In Pomona, California an elderly transient would work for a woman. He would reside in her barn as he worked for her. On June 5, 1950, he would admit that he was not feeling well. She would contact her doctor to check him out. He was prescribed medicine but had refused to take any of it. He would be last seen alive at 8 pm on the 7th and at 6:35 the next morning he would be found dead. It's not stated how long he'd worked there or if he told them his name/what they had called him.
John Doe was a white male between 70 and 90 years old. He was 5'10" and 140 lbs. He had grey or greying hair. Army tan undershirt, gray workshirt, inner trousers khaki, outer pants Levis, Army hook leggings, and heavy work boots.Saturday, June 7, 2025
Saturday, July 13, 2024
UNIDENTIFIED: July 14 1950 Braidwood, Illinois John Doe
On July 14, 1950, the body of a man was found in an abandoned strip mine pit between I-55 (Route 66 at the time) and Route 113 in Braidwood, Illinois. The area was a strip mine and farm. He had been dead around 4 to 5 weeks.
John Doe is a white man pre-50. He's 5'8" to 5'10" and 175 to 180 lbs. He had brown hair that was thinning on top. He had a tattoo on his left arm.Sunday, January 15, 2023
UNIDENTIFIED: January 16, 1950 Eastville, Virginia John Doe
On January 16, 1950, the body of a man was found on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Eastville, Virginia. His cause of death is unstated/unknown, but he had been dead for around 6 weeks.
Friday, July 29, 2022
MISSING: Geneva Long
On July 29, 1950, 27-year-old Geneva Long was last seen in Bakersfield, California. She may go as Jeanne Long. There is little information in this case.
Geneva is a white female and was 27-years-old at the time. She's 5'11" to 6'2" and around 130 lbs. She has brown hair.
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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.
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Saturday, July 10, 2021
MISSING: Thomas "Tommy" Richey
16-year-old Thomas "Tommy" Richey left home to go fishing on July 11, 1950. He went to his favorite fishing area on the Rogue River in Prospect, Oregon. The area had a cable car he would use to move to the middle and fish from above. His fishing pole and a few fish were found in the car, but he was not. It's likely he fell or jumped into the river and drowned as the car was still sitting over the river.
Coincidentally Tommy's mother's first husband and his older 1/2 brother who was 6 at the time drowned in the Rogue River in 1930.
Saturday, March 28, 2020
MISSING: Lora Skaggs
Sometime between 1948 to 1950 Lora Skaggs went hitchhiking in Charleston, West Virginia. She was either on her way to Ohio for work or was on her way to pay bills. Little information is known in this case.
Lora was a white female around 27-years-old when she disappeared. She was 5'0" to 5'4" and 115 to 130 lbs. She has red/auburn hair and her family believes she has brown eyes but weren't positive. She had an appendectomy scar.
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