Murder of Barbara May Williams

In 1958 26-year-old Barbara Williams was working as a nursing assistant at the Tresillian Hospital on the corner of Edward and Tyrell streets in Nedlands, West Australia, Australia. She has been working there for around two years and lived on the premises in the staff area in her own room.

At about 6:30 p.m. on 7 November 1958 Barbara finished work and told friends she intended to go to bed early. At 7 p.m. she was seen by a ward maid hanging her laundry. Barbara asked the ward maid to buy her a newspaper and gave her the money before going to her room. The ward maid knocked on Barbara's door at 7:45 p.m. to give her the newspaper, but she didn't answer and the room was dark.

Police believed that she left soon after going to her room to an unknown location. Her makeup, cigarettes, and handbag were left in her room. She was last seen still wearing her work clothing. A red topper, blue blouse, red skirt, and black shoes. She was not seen at the hospital the next day was reported missing on the 9th. 

On 16 November 1958, her body was found in a shallow grave in the sand dunes near the intersection of West Coast Highway and Ross Avenue in Sorrento Beach.

SOURCES:

The Sydney Morning Herald December 21, 1958

Crime Stoppers

The March 6, 2008 Bombing of the United States Armed Forces Recruiting Station

On the morning of March 6, 2008, a bomb would explode in front of the United States Armed Forces Recruiting Station on Times Square in New York City, New York. A lone suspect riding a blue Ross bicycle went west on 37th street, took a right heading north on Sixth Ave. and made a left heading west on 47th street and Seventh Ave. They would get off the bike near the Recruiting Station on 43rd and Seventh Street. They'd place the bomb in front of and lit the fuse before fleeing. The bike was later recovered in a dumpster near Madison Ave and 38th Street. 

The Device was built using ammunition can similar to those found on battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was filled halfway with black powder and detonated using a time fuse. No one was wounded, but if people were in close proximity it would have caused significant injury or death.

The suspect seemed to have been working alone, but that does not mean they didn't have help. They may have had a lookout or surveillance team of as many as 5 people in Times Square when the device was placed. The suspect was wearing a grey sweatshirt and pants of unknown color.

This bombing may be connected to two other unsolved bombings in New York City. One of them happening at the British Consulate in May of 2005 and other at the Mexican Consulate in October of 2007. The devices were delivered by an unknown individual on a bicycle and detonated between 3 am and 4 am. 

SOURCES:

FBI

Disappearance of Mary Rhodes Robertson

On May 6, 2015, between 10 and 11 a.m. 61-year-old Mary Rhodes Robertson has dementia and wandered away from her Lake City, Florida home on foot. This was not the first time this had happened and she was found fast last time. This time she was never seen again. She would not be able to live on her own because of her dementia and the medicine she had to take.

Mary is a white female and was 61 at the time. She's 5'1" to 5'4" and 96 lbs. She has blond hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a blue shirt with a white floral design, denim pants or lavender jogging pants, and dark blue flat shoes.

SOURCES:
Charley Project
National Missing Person Directory
News 4 Jax

May 4, 2017 Cincinnati Hate Crime

  

On the morning of May 4, 2017, a maroon and tan 2006 Ford Explorer was parked in an apartment building parking lot located on Gracely Drive in the Sayler Park neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Around 4:20 a.m. the vehicle was badly damaged and vandalized.

A person wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt, and jeans or dark sweatpants are seen doing this. They would break several windows, slash tires, and scratch and spray paint racist ideology on it. Swastikas were scratched into the paint and the words including “Go home,” “Musslim [sic] terrorist,” “Trump America,” and other phrases and symbols. The vehicle belonged to a person of Middle Eastern descent at the time.

A reward up to $3,000 is offered to tips that lead to the arrest and conviction in this case.

SOURCES:

FBI

Disappearance of Jose Valencia

On May 5, 2014, 70-year-old Jose Valencia was last seen in Gardena, California. There is little information in this case. Jose is a Hispanic male. He's 5'1" and 125 lbs. He has grey hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:

Charley Project

California Department of Justice

Disappearance of Christine Lester

On May 5, 1987, 24-year-old Christine Lester left her home in Indian Wells, Arizona at 6 a.m. to get to the Flagstaff Mall in Flagstaff 120 miles away. She had also cashed her check and had $300 with her. She and a friend were supposed to hitchhike there. Her uncle gave her a ride for two miles to Arizona 77 and this was the last time she was seen.

The woman that she claimed to supposed to have met that day said that they had no plans. Christine is a shy religious woman who rarely left home. It was unlikely that she ran away. 

Christine is a Native American and a part of the Navajo Nation woman and was 24 at the time. She's 5'3" to 5'4" and 120lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She suffers from epilepsy and takes prescription medication to control her condition. The medicine was left behind.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

Disappearance of Ione Ruth "Growt" Rehwinkle

Sometime in 1952 23-year-old Ione Rehwinkle was working at a local bar in Rochester, Minnesota. At the time she was divorced and a mother to a 1-year-old Son. Her family believes that she was abducted from her front yard or while she was working the night shift at the bar by sailors. They believe that she had been murdered.

The original records for her missing report were lost or destroyed so there is little information in this case.

Ione is a white female and was 23-years-old at the time. She's 5'4" and 115 lbs at the time.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

NamUs

Charley Project

January 1, 1912 Boulder, Colorado John Doe

There is little information in this case. The John Doe was found in Boulder, Colorado on Jan. 1, 1912 and was a victim of a homicide. He was a male between 55 and 65-years-old.

SOURCES:
Doe Network
Colorado Bureau of Investigation

Murder of Frank Campbell

On May 2, 2005, the flatmate of 45-year-old Frank Campbell found his body on the couch around 3 a.m. They lived on Wilkins Street in the suburb of Mawson of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. He had been struck on his head 11 times with a heavy object likely a fryingpan that was missing from the home.

On the night of May 1st Frank was recorded by CCTV cameras drinking at the Mawson Club with his flatmate. He had left the club around 9:43p.m. His flatmate claimed to have last seen him alive at 11:30 p.m. 

There had been things taken from the home. Police are looking for a long-sleeved dark checkered shirt, a pair of blue jeans, work boot, a frying pan and a small sum of cash.

SOURCES:

Australian Federal Police

Victims of Homicide Wiki