Category: John & Jane Doe

Bloomington John Doe (1983)

Artist's rendering of what the Bloomington John Doe (1983) looked like when alive

DISCOVERY: On June 20, 1983, a Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) employee was checking the railroad cars of a train in Bloomington, San Bernardino County, California, when he discovered the body of a man at the bottom of a gondola car. The train had been carrying sugar beets. According to deputies, the vegetables were unloaded in

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Blount County Jane Doe (2003)

Two artists' renderings of what the Blount County Jane Doe (2003) may have looked like when alive

*Last Updated – June 2, 2025* DISCOVERY: On March 25, 2003, surveyors scouting out land for a highway bypass came across scattered skeletal remains in a drainage creek behind Alice’s Bar, in Alcoa, Blount County, Tennessee. The location, described as a small wooded area, was located near McGhee Tyson Airport, at the intersection of North

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Bobby Copeland: Who Was the John Doe Found at the Marco Polo Hotel?

Two artists' renderings of what "Bobby Copeland" looked like when alive

DISCOVERY: On January 5, 1988, a maid entered Room 227 of the Marco Polo Hotel and came across a grisly sight: the deceased body of a young male. The young man had been in the Miami, Florida, area with a group of young people who were working as magazine salespersons. He’d been staying at the

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Odessa Jane Doe (1993)

Two artists' reconstructions of what the Odessa Jane Doe (1993) may have looked like when alive

DISCOVERY: On November 25, 1993, skeletal remains were found in a shallow grave, in an overgrown field near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. The location, about three miles northeast of the city, was in William J. Baxter Memorial Park, west of Delaware Route 9 and south of Vance Neck Road. It’s reported that most of

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Harris County Jane Doe (1987)

Two artists' reconstructions of what the Harris County Jane Doe (1987) may have looked like when alive

DISCOVERY: On September 27, 1987, partial skeletal remains were found in a vacant field, off the 8100 block of Leghorn Street, in Houston, Harris County, Texas. AUTOPSY: An autopsy was performed, which determined the decedent, who was female, could have been dead anywhere from three months to two years. Her cause of death was stabbing,

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