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James Lewis Missing Person Case

Last seen in Lancaster City, Pennsylvania on Jul 27, 1991

Victim Details

Aug 08, 2011

Jan 12, 2024

James

Lewis

38

4

39 inches

60 lbs

Black / African American

Male

Jul 27, 1991

Lancaster City

Pennsylvania

Lancaster County

17602

No

27759

Lancaster City Bureau of Police

Lancaster

Pennsylvania

Lancaster County

17603

Thomas Ginder

Detective

39 West Chestnut Street, Pennsylvania

7177353300

Local

Law Enforcement

http://lancasterpolice.com/

1991-07-28

Lancaster City Bureau of Police

Black

Brown

Brown

07/08/2026


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In the summer of 1991, a four-year-old boy named James Dupree Lewis, affectionately known as 'Squirt,' vanished from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The last day he was reportedly seen was July 27, 1991. His mother, Debra A. Johnson, and her live-in boyfriend, Maurice Marcell Martin, reported him missing on the morning of July 28, 1991. Martin told police that he had left young James alone in the car while he quickly went into a Giant Food supermarket on North Reservoir Street. He claimed tha ...
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Last Seen: Jul 27, 1991

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