Sunday, October 31, 2021

UNIDENTIFIED: November 1, 1958 Harris County, Texas

 On November 1, 1958 a body was found in a wooded area one mile east of Green Bayou on Wallisville Rd, in Harris County, Texas. It's believed that he had been dead for around a year. 

John Doe is a black male between 30 to 50-years-old. He's around 5'5".  He had a wide gap between the medial teeth 1/8" in width. Many of his teeth were lost with the 8 remaining teeth in the upper jaw and 7 in the lower. One tooth in the upper jaw had a filling.

Saturday, October 30, 2021

UNIDENTIFIED: October 30, 1858 Stockton, California Juan

 On September 15, 1858, a 24-year-old Portuguese man named Juan was committed to Stockton State Hospital, in Stockton, California by Judge M.C.Blake, a County Judge of California. It was Insanity caused by masturbation. At the time he was considered single and had no property. Unfortunately on October 30, 1858, Juan would die from marasmus or chronic malnutrition and would be buried at the hospital cemetery. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Sacrifices: Aconcagua Boy



In 1985 while mountaineers climbed on Aconcagua in Mendoza, Argentina the body of a boy was found at 5,300 m or 17,400 ft. They would notify archeologists and it was found that the mummified body was that of a boy sacrificed around 1500. He was likely around 7-years-old and was sacrificed for the Incan Empire as a capacocha sacrifice.

The boy was found in a semicircular stone structure and covered in vomit, red pigment, and fecal remains. the body was wrapped in textiles in a style derived and dated from the central coast of Peru. Though those were from Peru he was not and was likely raised in the Highlands. Six statuettes were found buried with him. He was buried with a multitude of grave goods and this was rare for male capacocha mummies.

Like many of the capacocha sacrifices a year and a half he was fed well with maize, quinoa, capsicum, potatoes, and terrestrial meat. Before that his diet was marine-based. He had achiote in his stomach and colon.

As a capacocha sacrifice, it's unknown if his parents were willing or not to give him up. Some parents were willing to sacrifice their children and others were not, but were forced to not show grief for their lost child. He would be chosen for his serenity and perfection, and one quality a sacrifice had to have was virginity. After being chosen he would eat well for about around a year or so. Like other sacrifices, he then had to take a trek to his resting place on the Andes. He would be hit in the head and die. Other sacrifices often died this way, or be buried alive and dying by exposure. 


SOURCES: 


Monday, October 25, 2021

END OF WATCH : Patrolman Pitt McClellan Doxsie

On October 26, 1897, 34-year-old Patrolman Pitt McClellan Doxsie was patrolling on horseback in the downtown area of Independence, Iowa. He would stumble upon a burglary in progress. He would get into a gunfight with the two thieves. He would be shot and killed, his body would be discovered in an alley.

His case will remain unsolved. 

SOURCES:

Iowa Cold Cases

Officer Down Memorial Page

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund

Sunday, October 24, 2021

INFANTICIDE: October 25, 1901 London, England Baby Doe

 On October 25, 1901, the body of a baby was found in the Kensington Gardens in London, England. The infant had a hat pin inserted into their head which caused them to die due to an effusion of blood.

SOURCES:

Unsolved Murders UK

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Murder of Benigna Cardoso da Silva

 


On October 15, 1928 Benigna da Silva was born as the youngest of four sibilings to her parents José Cardoso da Silva and Teresa Maria da Silva. Benigna would not get to know them though, her father would die before she was born and her mother died when she was one. Sisters Rosa and Honorina Sisnando would adopt the siblings and raised them as Catholics.  

Growing up in Oiti, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil Benigna was a regular attendee to Mass and took care of household chores. She enjoyed taking walks and having picnics with her siblings. She was known as someone who was always willing to help

In 1941 while she was 12 a Raimundo "Raul" Alves Riberio, who was around her age, would approach her with sexual advances. She would reject him and even asked her parish priest what to do about it. He told her to resist and reject him. She would listen to the advice and continue to reject Raul. 

On October 24th the now 13-year-old Benigna would go and get water in an isolated area. Raul would know she would go there and hide in the bushes waiting for her. She would arrive and he would jump out and attempt to grab her and attempted to rape her. She would resist and this angered him and he pulled out the machete he carried around with him.

He would strike her four times with the machete. The first strike would remove three fingers on her right hand, the second struck her forehead, the third was her stomach, and the fourth hit her neck, and the last strike killed her. She would die at 4 p.m. and Raul fled. Soon after she died her brother Cirineu went to look for her and found her.

