Cases from the United Kingdom as well as separate nations in close proximity.
England[]
Pre-1960[]
"The Unknown Sailor," 1786
HOMICIDE
St. Martins John Doe, 1830
ACCIDENT
Chester John Doe, 1862
ACCIDENT
Somerset House John Doe, 1866
Battersea Jane Doe, 1873
HOMICIDE
Putney Jane Doe, 1874
HOMICIDE
"Rainham Mystery," 1887
HOMICIDE
"Whitehall Mystery," 1888
HOMICIDE
"Pinchin Street Torso," 1889
HOMICIDE
"Lambeth Mystery," 1902
HOMICIDE
Robert Hicks Murray, 1912
SUICIDE
Robin Hoods Bay John Doe, 1917
KILLED IN ACTION
Hardingstone John Doe, 1930
HOMICIDE
Folkestone Jane Doe, 1931
"Pretty Feet," 1934
HOMICIDE
Brooklands Does, 1940
HOMICIDE
Whitley Bay Jane Does, 1941
HOMICIDE
Whitley Bay Jane Doe, 1941
HOMICIDE
Whitley Bay Jane Doe, 1941
HOMICIDE
Whitley Bay Jane Doe, 1941
HOMICIDE
Hartlepool John Does, 1941
KILLED IN ACTION
"Wych Elm Bella," 1943
HOMICIDE
Gosport John Doe, 1944
KILLED IN ACTION
Gosport John Doe, 1944
KILLED IN ACTION
"Body in the Cylinder," 1945
1960s[]
London John Doe, 1967
SUICIDE
Greater London John Doe, 1968
London John Doe, 1968
SUSPECTED SUICIDE
Ingoldmells John Doe, 1969
1970s[]
1970[]
Manchester John Doe, 1970
NATURAL
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1970
Tilbury Docks John Doe, 1970
Greater London John Doe, 1970
Lambeth John Doe, 1970
ACCIDENT
Islington John Doe, 1970
SUICIDE
Slough John Doe, 1970
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
Sandwell John Doe, 1970
SUICIDE
Chelsea Reach John Doe, 1970
1971[]
"Fred the Head," 1971
SUSPECTED HOMICIDE
Barnes Passage John Doe, 1971
Buxton John Doe, 1971
SUICIDE
Lydd-on-Sea John Doe, 1971
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1971
1972[]
Worthington John Doe, 1972
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1972
Birkenhead John Doe, 1972
Grenville Place John Doe, 1972
London John Doe, 1972
ACCIDENT
1973[]
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1973
Iver John Doe, 1973
SUICIDE
Fort Bovisand John Doe, 1973
1974[]
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1974
East Hyde John Doe, 1974
SUICIDE
Cambridgeshire John Doe, 1974
Birmingham John Doe, 1974
"Norfolk Headless Body," 1974
HOMICIDE
Lyme Regis Jane Doe, 1974
Barnet John Doe, 1974
NATURAL
Handsworth Jane Doe, 1974
1975[]
Islington John Doe, 1975
ACCIDENT
Westminster Jane Doe, 1975
ACCIDENT
Baldock Jane Doe, 1975
ACCIDENT
Dorset John Doe, 1975
OVERDOSE
Mile End Man, 1975
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT/
SUSPECTED SUICIDE
Rotherhithe John Doe, 1975
Greater London Jane Doe, 1975
Camden John Doe, 1975
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT\
SUSPECTED SUICIDE
"James Brennan," 1975
ACCIDENT
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1975
Greater London John Doe, 1975
Thurlestone John Doe, 1975
1976[]
Hackney Jane Doe, 1976
NATURAL
Scunthorpe John Doe, 1976
Islington John Doe, 1976
ACCIDENT
Shugborough Jane Doe, 1976
ACCIDENT
Westminster John Doe, 1976
Westminster Jane Doe, 1976
Great Yarmouth John Doe, 1976
1977[]
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1977
NATURAL
Workington John Doe, 1977
Colne Point John Doe, 1977
Kensington Jane Doe, 1977
"Lady in the Thames," 1977
Greater London Jane Doe, 1977
1978[]
Longton John Doe, 1978
EXPOSURE
Westminster John Doe, 1978
OVERDOSE
Knottingley John Doe, 1978
Westminster John Doe, 1978
OVERDOSE
1979[]
Folkestone Jane Doe, 1979
Hackney Jane Doe, 1979
EXPOSURE
Wandsworth Jane Doe, 1979
Porth Minick John Doe, 1979
