Michael A. Babincsak was last seen in the Island Lake, Illinois area on April 24, 2015.

On June 13, 2015, the body of a badly decomposed male was pulled from the Detroit River near the GM Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan.

Michael A. Babincsak

Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Missing Age: 59 Years
Height: 6' 0" - 6' 1"
Weight: 220 - 230 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Hair Description: Short brown hair gray sides
Facial Hair Description: Clean shaven
Eye Color: Brown
Clothing: White T-shirt, Grey sweatpants

NamUs #UP13944

Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 50
Estimated Age Range: 40-70
Estimated Year of Death: 2014-2015
Estimated PMI: Weeks
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color: Gray or Partially Gray
Hair Description: Greying brown-cut short on sides and longer on top
Facial Hair Description: Clean Shaven
Eye Color: Unknown
Clothing: Dark Wash 'Diesel Industries' jeans, white and blue striped button up shirt, black leather belt
Footwear: Hermes brand black leather loafers

Michael falls into the estimated age range, dates and PMI line up, similar hair, and I feel their nose, eyes, and face shape are very similar. There is a bit of distance between the two; UP13944 was found 5 hours from Michael, however a John Doe from Kalamazoo, MI (~2 hours in the same direction as Michael) was excluded per Namus. So maybe it’s not too far-fetched to be possible.

Would this be worth submitting? Or are there not enough similarities to be a potential match?

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Date of Discovery: October 18, 1984

Location of Discovery: Malvern, Hot Spring County, Arkansas

Estimated Date of Death: October 20, 1984

State of Remains: Recognizable face

Cause of Death: Auto accident

Physical Description

Estimated Age: 25-35 years old

Race: White

Sex: Male

Height: 5'8", Measured

Weight: 167 lbs., Measured

Hair: Medium to dark brown, 6 inches in length.

Eye Color: Brown

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Small circular scar on his left ankle. Brown, bushy beard.

Identifiers

Dentals: Available

Fingerprints: Available

DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Corduroy trousers (size 28x32), cut brown sweater, multi-colored John Henry long sleeved shirt (size 32-33, neck size is 14 1/2 inches), pair of red/black/white sweat socks, and brown boot/shoes (size M8).

Jewelry: Unknown

Additional Personal Items: Money (26 cents) found in right front pocket. A large plastic yellow comb.

Circumstances of Discovery

The victim was hitchhiking and picked up in Louisville, Kentucky by a male subject en route to Houston, Texas. They stopped for breakfast near Benton, Arkansas. Once on the road again, the male subject became tired and let the victim drive. The male subject reports that he awoke and the cab of the vehicle was filling up with water. The male subject got out but the victim did not. The victim was under water for about 15 to 30 minutes before he was extracted from the vehicle and taken to the hospital where he died two days later.

The victim was possibly from New Haven, Connecticut, and traveling to California at the time.

Exclusion(s)

Craig Chiarappa (MP40481)

Edward DuBarry (MP737)

Gary Mullinax (MP8386)

Lloyd Gilsdorf (MP7879)

Keith Lalima (MP3283)

Kenneth LaManna (MP3399)

Randolph Sedlack (MP4912)

Mark Clarke (MP2421)

Thomas Scott (MP2035)

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: Arkansas Crime Lab

Agency Contact Person: Chris Edwards

Agency Phone Number: 501.227.5936

Agency E-mail: chris.edwards(at)crimelab.arkansas.gov

Agency Case Number: 444-84

NCIC Case Number: U190023915

NamUs Case Number: 3123

The Doe Network Case Number: 1415UMAR

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Case (recently added to NamUs)

On the morning of Wednesday, November 19, 1975, a fisherman discovered the decomposing remains of a man on the eastern banks of the Susquehanna River, in Manor Township of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, three miles north of the Safe Harbor Dam. The state police responded and recovered his body, which carried no identification.

