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James Couto Missing Person Case

Last seen in Fairhaven, Massachusetts on Jan 02, 1992

Victim Details

Sep 30, 2014

Feb 25, 2022

James

Couto

56

22

70 inches

180 lbs

200 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jan 02, 1992

Fairhaven

Massachusetts

Bristol County

23529

Lakeville Police Department

Lakeville

Massachusetts

Plymouth County

02347

Sean Joyce

Lt.

323 Bedford Street, Massachusetts

5089474422

Local

Law Enforcement

http://www.lakevillepd.org/index.html

00018

Lakeville Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

07/06/2026


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In the winter of 1992, a young man named James Michael Couto vanished, leaving his family with decades of unanswered questions. He was 22 years old when he was last seen by a relative in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on January 2nd of that year. At the time, James was living in North Dartmouth, specifically in the 1000 block of Cross Road. The days turned into weeks, and the weeks into months, with no word from James, a silence that was deeply concerning to those who knew him. The circumstances surr ...
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Last Seen: Jan 02, 1992

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  • James Michael Couto - The Charley Project
  • Missing Person / NamUs #MP26294 - Office of Justice Programs
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