Missing
James Junhee Goh
Goh, approximately 2008
Date and time person was reported missing : 02/24/2008
Missing location (approx) :
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
Asian
DOB : 11/01/1984 (36)
Age at the time of disappearance: 23 years old
Height / Weight : 5'3, 160 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Asian male. Black hair, black eyes. Some accounts give Goh's middle names as "Jun Hee" or "Jun-Hee." He is of Korean descent.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Goh was last seen in Rancho Palos Verdes, California on February 24, 2008. He and two friends were walking on the rocks near the Point Vicente Lighthouse at 6:35 p.m. when a wave knocked one of the three men into the water.
Goh went into the water and rescued his friend, and was coming out of the ocean himself when he was swept away by another wave and disappeared. He has never been heard from again. An extensive search turned up no sign of him.
Goh was born in Seoul, South Korea, but grew up in California. He graduated from the University of California at Irvine in 2006. He's presumed deceased.
Other information and links : ncy
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
323-890-5500
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
The Daily Breeze
Palos Verdes
October 12, 2004. April 15, 2013; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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