Spanning over 400 miles through four states, the Connecticut River is the longest body of water in New England. Popular for fishing, swimming, boating, it is sadly a place where people go to commit suicide and criminals dump the bodies of their victims.
On April 21st, 1969, police in Glastonbury, CT (two towns southeast of Hartford), pulled out the body of an unidentified white male possibly aged 55 to 65 years of age. He was estimated to be about five foot nine inches (175 centimeters) and 170 pounds (77 kilograms). The deceased wore blacks leather shoes, heavy socks, a belt made of leather and what may have been a red & dark striped shirt. The autopsy performed discovered that the man had a hernia operation done on his left groin.
Perhaps most telling about the man was that he had three tattoos. The first was of a naked girl on his right arm. On his left arm was a bird’s wing and the letters W-A-R-D. It is possible that there were other letters on the arm, the deceased may have had the name edward or howard but the body did suffer from severe decomposition. At the time of death, a Hartford Courant article stated that the body could have been in the water from 6 months to 2 years. It is unknown where the body came from, and that heavy flooding could have dislodged the body from a wooded area near the river further north. This case is not on NAMUS and is still listed as Unidentified in the Glastonbury Death Records. If you have any information about who this person may be, contact this website at unsolvedct @ hotmail.com.
Archived Hartford Courant Article about the case. Glastonbury Vital Statistics were never changed to indicate that this person was ever identified.
The July 6th, 1944 Hartford Ringling Brothers Circus Fire remains the worst tragedy to ever hit the State of Connecticut. A total of 168 people succumbed to the fire and another 682 were injured. Many bodies were burned beyond recognition and several remain unidentified. Now, comes word that two of the five remaining unidentified remains are set to be exhumed to be properly identified. The fire is believed to have been a case of Arson and dramatically changed Fire Code laws in the United States.
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It’s a mystery that Collier County Sheriffs in Florida have been trying to find out for more than a year. On July 23rd, 2018, a deceased hiker was found in his yellow tent at the Noble’s Campground in the Big Cypress National Preserve in the Everglades. Law Enforcement believe the man had been dead for several days and do not suspect foul play. He was described as a white male between the ages of 35 to 50 years old. When found he was five foot eight and weighed 83 pounds. He had a salt and pepper beard with bluish gray eyes. His teeth were in excellent shape and had been cared for. At the time of his death, he had not been in good health.
After a composite sketch was posted of him online, people remembered meeting him while hiking. He used the hiking names, “Denim” and Mostly Harmless”. He also used the name Ben Bilemy as he signed into several hostels where he stayed along the Appalachian Trail and Florida Trail in Virginia, Georgia and Florida. There were pictures taken of him as well as video, still no one knows his real name or where he was from. There is some belief that he may have worked in the IT industry and had connections to Louisiana and New York State.
It was a horrible crime scene in front of 169 Pavillion Avenue around 12:40 am in South Providence on June 14, 1989. Police got to the scene of a truck that was on fire. Inside in the passenger seat of the cabin was the horribly charred body of an adult female. According to early media reports, the truck had been abandoned for a year and the victim was found to have been shot in the head. One witness reported seeing a white car that drove away from the area at an intense rate of speed. The victims would be identified as 19 year old Dawn Evans who lived at Holly Court. She was the mother of a young son and was taking college courses at Community College of Rhode Island to be a nurse. She also worked at the Subway Sandwich Shop on Tiogue Avenue.
In 1992, the band Soul Asylum came out with their biggest hit, “Runaway Train.”
A facebook page alleges some disturbing details that point the finger at her adoptive father who has a criminal record that includes a crime of a cruel sexual nature. Days before she disappeared, she accused her father of sexually assaulting her. Her biological mother is desperate to find her but fears that she succumbed to foul play. To get more information visit 
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