She would be buried the next day. Police would investigate and there were several suspects including her brother Cirineu. Raul would be arrested and convicted of his crime. He would serve time in prison and showed remorse for the murder. He would return to the scene of the crime in 1991 and expressed his regret in killing her. Her body was relocated on May 26, 2012, to the Santana do Cariri parish church.

Benigna is in the process of beatification for defensum castitatis, which means she protected herself as a chaste virgin during an attack. Her beatification was initially scheduled for October 21, 2020, but due to Covid, it has been delayed. 


SOURCES:  

Wikipedia

DBpedia

Catholic Saints

People Pill

Friday, October 22, 2021

MISSING: Carl Darwin Moody

 


On October 23, 1951, 20-year-old Carl Moody was last seen in San Fransisco, California. There is little information in this case. 

Carl is a white male and was 20-years-old at the time. He's 5'11" and 140lbs. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

SOURCES:

UNIDENTIFIED: October 22, 1930 Verdamont, California John Doe



On October 22, 1930, a man was walking down the Cajon Highway in Verdamont, California was struck by a truck. He was killed instantly but was not claimed or identified. He was a white male between 55 and 65 years old. He was 5'6 and 180 lbs. He had grey or greying hair and a beard, and hazel eyes.

SOURCES:
NamUs

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

INFANTICIDE: October 21, 1950 Utah County, Utah Baby Jane Doe

On October 21, 1950, the body of a newborn baby girl was found by a couple in a virtually dry Provo riverbed 3 miles from the mouth of Provo Canyon, in Utah County, Utah. The location was not far from Christmas City Cafe/Tavern. The water in the riverbed was drained about 2 days before at Murdock diversion dam.

The baby had been wrapped in a sheet and weighed down with a large rock likely when the water was still running. The body was too decomposed so the cause of death could be found. She was likely a 7-month fetus and it undetermined if she was born or aborted. 

Jane doe was a newborn white female. 

SOURCES:

Utah Department of Safety

MISSING: Mary "Mabel" Hudgins

 


On October 20, 1954, Mary "Mabel" Hudgins and her husband got into an argument. Her husband left their home on the 5000 block of Fredrick Street in Santa Cruz, California. When he had gotten back Mary was gone and their children were left alone. She had taken $100 with her and left a note stating "You can go on alone."  Mary was 7 months pregnant when last seen.

Her parents lived in Canada at the time. It could be possible she had traveled that way. According to her husband, she was in poor mental health at the time.

Mary was 23 at the time. She typically went by her middle name but had gone by several nicknames, May, Mae, and Mary Mabel. She is a biracial female mixed with Caucasian and Native American. She has black hair and brown eyes. She was around 5'6" to 5'8" and around 140 to 150 lbs. She had a mole on her chin.

SOURCES:
Charley Project
NamUs













Saturday, October 16, 2021

GHOST: Caleuche The Ghost Ship

  



The Caleuche is a ghost ship in Chile folklore and comes from the island Chiloé. 

One version claims that the crew of the Caleuche is of those who drowned in the sea. These souls are brought to the ship by three Chilote Mythological siblings. The two sisters Sirena Chilota and Pincoya and their brother Pincoy. On the ship, the dead seem to live again as if they never died. The ship will arrive briefly and have the sounds as if there was a party on board. 

Another version of the legend is that the ship appears in the sea of the Chiloé Archipelago and attracts fishermen and sailors. It plays enchanting music that enslaves them to be a part of the crew for eternity. These new crewmembers would forever have a leg folded over their back for eternity.  

Another version of the ship is that it is a magic ship that Warlocks use to have parties and transport their 

goods. It's used by warlocks to improve their magical abilities every three months. The warlocks are only able to reach the ship by summoning caballo marino chilote because Millalobo, king of the seas, prohibited any other people from boarding the ship or getting to it by any other means.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Vaya

The Evil Wiki

Friday, October 15, 2021

UNIDENTIFIED: October 16, 1972 Richmond , Virginia Jane Doe

On October 16, 1972, the remains of a woman were found in Richmond, Virginia. It's believed she died between 1947 ad 1950. Her torso and one or more of her limbs and hands were missing. There is little information in this case.

The woman was a white woman between 18 to 25-years-old. 


