November 17, 1989Rupert, IdahoThe burned body of an infant girl is found near a landfill WARNING: some of the details of this article are graphic. A stranded motorist and his young son found a discarded metal drum near the Minidoka County landfill. Within the drum was the charred remains of an infant. The son did…
Woman dies by supposed suicide by furnace
November 17, 1924 Bexley, Ohio Addie Sheatsley dies in a furnace, supposedly during a suicide For reasons unknown, Sheatsley is suspected to have climbed into a large furnace, partially cremating herself from the waist down. Her children found the smell unusual and investigated, though her 16-year-old son Clarence later stated he witnessed his mother burning…