Unidentified Victims of Li Zhangou

 Xiaoqi John Doe is the first victim of Chinese Serial Killer Li Zhanguo. Li Zhangou was known as the "The Henan Gay Murderer". He would kill, mutilate, and rape 11 mentally disabled teenagers and young men between 1991 and 1995.  Li Zhangou was a suspect early in the murders. There was no evidence to arrest him, but he was caught by officers with a potential victim on August 4, 1995. He would admit to being the killer. He would be prosecuted and executed in 1995.

Going by the type of person Li Zhangou targeted it's likely that the victims were mentally disabled.

1st Victim: Xiaoqi John Doe

On March 18, 1991 there was a fire burning in a field in the Xiaoqi Township, China. Someone had set fire to a set of wheat straws. When the fire was extinguished the charred body of a young man was found. He was lying on his back his head and genitals were removed. His head would be found in a well 24 meters away to the west and his genitals were found in a ditch southwest of his body. It was found that from his stomach contents he had died recently and had been strangled to death with a cord. 

3rd Victim: 1992 Yangzhuang Township John Doe

On July 26, 1992, a neatly dressed young man (Li Zhangou) was seen with a young man (John Doe). They were seen walking from the Yangzhuan railway and even seen sleeping in a wheat field together that night. On their journey, it was seen that the well-dressed young man was hitting the other young man with a stick. On July 27th the well-dressed man was now seen leading the naked man to an abandoned explosives warehouse. It was later seen the well-dressed young man was sitting on the steps alone.

On July 29th John Doe's body was found in the warehouse. He had died due to blunt force trauma due to an unknown weapon. On the walls"I am the killer" and "Sacrifice" was written in the victim's blood.

7th Victim: 1993 Xiaoqi John Doe

There is little information on this victim. On October 15, 1993, he was found dead in a canal in Xiaoqi Township. He may have been a mental patient as he had screws inserted in his hands.

8th Victim: 1994 Xiaoqi John Doe

On February 20, 1994, John Doe's lower body (below the waist) was found in a canal with burn marks on his legs. The next day the upper half without his head with identical burn marks was found. he was cut in half and set on fire before being tossed in the canal.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Unidentified Wiki (1991 Xiaoqi John Doe)

Unidentified Wiki (1992 Yangzhuang Township John Doe)

Unidentified Wiki (1993 Xiaoqi John Doe)

Unidentified Wiki (1994 Xiaoqi John Doe)

The Connecticut River Valley Killer's Suspected Victims

The Composite Sketch of the Possible Serial Killer

From 1978 to 1986 there were several women violently murdered along the New Hampshire and Vermont border in the Connecticut River Valley near Route 91. There are at least 6 connected murders that are believed to have been done by the same person. It's been noted that there are similar M.O.'s, often used dumpsites, and wound patterns that linked the murders. He seemed to include the attempted murder of a pregnant woman. All the victims were stabbed to death and their throats were slit. It's believed that the women listed here are possible victims of the same killer.

Cathy Millican

On October 24, 1978, 26-year-old Cathrine, "Cathy" Millican was taking photographs of birds at the Chandler Brook Wetland Preserve in New London, New Hampshire. She was found where she was last seen and had been stabbed over 20 times. 

Mary Elizabeth Critchley

On July 25, 1981, a friend of 37-year-old Mary Elizabeth Critchley was dropped off near exit 13 of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Framingham,  Massachusetts. She was planning to hitchhike to Waterbury Vermont where she lived. On August 9, 1981, her body was found in the woods off of Unity Stage Rd. in Unity New Hampshire. It's unknown how she had died. She is currently seen as a possible victim of the Connecticut River Valley Killer though.

At the time Mary was attending classes at the University of Vermont. 

Bernice Courtemanche

On May 30, 1984, around 3:30 p.m. Bernice Courtemanche was last seen in Claremont, New Hampshire trying to hitchhike to Newport to see her boyfriend. She was reported missing and two years later on April 19, 1986, her skeletal remains were found just off Cat Hole Hill Road in Newport, New Hampshire. She had knife wounds to her neck and a head injury.

 At the time of her disappearance, Bernice was a high school student and part-time nurse's aide.

