Wednesday, January 31, 2024

UNIDENTIFIED: February 1, 1992 Grand Rapids, Michigan Doe

 February 1, 1992, partial skeletal remains were found in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This person died between 1940 to 1992.

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NamUs

Sunday, January 28, 2024

INFANTICIDE: January 29, 1924 Whitehaven, England

 On January 29, 1924, the body of a newborn baby girl was found on the roadside in Whitehaven, England by two boys. The baby was burned and her arm and leg had been burned off. She was then wrapped in a newspaper and left at the roadside where she was found.

SOURCES:
Unsolved Murders UK
North Mail, Newcastle Daily Chronicle Feb 12,1924

Sunday, January 21, 2024

UNIDENTIFIED: January 22, 1924, Limerick, Ireland Doe

 On January 22, 1924, a child's body was found in the Clonmacken neighborhood in Limerick, Ireland. they were listed as being found at Clonmacken Bank and may have been found near the River Shannon. The cause of death and gender was not listed. 

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Friday, January 19, 2024

UNIDENTIFIED: January 1872 Whitwood, England

In January of 1872, someone died in or close to Whitwood, England. The person died falling down a pit. 

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Find a Grave

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

UNIDENTIIFIED: July 1, 1970 Grottoes, Virginia John Doe

 On July 1, 1970, while police were searching for missing vehicles in an abandoned manganese mine in Grottoes, Virginia skeletal remains of a man were found.  It's believed that the man had died between 1957 and 1960. 

John Doe's race is unknown and he was between 35 to 55 years old. He was around 5'7" to 6'2". 

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Sunday, January 14, 2024

Unsolved Murder of Albert Mark Fairhead

 On January 15, 1924, 53-year-old Albert Fairhead was found dead in his home at 379 Newport Road, Middlesbrough, England. He was found with his head in a water tub and drowned. He likely did not commit suicide as it would have been very difficult to do it this way and he seemed to have had no worries in his life.

SOURCES:
Unsolved Murders UK

Thursday, January 11, 2024

INFANTICIDE: January 12, 1880 Hull, England Baby Girl Doe

 On January 12, 1880 body of a newborn baby girl was found in a box in the lady's lavatory in Paragon Station in Hull, England. It's not stated if she was born alive or not. 


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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Lemon Grove Girls

 


In 1966 a couple of teenage boys were obsessed with archeology. They heard of how in Mexico people were buried or mummified in caves. The boys would spend over a month exploring the caves of Chihuahua, Mexico for a discovery. They were successful in doing so as they discovered a pregnant mother and her child. In order to not be caught they would smuggle the remains over the border to Lemon Grove, California. The boys could not show off their discovery or turn the bodies over to a museum because what they had done was illegal. 

When the two were drafted they asked a friend if they could store the box in their garage. More than likely it was unknown to the friend what was inside the box. In 1980 the friend's mother opened the box while cleaning the garage. She was horrified at the sight and called the police. Where everything was discovered.

The remains were discovered to have lived and died between AD 1040 and AD 1260. The bodies were then donated to the San Diego Museum of Man and the Mexican Government decided to grant the U.S.  custody of them.

The mother was estimated to be around 15-years-old and was around 7 months pregnant and close to giving birth. The infant girl was around 1. It's not stated if the two were related. It's not believed that they were purposly buried. The teenage girl laid with her arms over her head.

One refrence states that a CT scanof the young woman revealed a dislocated shoulder, ossified hematoma on the back of the head, indicating blunt force trauma, and a dislocated hip. These injuries are similar to a fall, and she had died soon after.

Another refrences don't mention their deaths, but that it was suspected from their positions that they may have died in their sleep. 

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Friday, January 5, 2024

`MONSTERS: Ta-Awi

 

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Ta-Awi is an ogre-like creature in the Philippines. The creature has a body bigger than an ordinary man but despite the size, they are very agile. They are described as being very ugly and their voice is very thunderous. Their voice is so thunderous that it would terrify Maranao hunters. 

Ta-Awi is known to raid villages and devour people alive. They avoid eating the eyes as for some reason they cannot digest them.

SOURCES:
Art and Fiction + Philippine Folklore and Mythologies

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

UNIDENTIFIED: January 4, 1851




On January 4, 1851, someone died or their body was found in Montgomery County, Ohio. Their body was buried at Old Greencastle Cemetery in Dayton. Gender was not stated on the tombstone, but the age listed is 24-years-old. 

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

UNIDENTIFIED: January 3, 1766 Ramsey, Isle of Man Unknown Lady

 On January 3, 1766, an unknown woman was thrown in at kk Bride in Ramsey, Isle of Man.


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