. While at work she got a phone call from an unidentified male around 3 p.m. Towards the end of the call she agreed to meet the man at 6. A coworker overheard her phone call. 

At 4:30 Patricia asked to leave early. She caught a trolley bus to Mount Lawley. At 5 she then was at Simmon's Grocery store at 291 Walcott St. in North Perth and bought a can of Coca Cola. She then left the store and went to Osborne's, a corner store at the intersection of Walcott and Cliveden Streets. She then returned to Simmon's around 5:45 and under her arm, she was carrying a parcel approximately 8"x9"x3" (20cm x 22cm x 8cm) in size. She was last seen around Walcott St. at 6. Possible the man she was supposed to see was in this area. 

A friend stated that Patricia told her she was 2 months pregnant. Her parents weren't aware of this and were quite religious. If she ran away her child would have been born in late 1953 or early 1954.

Patricia is a white female and was 17 at the time. She's 5'5" (165 cm) and has a thin build. She has fair to light brown hair and large blue eyes. She was described as having a fair complexion with a faint chickenpox mark towards the middle of her forehead just above her right eyebrow. She was soft-spoken and inclined to drop the g off the end of relevant words. She may be pregnant.

SOURCES:

West Australia Crime Stoppers

Mirror

Sunday Times

Murder of Sheila Henry and her unborn child

On Feb. 5, 1993, the body of 26-year-old Sheila Henry was found lying in a pool of blood in her Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada home. She had been severely beaten likely with a flashlight and because she didn't die fast enough the killer suffocated her with a pillow. Unfortunately, she was also six weeks pregnant with her first child. 

 David, Sheila's husband of two years, has been the only suspect announced in this case. He said he went out around 3 p.m and returned around 8 to find Sheila's body. David also told police he lost his ring in Florida, but it was found in the cushions of a couch at the police department. David has refused to talk to police and due to little evidence, he's never been arrested for the crime. 

SOURCES:

Vancouver Police Department

The True Crime Files

Molly Matters 

Murder of Margret Sheeler

On the day of December 27, 1963, pregnant 20-year-old Margaret Sheeler was at her home at 21 Bridle Path, London, Ontario, Canada. She and her husband Philip had a bad argument. She decided to leave the house and walk to her parent's home even though there was a snow storm happening.  but she never returned home so he reported her missing around 11:40 p.m. the next day. 

On Jan. 23, 1964 two boys stumbled across Margret's body in a field west of Bridle Path on Kipps Lane. Her clothes had been taken off and were strewn about the field. Her cause of death was found to be a skull fracture.

SOURCES:

London Police

True Crime Files 

Disappearance of Tamera "Tami" Ellen McCurry

22-year-old Tamera "Tami" McCurry was last seen going into an orange or yellow van in Galveston, Texas on July 1, 1982. There is little information in her case. She may use the last name Norris or her alias, Jessica Simmons.

Tami is a white female and was 22 at the time. She's 5'6" and 125lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a light blue swimsuit with green fish design on the upper portion and a denim shirt. She has a scar near her left eyebrow, She was 3 months pregnant at the time. Her due date would have been around Jan. of 1983.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project
National Missing Person Directory

Murders of Tommy Joe, Deborah, and Melissa Wideman

On March 22, 2002 around 3:25 a.m. a passing truck driver noticed a home on fire at 13875 Highway 1122 East Rebecca, Georgia. The volunteer fire department soon responded and the home could not be saved. It had sustained significant damage and the roof collapsed within minutes of their arrival.

When the fire was extinguished the badly burnt bodies of the Wideman family was found. 51-year-old Tommy Joe Wideman, 48-year-old Deborah Wideman, and their 20-year-old daughter Melissa Wideman who was 8 months pregnant at the time. They had been housesitting for Tommy Joe's mother at the time.

Autopsies revealed that they did not die from the fire, but from being shot prior to the fire. The fire is considered arson to possibly cover up the crime. The house did not seem to have been robbed and it isn't believed that robbery is the motive.