Ellen Fried 

On July 22, 1984, just after midnight 26-year-old, Ellen Ruth Fried was last seen talking on the payphone outside a convenience store in Claremont, New Hampshire. On September 19, 1985, her body was found in a wooded area next to the Sugar River in the Kellyville area of Newport, New Hampshire. The cause of death is undetermined, but the findings at the scene indicated she was sexually assaulted before her death. 

At the time of her death, she was a nurse at the Valley Regional Hospital.

Eva Morse

On July 10, 1985, 27-year old Eva Morse was hitchhiking on Route 12 in Charleston New Hampshire. Her body was found in West Unity, New Hampshire. It was determined she had stab wounds to the neck. Her body was found 500 feet from where Mary's was found.

Lynda Moore 

On April 15, 1986, around 3 p.m. a family member of 36-year-old Lynda Moore found her body inside her home in Westminster, Vermont. She was the only one home at her time of death. She was the only one of the possible victims to have died inside her home and not abandoned. 

Barbara Agnew 

On Jan. 6, 1987, 39-year-old Barbara Agnew went missing. Her vehicle was found in the northbound rest area in White River Junction. Her body was later found on March 28, 1987, in Hartland Vermont. Her body had been abandoned in a wooded area.  Barbara was a nurse at the time of her death. 

In 1988 Jane Boroski was seven months pregnant and was attacked outside of a closed convenience store. She was stabbed many times and was able to drive to a friend's home for help. She and the baby survived and she described him to the police and create a composite sketch. It's possible that she was a surviving victim of the Connecticut River Valley Killer.

SOURCES:
Unsolved Mysteries
Wikipedia
New Hampshire Department of Justice (Cathy)
New Hampshire Department of Justice (Mary)

New Hampshire Department of Justice (Bernice)

New Hampshire Department of Justice (Ellen)

New Hampshire Department of Justice (Eva)
Vermont State Police (Lynda)
Serial Killer Podcast

The Feburary 9th Killer

Sonia Mejia and Damiana Castillo

In two different Salt Lake City Suburbs, two tragedies happened exactly two years apart. Two Hispanic women were murdered in similar ways. It was initially thought of being a coincidence, but when the killers DNA connected the two. This caused fear in the Salt Lake City area around February 9th of the following years.

On February 9, 2006, pregnant 29-year-old Sonia Mejia was home by herself in her Taylorsville flat. In the middle of the day, a Hispanic man knocked on her door. a neighbor claimed that the two seemed to have had a heated argument and he forced his way into her home.

Her husband came home later and found that she'd been assaulted and strangled to death. But not only did he lose his wife their unborn child didn't survive either. Sonia's jewelry was stolen and her car was found in Murray, Utah.

Evidence speculates that Sonia didn't know her attacker. That he may have been stalking her and found out where she had lived and moved on with his plans.

On February 9, 2008, 57-year-old Damiana Castillo didn't show up to church. She wouldn't ever miss it and this worried some people at the church and especially her family. Her son went to check on her at her West Valley City home and found her body. She'd been murdered the same way Sonia was. Jewelry was also stolen from her home. There were no signs of forced entry.

The man was described as a Hispanic male with short black hair that was in his late teens the too early '20s at the time of the attack. He was between 5'3" and 5'5" and around 135 to 150 lbs. It isn't known if Feb. 9 is significant to the killer or if it was a coincidence he decided to kill on those days. Other cases haven't been linked yet and it's possible he's committed similar crimes. He isn't technically a "serial killer".

Police believe they know who the person that was responsible for these crimes are.
SOURCES:
Good 4 Utah
KSL
Good 4 Utah
CNN

John Wayne Gacy's Unidentified Victims

John Wayne Gacy is a serial killer that hunted in Illinois near his Norwood Park Township home. He was best known as the "Killer Clown" as he was. His known victims were between the ages of 14 and 21 years old. Gacy conned the boys into his home promising job opportunities or promising runaways and prostitutes money in exchange for sex.  The boys may have been picked up from bus stations. He would trick the boys into a handcuff trick and once they were handcuff he would sexually assault and murder them.  6 of these boys have been murdered. All six were found on Gacy's property. The based time of death is estimated by how identified victims were buried near, on top or underneath them. All of them died between 1972 and 1978.

