March 28, 1925 Milwaukee, Wisconsin John Doe

On March 28, 1925, the body of a man was found at Lake Michigan, foot of Park Place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It's believed he accidentally drowned.

John Doe was a white male around 45 years old.

SOURCES:
Find a Grave

October 24, 1958, Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin John Doe

On October 24, 1958, teenagers would find the cranium of a man resting on the ground while hunting near Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. It was noted to be sitting in an area of dirt devoid of plant growth and leaves, although the surrounding area had thick ground cover of grass, foliage, and leaf litter.

John Doe was believed to be 23 to 57 years old. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Murder of Marshal Willam E. Gibson

 

In 1882 Irish-born man 51/52 year-old Willam E. Gibson was a town Marshal for Horicon, Wisconsin. On October 19, 1882, he arrested a stranger for disorderly conduct. The man since he arrived spent most of his time drinking at the saloon and was drunk when arrested. The man was only in town for a couple of days and was believed to be a tramp.  William being a little careless and thinking the man only had one weapon did not check the other pocket.  

The man did not resist or fight to go to jail. When William let go of the man to unlock the door to the cell the man would pull a bulldog a 40-caliber revolver from his left pocket and shoot the him. He would flee from his crime.

It had taken around an hour before anyone knew that William had been shot. At the same time, there was a major fire at the Brunt & Davis Co. factory. The village's attention was focused on the fire which allowed the unknown man to flee the area.

The man had been in town for a day or two there were no clear descriptions of him. Even though there was a wide search for him he wasn't found. He had likely stolen a horse from the stables of Fred Puls about two miles east outside of Horicon and fled. If he was he would have been a victim of a lynching. It was believed that he may have been wanted for a bigger crime than public drunkness and that was why he shot Marshal Gibson.

The killer was never caught for this murder. 

SOURCES:
Find a Grave

Officer Down Memorial Page

Green Bay Press-Gazette October 21, 1882

The Eau Claire News October 29, 1882

April 1, 1925 Milwaukee, Wisconsin John Doe

 On April 1, 1925, the body of a man was found in the Milwaukee, River in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It's believed he accidentally drowned. 

John Doe was a white male around 40 years old. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

November 20, 1936 Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

 On November 20, 1936, the body of a baby girl was found in a Milwaukee River Canal in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. She would be buried at the Optiz Cemetery in Mequon. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Disappearance of Dontray Miguel Hunter

On August 20, 1975, 1-year-old Dontray Hunter and his older sister were sitting on the porch of their home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their mother was inside dressing their younger brother as their grandmother was going to show up soon so that their mother and them could go to the post office. Dontray's sister would go inside to use the bathroom. When she came back out Dontray was nowhere to be seen.

Police would be called and a search would be done with the help of neighbors. There would be no sign for him, however. Dontray's family believes that someone had kidnapped him as they believe he would have been found if he had wandered. His 2nd birthday would have been the next month.

Dontray is a black male and was 1-year-old. He was 3'0" and 30 lbs at the time. He has black hair and brown eyes. He has a birthmark on the back of his neck. He was wearing a white t-shirt, olive green trousers, and white tennis shoes. 

SOURCES:
NamUs
National Missing and Exploited Children
Doe Network
Wisconsin Missing

August 5, 1898 Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Jane Doe

On August 5, 1898, a woman was found washed up on the shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. She had a hitching weight such as what a drayman would use to fasten a horse's brittle. It was placed together with the body with a light chain wrapped around the body twice and fastened by prying a link open. She was partial as she was wearing a top and her underclothing it's not stated whether or not the water may have caused it to come off. She was dead for around a month. Her cause of death was undetermined, but it was believed that she was hit over the head and placed in the water alive where she drowned.

Jane Doe was around 30-years-old. She was 5'4" and around 140 lbs. She had Dark Chestnut colored hair that was dyed. The hair at the back of her neck showed light brown hair sprinkled with grey. The underclothing was of good quality and made of handmade lace. She was wearing shoes and on the leather with Harding & Todd which was a shoe manufacturing company in Rochester, New York. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

The Weekley Wisconsin August 6, 1898

Disappearance of Mildred E. Stiller

On July 7, 1958, Mildred Stiller's divorce was granted against her husband Norman in Green Bay, Wisconsin. After court that day she had contact with a family member and was supposed to meet another person (unspecified). She did not was not seen after this day. 

On July 22nd Norman would commit suicide in his car. It's not stated if police believe that he was involved in her disappearance, but newspaper articles at the time suspected that he had. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Webslueths (clips of newspapers talking about Norman's death and Mildred's disappearance.)

Vilas County, Wisconsin Doe

A partially damaged skull of a teenager was found in the archives and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The only identifying label was Vilas County SP 10278 and it's believed that the skull was given to the university around the mid-20th century. 

The skull is of unknown gender and race but is believed to belong to someone between 12 to 15-years-old.

SOURCES:

NamUs 

April 28, 1879 Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Baby Jane Doe

 On April 28, 1879, a white female baby was found drowned in the Milwaukee River in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. She was a white female about 2 weeks old. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

WANTED: Leslie Charles Dawson

On January 31, 1986, Leslie Dawson was confined in an Oregon State Correctional Facility for two counts of rape in the first degree and two counts of sodomy in the first degree. Both cases involved juveniles. On October 7, 1986, he escaped from custody at the South Fork Forest Camp in Tillamook, Oregon. An order of arrest of an escaped prisoner was issued on August 8, 1991, by the State of Oregon Department of Corrections. A federal arrest warrant charging Dawson with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued on April 20, 1999, in the United States District Court, District of Oregon.

