Disappearance of Gil Zacarias Avendano Vazquez

In 1954 55-year-old Gil Vazquez was last seen in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico. There is little information in this case (at least in English). He's a Hispanic male. He has brown eyes and greying hair. He's 155cm.

SOURCES:
Doe Network

Black Donnellys Murders

James and Johannah Donnelly decided to move from their homeland, Ireland, and settle in Canada. The couple settled on contested land near London, Ontario. The Donnelly's were a troubling family and seemed to have been in a feud with the community. In 1857 James Sr. killed Patrick Farrell a man who had a dispute with the family because they were squatting on his land.

Even though he spent time at the Kingston Penitentiary his 7 sons didn't learn from his mistakes. They had a bad reputation and they were known as troublemakers. Their reputation went from basic mayhem to grand larceny and arson. They were willing to fight, and because of their reputation, they were blamed for everything.

On Feb. 3, 1880, James Donnelly complained to the local magistrate that they were blamed for everything and the next day the farm burned to the ground. A mob had come to the home and James, Johannah, son Tom, and their niece Bridget was killed in the fire . There was a 13-year-old farmhand,  Johnny O'Conner, there that night. 

According to Johnny shortly after 1 a.m. was when the mob arrived at the home. He awoke to James getting dressed. Johnny joined him going out to the kitchen and seeing James Caroll the "Peace Society". Tom was outside handcuffed with around 20 men. Tom demanded to see a warrant, but there was none to be seen. The mob outside quickly came in and began to attack the family. 

James, Johanna, and Tom were all three beaten badly. Bridget was upstairs and the men barged up there and killed 21-year-old Bridget. Johhny hid underneath a bed. He witnessed that Tom was able to escape, but was dragged back inside and beaten some more. The members of the mob brought coal oil in and burned the house. He was able to escape the burning home. 

The mob then traveled to the second oldest William Donnelly's house and arrived there around 2:30 a.m. The mob screamed fire hoping to get someone to come out. John came to the window and was shot in the chest and pelvis. Thinking that it was William they killed the mob left. 

 The community knew who was apart of it, but no one was ever found guilty for the crimes. There were two trials for it, but all of the people prosecuted were either not guilty, or a hung jury.

SOURCES:

Canadian Mysteries 

May 17, 1982, Los Angeles, California Jane Doe

On May 17, 1982, around 9:40 p.m. the body of a woman was found in the parking at the rear of a building in Los Angeles, California. She was found lying next to the dumpster. She's an Asian female between 20 and 30-years-old. She was 5'2" and 100 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. Both her fingernails and toenails were painted in a bronze color. 

SOURCES:
NamUs

Murder of Tommie Lee Dysick

On May 17, 1953, 37/38-year-old Tommie Lee Dysick's body was found at the edge of an orange grove in Apopka, Florida. He had been stabbed multiple times in his stomach and seemed to have been dragged to where his body was found.

SOURCES:
Project Cold Case
Orange County Sheriff's Office
Orlando Evening Star May 18, 1953
The Orlando Sentinel May 18, 1953

Murder of Eric Alday Pineda

At 4 a.m on May 17, 1986, 44-year-old Eric Pineda was parked at the Bonny Doon Beach in Davenport, California at the time he was living out of his car. There was a confrontation between Eric and at least two other people and he was shot and killed. There was believed to be 3 people involved in the shooting, one of them being a getaway driver. 

The men were believed to have left the scene in a white mini motorhome with a green or brown stripe and a ladder on the back. 

One suspect was described as a white male in his early 20's with collar-length brown hair and was clean-shaven and was 5'6" and 150 lbs. 

The second suspect was described as a Hispanic male in his mid 20's, with long black hair and a bear, and was 5'8" and 180 lbs. 

The driver was described as a white male in his 20's with dark and was 6'2" and 170 lbs. 