Body 28

Body 28 may possibly be Gacy's second victim based on where Gacy claimed to burry his second victim. He was a white male between the ages of 14 and 18 years old. He was around 5'9", and had brown hair. He has a probably healed fracture of his upper right arm. He was wearing blue jeans, shirt, underwear and socks, which were deteriorated. Was wearing a plain silver ring on left hand.  Estimated probable time of death is between January 3, 1972 to July 31, 1975.

SOURCES:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/954umil.html

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/11006

 Body 5 possible name Greg

It is possible that Body 5's real name or nickname may have been Greg. He was found with a key fob with the name Greg on it. He was a white male between the ages of 22 to 32. He was around 5'9" and had brown hair. He was wearing a light colored long sleeve shirt or jacket, dark colored trousers, and a leather belt with a buckle. The estimated possible time for this doe is between January 20 1976 to March 15, 1977.


SOURCES:
http://unidentified.wikia.com/wiki/Body_5
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10994
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/958umil.html

Body 26

Body 26 was a white male between 23 and 30 years old. He was around 5'4" and had  dark brown to black hair. His two upper front teeth were missing and he wore partial dentures. No clothes found on body. Estimated probable death is between June 13, 1976 to August 6, 1976.

SOURCES:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/956umil.html
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/11004
http://unidentified.wikia.com/wiki/Body_26

Body 21

Body 21 was a white male between 15 and 24 years old. He was around 5'10" and had light brown hair. Body 21 didn't have an estimated probable death. 

SOURCES:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/962umil.html

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/11000

Body 13

Body 13 is a white male between 18 and 22 years old. He was around 6'1" and had dark brown almost black hair. One of his front teeth is displaced behind the other. He may have been suffering from a toothache at the time. Probable estimated death is between August 6, 1976 to October 5, 1976

SOURCES:

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10999

http://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMU/1322532

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/955umil.html

Body 10

Body 10 belonged to a white male between the ages of 17 and 21 years old. He was 5'7" to 5'9" and his weight, hair and eye color are undetermined. He had a healed left clavicle fracture. He's at least seen a dentist as he does have a few fillings. He had two reddish colored socks and Jockey underwear. The estimated probable time of death is March 15, 1977 to July 5, 1977. 

SOURCES: 

http://unidentified.wikia.com/wiki/Body_10?li_source=LI&li_medium=wikia-footer-wiki-rec

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10998

http://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMU/1184583

John Wayne Gacy the "Killer Clown"

John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. He was a Chicago area construction worker and was even a clown performer for kids parties called "Pogo the Clown".He was well liked by people in the community and most never would had suspected he was the reason boys were going missing in the Cook County, Illinois. No one expected him to be the monster he became.

Gacy was born to a blue collar family in Chicago, Illinois. Growing up Gacy had a troubled childhood. His father was a drunk who would beat the family with a razor strap if he believed they were misbehaving. Gacy also had issues coming to terms with his bi-sexuality.

Gacy was also isolated at school because of his congenital heart disease. He couldn't play with the other kids like he wanted. Even though Gacy was tested to be highly intelligent he had dropped out of high school.

After her dropped out of high school he moved to Las Vegas and became a janitor for a mortuary for a while before moving back to Chicago. When he returned he went to business school. After graduation his first job included management trainee for a Nunn Bush Shoe Company where within a year he excelled and managed a clothing store in Springfield, Illinois.

In 1966 He married his 1st wife and began to work for his father in law in Iowa. He began a family with his then wife. In 1968 Gacy was convicted of sodomizing a male employee. His wife filed for divorce. Upon hearing this he told his wife that her and the children were dead to him.

 He was sentenced 10 years in prison, but only spent 18 months . He was paroled in 1970 and moved back to Chicago to become a contractor and started his own construction business. In February of  1971 he was charged in the attempted rape of a young man. The young man didn't show up to court and the charges were dropped. In middle of the 1970's two more men accused him of rape.

By 1975 Gacy was married to his second wife. He had told her that he was bi-sexual and was going to stop having sex with her. She'd find homosexual magazines, and he'd bring home boys to his garage. In 1976 she took her two daughters and divorced Gacy. The two never had children together.

On December 11, 1978 15 year old Robert Piest had disappeared. He'd told his mother he was going to visit Gacy for some job opportunities. When he didn't return home. On December 21 police searched Gacy's home in Norwood Park Township, Illinois.

