Category: Murders

The Death of Jessica Patrick-Balczer

Photo of Jessica Patrick-Balczer + Portrait of Jessica Patrick-Balczer

EARLY LIFE: Jessica Patrick-Balczer was born on January 8, 2000. From Lake Babine First Nations, she grew up in and out of foster care in Fort Babine, approximately 100 km north of Smithers, British Columbia. This was due to her parents’ struggles with substance abuse and intergenerational trauma. When she was 14 years old, Jessica

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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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The Murders of Doreen Hardy & Jane Bernard

Photo of Doreen Hardy + Photo of Jane Bernard

MURDERS: In the early hours of August 27, 1966, Doreen Hardy and Jane Bernard were seen getting into a dark-coloured 1959-to-1963 Pontiac or Oldsmobile in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada. The vehicle, seen on Cumberland Street, near the New Main Café, was operated by an unidentified White male, who looked to be between

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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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