SOURCES:

County of Santa Cruz

The Patch

The Santa Cruz Sentinel 

Murder of Theresa Hayes

On May 16,  20-year-old Theresa Hayes was found in her bathtub at her home at the Colonial Trailor Park on 31231 Main Street in Barstow, California. Initially, it was believed that she had accidentally drowned, but a second autopsy showed a bruise near her eye as if someone had hit her before forcibly drowning her.

Her 1-year-old daughter was found at the scene by neighbors unharmed.

SOURCES:
San Bernadino County Sheriff 
San Bernadino County Sheriff  (PDF)
The San Bernadino County Sun May 28, 1981

Disappearance of Paul Edward Levang

On May 15, 1970, 28-year-old Paul Levang was last seen in Mounds View, Minnesota. He left without his driver's license, Social Security card, and other important documents. There is little information in this case. 

Paul is a white male and was 28 at the time. He was 5'8" to 5'9" and 165-170lbs. He had reddish-brown hair and was slightly balding, and he had blue or greenish-blue eyes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

Disappearance of Mervin David Sinclair *Solved*

In 2021 it was found that when Mervin Sinclair had changed his name to William Baca. He would end up having two children. One of the children would take an Ancestry test to find out her father was not who he said he was. There was little said of William's (Mervin) family history. Mervin died in the 1980's in a car crash.

CBC

*Information from when he was missing*

On May 15, 1958, 23-year-old Mervin Sinclair was reported missing after last being seen on route to Wainwright, Alberta where he had been stationed. He was hitchhiking at the time. He was a member of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Canadian Airforces. He was also a member of the Gordons First Nations near Punnichy, Saskatchewan 

Mervin is First Nations and was 23-years-old at the time. He's 175 cm (5'9") and 66 kg (145lbs). He has black hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Saskatchewan Association of Chief of Police

Unidentified Wiki

The Porsmose Man

In 1946 the body of Porsmose Man was discovered near Næstved, Denmark in a bog. Unlike other bog bodies, he was not mummified and was a skeleton. The man was 35-40-years-old and had died  around 2600 BCE. It was obvious he had a brutal end.

He had been murdered as an arrow had entered through his nose. This was not likely the arrow that killed him as another arrow was found in his chest. The killer was up at an angle above the man at close range. It could be possible that it was execution or ambush to kill the man.

It's unknown who the Porsmose Man is or why he was killed. This will remain a mystery lost to time. 

SOURCES:

Mummipeida

The Danish National Museum

Murder of Tracey Ann Bruney

On May 14, 1975, 5-year-old Tracey Bruney was dropped off by her mother at the schoolyard of St. Clare Separate School on Northcliffe Boulevard in the St. Clair Ave. and Dufferin St. area in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She would never make it to class 5 minutes later. When Tracey didn't show up at home for lunch her parents went to the school to get her. When they were told that she never arrived in class they called the police.

Her body would be found by a 13-year-old playing in Marie Curtis Park 10 miles away. She was in Etobicoke Creek. Someone had beaten her about the head and then threw her into the water to die. She was still alive when she was found and transported to the hospital, but would die shortly after. Her cause of death was due to drowning.

Her vinyl shoulder bag was found the next Monday on Northcliffe Boulevard. It's believed that someone had forced Tracey into their car. The reason or motive for the murder is unknown.

Tracey and her family moved from Dominica to Canada when she was 10 months old. They recently moved to the area from Rexdale and lived only 500 yards from the school. She started at St. Clare. She was a happy girl and seemed to fit in well.

SOURCES:
Toronto Police
Nicole Investigations
Toronto Sun

Disappearance of Curtis D. Crowley Jr.

On May 14, 2003, 20-year-old Curtis Crowley Jr. was last seen leaving the Municipal Correction Institution on the 8100 block of Ozark Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri.  A relative of Curtis stole his identity after he disappeared leading to a false located report. Police believe that Curtis met with foul play. 

Curtis is an African American Male and was 20-years-old at the time. He was 5'9"-5'11" and 160-170 lbs. He had black hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:

Charley Project

Kansas City Missouri Police Department