SOURCES:
Georgia Bureau of Investigations
Tifton Gazette
WALB News

March 22, 1996 Exeter, California pregnant Jane Doe

On March 22, 1996, the body of a pregnant young lady was found in an orange grove north of Exeter, California. It was estimated she died the day before, but her cause of death wasn't stated. She was a Hispanic female between 18 and 28 years old. She was 5'4" and 145 lbs. She had black hair and brown eyes. She had the words Jesse written in ink on her right thigh (isn't stated if it's a tattoo). She was wearing dark green Levis, a black bra, and athletic socks.


SOURCES:

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/52928/details (Post Mortem)
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/741ufca.html
http://unidentified.wikia.com/wiki/Tulare_County_Jane_Doe

Disappearance of Allan George Whyte and Maureen Joyce Braddy

On November 23, 1968, 17-year-old Allan Whyte and his 16-year-old girlfriend, Maureen Braddy went to a dance at the YMCA on Mundy Street in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Around 9 p.m. Allan and Maureen were seen outside of the dance hall. Allan's brother invited the couple to an after-party at his house, but they refused. Allan told his brother he was dropping Maureen off at her house. Neither one made it home that night and haven't been seen since.

There had been some talk that the couple may have run away from home, but it's believed that they may have met foul play. Maureen and Allan worked at the Crystal Egg Company on Garsed Street. Allan left behind his recently bought car and his savings account was untouched. Maureen also hadn't collected her wages from the previous week.

The family has posted a million dollar reward for successful information on the two.

Allan was 17 at the time and is a white male. He's described as a happy-go-lucky kind of guy.

Maureen was 16 at the time and a white female. She's 163 cm and 5'4". She has black hair and blue eyes. When she walked she was pigeon-toed. She may have also been pregnant when she disappeared.

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SOURCES:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/4297dmvic.html

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/2939dfvic.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-12/family-still-searching-for-answers-maureen-braddy-disappearance/9322920

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-23/maureen-braddy,-allan-whyte-bendigo-disappearance-reward/8202540

Disapearance of Mary Mabel Hudgins

On October 20, 1954, Mary "Mabel" Hudgins and her husband got into an argument. Her husband left their home on the 5000 block of Fredrick Street in Santa Cruz, California. When he had gotten back Mary was gone and their children were left alone. She had taken $100 with her and left a note stating "You can go on alone."  Mary was 7 months pregnant when last seen.

Her parents lived in Canada at the time. I could be possible she had traveled that way. According to her husband, she was in poor mental health at the time.

Mary was 23 at the time. She typically went by her middle name but had gone by several nicknames, May, Mae, and Mary Mabel. She is a biracial female mixed with Caucasian and Native American. She has black hair and brown eyes. She was around 5'6" to 5'8" and around 140 to 150 lbs. She had a mole on her chin.

SOURCES:
Charley Project
NamUs

Murder of Paula Jean Oberbroeckling

On Feb 25, 1952 Paula Jean Oberbroekling was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her parents hoped for a long and happy life for their daughter. In 1970 she graduated from Washington Highschool, and began to help teach developmentally disabled children at Yonkers.

On July 11, 1970 Paula had went out on a date with her boyfriend Lonnie Bell. He brought her back to her Cedar Rapids home in the early morning. The two had an argument soon after. Lonnie ended up leaving.

At this time Paula was believed to have been 1 to 2 months pregnant. She believed that Lonnie was trying to ditch her. Soon After Paula asked her room mate Debbie Kellog if she could borrow her car. Paula said she needed go and would be right back. But Paula never came back home.

The last time she was seen a friend had seen her with a man in "the loop" area. The friend believed that the man was helping Paula get her car going. It was around 1 a.m.

The following day Debbie's car was found in a no parking zone near a grocery store 2 miles away from their home. Paula was no where in sight though. Her Grandmother went door to door knocking and asking if anyone had seen Paula. The police conducted searches and asked help of media.

