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. 

SOURCES:

Chautauqua County Sheriff

Post Journal  November 20, 2021

Murder of Kirsty Jones

In 2020 23-year-old Kristy Jones was a Welsh citizen who loved back packing. She had done it before and planned to do it again. She would go to several Asian countries on vacation. She had already been to Singapore and Malaysia before she went to Thailand in early August. She would check into a hostel room in Chiang Mai, Thailand. On her trip she went trekking in the mountains, sightseeing, and met people. This would be the second time she would backpack in Thailand. 

On August 10, 2000, Kristy would be murdered in her hostel room. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death.

Thailand has a 20-year statute of limitations on murder. So on August 10, 2020, the case was officially closed. In this case, no one can be prosecuted even if the murderer was found. There were several suspects in this case, but no evidence that could convict any of them. 

SOURCES:
Wikipedia

ITV News May 2020
BBC August 9, 2020
ITV News August 10, 2020
The Guardian August 15, 2020

Murder of Carmen Rodriguez

At 10 pm on July 8, 2000, 28-year-old Carmen Rodriguez was seen walking through near the park at North Pine and 30th streets in Wilmington, Delaware. The last time she was seen was at 3:30 am at 29th and Tatnall streets blocks. The next morning someone walking in a secluded part of the park would find Carmen's partially dressed body in some bushes. 

She was likely pushed down face-first into the ground. She had evidence of being beaten and then strangled to death. 

SOURCES:

Wilmington Delaware 

Uncovered

The News Journal July 10, 2000

The News Journal July 11, 2000

Murder of Michelle Angela Garvey

On June 1, 1982, 14-year-old Michelle Garvey snuck out of a window of her home in New London, Connecticut. It was believed that she had either hitch hiked or met someone in town and got into their car. This wasn't the first time she ran away, but it was the last time they would see her.


2 days later Michelle would turn 15. It wasn't known where and how or even if she did celebrate her birthday. It was believed that she may have been trying to return to her home state of New Jersey or to North Carolina. However it's unknown what she did during June. 

On July 1st Michelle's body would be found in a field in Baytown, Texas.She had died elsewhere and here body dumped there merely hours before she was found. She had been strangled to death. It is believed that she was sexually assaulted as her bra was missing her shirt was unbuttoned. Her bra and shoes were not found at the scene. 

Michelle would be a jane doe up until January of 2014. Her family had hoped that she was still alive living her life out there and were heart broken when they found out she had died a month after running away. 

It is possible that she may be a victim of the Texas Killing Fields. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki
KHOU 11 Feb 14, 2017

Murder of Marie Techlowec Nielsen

On the morning of June 18, 1987, 17-year-old Edward Barrera would arrive at his home in New Britain, Connecticut. The door was locked and he did not have his own since he had to give his mother his. She had locked her keys in her car. He would then sneak into a window to get back in. 

Inside Edward would tragically find his mother's body. She was face down on her bed with her legs bound together with a piece of clothing. She had been strangled to death. 

SOURCES:

Connecticut State Division of Justice

Uncovered

Hartford Courant June 20, 1987

May 19, 1924 Barnby Dun, England Baby John Doe

 On May 19, 1924, The body of a newborn baby boy was found in a pond at Park Hill Hall in Barnby Dun, England. He had been murdered as a strip of linen was found tightly tied around his neck. It was so tight it cut into his flesh. 

SOURCES:

Unsolved Murders UK

Murders of Florence Eyssalenne and Gretta Denise Rainey

Photo of Florence Eyssalenne

On 600 block of 3rd St. SE at the Capitol Hill Apartments in Washington, D.C. two women were murdered in an apartment building. The two apartments were next to each other, and neither were broken into. It seemed that the suspect either knew the victims or somehow was allowed in the homes. He would sexually assault the women and strangle them to death. It wasn't until 2022 that DNA connected the two cases. The DNA belongs to a man believed to be Black. 

Around 9 am on October 27, 1985, 23-year-old Florence Eyssalenne's body would be found dead in her apartment. She was raped and strangled to death. 

At 12:20 pm on May 13, 1987, 35-year-old Gretta Rainey's girlfriend Roxanne Johnson became concerned for her. Gretta was not answering the phone when she called. So Roxanne would come to the apartment with a coworker and would find Gretta's body. She had been raped and strangled to death. 

