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Conclusion

As a conclusion, unsolved cases could be classified as a mysterious cases as some cases gave the police and investigators a dead end as there might not have enough evidence or does not have suspect that could be link with the case. Some unsolved cases that had been talked about are the prove of the unsolved cases found this some part of the world. Some people might it interesting to read about those unsolved as there will be question lurking in their head as they do some readings on those cases. However, some unsolved cases would make others sympathize towards the family who had to go through the grief such as Beaumont children disappearance. Therefore, this unsolved cases taught us a lesson that we should always be careful towards strangers and our surroundings and we should also take good care of our family members. Unsolved cases taught us a very valuable lesson to all. 

Suspects on the Axeman of New Orleans

The first suspect was a man named Joseph Momfre that was shot to death in Los Angeles in December 1920 by the widow of Mike Pepitone, the Axeman's last known victim. Mrs Pepitone told the police that Joseph was the man she had seen who had killed her husband, Mike Pepitone. Police found what had been said by Mrs Pepitone seems to fit the evidence found because Joseph had been in and out of the prison and during the Axeman attack, Joseph was free. However, there was no evidence that Joseph was the Axeman. Thus, Mrs Pepitone received 10 years in prison for murdering Joseph Momfre. 

A picture of Joseph Mumfre

Another suspect to be identified to be Axeman were Frank Jordano and Lorlando Jordano. They were accused  by Mrs Cortimiglia of being the Axeman who had attacked her husband, her baby and herself. However, she then admitted to the police that she had lied because she wanted to get rid of her competitors in business. Thus, Frank and Lorlando Jordano were released from the prison. 

Victims of Axeman of New Orleans

There were 12 victims of Axeman of New Orleans which some had died after the attacked and some survived the attacked. 

1) Joseph Maggio was an Italian grocer who had been attacked on 22 May 1918 while sleeping with his wife, Catherine Maggio. The killer broke into the home and cut the couple's throats with a straight razor. Before leaving, the killer bashed their heads with an axe. Both Joseph and Catherine Maggio died after the attacked because of the deep cuts. The law enforcement agents then found a bloody clothes which belongs to the killer after attacking the couples. 

2) Louis Bumer and his mistress, Harriet Lowe was attacked in the morning of 27 June 1918. Louis was bashed with a hatchet at his head and Harriet was bashed over her left ear. The couple was found bleeding from their heads by John Zanca. The axe that had been used by the killer which belongs to Louis himself was found in the bathroom. On 15 August 1918, Harriet died to a failed surgery while Louis was arrested for attacking Harriet when he found out Harriet had told the police of him being a German spy. 

3) Mrs Schneider was attacked in the evening on 5 August 1918. She was 8 months pregnant during the attacked. She was bashed in the face and was completely covered with blood and her scalp had been cut open. Mrs Schneider was found by her husband, Ed Schneirder who returned late from work. She survived the attack but did not remember anything about the attack and gave birth to a baby girl two days after the attack.

4) Joseph Romano was an elderly man who lived with his two nieces, Pauline and Mary Bruno. Joseph was attacked by the killer and had two open cuts on his head. Pauline and Mary said that the killer wore a dark suit and a slouched hat. However, Joseph died two days after the attack due to severe head trauma. Authorities then found a bloody axe at the backyard and a panel of the back door was taken away.

5) Charles Cortimiglia was an immigrant who lived with his wife, Rosie and their baby, Mary. They were attacked in the night of 10 March 1919. Their neighbor, Lorlando Jordano heard a commotion and went to Cortimiglia house to investigate. Jordano found Rosie with a serious head wound while holding her dead baby and Charles laid unconscious while bleeding profusely. Both Charles and Rosie suffered from skull fractures. Nothing was stolen from them but a panel of the back door was taken away. A bloody axe was also found at the porch of the house. Both Charles and Rosie survived the attack but not their baby. 

6) Steve Broca was a grocer that was attacked on 10 August 1919. His head had been cracked open and lost consciousness when he seek help from his neighbor, Frank Genusa. Nothing had been taken from Steve's house but a panel of the back door had been taken away. Steve survived the attack but he does not remember anything about the attack. 