Hammersmith John Doe, 1979
Hinckley John Doe, 1979
NATURAL
Donnington John Doe, 1979
Penton Hook John Doe, 1979
Newham John Doe, 1979
SUICIDE
Greater London John Doe, 1979
ACCIDENT
Haringey John Doe, 1979
OVERDOSE
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1979
Little Waltham John Doe, 1979
Southwark John Doe, 1979
NATURAL
"Bedgebury Forest Woman," 1979
HOMICIDE
Southwark John Doe, 1979
NATURAL
Buckhurst Hill John Doe, 1979
1980s[]
1980[]
Great Wakering John Doe, 1980
West Lulworth John Doe, 1980
SUSPECTED OVERDOSE
Forest of Dean John Doe, 1980
Shrewsbury John Doe, 1980
Kensington John Doe, 1980
NATURAL
Westminster John Doe, 1980
Greater London John Doe, 1980
Hammersmith John Doe, 1980
Kent John Doe, 1980
SUICIDE
Ranmore Common John Doe, 1980
SUICIDE
Havering John Doe, 1980
ACCIDENT
1981[]
South Shields John Doe, 1981
Otford John Doe, 1981
ACCIDENT
Wandsworth John Doe, 1981
Camden John Doe, 1981
ACCIDENT
Epping Forest John Doe, 1981
Enfield Jane Doe, 1981
ACCIDENT
Westminster John Doe, 1981
SUSPECTED SUICIDE/
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
"Nude in the Nettles," 1981
HOMICIDE
Hartlepool John Doe, 1981
SUICIDE
1982[]
Greater London John Doe, 1982
West Kirby John Doe, 1982
Huddersfield John Doe, 1982
Greater London John Doe, 1982
Wandsworth John Doe, 1982
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1982
London John Doe, 1982
SUICIDE
Westminster John Doe, 1982
1983[]
Ashford John Doe, 1983
OVERDOSE
Ealing John Doe, 1983
SUICIDE
Battersea John Doe, 1983
SUICIDE
Bellamy Wharf John Doe, 1983
"Ali Hussein Levhi," 1983
SUSPECTED SUICIDE/
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
1984[]
Greenhithe John Doe, 1984
EXPOSURE
Chelsea Reach John Doe, 1984
Hammersmith John Doe, 1984
Westminster John Doe, 1984
Lambeth John Doe, 1984
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT/
SUSPECTED SUICIDE
Chester John Doe, 1984
SUICIDE
Shoeburyness John Doe, 1984
Wandsworth John Doe, 1984
Liverpool John Doe, 1984
SUICIDE
Westminster John Doe, 1984
Barnet Jane Doe, 1984
SUSPECTED EXPOSURE
1985[]
Lambeth Jane Doe, 1985
EXPOSURE
Southend-on-Sea John Doe, 1985
Westminster John Doe, 1985
SUICIDE
Ipswich John Doe, 1985
ACCIDENT
Greater London John Doe, 1985
Wandsworth John Doe, 1985
Hammersmith John Doe, 1985
ACCIDENT
1986[]
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1986
NATURAL
Limehouse Reach John Doe, 1986
Greater London John Doe, 1986
EXPOSURE
Fan Bay John Doe, 1986
SUSPECTED SUICIDE
Wandsworth John Doe, 1986
Camden John Doe, 1986
SUICIDE
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1986
1987[]
Lichfield John Doe, 1987
SUICIDE
Islington John Doe, 1987
ACCIDENT
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1987
1988[]
Aldgate East John Doe, 1988
Felixstowe John Doe, 1988
ACCIDENT
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 1988
Portishead John Doe, 1988
Greater London John Doe, 1988
NATURAL
Westminster John Doe, 1988
SUICIDE
Folkestone John Doe, 1988
1989[]
London John Doe, 1989
NATURAL
Greater London John Doe, 1989
ACCIDENT
Brent John Doe, 1989
ACCIDENT
Workington John Doe, 1989
Derwent Valley John Doe, 1989
SUICIDE
Greater London John Doe, 1989
"Millom Tip Baby," 1989
SUSPECTED HOMICIDE/
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
1990s[]
1990[]
"Christopher Oliver," 1990
Manchester John Doe, 1990
SUSPECTED SUICIDE/
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
Birmingham John Doe, 1990
NATURAL
Richmond John Doe, 1990
