Disappearance of Steven Mushok

On August 17, 1983, 72-year-old Steven Muchok was last leaving his home in West Islip, New York in a brown 1976 Lincoln Continental. The vehicle was later found. There is little info about this case. 

Steven is a white male and was 72 years old at the time. He's 5'7" and 140 lbs. He has grey or greying hair and hazel eyes. He has a scar on his back and missing his bottom teeth. He was wearing a light blue long-sleeve shirt, a pair of dark blue pants, and black shoes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Lost Media: Marina (Marina and the Diamonds) song Not That Ugly

Marina & the Diamonds live NME Radar Tour 2009

Marina Diamandis also known as Marina and the Diamonds is a musician who started her career in 2005. But would be She would upload her self-written songs to her Myspace starting in 2007. She had many songs that were on Myspace that were eventually uploaded to YouTube, but one that was now was the song "Not That Ugly" which was released on August 16, 2008. The song was around 1 minute and 59 seconds long and was a free download. However, this is now lost due to Myspace deleting  15 million songs. It is possible that this song may be sitting somewhere waiting to be rediscovered.  

SOURCES;

Lost Media Wiki

Mariana and The Diamonds Wiki

August 15, 1976 Columbia, Missouri John Doe

On August 15, 1976, the body of a man was found at the bottom of an embankment off Rock Quarry Road in Columbia, Missouri. The remains were badly decomposed with some mummification it was believed he died between 1975 to 1976. 

John Doe is a White male between 26 to 32 years old. He was 5'6" to 5'8" and 130 to 150 lbs. He had brown hair. His nails were closely clipped. He was wearing a pair of plaid, double knit trousers/pants, 28" waist, and a brown belt.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

Disappearance of Sharon Maxwell

On August 15, 1976, 19-year-old Sharon Maxwell was last seen with two other individuals on the 2000 block of W. 22nd Place, in Chicago Illinois. She left the residence and never returned. There is little information in this case. 

Sharon is a black female and was 19 years old at the time. She is 5'6" to 5'8" and 160 to 170 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES: 

NamUs

Murder of Amos Brown, Jr

On August 13, 2010, Amos Brown, Jr. was in a car on Lexington Avenue near El Coqui Grocery in Norwalk, Connecticut. He would be shot in the back of the head. Three young men would be seen fleeing in a silver or gray Chevrolet Malibu. Amos would pass away at the hospital 2 years later. 

Three men seen fleeing the scene were black males in their teens or early 20s. 

Some believe that his death was retaliation for the self-defense death of Tykwan Hunt. Tykwan was a member of a local gang called the Money Greens. 

SOURCES:

State of Connecticut

Uncovered 

News 12 Connecticut August 12, 2022

Murder of Chester L. Carruthers

 

On August 13, 1976, 15-year-old Chester Carruthers' mother reported her son missing in Harrison, Maine. She had not seen him for around 2 weeks when she reported him missing. 

On May 13, 1981, a dog would be found carrying a skull a quarter of a mile from Chester's home. Chester's remains would be found buried in a wooded area behind a home off of Route 35. It was found that he had been shot in the head. 

SOURCES:

Maine State Police
Uncovered
Find a Grave

Morning Sentinel June 1, 1981

Portland Press Herald February 4, 2001

Disappearance of Edward James "EJ" "Eddie" Felps

 On August 12, 1982, 33-year-old Edward "EJ" "Eddie" Felps was last seen in New Caney, Texas. There is little information in this case. 

Edward is a white male and was 33 years old at the time. He's 5'5" and 139 lbs. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He has a bad scar on his left shoulder. He was wearing Black Levi Jeans, Black work boots, a tan and brown striped long-sleeve western shirt, Red and White cap with B & T Meat Market on it.

SOURCES:

NamUs

August 12, 1823, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania John Doe

  On August 12, 1823, a man died or was found dead in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There is little information in this case. 

John Doe is a black male around 40-years-old.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Disappearance of Tilwanda "Tiwana" Denise Cheatham

On August 11, 1989, 8-year-old Tilwanda Cheatham was angry with her mother because she made her come home while visiting her relatives. Tilwanda would take change from a jar in their kitchen. She then left her home on Jack Jones St. in Aiken, South Carolina. At 5:30 pm she was seen by two neighbors at the Quik Stop a few blocks from her home. However, this was the last time she was seen.

It's unknown what had happened to Tilwanda, but her Grandmother was suspected of knowing. She was arrested and charged with obstructing justice in the case. Police stated that her grandmother had lied to police many times as if trying to cover up what had happened. However, she is not suspected of causing the disappearance. It is possible that Tilwanda was living with relatives, but there were no leads in that theory. She also had a habit of running away from home. She may have been kidnapped.

Some sources have her name as Tiwana.

Tilwanda is a black female and was 8 years old at the time. She was 4'1" and 70 lbs at the time. She has black hair and brown eyes. At the time her hair was in braids. She has a dark patch of skin on either her left arm or left leg. At the time she was wearing a white top, red flower shorts, and white tennis shoes.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Missing and Exploited Children
Charley Project

Murder of Jennifer Larsen

On the night of August 9, 1995, 21-year-old Jennifer Larsen went to a friend's party at their home in Aurora, Colorado. Around 3 am to 4 am, her friend and a man would leave the home. This was the last time anyone saw her alive. Her father would report her missing on the 13th. A week later her car was located at an apartment complex about one mile from her friend's home by the same two people who saw her last. 

It wasn't for a couple of months that a farmer would find a skeleton in a sunflower field in Strasburg. It was identified as Jennifer. She was found lying in her back and it was determine to have been a homicide. 

SOURCES:

Colorado Bureau of  Investigation

Uncovered

Fox 31 September 16, 2022

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