SOURCES:

Uncovered Florence

Uncovered (Greta)

Metropolitan Police DC

Metropolitan Police DC (Greta)

Washington Post May 13,1987

Washington Blade October 19, 2022

Murder of Dawn Momohara

Dawn Momohara

Sketches of possible suspect and vehicle

On March 20, 1977, 16-year-old Dawn Momohara left her home in Honolulu, Hawaii telling her parents she was going to the Ala Moana Center on Ala Moana Blvd. She was supposed to meet up with friends, it was said that her friends were interviewed, but not if she had seen them that afternoon.

Around 10:30 pm Dawn's parents were worried that she had not come back home and called the police. They would report her missing. There was a search for her that night. She would not be found until the next day.

The next morning at around 7:25 am a teacher at McKinley High School would find Dawn's body. Dawn would be found on the second floor of McKinley High School. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death where she was found. She had been dead for around 8 to 12 hours. 

That night there the parking lot for the school was used for the adjoining Neal Blaisdell Center for a musical event. The school corridors and entryways did not have doors with the lights on, but individual rooms were locked. It would have been easy access for the public.

There is a possible suspect seen leaving the school. He was described as an Asian man with dark shoulder-length hair.  He stood 5'5" to 5'7". He was driving a 1974 or 1975 Pontiac Lemans with louvered rear windows, maroon bottom, and white vinyl top.

SOURCES:

Honolulu Police Department

Uncovered

Honolulu Star-Bulletin March 22, 1977

The Criminal Journal July 15, 2023

Murder of Patricia Ann Lupton

 

On Feb. 16, 1959, 12-year-old Patricia Lupton and her three friends saw a babysitting notice posted on the bulletin board at the A&P supermarket in the Kennedy Park Shopping Plaza at Kennedy Rd and Eglinton Ave E. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

The girls all put their names, addresses, and phone numbers for the ad, as they all had a history of babysitting. On March 9th Patricia would receive a call from the man answering the ad. Patricia was not the only one who received a call as two of the other friends were. One missed the call as the line was busy and the other was sick.

He called himself Mr. Johnson and told her that he and his wife were visiting their infant son in the hospital and needed a babysitter for their slightly older son.  Patricia agreed and was excited as she liked taking care of younger children. She was supposed to get picked up by Mrs. Johnson at the Kennedy Park Drugs in the same Plaza where she saw the bulletin. 

Her parents felt safe with her accepting the job as she was highly regarded by the people she previously babysat for. She told her parents she was going to check in with them when she got home. At 5:30 pm she left her home to the Plaza.  

A call that was supposed to happen never came and this worried her family. Unknown to them her body was found at 7:20 in a snowbank on McCowan Rd, less than two miles from her home. She had been strangled to death with her own scarf, her knees were bruised, and her clothing was in disarray, she was not sexually assaulted, but it can be assumed that that was the motive.

Four hours later her family learned of what had happened to her from the news.

SOURCES:

Toronto Police Service

Find a Grave

Cryptids: Boroboroton

 

Boroboroton as depicted in Toriyama Sekien's Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro

The Boroboroton belongs is a specific kind of Japanese Yokai called Tsukumogami or artifact spirit. These kinds of spirits are from manmade objects either possessed by ghosts or spirits or they form their own spirit from constant use for at least 90 to 100 years. If They form their own spirit they often look brand new or pristine despite their old age.

The Boroboroton is a tattered futon or a Japanese sleeping mat. They come alive at night and will come to life at night especially if it feels ignored or needless. In revenge, they will rise up in the air and kill any sleeping person they make contact with. It will wrap around the head and neck of the sleeper with the intent of strangling them to death. 

Sometimes they will meet with other Tsukumogami and throw noisy parties or leave the gome search for other beings. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Yokai Wiki

Murder of Susan Anne Siegel

Around 7:30 am on December 17, 1984, on Ethel Ave. near Dods Ave in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21-year-old Susan Siegel was suffering from medical trauma. They tried to save her, but she died at the scene. She had been beaten and strangled to death. She was nude, but it was not stated if she was sexually assaulted. It was believed that she was stripped and killed elsewhere. The clothes were not found.