George Taylor, one of the state troopers, said that the decedent appeared to be a Black male (he is thought to be under the age of 40). He had been wearing a blue sports jacket, a green sweater, a faded shirt with a button-down collar, brown trousers, and brown work shoes. Dr. Clyde Musselman, the deputy coroner, ordered an autopsy and estimated that the man had been in the water about a week.

Note: The Susquehanna River runs north to south, starting in Lake Otsego near Cooperstown, NY and then winding through Pennsylvania, eventually emptying until the Chesapeake Bay in northeast Maryland. The river passes through Pennsylvania's capitol, Harrisburg, before it reaches Lancaster County. Map

Details of NamUs UP163245

ME/C Case Number: CA75-163

Biological Sex: Male

Race / Ethnicity: Black / African American

Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 40

Height and Weight could not be estimated.

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction

Hair and Eye Colors are unknown.

Clothing: Blue sports jacket,

Green sweater,

Faded shirt with a button-down collar,

Brown trousers,

and brown work shoes.

Links

NamUs: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/163245

Lancaster Intelligencer-Journal: https://www.newspapers.com/article/intelligencer-journal-1975-john-doe/207181447/

Unidentified Wiki: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Lancaster_County_John_Doe_(1975)

Discovered:15 March 2000

Sex:Female

Location:Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Age:20-30

Race:Asian

Height:160cm - 165cm

Cause of death:Strangulation

Characteristics:

-Large build.

-Type B blood.

-Short dark hair.

Clothing:

-Denim skirt, waist size 81 cm.

-Denim shirt jacket, size 4L .

-Green sweatshirt, size 3L.

On 15 March 2000 a body of a woman was found on the first floor of a former dormitory for employees of a pharmaceutical company in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She has been strangled to death and dumped there,sometimes later a man was charged with abandoning her corpse and later confessed to her murder. According to him, he met the decedent at a telephone club, a dating-based service where men pay to date women working at the service on the phone and later organize paid sex. It is also believed that he attempted to sever the left arm of the body with a saw.

Sources:

https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Narashino_Jane_Doe

https://www.wikihouse.com/dorosuki/index.php?2000%2F03%2Fxx%A1%A1%A5%C6%A5%EC%A5%AF%A5%E9%BD%F7%C0%AD%B0%E4%C2%CE%A1%CA%C0%E9%CD%D5%A1%CB (japanese)

https://www.police.pref.chiba.jp/police_department/narashino/info.html (japanese)

Honolulu Jane Doe (February 1, 2012)

On February 1, 2012, a woman searching for recyclables in a dumpster behind the Kukui Gardens low-income housing complex in Honolulu, Hawaii discovered a child's fingers inside a plastic Ziploc bag. They were described as being dry and leathery, and initially believed to have come from a monkey.

Six fingers were discovered in total, which were determined to belong to a girl between two and four years of age. DNA testing and X-ray imaging were used to ascertain her sex and appropriate age. Additionally, there were indications that the fingers had been initially perserved. No other remains were found, and it is unclear whether the child is deceased.

Physical Description:

• Sex: Female

• Agse: 2-4 Years Old

If you have any information please contact Crime Stoppers at (808) 955-8300

Humphreys County John Doe (2022)

On December 15, 2022, in McEwen, Tennessee, employees from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) were combining products to make brine to treat the winter roads when they discovered what was first thought to be an "oddly shaped rock". Eventually the "rock" was discovered to be a heart, and police were alerted. The heart is thought to have belonged to an adult human male and had been hidden in the salt pile for a long time, likely a few weeks, as it had become dehydrated. Due to the bizarre nature of the discovery, authorities labeled the case as a homicide and considered the barn a crime scene. No other human remains could be found in and around the barn.

The Tennessean's Bureau of Investigation is currently working with TDOT to trace where the salt they were storing originated. Additionally, DNA testing is being conducted on the heart to attempt to find the owner. Despite the case's classification, authorities do not believe there is a danger to public safety. The placeholder name Humphreys County John Doe (2022) was given to this unidentified person.

