https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Julio_Antonio_Mella_2.jpg Julio Antonio Mella, originally named Nicanor McPartland, was born out of wedlock on March 25, 1903, in Havana, Cuba. Via his paternal ancestry, he was the grandson of Matías Ramón Mella, a revolutionary considered one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic. Despite this impressive ancestry, his mother was the child of Irish immigrants, & his father was a mere sailor. Julio spent much of his childhood living in New Orleans with his mother; before moving back to Cuba to live with his father & stepm ..read more

David Cox was born on November 27, 1966, in Massachusetts and after graduating from high school joined the Marines because he wanted to be part of the "proud and the few." And by 1986, David was stationed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Naval base that the United States wouldn't give up when Castro came to power in the 1950s. Tensions were still very high, so the base was on constant alert. But soon David saw a problem--a fellow Marine named William Alvarado had written to his senator about Marine misconduct on the base, something about shots being fired into Cuba. When Cox and other Marines found ..read more

The Maryland Court of Appeals reinstated Syed's murder conviction today. For those who don't know, Syed was sentenced to life in prison for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend, high school student Hae Min Lee. The case became extremely well-known as a result of the podcast Serial. Syed's conviction was tossed out back in September. Hae Min's family has maintained that their rights were violated when the court system did not allow them time to review evidence or appear in person (they now live in California). However, the court maintained that a victim's family does not have a right to presen ..read more

Three children aged five, four and two were found abandoned at Barcelona grand railway terminus in April, 1984. They could not remember the names of their parents, but did have a few vague memories - living in Paris, an old woman with white hair, and an extravagant lifestyle. They also remembered being left at the station by a friend of their father's named Denis. They would later be adopted and have a loving childhood. The youngest of the children set out to find out who her birth parents were. She has discovered that answer - but the parents have not spoken to their family since 1983. The f ..read more

Backstory According to a friend of his, Jamie was a « shy, isolated kid » who liked to play video games and drums. He had only one friend, so his disappearance went almost unnoticed! His mother is (was) a very strict woman, capable of grounding him for weeks for the smallest discrepancies; according to his friend she treated him awfully. His father was out of the picture; Mrs. Pember had a boyfriend, Bob, a policeman described as « a quiet, nice man ». But do you ever really know anyone? Disappearance When Jamie was 15, his mother suddenly broke up with Bob- quickly getting together with an u ..read more

Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-year mystery | Spain | The Guardian Thought a lot of you would really enjoy this article which - for once- has a somewhat happy ending. Elvira and her brothers, Ricard and Ramón, were left at a train station in Barcelona aged two, four and five. As an adult, when Elvira decided to look for her parents, she discovered a family history wilder than anything she had imagined On 22 April 1984, a sandy-haired, ringleted two-year-old girl named Elvira was driven with her brothers, Ricard and Ramón, aged four and five, to a grand railway terminus ..read more

Thought you all would be interested in this news story. Put this one in the column of someone actually walking away from their life, and thankfully found. From https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/dont-give-up-arkansas-man-missing-since-2021-found-in-texas/ An Arkansas family is getting their best sleep in ages after their loved one finally returned home almost a year and a half since he was reported missing. Harley McCourt was located in Galveston, Texas on March 11, the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. According to McCourt’s family, the 27-year-old first went missing in October of ..read more

In 1978, twenty five year old Ken Avvenire was considering making a big, cross-country move. He resided in Brooklyn, New York, and worked as a printer for a prominent printing company- but, his parent’s were making a move to sunny Scottsdale, Arizona, and Ken wanted to follow. Wanting to make sure he would have a stable job and income before making the move, Ken had flown to Arizona in August of 1978, in order to conduct an interview with a printing company in the valley. Sadly, Ken would never get the chance to move to Scottsdale or start that new job, but, instead, would become the victim o ..read more

This case was feat. on Unsolved Mysteries & Disappeared. Moses & Lila Bhagwaniala Lall also known as Moses Lall was a 31-year-old Indo-Guyanese man who hailed from a prominent family that specialized in exotic birds & animals for export since the 1970’s. The Lall family lived in the Guyanese capital of Georgetown, where they bought animals from local trappers who scoured the jungles for various types of parrots & tropical birds. After a brief but unsuccessful stint as a student & model in Canada, he moved to the US in 1986 to start an exotic bird business. His mother Mahad ..read more

The archives of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library include a mysterious item: Manuscript 2039. This item, an 6 inch x 18 inch piece of tracing cloth (used by architects and designers) is dated "FEB 1862", has a colored-pencil sketched map, and cryptic text, including: "PORTLAND.OR.SIMS.MONEY.IS.BURYEED.5.FOOT DEEP.AT.THE.TWO.GRAVES.NORTH.FROM.BARN.TEN.FOOT.EAST" "KEEP.THIS.CHART.TILL.GET.WELL." "PIKE.ROAD.TOO.MILES.FRO.MROM.PORTLAND.OR" (my best transcription; apologies for errors in interpretation) and most tantalizingly "MONEY" and "$3000" repeated twice. Here is an image of the ..read more