SOURCES: 

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

Crimewatchers

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

UNIDENTIFIED: The Two Cowboys



Between 1878 and 1884 Two Cowboys who drowned were buried in Boothill Cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona. There is little information in this case. 

 SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki

Find a Grave (Cowboy 1)

Find a Grave (Cowboy 2)

Tombstone Chamber of Commerce 

Sunday, October 10, 2021

UNIDENTIFIED: Kansas Kid



Between 1878-1884 a cowboy (likely male) was killed in a stampede in or near Tombstone, Arizona. They were buried in Tombstone and the graveyard was active between 1878 to 1884. There is little information in this case.

SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki

Find a Grave

Tombstone Chamber of Commerce

Saturday, October 9, 2021

Murder of Dorothy Beazell

  On October 10, 1957, 50-year-old Dorothy Beazell was found unresponsive in her home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her husband Dr. James Beazell called the ambulance around 10:50 a.m. He and a nurse tried to attempt a medical intervention, but she would pass. 

It was found that she had died from cyanide poisoning.

SOURCES:

Colorado Bureau of Investigation

Find a Grave


Murder of Adam Richard Payne

 On October 9, 1955, the body of 34-year-old Adam Payne was found lying on the roadway of KY 428 (Guston Rd), 7/10th of a mile west of Guston in Meade County, Kentucky. He was initially reported as being struck by a vehicle. The responding trooper found that this did not lead to his death as the victim died from gunshot wounds and was struck after death. He had been shot and killed in another location and then his body had been dumped.

SOURCES:

Kentucky State Police

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

MISSING: Max Edward Metcalf

 

On October 7, 1958, 33-year-old Max Metcalf was last seen at the home he shared with his wife and children in Princeton, Wisconsin. He told his wife that he was going to a local tavern that was a 1/2 mile from their home. He would drive off in his Dodge 330 series pickup. He would never return home. His truck would be found 35 miles away in Oshkosh, Wisconsin around 11pm to 12 am. 

The pickup was parked behind a storage facility on South Main Street. It was not seen as suspicious for a week until police heard of his disappearance. The truck's parking brake was on and his wife thought that was suspicious as he wouldn't use the parking brake as it was broken. The truck was parked in a way that it seemed like someone was in a hurry. 

Max is a white male and was 33-years-old at the time. He was 5'5" to 6'3" and 190 to 220 lbs. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He left wearing his blue Air Force shirt, Wrangler jeans, and maroon canvas shoes. 


SOURCES:

NamUs

Find a Grave

Missing Veterans

Wisconsin Missing

Where Abouts Still Unknown


Murder of Fanny Faulkner

In 1870 75-year-old Fanny Faulkner was a charity pensioner in Washington, D.C. She was living in a single apartment on Ohio avenue, in Washington. On the day of October 6, 1871, 32-year-old James Grady had horrible plans for the 75-year-old.

On October 6, 1870, James "Jimmy" Grady went to the home of Fanny Faulkner drunk. He had foul plans for the elderly woman. He sexually assaulted her and intended to rob her. He would beat, strangle and kick the woman. Mrs. Curtin was told by some children at the grocery store that Jimmy Grady was at Franny's home eating food.

This worried Mrs. Curtin and she rushed to Fanny's home. Inside he saw James over Franny. Franny laid on the floor suffering and unable to speak. James left after Mrs. Curtin arrived. James went to a blacksmith shop nearby and bragged about assaulting Fanny. Franny ended up dead the next day from the injuries.

At trial, he plead not guilty. The jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to death. James tried to get a new trial due to 1. him being intoxicated during the crime, 2. He didn't intend for murder just rape, 3. he was possibly from an influential family, 4. He wasn't skillfully represented.

This did not happen and James Grady was hanged on March 24, 1871.

SOURCES:
Legal Executions in Deleware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia page 15
Evening Star Jan 19, 1871
Alexandria Gazette Jan. 20, 1871
Evening Star Jan 24, 1871
The Baltimore Sun March 15, 1871

Monday, October 4, 2021

MISSING: Lorenzo "Lenchito" Vazquez Lazalde

 


3-year-old Lorenzo "Lenchito" Vazquez Lazalde was last seen in Juárez, Mexico in 1954. His mother stated that Lorenzo was outside playing at a relative's home when he went missing. There was a rumor that relatives whisked him away to El Paso or California. That he died in an accident in Juárez. Another was that someone lured him to a bus by using his nickname Lenchito. None of these rumors were confirmed by the family.