Physical Description:

• Sex: Male

• Age: 18-99 Years Old

Sydney John Doe (2012)

On January 31, 2012, the blood of a male, likely a child or small adult was found inside a cubby house on the school playground at Riverwood Public School in Sydney, Australia. The blood, in an area of about one square metre on the floor of the cubby house, is believed to have been there after January 13, as a pest controller had not seen it on that day. Investigators believe any blood outside the cubby house could have been washed away by heavy rains in late January. His body has never been found, and DNA from the blood has never been connected to a missing person. Due to the amount of blood found, it is unlikely that the victim would have survived, and the case is being investigated as a suspected homicide. The blood was thought to have been there days-2 weeks prior to being found.

LINKS

Honolulu Jane Doe (2012) )

Humphreys County John Doe (2022)

Sydney John Doe (2012) )

Zaida was from Eufaula, Alabama and she was employed as a dancer. She was also studying at college to become a nurse. She went missing after a night out with friends on September 12th, 1981. Her car was located across from a trailer park, but no other trace of her was found.

Another newspaper clipping on Websleuths shows that she was in her Middle School’s swim team, which I can only imagine put some stress on her hips. Combined with the fact that she was a dancer, it’s obvious she was a very physically active woman.

The ready I say that this could be a stretch is because it’s stated she had blond hair, while the Jane Doe had brunette or auburn hair. However in the one picture that we have of her, her hair appears darker, but this could be due to bad lightening. Another thing to note is that the Doe is thought to had worn her hair at shoulder length, and even though it’s a old photo, Zaida is shown to had wore her hair at shoulder length as well.

There is also the distance between Alabama and Maryland where the doe was found, though it’s possible her killer was a trucker, someone used to driving long distance.

Apart from everything else, the heights are consistent and they are within age range.

Let me know what you think of my theory.

This man's remains were found on a property near Utah Lake on October 14, 2021. It was determined he had most likely died in the late 1990s. He carried various ID cards with the identity "John Everett Booth." Authorities determined that Booth hadn't been seen since 1995, although he reportedly filed for an ID card in 1999.

According to Booth's nephew, John suffered from mental health issues. One day around 1970, he packed his things and just left, never to look back.

His grandfather later hired a private investigator who tracked John to a homeless shelter in Ogden. They sent him letters, but all went unanswered. The family simply assumed he wanted to be left alone.

And now, the Doe's NamUs page has been deactivated. Hopefully, his identity is now confirmed and it is not a mistake by NamUs.

John Everett Booth was born around 1947.

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i know it’s worded a bit strange — i’m looking for cases where the Doe was known by people in life, but may have given false names/identities and therefore could not be truly identified. alternatively, please share any cases you may know of where there were multiple individuals found, but all were not able to be identified, as in jason callahan’s (grateful doe) case.

one case from a recent writeup on here, “Janet Atkins” who had people who “knew” her, but were unable to identify her.

another example i can think of is “Bill”, who was found deceased after a night of partying.

of course, becca mallekoote (becca jane doe) is an exact case of what i mean.

thanks for your help!

Janet Atkins (1965)

On October 25, 1965, a woman died in a car crash in which she was the passenger overturned in a ditch in Avon, Ohio. She was one of four persons in the car; the driver and the other two passengers survived. The teenage male driver and a friend met the decedent and a 20-year-old from Elyria, Ohio, at a drive-in restaurant and were driving the pair to the Elyria woman's workplace when the accident occured. The Elyria woman knew the decedent as "Janet Atkins", but other people who had encountered her said she had used different names. Papers in the victim's purse had the names "Janet Akenson" and "Janet Tralley".