SUICIDE
London Jane Doe, 1990
ACCIDENT
Wandsworth John Doe, 1990
SUICIDE
Westminster John Doe, 1990
Greenwich John Doe, 1990
NATURAL
1991[]
Croydon John Doe, 1991
SUICIDE
Balcombe John Doe, 1991
SUICIDE
Brent John Doe, 1991
NATURAL
"Bolney Torso," 1991
HOMICIDE
Blundeston John Doe, 1991
SUICIDE
Linnyshaw Moss John Doe, 1991
1992[]
Greater London John Doe, 1992
NATURAL
Wandsworth John Doe, 1992
Westminster John Doe, 1992
NATURAL
Sunderland John Doe, 1992
Empingham John Doe, 1992
ACCIDENT
1993[]
Thirsk John Doe, 1993
ACCIDENT
Burnham-on-Sea Jane Doe, 1993
Stockton-on-Tees John Doe, 1993
Bexley John Doe, 1993
SUICIDE
Withernsea John Doe, 1993
London John Doe, 1993
NATURAL
Camden John Doe, 1993
SUICIDE
Waverton John Doe, 1993
ACCIDENT
Coventry John Doe, 1993
SUSPECTED SUICIDE
1994[]
Fountain Court John Doe, 1994
Camden John Doe, 1994
EXPOSURE
Hertfordshire John Doe, 1994
NATURAL
Sheffield John Doe, 1994
ACCIDENT
Westminster John Doe, 1994
NATURAL
1995[]
St Albans John Doe, 1995
SUICIDE
"Kenny Williams," 1995
SUICIDE
1996[]
Haringey John Doe, 1996
SUICIDE
Bristol John Doe, 1996
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
"Kirasarawa," 1996
SUSPECTED OVERDOSE
Camden John Doe, 1996
EXPOSURE
1997[]
"Old Ragbones," 1997
NATURAL
Avon Bridge John Doe, 1997
Gloucester John Doe, 1997
SUICIDE
Rottingdean Jane Doe, 1997
ACCIDENT
Porthgwarra John Doe, 1997
1998[]
London John Doe, 1998
SUICIDE
Dover John Doe, 1998
SUSPECTED SUICIDE/
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
London John Doe, 1998
SUICIDE
1999[]
Brent John Doe, 1999
SUICIDE
Malborough John Doe, 1999
Barking John Doe, 1999
SUICIDE
Skelmersdale John Doe, 1999
Putney John Doe, 1999
ACCIDENT
Dover John Doe, 1999
SUSPECTED SUICIDE/
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
Crosby John Doe, 1999
SUICIDE
Lambeth John Doe, 1999
ACCIDENT
2000s[]
2000[]
Great Milton John Doe, 2000
ACCIDENT
Tower Hamlets John Doe, 2000
SUICIDE
Kent Jane Doe, 2000
SUSPECTED SUICIDE/
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
"Peter Jackson," 2000
NATURAL
Essex John Doe, 2000
EXPOSURE
2001[]
Ealing John Doe, 2001
NATURAL
Greater London John Doe, 2001
SUICIDE
Hammersmith John Doe, 2001
London John Doe, 2001
SUSPECTED NATURAL
"Annah Kaabwche," 2001
NATURAL
Canterbury John Doe, 2001
SUICIDE
Bromley John Doe, 2001
ACCIDENT
Croydon John Doe, 2001
EXPOSURE
2002[]
Somerset John Doe, 2002
HOMICIDE
Northamptonshire Jane Doe, 2002
NATURAL
Hillingdon John Doe, 2002
SUSPECTED NATURAL
Portishead John Doe, 2002
Northamptonshire John Doe, 2002
Greater London Jane Doe, 2002
2003[]
Manchester John Doe, 2003
SUSPECTED EXPOSURE /
SUSPECTED NATURAL
Epping Forest Jane Doe, 2003
Greater London John Doe, 2003
Selby John Doe, 2003
SUSPECTED SUICIDE /
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
Oakleigh Park John Doe, 2003
SUSPECTED SUICIDE /
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
Rombalds Moor John Doe, 2003
SUICIDE
Hitchin John Doe, 2003
SUSPECTED SUICIDE /
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
2004[]
Lambeth John Doe, 2004
ACCIDENT
"Aron Davis," 2004
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
Hull John Doe, 2004
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
Greater London Jane Doe, 2004
SUICIDE
Hertfordshire John Doe, 2004
SUICIDE
Wembley Point Woman, 2004
SUICIDE
Leyton John Doe, 2004
SUSPECTED SUICIDE /
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
2005[]
Greater London John Doe, 2005