7) Sarah Laumann was attacked in the night of 3 September 1919. Her neighbors found her lying unconscious on her bed suffering from a severe head injury and several missing teeth. The killer had entered through an open window and attack Sarah with an axe. The bloody axe was then found on the front lawn of the apartment. Sarah survived the attack but she did not remember anything about the attack. 

8) Mike Pepitone was attacked in the night of 27 October 1919. He had been bashed on his head and was severely covered with blood. Mike Pepitone was the last of Axeman attack in New Orleans. 

What is Axeman of New Orleans case?

This is an unsolved case of a serial killer who was active in New Orleans, Lousiana from May 1918 until October 1919. There were 4 dead victims and 8 injured victims of the attacked. The victims were attacked with an axe which belongs to the victims themselves. The killer usually smashed the back door of a home and then attacked the victims with an axe or straight razor. This case cannot be classified as a robbery case as the killer did not take any valuables from the victim house. There were a few theories regarding this case. Man believed that the crimes were racially motivated because most of the victims were Italian-American. Some said that there was a mafia involvement but there was not much evidence to link with this case. Some also said that the killer only kills woman but if there was a man trying to prevent the killer's action, the killer will only kill the man. There was case where the woman in the house was killed but not the man. Another theory was that the killer committed those murders in order to promote Jazz music.  

Houses that been attacked by the Axeman 

13 March 1919, there was a letter from the killer that was published in the newspaper said that he would do his act of crime again at 12.15am  but would spare anyone's lives who played Jazz band. Therefore, on the night of March 13, all of the dance halls in New Orleans was filled with people and jazz band. Professional and amateur Jazz bands played at hundreds of houses in the town of New Orleans. Thus, there was no murder that night. The axeman was never caught or identified as his act of crimes mysteriously stopped just like how it had started.

A letter from the Axeman that was published in the newspaper 

An article from the newspaper about the Axeman

Suspects identified to be "Somerton man"

The first suspect identified to be "Somerton man" was Alfred Boxall. However, the police traced him at Marouba and he was still alive. Alfred still had the book of Rubaiyat with him and the book was still completely intact and there was no ripped page in the book. Therefore, Alfred was not the identity of the "Somerton man". The second suspect identified was E.C. Johnson. However, Johnson went to the police station to declare that he was still alive and he was not dead man found at Somerton beach. 

The third suspect identified to be Somerton man was Kliment Voroshilov who was a famous Russian Marshal. He died in 1969. He was aged 67 at the time when "Somerton man" was found dead. Therefore, he was too old to be "Somerton man" 

 

A picture of Kliment Voroshilov 

The fourth suspect identified was Robert Walsh. However, Robert was much much older than the man who was found dead on Somerton beach. Walsh was a woodcutter but there was no sign of labour on the "Somerton man" hands. Thus, Robert was not the "Somerton man" 

Facts about Tamam Shud case

On 1 December 1948, an unidentified man was found dead on Somerton beach but his identity was unknown and the cause of his death was unknown too. Six weeks after his death, a brown suitcase apparently belongs to the Somerton man was retrieved from Adelaide Railway station's cloakroom, where it had been deposited around 11 am the day before his death. The brown suitcase label was removed just like the Somerton's man clothing. In the suitcase was items such as clothes which labels had been removed, a brush, a knife and a pair of scissors. Some of the items had markings like "Kean", "Keane" and "T.Keane" which nobody with that name was reported missing and the man's identity was not found in the belongings. 

Items that had been found in the brown suitcase which belongs to the Somerton's man

Investigators also found a small scrap of printed paper ripped out of a book which contained a Persian phrase "Tamam Shud" which means "The End". It was the final words of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, a popular book at that time. 

Months later, the copy of the book had been found thrown into a carpark near the same beach where the Somerton man had been found dead. At the back of the book was written a local phone number "X3239" and several lines of chiper-like writings. The phone number belongs to a nurse name Jessica Ellen Thompson who lived not far from the beach. During the investigation had been done on her, she told the police that she had given a copy of the book to a man name Alfred Boxall. Police thought that Alfred Boxall was the dead man found at the beach. However, police found out that Alfred was still alive and live in Marouba. Thus, Alfred was not the dead man found on the beach. This leaves the police to a clueless investigation on the case. Thus making this an unsolved case of the unidentified man.