Gacy knowing that soon they will discover his secret admitted he killed 33 boys. He tried to claim that he had multiple personalities and one of the other personalities did it.

He sat on death row for 12 of the 21 life sentences.

He claimed to have dumped his last 5 bodies in the Des Plains River as he was running out of space in the crawlspace.

Gacy died on May 10, 1994 from lethal injection.

The Murders:

Gacy was considered "charming" and would tell boys that he had job opportunities or would pick up young prostitutes or runaways with the promise of money in exchange for sex. He would often pick up the boys from bus stations. His known victims ages range from 14 to 21 years old. Out of the 33 victims 6 still remain unidentified by July of 2018.

 Once he got the boys in his home he would trick the boys into trying a handcuff trick in which he would subdue the boys, sexually assault, torture, and murder them. At least 5 of the boys worked at Gacy's business.  A few made it out alive, but 33 didn't.

Gacy's first murder happened in 1972 where he'd stabbed to death teenager Tim McCoy. His next murder happened two years later in 1974 he killed an unidentified victim. Even though he stabbed his first victim, he chose to strangle the rest. By 1976 Gacy was already connected to two boys who he claimed to have runaway. The family's suspected Gacy of hurting them, but there was no evidence of it.

After Gacy's wife divorced him in 1976 he called them the "cruising years" as he was able to bring the boys home without worrying. That he was free to hunt for victims and this was when a majority of victims were killed.

SOURCES:
https://www.biography.com/people/john-wayne-gacy-10367544
http://murderpedia.org/male.G/g1/gacy-john-wayne.htm
https://www.historicmysteries.com/john-wayne-gacy/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/24/john-wayne-gacy-victim-reconstructions-released-by-authorities.html
https://www.thoughtco.com/john-wayne-gacy-the-killer-clown-973164
http://crimemagazine.com/boy-killer-john-wayne-gacy

Three Unidentified Jane Doe Suspected Victims of Maury Troy Davis

These Three Jane Does are believed to be victims of serial killer Maury Troy Davis. He raped, tortured and killed his victims. Davis had never identified the three women as he hung him self in a St. Louis jail after he was charged with two other murders.c He was being investigated for 10 murders. He claimed to have murdered 17, but some believe he may have murdered at least 20. He had video taped at least one of the murders. He hunted in Missouri and Illinois border near the St. Louis area. It is possible the following victims may be from Missouri. His victims have all been sex workers so far, so it's possible the following victims may also be sex workers. 

 Jan. 11, 2002 Mascoutah, Illinois Jane Doe.

Illinois Department of Transportation employees were working along the I64 along post 22 when they found remains. It was an African American female between the ages of 20 and 30 years old. She had been dead for months. 

The skeleton was partially dressed in a Jason Mathews black velour jump suit with full legs. She also had two rings with her. One was a thin gold band and the second had a clear blue central gem piece with multiple small clear green ones surrounding it.

Other Images:

Sources:

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/11788

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/327ufil.html

March 11, 2002 Madison County, Illinois Jane Doe

IDOT workers found the skeletal body around 2 p.m. on March 11, 2002  Illinois near Sliver Creek  overpass in Collinsville, Illinois. She had died within the last 4-6 months. She was a black female between the ages of 24 and 30 years old. She was 5'3" and 105 lbs. She was wearing a size medium pair of rhinestoned, grey colored Second Skins shorts and a red and white men's XL Tommy Hilfiger Flannel button down. She was wearing a mens Gold Nugget ring with two glass stones, and she was wearing one bracelet is a metal hoop, approximately 3 inches in diameter, smooth on one side with a channel on the other side. A ring of black onyx beads on elastic string fits into the channel bracelet. The second bracelet is a combination of three separate bracelets, the second bracelet has numerous plastic beads that were yellow, green, black, mauve, and brown strung with thin elastic string that could be stretched. The three separate bracelets were gathered by a single, oval shaped metallic ring with a small hole at one end that appeared to be for the purpose of hanging a charm.




Other Images:

                       

SOURCES:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/334ufil.html
http://www.isp.state.il.us/crime/unsolveddetails.cfm?ID=16
https://identifyus.org/en/cases/12204

March 28, 2002 Monroe County Jane Doe

On March 28, 2002 IDOT workers found the remains of a woman while cleaning trash along the highway. She was located in a creek bed On Route 3 near Gall Rd. in Columbia, Illinois. She'd been estimated to have been dead 6 to 12 months. 