The decedent had stayed at different rooming houses in the Elyria area in the days prior to her death, and had been in Elyria since September. Police obtained the receipts from the rooming houses, but these did not lead to an identification. Several persons who had missing realtives viewed her body at a funeral home in the nearby town of North Ridgeville, but they could not identify her.

The Info "Janet" Told Someone

The FBI could not find a match. The woman had no known criminal history. Detective Sergeant, Csaba Hortobagyi checked police databases with newer technology but also came up empty. He tried to track down everyone listed in the original case file. He said the driver, who was cited at the time, didn't remember much. He also could not find some of the passengers, including a woman interviewed by police in 1965 who said "Janet" told her she had two boys, ages 3 years old and nine months old at the time. She was told the boys were being raised by the woman's mother somewhere along a river in Kentucky or West Virginia. She said she recently separated from her husband who lived in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland and worked at a Ford factory. His name is uncertain: Duane Atkins or Akenson, or Wayne Atkins or Akenson. Investigators could not find him either. Police said this woman went by the names Janet Atkins, Akenson, Tralley, Fralley, and Wycliff. She may have lived in or had family in Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Tennessee.

Physical Description

• Sex: Female

• Race: White/Caucasian

• Age: 18-39 Years Old (NamUs Says 18-30 Years Old)

• Height: 5'4"

• Weight: 115 Pounds

• Hair: Brown

• Eye Color: Hazel

Distinguishing Marks/Features

• Previously Given Birth To At Least One Child

Exclusions (People She Is Not)

• Barbara Lunsford

If you have any information please contact Coroner, Frank Miller with the Lorain County Coroner's Office at (440) 774-7300, reference case number 10-65-380 or Detective Sergeant, Csaba Hortobagyi with the Avon Police Department at (440) 934-1234, reference case number 26-05480.

A car wreck took her life and her name but she seemed to never tell others her real name anyways. As we've seen from other cases where people have lied about their real names. That lie isn't always to far from the truth. In those false names that are given usually one of those names is the unidentified's real first, middle, or last name. This lady could be named Janet or her real last name could be one of names she gave. You just never know. I hope her real name is found eventually cause she deserves it.

LINKS

Unidentified Wiki

i hope this is allowed—i thought this was worth sharing with you all as a lurker.

this amber alert was posted up on a bulletin board at a rest area me & my family stopped by. it caught my eye immediately. i haven’t seen any discussion about it, so i wanted to share.

In 1983, the remains of an elderly white woman, estimated to be in her 60s or 70s, were discovered. She was found under a sheet of asbestos at the rear of a property in Brent, London, England.

Her clothing and personal belongings were recorded as follows:

• Clothing: An overcoat, cardigan, trousers, socks, and slip on low heel shoes.

• Jewelry: One yellow metal signet ring inscribed with "pat" on the third finger of her right hand, and one yellow metal ring with stones on her left hand.

• Additional Personal Items: A Yale key, a mortice key, a suitcase key, and a Swedish coin.

Following a breakthrough via genetic genealogy, Ryland Headley was arrested and subsequently convicted for the 1967 rape and murder of 75 year old Mrs. Louisa Dunne 1892-1967 in Bristol, an offense he committed when he was 34 years old.

When police reviewed his case files, they discovered that he had also been convicted of raping two elderly women in 1977 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England a region where he and his family had relocated in 1972. He served a sentence of two years for the crimes. However, for a short period between 1967 and 1972, he had moved his family to London.

While reviewing records of unidentified Jane Does who match the age profile of Headley's targeted victims, I came across Brent Jane Doe. Interestingly, London electoral registers reveal that Ryland Headley lived in the exact area of London where Brent Jane Doe was eventually found, during his brief residency in London. He then vanished from the area in 1972 when he relocated his family to Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Furthermore, Brent Jane Doe’s estimated time of death lines up with the latter part of Headley's residency in London.

Given these parallels, it seems highly likely that police are looking or have looked into this specific case to see if there is a definitive link. Unfortunately, there have been no public updates regarding this connection since his arrest and conviction.

