December 25, 1924 Portage, Pennsylvania John Doe

 On December 25, 1924, a man was struck by a train in Portage, Pennsylvania. 

John Doe is a white male around 32 years old.

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October 25, 1874 Jo Daviess County, Illinois

On October 25, 1874, the body of an elderly woman was found beneath the bridge that spans the Big Menominee about four miles south of Dunleith, Illinois. She must have been walking on the bridge at night and was struck and killed by the train that left Dunlieth at 7p.m. Her body had been mangled by the train. It's believed that "Her clothing denoted a person in the humble walks of life". 

She was believed to have been in her mid 60's. Her hair was grey. In her pockets was a string of prayer beads, and around her neck was a scapular.

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August 29,1924 Mackinaw, Illinois John Doe

On August 29,1924 an unknown man was found on the river bank in Mackinaw, Illinois. It's assumed he was riding the train and fell off landing in the river or on the bank.

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June 30, 1984 Katy, Texas John Doe

 On June 30, 1984, a man was struck by a train in Katy, Texas. He was unrecognizable due to traumatic injuries from the train. 

John Doe was a white male between 25 to 35 years old. He was 5'5" and 125 to 130 lbs. He has brown hair. He was wearing a pair of white boxer shorts, a white western shirt, and Wrangler blue jeans.

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NamUs

April 29, 1974 Tuscon, Arizona, I.C.E. John Doe

Around 11:30 am on April 29, 1974 a 14-year-old girl and a friend witnessed a man walking from 11th Ave onto the train tracks in Tuscon, Arizona. He would squat down on the tracks while a train was approaching killing him. 

John Doe was a white male between 20 to 45 years old. He was described in news articles as looking to be in his early 20s. He was around 5'11". He had shoulder-length brown hair and green eyes. He was wearing shoes without socks. He had a Wallet with I.C.E. initials. He also had a toothbrush on him. 

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NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

Tuscon Daily Citizen April 30, 1974

October 9, 1901 Somerville, Indiana John Doe

On October 8, 1901, a young unknown man would be seen in Somerville, Indiana. On the 9th he would be seen walking up and down the streets stopping to rest once in a while in front of stores. He spoke very little, but people could tell he was of more than ordinary intelligence. He had gone to the train station several times to ask when the train was going to arrive. 

He would start walking down the track about 30 minutes before the train would arrive. When the train got close to him he ignored it. The engineer in the cab blew the whistle and it alerted the man. He looked up at the train and walked to the edge of the track as if he was going to walk off the track, but stopped just before doing so with one foot on the rail. Instead of walking off he turned and walked towards the train.

The Train tried to stop but was not able to. The man was struck but was still alive and unconscious. The train crew would bring him aboard and physicians aboard tried to help him. It seemed that he broke his arm, his back was injured and he had internal injuries. He died a few minutes after his arrival. 

The man seemed to have taken precautions before his death. There did not seem to have been any way of identifying him. It may have been his plan to kill himself in this town where no one knew him.

John Doe was around 21 years old. He was well dressed and may have been middle class. 

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Evansville Courier and Press October 10, 1901

Evansville Courier and Press October 11, 1901

September 6, 1923 Bellevue, Michigan Unknown Boy

On September 6, 1923, at 4:15 a.m. a young man who was also stealing a train ride found the body of another young man stealing a train ride. He made the discovery and stated that he remembered seeing him boarding in Lansing at the freight yards, but did not see him after that. He was further back on the train and had seen the body notifying the train staff. The Eaton County Sheriff and coroner were called to view the body of a young man near the train tracks in Bellevue, Michigan. 

It was believed that the boy was a hobo who had died when he fell from the top of the train car when the train lurched. The automatic airbrakes set and brought the train to a sudden stop throwing the boy to the ground causing his death instantly. He had a broken neck, crushed ribs, broken hip, and a fatal wound from a gun. It was not a bullet that killed him, a loaded .22 caliber in his pocket had been pushed 6 inches into his chest from the impact. 

He was a white male around 17-years-old. He was 5'6" and 125 to 135lbs. He had light brown or sandy hair and blue eyes. He had 2 scars between the fifth and sixth intercostal spaces, and these scars may have been left from drainage tubes that were inserted, and 2 marks on his right arm indicating vaccination. His hands were soft but looked like he worked in a machine shop or garage with grime under his nails. 

He was wearing common blue overalls, blue workshirt, jacket, shoes, socks, and brown textured cap. His clothes were dirty. His pockets had no wallet or money and only a few items. He had a Chicago subway token and bullets. 

It's possible that he had recently become a hobo as his body did not show the signs of living that type of lifesyle. 

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Find a Grave Newspaper Article

Bellevue Historical Society

Battle Creek Enquirer September 8, 1923

February 21, 1990 Brooklyn, New York John Doe

Around 7:30 p.m. on February 21, 1990, an unknown man was on the northbound platform of the 77th Street station in Brooklyn, New York. He was allegedly exposing himself to several women and when police officers approached him he jumped off the platform. He would start running south on the tracks into a tunnel and was struck by the northbound R train. 