I have little information in this case. I don't speak any language other than English and I do not have the ability to find Spanish sources. If anyone reading has found other sources for this case as in him being found or more information on this case please link below.

SOURCES:

Doe Network

American Homeland Security News

Saturday, October 2, 2021

GHOSTS: White Lady of Verdala Palace

Photo by Philip Myrtorp

The last Grand Master of Malta was Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc (1725-1797).  According to the legend he had a niece (unnamed) and she would become the Blue Lady of Verdala Palace. 

The Blue Lady is sometimes referred to as Is-sinjura tal-Verdala. Before her death, she was arranged to marry a man she did not love. He may have been one of the knights. She kept refusing it, but she had no choice in the matter.

She would be imprisoned in her room in the palace being forced to accept an unwanted marriage. She had no way out, but the window. She would either slip to her death in her attempt to escape or willingly jumped to her death. It's unknown, but either way, she was not forced to marry the man.

She is seen in Verdala Palace wearing the same blue dress she died in. The one she was supposed to wear to her wedding. She'd be spotted walking the halls, in mirrors, or standing at the edge of balconies. 

Forever stuck in the place she tried to escape.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Moon Mausoleum

Guide Me Malta

Air Malta


Friday, October 1, 2021

Murder of Bocksten Man



In the 1880s a farm called Bocksten in Varberg Municipality, Sweden was created near a bog. The bog had been regularly drained and a harrow was used to gather peat by the owner Albert Johansson. A leather shoe was found in the wetland and donated to the Varberg County Museum, and later a shoe sole was also found in the bog.

On June 22, 1936, Albert's son Thur found a body while gathering peat. His harrow got caught on sackcloth. When Thur examined what he was hitting he saw parts of a skeleton. The next day Albert and Thur went and notified the police and doctor. It was then realized that the body was not recent and too old to be of investigation.

Johan Albert Sandklef, the director of Varberg County Museum, took over the body. He would invite others to help investigate the bog body that would eventually be called the Bocksten Man. They would measure and photograph the area before excavating.

The upper parts of the man passed through the harrow and were badly damaged. The lower parts stayed intact though. Though the body had been damaged his body is considered one of the best-preserved finds in Europe in that Era.

 It's believed he had been hit at the lower jaw, then the right ear, and then the lethal hit was towards the back of his head. He was then pushed to where he was found and impaled with three wooden poles used for roofing to the bottom of the bog. 

Bocksten Man's inner organs, parts of the lungs, liver, brain, and cartilage were preserved. It's believed that he's between 25 and 40 (more likely 35 to 40), but could be up to 60-years-old. He was 170 to 180 cm (5'7" to 5'11") tall with a slender build. His tunic was well-preserved, one of the best-preserved from that time. It was made of woollen fabric. He was wearing a gugel hood that was  90cm long and 2cm wide liripipe. He was wearing a shirt and a cloak and his legs were covered by hosiery. He had a fabric bag, foot coverings, leather shoes, a belt, a leather sheath and two knives. The sheath was 40mm wide and 62mm long, it was composed of 3 layers with a combined saltire and St. George's Cross carved on the outer layer. The inner laver had a similar pattern was carved, but with a pole added

The time he died was based on his clothing it's believed that he may have died between 1290 to 1430. His stature and items/clothing found with him makes it believed he was an upper class or a merchant.  It's also suggested that he was a tax collector or soldier recruiter. 

According to Albert Sandklef a local farmer, Karl Andersson, had heard of legend from when he was a child. His father was told bt two older people that a soldier recruiter was killed by local peasants. His body was put in the bog, but his ghost would haunt the area. So in order to stop it, poles were stuck into the body. Albert Sandklef asked other locals of this, but no one claimed to have heard of the story.

It's believed he had been hit at the lower jaw, then the right ear, and then the lethal hit was towards the back of his head. He was then pushed to where he was found and impaled with three wooden poles used for roofing to the bottom of the bog.


SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Mummipedia

Ancient Origins

UNIDENTIFIED: 1866 Lincoln County, New Mexico John Does

  In 1866 two unknown men were buried in The Casey Ranch Cemetary in Picacho, New Mexico. The two were listed as being killed by Indians. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Find A Grave (Unknown Man 1)

Find A Grave (Unknown Man 2)

Lincoln County New Mexico Genealogy and History

Unidentified Wiki (Man 1)

Unidentified Wiki (Man 2)