Susan was last seen entering a vehicle in the area of Isabella St and Sherbourne St. at 8 pm the night before. She was last seen wearing a black full-length wool coat with a black fox collar, pink running shoes with zipper fasteners, blue jeans, a blue sweatshirt with white horizontal stripes, and white ankle socks with blue tops.

Newspaper articles state that Susan was working as a prostitute at the time.

SOURCES:
Toronto Police Service

The Toronto Star December 18, 1984

The Toronto Star December 19, 1984

Murder of Bandar Alfisal

Around 5 am, on November 2, 1986, people in the room next to Bandar Alfisal's hotel room in Arlington, Virginia heard a struggle. Later that day Bandar was found unconscious on the floor as someone had strangled him. He would die from

SOURCES:

Arlington Virginia

Uncovered

July 14, 1959 Surrey, England Baby John Doe

On July 14, 1959, the body of a baby boy was found in two carrier bags at a railway station in Surrey, England. The infant was found in a sanitary bin in the ladies room. It's believed that the child had been strangled to death. 

SOURCES: 

Unsolved Murders UK

Murder of Vickie Lynn Brekke

On May 7, 1978, 15-year-old Vickie Brekke would leave her home at 3612 Braddock St. in Las Vegas, Nevada. She had called her friend and was supposed to arrive at her friend's home around 5:30 p.m., but would never arrive.

The next day Vickie's body would be discovered in the desert area to the east of Sunrise Mountain East Lake Mead Blvd. approximately 6 miles east of Mt. Hood. Vickie had been strangled to death in a different place and her body was dumped in the 4ft drop. She was not beaten nor sexually assaulted.

SOURCES:
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Find a Grave
Reno-Gazette Journal May 9, 1978
Images of news articles
Las Vegas Sun January 2, 2022

Murder of Anne Theresa Noblett

On December 30, 1957, 17-year-old Anne Noblett went to dancing classes and rock and roll lessons at the Lourdes Hall in Harpenden, England.  It was just after 6 p.m. when she left to go home alone. She had gotten off of the bus at Cherry Tree Corner, Marshalls Heath, near Wheathampstead, and began her walk home. Another local girl passed by her as she was walking on the lane and this was the last time anyone saw her. She never made it to her home which was only a quarter of a mile away. 

No one had known what had happened to the teenager for a month. During that time there were inquires and searches for the girl. Her last bus ride was even reconstructed in order to help find the girl. Searches with hundreds of volunteers were done, but she still could not be found. It could have been that someone she knew offered to give a ride or someone abducted the girl.

On January 31, 1958, Anne's body would be found in dense woodland in Rose Grove Woods in Horn Hill by brothers and their dog. This area was seven miles away from her home. Her items were found nearby her body. It's believed that her body had been there for at most 2 weeks. 

It is believed that Anne was murdered within hours of her disappearance. Even though her body was clothed there was evidence that she had been redressed likely meaning she had been sexually assaulted. She was then strangled to death. Someone then deep froze her body as the temperatures were mild and there was no possibility of it happening naturally. They then carried her body to where it was found. 

Oddly enough if they had carried her only a few dozen more yards she would have been hidden better. The area she was laid on was considered a relatively open area of wood. There was also a disused cart tract near where her body was found that was inaccessible to cars and the closest tracks were half a mile away. Who ever carried her had to of been strong enough to carry her as there was no evidence of dragging.

Police searched all deep freezing machinery within a 30-mile radius of where her body was found. Farmhouses, buildings, outhouses, and factories were all searched.  There was no evidence of any of them had been used for her body. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Defrosting Cold Cases

The Daily Telegraph January 7, 1958

Evening Sentinel January 7, 1958

The Guardian January 23, 1958

The Guardian February 3, 1958

The Birmingham Post and Birmingham Post July 14, 1958

Watford Observer January 30, 2002
The Comet December 21, 2017

BBC April 29, 2018

Murder of Susana Thatcher

On the evening of  December 7, 1978, 52-year-old Susana Thatcher was last seen by family member in the area of Eastern and Dundalk Avenues in Baltimore, Maryland. In the early hours of December 8th, she would give a call to a  friend and tell them that she was going to travel to their apartment in the Mt. Washington area of Baltimore. That night she was not driving and it was unknown how she was going to attempt to travel.

