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James Bonelli Missing Person Case

Last seen in Cleveland, Ohio on Apr 27, 1989

Victim Details

Feb 01, 2016

Nov 16, 2018

James

Bonelli

68

31

70 inches

72 inches

160 lbs

170 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Apr 27, 1989

Cleveland

Ohio

Cuyahoga County

44110

17945

Cleveland Police Department - Headquarters

Cleveland

Ohio

Cuyahoga County

44113

Michael Legg

Detective

1300 Ontario Street, Ohio

2166235218

Local

Law Enforcement

1989-033750

1989-05-13

Cleveland Police Department - Headquarters

Brown

Brown

Brown

07/12/2026


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In the spring of 1989, a 31-year-old man named James Bonelli seemingly vanished from his life in Cleveland, Ohio. He was last in contact with anyone on April 27, 1989. Standing between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall, and weighing around 160 to 170 pounds, James was a man with brown hair and brown eyes. He wore glasses and had a distinctive tattoo of a panther on his upper right arm. At the time he went missing, he may have had sideburns and possibly a beard. His life at that moment, and the re ...
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Last Seen: Apr 27, 1989

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