Tag: John Doe

The Boy In The Box

DISCOVERY: In late February 1957, a young man was checking his muskrat traps in the Fox Chase neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania when he discovered the body of a young boy inside a box. Not wanting the authorities to confiscate his traps, he did not report the finding. A few days later, at 3:45pm

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Mill Valley John Doe

DISCOVERY: On June 20, 1974, a hiker discovered the partial skeletal remains of a young child while walking near Mile Valley Golf Course in Mill Valley, Marin County, California. They were walking along the 100 block of Country Club Drive, near Buena Vista Avenue and Circle Avenue. The area around the golf course is said to

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Sharkey County John Doe

DISCOVERY: On January 8, 2014, an employee with Duett Hack Hole Services discovered a human cranium within a drainage canal in Sharkey County, Mississippi. It appeared to belong to a small child and thus the man called in his discovery to the Sharkey County Sheriff’s Department. Upon receiving the call, a sheriff’s deputy and the

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Mount Baldy John Doe

DISCOVERY: On March 28, 1979, the decapitated remains of an unidentified male were located in Mount Baldy, Los Angeles County, California. The remains, which had begun to decompose and were partially skeletal, were found approximately 425′ down a ravine on Glendora Ridge Road, near mile marker 10.74. Nearly two months later, on May 22, 1979,

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Woodbury John Doe

DISCOVERY: On May 3, 1998, volunteers with the Ramapo College chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club were cleaning up the parking area of the Long Mountain rest stop in Bear Mountain State Park, located in Woodbury, Orange County, New York. The rest stop, which is located on US Route 6, is a rest area often frequented

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