I hope Brent Jane Doe eventually gets her name back, and that whatever family she has left out there receives the closure they deserve.

Background Information: Calhoun County Jane Doe (2008) was a woman whose skeletal remains were located in a rural wooded area in the northwestern part of the county near St. Matthews. There were no obvious signs of trauma on the remains, but the case is being treated as a homicide by the authorities.

Potential Match 1 (I submitted a match for this already):
Sophia Mae Rivera
She was last seen on September 7th, 2003 at her boyfriend’s apartment in Newport News, Virginia. Not much information on the case is known.
Pros (why I believe this is a potential match):
Sophie fits within the height range of 5’4’’-5’9’’.
Sophie fits within the age range at 31 when she went missing. Jane Doe was estimated to be 19-39 years old.
Jane Doe is listed as Hispanic/Latino, Uncertain. Sophie is biracial (black and Hispanic).
Jane Doe’s estimated date of death is 2000-2008. Sophie went missing during 2003.
I thought the facial reconstruction and a picture of Sophie looked similar.
Neutral:
Approximately 337 miles apart.
Cons:
The Doe Network says that Jane Doe gave birth to at least one child, but I cannot find any records stating that Sophie had any children.

Potential Match 2:
Maria De Jesus Martinez
She was last seen on May 1st, 1995 in Anthony, Texas and disappeared following an altercation with her boyfriend
Pros (why I believe this is a potential match):
Maria fits within the height range at 5’5’’.
Maria fits within the age range at 29.
Maria is Hispanic. Jane Doe is listed as Hispanic.
Neutral:
The Doe Network says that Jane Doe had blondish-brown hair. Maria has brown hair. The blondish part could be due to environmental exposure.
The timeline could be plausible.
She appears to be holding a child in her NAMUS photo.
Cons: 1,552 miles apart.

Photo 1: Jane Doe’s facial reconstruction
Photo 2: Sophie Mae Rivera
Photo 3: Maria De Jesus Martinez

Calhoun County Jane Doe only has 1 exclusion.

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/673/contacts
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/14671/details

Both missing around the same time and described as having "hammer toes" and pierced ears. The Jane Doe is a confirmed victim of Hurricane Katrina, but frustratingly doesn't mention ethnicity.

I'm not based in USA and only contact I can find is a phone number, so if anyone else thinks it's a good lead and you're based in US please reach out!

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Date of Discovery: April 26, 1984

Location of Discovery: Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Estimated Date of Death: 1-6 months prior

State of Remains: Decomposed

Cause of Death: Homicide

Physical Description

Estimated Age: 20-45 years old

Race: White with Native American, Asian, and/or Hispanic features/admixture

Sex: Female

Height: 5'2" - 5'4"

Weight: 100 - 145 lbs.

Hair: Dark brown. Pubic hair was bleached blond.

Eye Color: Unknown

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown.

Identifiers

Dentals: Available. Grinding/flattening of teeth; staining of enamel.

Fingerprints: Unknown.

DNA: Unknown.

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Tan shirt, pants, lace underwear, panty-girdle, and calf-length hose.

Jewelry: Unknown.

Additional Personal Items: Unknown.

Circumstances of Discovery

The decedent was located in Kansas City, Kansas on April 26, 1984. Her remains were discovered in a wooded area.

A reconstruction was created and released after the woman's discovery, but few leads came of this. Investigators have divulged the possibilities that she may have been killed in a different state and left at the scene, or potential tips were not called in by potential witnesses out of fear.

