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James Shaw Missing Person Case

Last seen in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 04, 1971

Victim Details

Oct 29, 2012

May 08, 2024

James

Shaw

96

41

74 inches

200 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

May 04, 1971

Las Vegas

Nevada

Clark County

12548

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Las Vegas

Nevada

Clark County

89106

400 South Martin Luther King Boulevard, Nevada

7028283111

Local

Law Enforcement

www.lvmpd.com

080626-2108

2008-06-26

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Brown

Blue

Blue

No

08/23/2026


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In the late hours of a spring evening in 1971, James Anthony Shaw, a 41-year-old man known as Jim, concluded his work at Whittlesea car rentals in Las Vegas, Nevada. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on May 4th, he departed from his workplace, situated at the intersection of Tropicana Boulevard and Paradise Road. His home was only a short distance away, yet he never arrived. The hours that followed his departure would mark the beginning of a long and troubling mystery, as all traces of Shaw seemed to ...
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Last Seen: May 04, 1971

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