Twemlow Green John Doe, 2005
Hassocks John Doe, 2005
SUICIDE
2006[]
Cambridgeshire John Doe, 2006
ACCIDENT
"Mary Kofi," 2006
OVERDOSE
Greater London John Doe, 2006
Northamptonshire John Doe, 2006
SUICIDE
Westminster John Doe, 2006
2007[]
Kent John Doe, 2007
ACCIDENT
Greenwich John Doe, 2007
ACCIDENT
Islington John Doe, 2007
NATURAL
Buckinghamshire John Doe, 2007
2008[]
Cricklewood John Doe, 2008
Wadebridge John Doe, 2008
Greenwich John Doe, 2008
SUSPECTED SUICIDE
2009[]
Manchester John Doe, 2009
2010s[]
2010[]
"Angel of the Meadow," 2010
HOMICIDE
Lewisham John Doe, 2010
NATURAL
London John Doe, 2010
SUICIDE
Ealing John Doe, 2010
SUICIDE
Bloomsbury John Doe, 2010
2011[]
Lancashire John Doe, 2011
Hackney Jane Doe, 2011
SUICIDE
2012[]
Sowerby Bridge John Doe, 2012
SUICIDE
Huddersfield John Doe, 2012
Bexhill-on-Sea John Doe, 2012
2013[]
Wigan John Doe, 2013
SUICIDE
Greater Manchester John Doe, 2013
2014[]
Nottinghamshire John Doe, 2014
Westminster John Doe, 2014
SUSPECTED SUICIDE/
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
East Sussex John Doe, 2014
Croydon John Doe, 2014
SUICIDE
Hendon John Doe, 2014
SUICIDE
Beachy Head Jane Doe, 2014
SUICIDE
2015[]
Glasson Dock John Doe, 2015
2016[]
Forest Gate John Doe, 2016
HOMICIDE
Greenwich John Doe, 2016
SUICIDE
2017[]
Caterham John Doe, 2017
NATURAL
Hollow Glen John Doe, 2017
NATURAL
East Sussex Jane Doe, 2017
ACCIDENT/
SUICIDE
"Hampshire Barn Man," 2017
NATURAL
2018[]
Cirencester John Doe, 2018
Beachy Head Jane Doe, 2018
Beachy Head John Doe, 2018
SUICIDE
Huntingdon John Doe, 2018
2019[]
London John Doe, 2019
ACCIDENT
Beachy Head John Doe, 2019
Northamptonshire John Doe, 2019
ACCIDENT
2020s[]
2020[]
"Baby S," 2020
SUSPECTED HOMICIDE
Hertfordshire John Doe, 2020
"Sudbury Bag of Bones," 2020
HOMICIDE
Sennen Beach John Doe, 2020
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT/
SUSPECTED SUICIDE
Isle of Wight John Doe, 2020
Mortlake John Doe, 2020
EXPOSURE
2021[]
Peterborough John Doe, 2021
2022[]
West Sussex John Doe, 2022
2023[]
Newcastle-under-Lyme John Doe, 2023
Roa Island John Doe, 2023
2024[]
Southampton John Doe, 2024
2025[]
Greater London Jane Doe, 2025
SUSPECTED SUICIDE/
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
Alderney[]
Guernsey[]
Isle of Man[]
Isle of Man John Doe, 1997
Jersey[]
Scotland[]
Bothwell John Doe, 1679
Killed In Action
"Unknown Bairn," 1971
SUSPECTED NATURAL
North Berwick Jane Doe, 1972
Solway Firth Jane Doe, 1973
Auchenmalg Beach John Doe, 1977
Glen Nevis John Doe, 1978
Nithsdale John Doe, 1978
NATURAL
Muckle Flugga John Doe, 1978
Durness John Doe, 1982
SUICIDE/
ACCIDENT
Edinburgh John Doe, 1984
SUICIDE
Leanachan Forest John Doe, 1985
SUICIDE
Edinburgh John Doe, 1987
SUICIDE
"Craig Millar," 2001
HOMICIDE
Port Logan Jane Doe, 2006
Broughty Ferry John Doe, 2007
"Burnside Plantation Man," 2010
SUICIDE
"Balmore Man," 2011
SUICIDE
Wales[]
Bangor John Doe, 1970
SUICIDE
Goldcliffe John Doe, 1973
Ceredigion Jane Doe, 1974
Capel Curig John Doe, 1975
Porthcrawl John Doe, 1976
Redwick John Doe, 1977
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
Barmouth Jane Doe, 1978
SUSPECTED ACCIDENT
Colwyn Bay John Doe, 1978
Port Talbot John Doe, 1979
Musselwich Beach Jane Doe, 1987
Mynydd Fron-Felen John Doe, 2000
NATURAL
Mountain Ash John Doe, 2001
Llanfairfechan John Doe, 2002
SUICIDE
St Margaret's Island John Doe, 2003
Pontyberem John Doe, 2006
Capel Curig John Doe, 2011
EXPOSURE
Clocaenog Forest Man, 2015
HOMICIDE