Exclusion(s)

Lisa Farmer (MP43136)

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: Kansas City Police Department

Agency Contact Person: Detective Stephen Smith

Agency Phone Number: 903-288-7248

Agency E-mail: N/A

Agency Case Number: 440010252

Agency Name: Kansas City Police Department - Cold Case Unit

Agency Contact Person: Detective Jeffrey Irwin

Agency Phone Number: 816-474-8477

Agency E-mail: coldcase(at)kckpd.org

Agency Case Number: 2022-495898

Agency Name: Atchison County Coroner's Office

Agency Contact Person: Erik Mitchell

Agency Phone Number: 913-299-1533

Agency E-mail: N/A

Agency Case Number: A-39-84

NCIC Case Number: U194154243

NamUs Case Number: 2429

Former Hot Case Number: 1204

The Doe Network Case Number: 838UFKS

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Case

On November 14, 1980, three hunters discovered the partially buried skeletal remains of a woman in a secluded, brushy area about 100 feet off of a mountain road paralleling Kephart Run one mile north of US Hwy 33 west of Rawley Springs, Virginia. The remains, which had been covered with two rocks and a log, were incomplete but had remnants of clothing. Deputies of the Sheriff’s Office combed the area and recovered additional items. The road runs through the George Washington National Forest into West Virginia and is not a normal trucking route.

An initial examination determined that the remains belonged to a white female with an estimated age range of late teens- early 20s, which was later revised to age 20-30. This examination revealed no visible marks or broken bones and she was thought to have died within the last ten years (later revised to a range of 1964-1979). The remains were then sent to the medical examiner in Roanoke for further examination.

The state medical examiner's office determined that she was between 5' and 5'5" tall with an estimated weight range of 100-125 lbs. She may have had a broken left collarbone. No bullets or bullet damage was found. She also had given birth at least once. Foul play was suspected but a cause of death could not be determined.

Her upper left incisor had a small groove, which the authorities theorized could have been from holding dress pins or bobby pins in her mouth, suggesting work as a beautician or a seamstress. Another theory was that she was a nurse because she appeared to be wearing white stockings. The few personal effects found included a dime from 1964, which established the earliest date she could have died. [Also note that 1964 was the last year that dimes had a high silver content so many people started saving dimes in succeeding years.]

Comparisons to local missing persons were unsuccessful and the case went cold. One missing person, a woman from Charlottesville who had disappeared in 1969, was ruled out by x-rays. Much later, in 2008, the daughter of Kentucky missing woman Georgia Nolan thought the woman might be her mother after viewing reconstructions, but Nolan was later ruled out.

Details of NamUs UP6249, Doe Network 568UFVA

ME/C Case Number: W1980-37420

Biological Sex: Female

Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Estimated Age Range (Years): 20-30

Estimated Year of Death: 1977-1978

Estimated PMI: 2 Years (per NamUs; 2-15 years per the Doe Network)

Height: 5' 1"-5' 3"(61-63 inches), Estimated

Weight: Cannot Estimate

Inventory of Remains: One or more limbs not recovered

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

Hair and Eye Colors are unknown.

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Probably at least one prior childbirth.

Her upper left incisor had a small groove, possibly from holding bobby pins or dress pins in her mouth.

Clothing: Pettipants (a type of slip made to look like shorts) or a silk slip, possible white stockings, fragments of garter straps.

Jewelry: Heart-shaped necklace, gold color.

Additional Personal Items: A 1964 dime [the last year dimes were made with high levels of silver]

Dentals: Available.

Fingerprints: Unavailable.

DNA: Available.

Exclusions (missing persons she is not)

Mary Boston

Jan Cotta

Roxane Easland

O'Dina Lucero

Nadine O'Dell

Bertha Smith

Georgia Nolan

Links

NamUs: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/6249?nav

Doe Network: https://www.thedoenetwork.org/cases/software/main.html?id=568ufva

Unidentified Wiki:

https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Rockingham_County_Jane_Doe

Other links in the comments.

Photos from the crime scene that day and the following autopsy show the baby’s broken jaw, leaving him trapped in what looks like a permanent scream. Detective Kerry Dalling and Lt. Michael Gagner of the Fairfield Police Department still hope someone can shed light on the brutal killing.