Around 4:20 a.m. on December 8th police received a call of a body being found in the area of Norris Lane and Trappe Rd. This was when Susana's body was found and someone had strangled her to death. She had died less than 3 hours before. Her daughter would report her missing later that day and she was identified the next day.

SOURCES:

Baltimore County Government

The Baltimore Sun December 9, 1978

The Baltimore Sun December 10, 1978

Murder of Rita Irene Ellis

On the night of November 22, 2967, 19-year-old Rita Ellis was supposed to babysit for Wing Commander Roy Watson and his wife. Rita would be walked out of her housing with a nurse, Liz, and Liz's boyfriend Steve. Rita would wait in front of the WRAF women's housing block on the RAF Halton in England at 7:25 to be picked up by Roy. But when Roy came around at 7:40 she was nowhere to be seen. He would wait around 15 minutes for her.

He would return home and get his wife so that she could go into the women's block to look for Rita.  When they returned 10 minutes later his wife would go inside but she wasn't found. It was not known what had happened to her til the next day. 

The next day in Rowborough Copse a woodland on the west edge of the camp someone would walk their dog. The dog walker would make it to where a disused railway line was and find Rita's body under some foliage. Rita's death was brutal had been beaten, sexually assaulted, and strangled to death with her own underwear. 

Hundreds of civilians and military personnel were on the base. There were two public functions happening on the base that night, which were a bingo and a disco. It's believed that Rita may have been approached by a man in a vehicle and offered a ride. She may have mistakenly thought that he was Roy Watson because she had never met him before. She may have been too shy to question his identity. The man then took advantage of the opportunity and raped and murdered her. 

Rita had grown up in Stevenage and joined the WRAF on April 28, 1967. She accomplished her basic training at RAF Spitalgate in Grantham, Lincolnshire. At the time of her murder, she was working in the kitchen of the Princess Marys Royal Air Force Hospital the catering department on the camp at RAP Halton in Buckinghamshire. She was described as a gentle soul by those who knew her. 

DNA of the killer is available. It's possible that Rita was not the only victim. There was a case of a nurse being sexually assaulted and left for dead around 3 miles away from Rita's attack there's no definitive evidence that they were, but the two cases were very similar. 

SOURCES:

Unsolved Murders UK

Wikipedia

Buckinghamshire October 2, 2021

Murder of Wilma Scribner

On November 2, 1977, 43-year-old Wilma Scribner was reported missing by her husband. She went missing with their dark green, wood-paneled 1968 Ford LTD Squire station wagon with a roof rack and Ver mont license plates C-8037.

On March 21, 1979, her body would be found in Otter Creek in the Town of Weybridge, Vermont. It was found that she had been strangled to death. In October the Ford would be found in the same creek up from where her body was found. 

SOURCES:

Vermont State Police

The Burlington Free Press March 23, 1979

Rutland Daily Herald October 3, 1979

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)

October 4, 1990 Garden Grove, California Jane Doe

At about 7:30 a.m. on October 4, 1990, five children walking to their school in Garden Grove, California made a gruesome discovery. They saw a large, rolled-up carpet near the sidewalk on Lewis, south of Downie across from Riverdale Elementary School. One of the children inspected the carpet and found that someone was rolled up in it. The police were soon notified. 

Inside was a woman. She had been strangled to death hours before her discovery She was then wrapped up in the carpet with the carpet tied up with electrical wire and twine. Her body was then dumped where she was found.

It's believed that Jane Doe may have been an immigrant from Mexico, South America, Central America, or the Pacific South West. Investigators tried posting announcements of Jane Doe in Spanish-speaking newspapers and other outlets, but there was no lead to her identity. There is hope that newspapers from other countries will write about her and help identify her. 

Information gathered makes law enforcement believe that she has connections to a man named Steve Glick.

Jane Doe is a White/Hispanic or Pacific Islander female and was between 25 to 35-years-old. She's 5'3" and 179 lbs. She has brown shoulder-length curly hair and brown eyes. Her blood type was O+, she likely gave birth at least once, two of her upper teeth were outlined with gold dental trim and several of her back teeth were missing. She was wearing a size 42 sleeveless black blouse over a pink tank top and size 34 Paloma brand, acid-washed blue jeans and was not wearing shoes. She may typically wore flip flops.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Unidentified Wiki