Missing
Obaidullah James Shams
Shams, approximately 1997
Date and time person was reported missing : 10/08/1997
Missing location (approx) :
Lancaster, California
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 08/19/1967 (53)
Age at the time of disappearance: 30 years old
Height / Weight : 5'7, 137 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Black pants, a black shirt and black pull-on biker boots.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Black hair, brown eyes. Shams may use the first name Chams or the alias James Anderson.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Shams was last seen in Lancaster, California on October 8, 1997. He had planned to travel to northern California with a friend that month. He disappeared shortly after stopping in Palmdale, California. Shams has never been heard from again.
Authorities said that Chas Timothy Davis was one of the last people to see Shams. Davis was arrested on drug charges near west 40th Street and Avenue L in Los Angeles County, California in May 1998. He was apprehended by Shams's investigating officers and questioned about the case, but he has not been charged in connection with it.
Shams resided in San Diego, California in 1997. Foul play is suspected in his case.
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 News Of Los Angeles
October 12, 2004. August 1, 2006; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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