Police were told of Paula's past relationship with a black boy named Robert Williams, but the two had broken up some time before by her mother. Lonnie also stated that Paula had been sending letters to a black boy named John Strayhorn who lived in the Hawthorne Hills apartments. The police were told by the manager there was no tenant with that name.

For four months there was no sign of the teen. Her body was found November 29, 1970. She had likely died the day she disappeared. A man and his two sons were hiking on Otis Road when they came across the remains of someone in a light blue dress.  He body had gotten stuck on a steel pin that was probably a power pole guy wire. It would had been likely if the body hadn't gotten stuck it would had washed up on the road and been found sooner.

Her hands and feet had been tied behind her back with clothes line and another . Her cause of death is unknown, but she could had died from a soft tissue injury, poisoning, asphyxiation or a combination of these. If she had died in the position she was found she may have died from respiratory embarrassment, or exposure or the combination of the two.There were no fetal remains found.

SOURCES:
https://defrostingcoldcases.com/case-month-paula-oberbroeckling/
https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/paula-oberbroeckling/
http://www.whathappenedtopaula.com/
https://www.thedarksideofamerica.com/unsolved-paula-oberbroeckling.html

December 20, 1976 White Haven, Pennsylvania Beth Doe and Fetus *Identified* Evelyn Colon

In March of 2021, Beth Doe was identified as 15-year-old Evelyn Colon. A Luis Sierra who was 19-years old at the time is being charged with her death.

Luis and Evelyn were dating at the time. Evelyn would tell a sibling that if anything happened it was Luis. In December the two seemed to have disappeared. A month after Evelyn had disappeared a letter was sent to her family home explaining that she was living in Connecticut with her son Luis Jr. It's no known that wasn't true.

Luis would end up in Queens. When asked about Evelyn he initially denied knowing her and then stated she moved out after an argument. He is being charged in this case.

The family has named Evelyn's unborn child Emily Grace Colon.

 

On December 20, 1976, a 14-year-old teenage boy playing along the banks of Lehigh River in White Haven or East Side Borough, Pennsylvania. That's when he spotted the head of a woman and several body parts, her fetus was laying in the grass nearby. It seemed to have come from a suitcase that was thrown from the bridge the impact caused the suitcase to bursting open. Three more suitcases were found with more body parts. It was estimated that she had died within that week.

Within the three suitcases was the body of the woman and fetus but her breasts, nose, and ears were not found. It could be that the murderer had kept them, there was another suitcase not found and or they were disposed of separately. She had been strangled to death and shot in the neck. It is possible the murderer was the father of the fetus.


The three suitcases the remains were found in were all the same size (23" x 14" x 7 1/2"). Two of them were blue in color, one was blue and tan plaid. The handles had been cut off of the suitcases before they were dropped at the site and the zippers had been painted with flat black paint. Inside the suitcases, the police also found straw, packing foam, a cut-up pink chenille bedspread with an embroidered yellow flower, and six sections of the New York Sunday News dated September 26, 1976.

She was a white female between the ages of 15 to 25. She's estimated to have been around 5'1 and 150 lbs. She had brown hair and brown eyes. She had a 2 inch scar on her left calf, and a mole on her left cheek. The fetus she was carrying was full term.

She had suffered from sever dental disease in early life and had three extraction multiple restorations, and extensive decay. Her oral hygiene improved as she got older. She would had still been suffering from tooth decay and a fracture to her upper right lateral incisors that would have caused her serious pain and been noticeable to others.

"WSR" seemed to be written on her hand with ink believed to have lasted 8-12 hours there was either a 4 or a 5 written next to it, and below and to the right was either a 4 or 7. Police are unable to make sense of the writing.

Testing has proven that she was not born in the United States and was possibly born in Western to Central Europe. She likely came over to the USA in the last 10 to 5 years of her life.

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Merged reconstructions in Morphthing and edited 

Sources:

Unidentified Wiki

Doe Network

The Morning Call

AOL

AOL