Tag: Massachusetts

Popes Island Jane Doe

Artists' depictions of Popes Island Jane Doe

DISCOVERY: At approximately 7:30am on October 30, 1996, a maintenance worker discovered the body of an unidentified female floating near Popes Island Marina in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The body was wrapped in two green garbage bags held together with blue masking tape. Also with the body was a white and teal wool blanket,

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Lady of the Dunes

DISCOVERY: On July 26, 1974, a 13-year-old girl walking her dog at Race Point Dunes in Massachusetts discovered the nude body of an unidentified woman, just 15 feet from a secluded service road. The body was lying face down and had already begun to decompose. The area in which the body was discovered was near

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Dorchester John Does

DISCOVERY: On October 6, 1988, the bodies of two young men were found in a wooded lot off 29 Eldon Street in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The bodies, which were already beginning to decompose, were stacked on top of each other and covered with a tarp. AUTOPSY: Upon the bodies being brought in for examination, it was

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The Murder of Molly Bish

EARLY LIFE: Molly Bish was born on August 2, 1983 to parents John Sr. and Magi Bish, a probation office and elementary school teacher respectively. The family, who had moved from Detroit, Michigan to Warren, Massachusetts, also consisted of Molly’s siblings, Heather and John Jr. Molly was known for being outgoing and popular, as well

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