Leslie is a white male born in Illinois on March 21, 1946. He's 5'10" and 155 lbs. He has brown greying hair and brown eyes. He has a scar on his abdomen. He has a military background and training.

He may have altered his appearance using plastic surgery and hair dye. He has ties to California, Louisiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Philippines.


SOURCES:
FBI

1892 Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, Baby Jane Doe

 In 1892 the body of a baby girl was found in a canal in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. They were buried in Opitz Cemetary in Mequon and were paid by T. of Mequon on Mach 29, 1892. 

SOURCES:
Find a Grave

March 1885 Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Baby Jane Doe

In March of 1885  Milwaukee County, Wisconsin a baby was found dead. It is believed that the infant was a stillbirth.

SOURCES: 

Find a Grave

Murder of Yvonne Menke

Around 6:25 a.m. on December 12, 1985, 45-year-old Yvonne Menke left her home in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin to go to work. She was shot three times in the head and neck as she went to her car. A person was seen fleeing from the alley area her car was. Her body would be found in the stairway leading to her apartment.

The suspect was believed to have been under 6' and wearing a dark-colored stocking cap and a grey 3/4 length coat.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Polk County Wisconsin

The Journal Times December 13, 1985

Cryptid: Teakettler

Photo by Regina Arts

There is a cryptid or Fearsome Creature called the teakettler that was seen by lumberjacks in the lumber camps of Minnesota ad Wisconsin. It is said that the creature resembles a small stubby legged dog with cat ears. The name comes from the teakettle sound it makes and steam issues from it's mouth making the whistle. The Teakettler only walks backwards and is a shy animal making only few lumberjacks having seen it. It's said that if you hear the sound though that the teakettler is nearby. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia
Paul Bunyan Natural History by Charles E. Brown
Cryptid Wiki
Monster Wiki

Murder of Sharmon Malone

At 2:15 am on October 8, 2005, 23-year-old Sharmon Malone was leaving Champs Tavern on 2979 N. 8th St. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left with two friends to a vehicle on the 2900 block of N. 8th St. When they entered the vehicle tree armed suspects approached and fired at them. Sharmon was shot once and died the next day.

SOURCES:

Milwaukee Police Department

September 14, 1947 Cassian, Wisconsin Jane Doe

On September 14, 1947 a woman's body was found in a shallow grave in a rural area near an old grass covered roadway in Cassian, Wisconsin. It was around 3.5 miles north of intersection of USH 51 and USH 8. The victim was strangled to death and was found laying face down. It's not stated how long they believed she was dead.

Jane Doe was an adult female. She was 5'2" and 170lbs. She had brown greying hair. 2 distinct lines running from forehead down to nose, very small feet and ankles, and a broad nose. She was wearing rayon or silk pants, undershirt and slip, and a large corset. She had a gold colored ring on left hand.

SOURCES:

NamUs

News-Record October 15, 1947

The Journal Times December 18, 1947

Murder of Angel Cenkov

On September 1, 1987, the body of 54-year-old Angel Cenkov was found in Bristol Township, Wisconsin. He had been shot in the head and his body dumped where it was found.

Angel is Bulgarian and lived in Chicago, Illinois at the time. He allegedly had "underworld ties" and it was believed that he may have killed two people the same year. The two murders are not involved in Angel's death.

SOURCES:

Kenosha County Sheriff's Office

Journal Times March 18, 1982

Wausau Daily Herald July 27, 1986

Journal Times July 27 1986

Journal Times August 4, 2020

Murder of Edwin Hart

On the morning of Feb. 16, 1974 28-year-old  Edwin Hart went to pick up a load of scrap brass at a shop on 30th Ave and 75th st. in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He would leave the shop around 10 a.m. His brother James and Cousin Richard were also in Kenosha picking up scrap on 30th Ave. They saw him driving down the road around 10:30 a.m.

When leaving Kenosha around 10:40 a.m. to Racine the two saw Edwin's 1958 Ford on the side of the road of 30th Ave (Wood Rd) just 2 miles south of the Racine County line. Inside Edwin was in a half kneeling and twisted in the passenger seat. Someone had shot him in the head below the right ear. 

It's believed that Edwin was shot in the drivers seat and then his body pushed over to the passenger seat. It's believed that he may have been killed in town and the killer drove the car there. A blond man with a tan jacket and hunting boots were reportedly seen walking away from the truck.



SOURCES:

Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Kenosha News

Disappearance of Howard Shizue Takenaka Jr.

 In Jan. of 1984 26-year-old, Howard Takenaka Jr. was last seen in Superior, Wisconsin. It was rumored at the time that he left to look for work out of state. Howard served 4 years in the Army and was honorably discharged. 

Howard is an Asian male and was 26-years-old at the time. He's 5'9" to 6'0" and around 125 to 140 lbs. He has brown hair and hazel eyes. He has a tattoo on his left forearm.

SOURCES: 

NamUs

Charley Project