Missing
James William Hires
Hires, approximately 1981
Date and time person was reported missing : 10/12/1981
Missing location (approx) :
Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 04/29/1963 (58)
Age at the time of disappearance: 18 years old
Height / Weight : 5'11, 150 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A white button-down oxford shirt, a tan v-neck sweater, a light brown zip-up jacket, off-white slacks and brown suede loafers.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Hires has a skin discoloration on his left knee. He has a horizontal scar on his left eyebrow. His upper left arm has been fractured and his collarbone has been fractured on the right side.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Hires disappeared on October 12, 1981 from Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey. He was carrying $1100 in cash at the time of his disappearance. Hires left his parents' home at approximately 2:30 p.m. and said he was going to pick up his brother in the family car. At 4:00 p.m., his brother called and said he had not been picked up.
The vehicle Hires was last seen driving was found locked and abandoned on October 18, in Lot D at the Philadelphia Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Few details are available in Hires's case. He is missing under unknown circumstances.
Other information and links : ncy
Cherry Hill Police Department
856-488-7833
Camden County Sheriff's Office
856-225-5470
856-225-7661
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
Cherry Hill Police Department
Camden County Sheriff's Office
October 12, 2004. June 17, 2005.
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