On July 9, 1955, 62-year-old Tony Gikoff was last seen near Colborne, Ontario, Canada at a property he rented out.
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On August 13, 1973, skeletal remains were found inside an abandoned house that was going to soon be demolished in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The home was reported as vacant in the mid-1950s and the person possibly died between 1955 to 1970. It's likely he died in the 1950s as some of the items on the person were from that time.
The gender and race are unknown but the person was between 20 to 70-years-old. They were 5'3". They were wearing a shirt, tie, brown trousers, leather belt, and brown socks. They had a full pack of Pall Mall cigarettes in their shirt pocket, an illegible ID card from 1955, and a 3C liberty stamp issued in 1954 until 1958. There were a pair of reading glasses made by American Optical Co. ~45 years of age at the initial report date. They have a slight plus Rx and are assumed to be used by an older person for reading.On March 13, 1955, two young brothers were riding bikes down Long Hill Rd. in Harding Township, New Jersey. They would spot a pasteboard box tied with a sash cord in the swamp waters near Bridge 545. Opening the box partway terrified the brothers as they saw an infant's leg. They would quickly go to their father and report what they found. Police were contacted and looked inside the box. Inside was the body of an infant around 6 weeks old when he died. He had been killed.
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On February 6, 1955, a man was found floating in MacArthur Park Lake in Los Angles, California. He was dead, and there was no identification found on his body. He was a white male between the ages of 50 to 65 years old. He was 5'7" and 170 lbs. He had grey hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a blue serge double-breasted suit, and a two-tone blue plaid cotton sport shirt, maroon socks, and brown oxfords.
Frances Groves would marry at 14-years-old in 1929. She would live with her husband and 7 children in Colorado. In 1950, her husband would accidentally shoot and kill their only son. After this, the two would get separated and Frances would move to Pueblo, Colorado.
She would meet Franklin Phye while working at the Pueblo Ordnance Depot. The two would get married and move to Missouri and then to Palm Springs, California. The two would work in the household of a wealthy family with the last name Brooks.
In 1955 Franklin and Frances would go out for a picnic and he would return without her. She would leave a 6 figure sum in cash in a deposit box.
Frances claimed to her family that she and Franklin were married, but a marriage certificate couldn't be found. At the time Phye was divorced with 3 children. There was a history of domestic violence in the relationship. Franklin would commit suicide in 1996 and it's unknown if he was involved in her disappearance.
Frances is a white female and was 49 to 50-years-old when she went missing. She may go by her maiden name Hayes. She was 5'2" to 5'7" and 125 to 150lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. Her ears are pierced.
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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.
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Around 12:30 a.m. on September 30, 1955, a fight would break out at the Trocadero Dance Hall on 10151 103 St. in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The fight was consensual between 24-year-old Robert Geibelhaus and an unidentified man. The man would hit Robert in the jaw and knock him out, and Robert's head would strike the sidewalk. The man and his two friends would flee.
Robert would not regain consciousness and would die 10 hours later of a brain hemorrhage. The man and his two friends were never identified.
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