John Doe is a white male and was between 18 to 30-years-old. He was 5'4" and 141 lbs. He had black 3" wavy hair and brown eyes. He sported a short mustache.

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NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

Daily News February 21, 1990

January 23, 1923 Yuma, Arizona John Doe

 Around 6 pm on Jan. 23, 1923 a man was struck by Train No. 102 in Yuma, Arizona. He was buried at the Yuma Pioneer Cemetary. 

He was a white male around 60-years-old. 

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Unidentified Wiki

January 13, 1975 Westminster, London, England Jane Doe

 

At 6:49 p.m. on January 13, 1975, a woman was struck by the District train at Victoria Underground Station in Westminster, London, England. 

Jane Doe was a white female and was 25-30 years old. She is 168 cm (5'6") and had a medium build. She has short dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She has a mark/wart on her right breast and a mark/wart on her left cheek. 

She was wearing a size 14 orange overcoat, a green cardigan, an orange shirt, an orange/red shirt, a white undershirt, size 14 black slacks, grey socks, size 6.5 black Russell Bromley shoes (made in Brazil), a long green scarf, a long white chiffon scarf, a grey woolen scarf, a size 34 pink bra,a size 36/38 White Marks & Spencer underwear. She was wearing an Avia watch, an inexpensive dress ring on the middle finger of her right hand. On her person, she had a white handkerchief with a R in the corner, a blue and white handkerchief, and £5.94 in change

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UK Missing Persons Unit

Doe Network

January 3, 1901 Welsh, Louisiana John Doe

 At 2 p.m. on Jan. 3, 1901, four miles out of Welsh, Louisiana the crew of a freight train saw bloodied clothes hanging from the cards. Upon inspection, the body of a mangled teenage boy was found. It's believed that the boy was a stowaway on the train and lost his hold causing him to fall beneath and be mangled by the train. He had broken both legs, and crushed his skull, one arm was severed and the other only held on by skin.

 A trainman came forward stating he believed he saw the boy in Houston, Texas. The boy told him he had returned from the Philippines and was heading to New Orleans to see his brothers. He stated one brother worked at a slaughterhouse and the other worked at a mill.

John Doe was a white male was between 14 and 16-years-old. He seemed to be wearing a new suit with overalls over it to help protect it. He had no identifying papers on him when he was found. He did have a tattoo of an anchor with the initials G.T.

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Unidentified Wiki

November 10, 1922 Tucson, Arizona John Doe

On November 10, 1922, a man died a mile south of the city limits of Tucson, Arizona. He had died near the railroad tracks, and his death certificate is hard to decipher, but it mentions that the body was mangled, and back broken meaning he may have been hit by the train. 

He was a Hispanic male.

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Unidentified Wiki

September 6, 1932 Pelham, North Carolina John Doe

On September 6, 1932, a young man was killed in a railway accident in Pelham, North Carolina. He would be buried at the Oak Hill Cemetary in Danville, Virginia. There is little information in this case. 

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Unidentified WIki

March 22, 2002 Sierre, Regrouillon, Switzerland Jane Doe

 

On March 22, 2002, at 3:52 a.m. a woman was hit by a train in Sierre, Switzerland. She was a woman between 35 and 50-years-old. She is 164 cm with a medium build. She had dark brown hair. She was wearing green jeans, a white and blue pinstripe shirt, a beige wool pullover, a blue coat, a green scarf, white socks, and black city shoes. 

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Doe Network

Police cantonale valaisanne

September 24, 1908 Lebo, Kansas Unknown Boy

On September 24, 1908, the body of a young man was found dead 3 miles east of Lebo, Kansas on the Santa Fe train tracks. His body was in bad condition due to being run over by a train. It was believed that he was riding the rods of a passenger train or was on freight and fell off. This resulted in the train running over his body. His head and left shoulder were severed from his body. It wasn't stated on how recent they believe he died. 

He was a white male and was believed to be in his teens likely around 14 to16. He had a fair-skinned and freckled complexion. He had light hair and brown eyes. He was around 5 ft tall. He had a half-moon like a scar over his right eye. He had nothing that would identify him, but he was carrying milk tickets and two tickets to an Opera in Tennessee    

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The Lebo Enterprise September 24, 1908

The Sun September 24, 1908

The Burlington Democrat September 25, 1908

Chanute Weekly Tribune September 25, 1908

The Waverly Gazzette October 2, 1908

Sylvia Sun October 1, 1908

November 15, 2006 Zandvoort, Netherlands John Doe

A John Doe was run over by a train near the railway crossing on November 15, 2006, in  Sophiaweg Zandervoort, Netherlands. Not much is stated in case.

John Doe was a white male. He was 170 cm and was a heavy build. He had black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing blue jeans, brown leather jacket, a sweater with stripes and two t-shirts. One of the t-shirts had the logo "Can Wait" on it. 

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http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/1433umnet.html