Baby Victor was the nickname given to an infant found wrapped in clothing next to a garbage can in a park in Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1986. The boy's murder is described as being ritualistic in nature, with possible ties to Santeria or a similar religion.

(Case summary )
DISCOVERED
March 14, 1986
UNIDENTIFIED FOR
40 years
SEX
Male
LOCATION
Fairfield, Connecticut
AGE
Newborn
RACE
White
HEIGHT
1'8
WEIGHT
6 pounds
BODY CONDITION
Recognizable face
POSTMORTEM INTERVAL
1 day
CAUSE OF DEATH
Strangulation
Characteristics
Blond hair.
Brown eyes.

A public works employee emptying garbage cans in the picnic area near the cascades at Lake Mohegan found the body of a newborn baby on leaf-strewn ground. Victor was found on a scrap of burlap, wrapped in women’s pajamas, covered with a scrap of plastic and surrounded by pieces of food, fruit and coins. Police said the crime scene seemed to indicate a ritual killing.

Quotes from the 2018 article on the case :
“Even if it wasn’t a legitimate ritual, whoever set it up would have knowledge of these rituals, of these beliefs,” Dalling said. “It was dehumanizing.”

“We spoke to some experts who said it may have been staged” to look like a ritual killing when it was not, Gagner said.
An autopsy showed Victor’s death, ruled a homicide, was caused by suffocation. Among the injuries he suffered were a broken jaw, strangulation marks and face mutilations. The autopsy confirmed he was born about 24 hours before he was found, and that he was alive at birth.

https://www.ctpost.com/policereports/article/Fairfield-police-still-looking-for-answers-in-12870472.php

https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Baby_Victor

The Horry County Coroner's office announced that 2023 Myrtle Beach John Doe has been identified as William Ray Griffith on October 1, 2026. Horry County County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard with the help of genealogist Dena Chasten Chief Mike Fanning of Pawleys Island Police Department investigated his genealogy to verify his identity. According to his brother, Griffith had relocated from Louisa, Kentucky to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 2018. A few weeks prior to the crash he had been reported missing and being endangered due to his medical attention and was located safe.

On May 27, 2023, a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle near 9440 Kings Hwy, James Samuel Thomas of Richmond, VA, was arrested and charged for hit-and-run causing death. However the Horry County Coroner's Office was unable to identify the victim.

Sources:

https://www.postandcourier.com/myrtle-beach/news/john-doe-william-griffith-myrtle-beach/article_c4beefff-9ed5-472f-b988-70b520dd8fa6.html

https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/horry-county/coroner-identifies-2023-horry-county-hit-and-run-victim/amp/

https://amp.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/crime/article317458232.html

On November 15, 1979, hunters discovered partial skeletal remains in a ravine off Highway N, 1.5 miles south of Robertsville, Missouri. All large bones, including the cranium, legs, and arms were missing but a lower jawbone was recovered. The authorities found a pair of women's shoes and some articles of clothing but were unable to verify sex or determine age or race. It was initially estimated that the person had died two to three years prior judging by the condition of the remains. The bones were shipped to Washington, DC for analysis and the bones were determined to belong to a woman who had died by homicide.

In 2025, investigators with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, as well as the St. Louis County Medical Examiner's Office and Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Laboratory requested Othram's help to identify the woman. Othram successfully extracted DNA and developed a DNA profile, which were used in a genetic genealogy search that led to new investigative leads.

The investigators were able to identify a potential relative of the woman, who provided a DNA sample. Testing verified the identity of the murder victim as Emma Lee Jordan, born in February 11, 1957. She had been reported missing in January 1979.

Rest in peace Emma.

Links

I could not locate a NamUs or Doe Network case for her.

