WI WI - Waukesha, 'Little Lord Fauntleroy' WhtMale 5-7, 1377UMWI, in quarry, Mar'1921

[Susikatze]

And I am fairly certain this boy is indeed Homer.

 

[Springrain]

And I am fairly certain this boy is indeed Homer.

I agree. As I said above, I think this will turn out to be like the Sharon Lee Gallegos/Little Miss Nobody case.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Nameless for a Century: Little Lord Fauntleroy, 1921

A young boy was murdered and thrown into a quarry. Over 100 years later, he remains unidentified.

historyofyesterday.com

 

[RyGuy611]

Nameless for a Century: Little Lord Fauntleroy, 1921

A young boy was murdered and thrown into a quarry. Over 100 years later, he remains unidentified.

historyofyesterday.com

I had never heard of baby farming until now.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Little Lord Fauntleroy (murder victim) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Thinking of Little Lord Fauntleroy, I know that this case could be solved thanks to genetic genealogy.

 

[Triss]

And I am fairly certain this boy is indeed Homer.

You and me both. I wish LE didn't neglect the investigation while his father was still alive.

 

[Richard]

Bumping this thread up...

 

[John/Jane Doe]

On March 8, 2023, it will be 102 years since the discovery of "Little Lord Fauntleroy".

Currently, genetic genealogy is the only option to solve this case.

 

[AubrieC]

102 years have since passed. @othram were you able to grab this case? If so I'd love to donate to the funds. Also we need to get him on Namus! Social media is also powerful even with more than 100 years gone by. Someone's grandparents knew something! Maybe I'll try and attempt making a Tiktok about him.

 

[Lightshade]

102 years have since passed. @othram were you able to grab this case? If so I'd love to donate to the funds. Also we need to get him on Namus! Social media is also powerful even with more than 100 years gone by. Someone's grandparents knew something! Maybe I'll try and attempt making a Tiktok about him.

Really, people sometimes underestimate how meticulous records of their loved ones some families keep. Especially since the clues hint to this boy being from an affluent family, who would have had more cause to do things like take photographs and keep copies of birth certificates. Random stuff like that can be tucked away in the corner of an attic or garage for years on end with no one thinking of them till it comes time to move house.

Not to mention, while rare, there ARE some people in their nineties and still have all their marbles who might remember hearing about their older brother or a cousin or even a close family friend who went missing before they were alive. My Nana is 92, but I know she'd remember instantly if there had been a member of her extended family on either maternal or paternal sides who had mysteriously gone missing before she was born. But those people generally aren't on the web, so it's going to take a trickling down going from one generation to the next with this story to get it to the right set of ears.

That being said, I think the chances of this being Homer are excellent. It was just a matter of not enough communication being done between LE departments and proof that they could probably charge the father with. As frustrating as it is, just because someone has a highly suspicious story, is very sketchy in behavior, and excellent reasons for wanting to get rid of their children, you can't just arrest them without proof. The police would still would have needed some evidence to charge him with if they wanted to make a case against him.

 

[voicefromtheholler]

i am most curious about edmond lemay, his missing wife number one, the mother of the boy? and his missing, assumed murdered wife number 3 and wife number 2? was there a divorce there or did she die under mysterious circumstances? i have looked and found minimal information. someone correct me but what i assume from what i have read is that homer lemay was not linked to little doe until 1949?? why then? did someone come forward to police with information that they believed this to be the child? all these years later, or did police suspect homer was LLF from the beginning?? an article i read suggested edmond probably killed the boys mother, then the boy, remarried, tried to kill that wife? was there evidence of this attempt?? then the last wife goes missing and is assumed dead. years later a skull is found in the area. help me dig here people????

 

[lightofmine99]

This is one I think could still be solved via genealogy DNA. The person(s) responsible are all long gone now but he would have his name back and we might have more evidence supporting the Lemay theory.

 

[Richard]

Bumping this thread up.

 

[dotr]

1377UMWI

1377UMWI - Unidentified Male​

Sketch of the victim; Clothing worn by the victim; Victim's headstone

Date of Discovery: March 8, 1921
Location of Discovery: Waukesha, Wisconsin
Estimated Date of Death: Up to several months prior
State of Remains: Unknown
Cause of Death: Homicide

Physical Description​

Estimated Age: 5-7 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 3'6"
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: He was well dressed in good quality clothes: Patent leather shoes with cloth tops, gray Bradley sweater, underwear (size 6), light blouse, and black lightweight stockings. No overcoat was located.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery​

The body of the young boy was found floating in the O'Laughlin Quarry (now Waukesha Lime and Stone). He had been struck in the head before being thrown into the water.

About five weeks before the body was found, a man and woman in an automobile stopped and asked an employee of the quarry if anyone had seen a young boy. The woman was crying and wearing a red coat. The couple was never heard from again.

He was laid out for viewing in the funeral home and a $1000 reward was offered in efforts to identify him.

The boy was dubbed "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and was laid to rest in the Prairie Home Cemetery.

Police investigated whether the body was that of Homer Lemay. Lemay's father stated that the child had been killed in a car accident after being taken to South America by acquantances who had adopted him. Investigators could find no record of Homer Lemay being killed in South America.