She was a black female between the ages of 33 and 50 years old. She was round 5'1" and 105 lbs. She had black hair. She had a healed fracture in her head from a childhood injury. Possibly had a scar across her forehead because of it. She was wearing an XL green shirt with an orange M and the word Mavericks on it, It has two buttons on the top similar to a softbal jersey. She was also found with size 3 khaki shorts from the brand Chazzz Credentials.

The police tried to search for sport teams with the nickname and logo found on the shirt. The source wasn't found, but a coach from the Mavericks softball team that existed in St. Louis County years before. He stated it looked similar to what was worn by the team. He stated that the team was for girls in their early teens and none of them wore an XL.

Other Images:

SOURCES:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/302ufil.html
https://identifyus.org/cases/12166

First Serial Killer of Hawaii The Honolulu Strangler

The Honolulu Strangler or the Honolulu rapist is the first known serial killer of Hawaii and unfortunately enough he had not been caught. He has 5 known female victims he killed between 1985 and 1986. The ages of the known victims was between 17 and 36. As a response a task force was put together having a 27 person team, but unfortunately he hasn't been caught.

The first victim was 25 year old Vicki Gail Purdy. She was described as tough woman and street wise. She was described as being wise on who she could and could not trust. Her husband described her as being a fighter. He believes it would had to have taken two people to do what happened to her.

On May 29, 1985 Vicki dressed up in a yellow jumpsuit and went out clubbing in Waikiki, Hawaii. A motorist found her body 7 am along the rocky embankment of  Ke'ehi Lagoon. Her car had been found parked near the club. She had been strangled to death and her hands were bound and had been sexually assaulted.

The second victim was 17 year old Regina Sakamoto she was from Waipahu. She was a high school senior described as shy and friendly. She was described as being extremely close to her mother.

On Jan. 14, 1986 Regina missed the bus and called her boyfriend around 7:15 a.m. to tell him she would be late. She did not report to class that day and when she didn't return that night she was reported missing. Her body was discovered the next day. She was partially dressed hands bound behind her back and sexually assaulted. She was also strangled to death. She was also found in the Ke'ehi Lagoon. She was last seen at a bus stop.

The third victim was 21 year old Denise Hughes. She was described as always having a smile on her face no matter what. She was described as the ideal employee even with her only working 3 months as a Secretary at the Long Distance/ USA Inc. She had only lived in Hawaii for 5 months with her Sailor Husband. He was stationed

On Jan. 29, 1986 Denise ate super aboard his ship and left to go home around 10 p.m. Worry began to rise when she did not arrive at work the next day. Work had called her husband to see why she didn't arrive. She typically took the bus to work. On Feb. 1, 1986 her body was found wrapped in a tarp and rolled down a mud embankment. Her hands were tied behind her back and she was strangled.

Louise Medeiros from Kauai to search for independence. She was no stranger to trouble and lived with beach people. But family said that the last time they saw she had become more mature and less rebellious. She was three months pregnant at this time.

On March 26, 1986 Louise called her family and said she was on the plane from Kauai to fly home to Ohau. She said she would go home by using theairport bus to get to her boyfriends house in Waipahu, She never made it there. On April 2, 1986 her body was found in a Waikele stream. She'd been bound, raped and strangled.

The last known victim was 36 year old Linda Pesce. Linda was known for her love of adventure. She hitch hiked across The U.S. on her own, she moved to Hawaii to dance and lived in Guam for a while before moving back to Hawaii. She was described as carefree, street-wise, and opinionated. She did not live the wild life as she had before she gave birth to her daughter. She had changed her wild ways, but was described as being a fighter.

On April 29, 1986 Linda left her apartment and was expected to come home late due to work. Her roommate reported her missing to the police the next morning. Problem was she never made it to work and her car was abandoned on the side of the Nimitz-H1 viaduct. On May 3rd Linda was also found with her hands bound, raped, and strangled.

SOURCES:
http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/hawaii/honolulu-strangler-mystery-hi/
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/global/story.asp?S=5099177
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16181220/vicki_purdy_honolulu_strangler/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16181332/vicki_purdy_honolulu_strangler/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16190673/honolulu_strangler/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16406441/hawaii_strangler/