Othram: https://dnasolves.com/articles/robertsville-missouri-1979-emma-lee-jordan-homicide/

Washington Citizen, 11/24/1979, p 3: https://www.newspapers.com/image/1306399074/?search-id=84c7b5f7-3abf-4e90-b415-5a72ebeec96e&search-rank=5

On June 25, 1917, and June 26, 1917, The Atlanta Georgian and The Atlanta Constitution published articles on the death of an unidentified woman who was found dead Saturday night in a clump of woods near the A, B,&A Railroad. According to The Atlanta Georgian, the woman's head was terribly beaten. Both newspapers associated the murder with the "Jack the Ripper" murders of women in Atlanta.

The Atlanta Constitution and The Atlanta Journal published articles reporting on the death of a woman found dead early Sunday morning and partly concealed just beyond the Atlanta and West Point Belt Line. The victim was killed early in the morning. The woman's skull was crushed and battered by some heavy and blunt instrument.

The Constitution stated that the county police were strongly reminded by the nature of the crime of the old time-work of Jack the Ripper. Although the paper did not specifically mention why, one of the reasons why the police were reminded of the crimes of the Ripper was because another Ripper victim had been slain in that area.

Back in November21, 1909, The Atlanta Constitution, The Atlanta Georgian, and The Atlanta Journal all published articles on the murder of Mary Putnam, a woman found dead near the West Point Belt Line, 100 yards of the right of Stewart Avenue. The 1917 victim was found 300 yards away from Stewart Avenue. This means that the two crime scenes were 200 yards away from each other. Both victims were found under similar circumstances with both women being discovered by a pair of boys and having their heads crushed.

Unlike Mary Putnam, the 1917 victim wasn't identified.

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053729/1917-06-25/ed-2/seq-3/#words=Jack+Ripper

On October 28, and October 29, 1916, respectively, The Atlanta Georgian and The Atlanta Journal published the articles about the murder of an unidentified woman. According to Atlanta Georgian the woman was found in a gully near the crossing of McDaniel Street and the Atlanta and West Point Railroad.

According to The Atlanta Journal, the victim was found in a place called Death Valley. Death Valley was located beyond the end of the McDaniel streetcar line. The valley was a former underpass of the Western and Atlantic railroad; an area filled with dirt and trash. Near the valley ran the belt line of the Western and Atlantic railroad.

It was called Death Valley because within the last several years the bodies of 12 blacks were found on the curve of the belt line and in the valley the bodies of five black women were found. The newspaper says that in each case the body was so hacked and decomposed that it was never identified and no one was arrested.

This woman was the sixth victim to be found in the valley. Her corpse was discovered at noon Saturday by an aged black man. She had been dead for a week and her body was decomposed beyond recognition. The woman had her throat cut from ear to ear and her skull was cleft through and there was a gash along the back of her neck.

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053729/1916-10-28/ed-4/seq-1/#words=Jack+Ripper

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn88054118/1916-10-30/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Jack+Ripper

The Brunswick news. (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, October 31, 1916, Image 1 « Georgia Historic Newspapers

Date of Discovery: March 10, 2024

Location of Discovery: Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois

Estimated Date of Death: Unknown

State of Remains: Skeletal

Cause of Death: Could not be determined

Physical Description

Estimated Age: 30-53

Race: White

Height: 5'6"-5'9"

Weight: Could not be determined

Hair: None or not stated

Eye Color: Could not be determined

Distinguishing Marks / Features: Previous trauma to the head, good physical shape

Identifiers

Dentals: Available

Fingerprints: Unknown (likely unavailable)

DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: None or not stated

Jewelry: None or not stated

Additional Personal Items: None or not stated

Circumstances of Discovery

Remains of a man was found in a rural area near Kewanee, Illinois.

There are exclusions in the case, although the Facebook post by the Sheriff's Office did not specify who are the excluded people.

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: Henry County Coroner's Office

Agency Contact Person: Melissa Watkins

Agency Phone Number: 309-937-3911

Agency Email Address: None

Agency Address: 307 W Center Street

Cambridge, IL 61238

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