Perth John Doe was a male who was hit by a train in Perth, Western Australia in 1998 -
Perth John Doe
Perth John Doe
I have tried for a while to confirm that William Maddison French has been ruled out as being this John Doe, but can't find anything.
I assume they must have ruled it out since it happened fairly close together both geographically and in time.
But I also think they look similar.
The height is the only part that stands out as different, but I don't think it'd be impossible that one or both of the reported heights are a bit off.
An option I believe that could explain why he hasn’t been identified is it’s quite possible he had a falling out with family and they stop speaking and because they weren’t on speaking terms they never reported him as missing and even if they saw this they may not think anything of it.Welcome to WS, Katrell. TY For starting John Doe's thread.
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MISSING PERSON - UNIDENTIFIED ADULT MALE - LATHLAIN WA - 07/MAR/1998 - Crime Stoppers Western Australia
WA Police Force Senior Constable Jen Robinson led the search for a family member, a friend-anyone who might have known the man but found no one.
Although ‘John Doe’ has been missing since 1998, we do not know if he is missed.
It shows that missing persons – even those police cannot identify – are never completely forgotten.
The Major Crime Squad Missing Persons Unit is again calling for public assistance in their investigation into the identity of a man killed on Saturday 7 March, 1998.
The man died instantly after being hit by a northbound train between the Burswood and Victoria Park Train Stations about 11.20pm.
Despite extensive inquiries over the last 20 years, the man has not been identified. In an attempt to discover the identity of this man, DNA and fingerprinting testing was undertaken and ran both domestically and internationally. He was even profiled on the national crime show ‘Australia Most Wanted’ in the hope that someone would recognise him and the circumstances surrounding his death – this was not the case.
Senior Constable Jen Robinson organised a funeral for the unknown man in 1999 and wants answers as much as anyone. “We just wanted to be able to say to his family ‘we did give your son a farewell.’” Jen continues “The seventh of March doesn’t go by without me thinking of him – it’s like Remembrance Day for me.”
The man is described as having fair skin, aged between 20 and 40 years of age, slim to medium build, between 170 and 175cm tall, hazel eyes and balding with ginger/blonde hair. He was wearing a green/blue business shirt, green trousers, brown belt and black Rivers brand shoes.
Attached is a composite image of what the man is believed to have looked like. The second image is a still photograph from an ABC simulated footage showing what the man was wearing at the time.
Cast your memory back, were you near Burswood or Victoria Park Train Stations in Perth on 7 March 1998? Did you know someone who went missing around that time? You may have a small piece of the larger picture.
If anyone knows the identity of the man or has further information about this case, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make an online report below. You can remain anonymous if you wish.
My apologies I was tired when I wrote this … they said haven’t seen him since 1996 not 2016 on Facebook I would always for last 5+ years or search for this and try to find posts but recently while changing the words around alot came across a post from 2012. Something I read in replies kept coming back to me and even when I would wake up I could tell I must have been dreaming about what I had read and yesterday I searched for an hour trying different words to try to find the post.
Eventually found it and msg all the details I could to someone on a Facebook group that I know has done a lot of work to try to solve this case and is a policewoman
What I read in the post was 1 person saying a name of who they said it looked like then a second person saying if it is him I haven’t seen him since 2016… one of them said In a seperate reply later on that they were waiting to hear back from police . But no more was said. I looked at both accounts didn’t have much on them since it was in 2012 but when I searched both names I found both of them with new Facebook accounts. Both went to Kent Street High School! And if you look at where that school is compared to where this accident happened it’s very very close … so it just peaked my interest and thought i better check this out with someone ! Let’s hope
You’re right, he’s been identified publicly as 20-year-old Mark Peter Dixon, from New South Wales.Apparently solved (use the Google cache)