James Edward Irby Jr. was a 52-year-old Black male when he was last seen in University City, Missouri, on September 11, 2018. Public missing-person listings identify him as male, with black hair and brown eyes, and give his date of birth as March 25, 1966; his height and weight were not listed in the available public profile. From the beginning, the public record of his disappearance has been painfully spare: he was recorded as missing from University City, and after that last known date, he
was not heard from again.
The known details leave many unanswered questions. Online case summaries do not provide a last known address, a specific street or landmark in University City, a time of day, clothing description, vehicle information, medical concerns, travel plans, or a clear account of who last saw him. The Charley Project’s case file states only that Irby was last seen in University City on September 11, 2018, that he has never been heard from again, and that few details are available in the case. That absence of public detail is itself significant, because it means the story available to the community is not a full picture of James’s life or of the circumstances surrounding his disappearance; it is a small set of facts around a much larger human loss.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is listed as the investigating agency connected to the case, with the public contact number 800-877-3452. The Highway Patrol’s active missing-persons materials explain that its missing-person information is drawn from the National Crime Information Center through investigating agencies and is updated to the public webpage automatically; the agency also directs anyone with further information to contact the investigating agency. In James’s case, that means any detail from someone who saw him, spoke with him, knew his routines, or noticed a change around September 11, 2018, could matter, even if it seemed small at the time.
As the years passed after September 2018, the publicly available record did not grow into a fuller narrative. There are no widely available public accounts describing a search location, a confirmed destination, a recovered vehicle, a known route, or a reported explanation for why James disappeared. The case remains represented online mainly through a concise missing-person profile: James Edward Irby Jr., born March 25, 1966, age 52 at the time he vanished, a Black male with black hair and brown eyes, missing from University City, Missouri, since September 11, 2018. The lack of additional detail should not be mistaken for a lack of importance; behind the brief listing is a man whose absence left questions for those who knew him and concern for those still seeking answers.
No online source reviewed here provided a confirmed resolution stating that James Edward Irby Jr. had been found alive or located deceased, and no exact later date of resolution is available in the public information found. What remains is a quiet and unresolved public record centered on a single last-seen date and place: September 11, 2018, in University City, Missouri. In overview, this case is the disappearance of James Edward Irby Jr., a 52-year-old man whose available description is limited to his race, sex, hair color, eye color, date of birth, and missing location; he was last known to be in University City, the Missouri State Highway Patrol is listed as the agency connected to the case, and the public narrative remains marked by few disclosed circumstances, no widely reported timeline beyond the day he was last seen, and a continuing need for reliable information that could help explain what happened to him.Last Seen: Sep 11, 2018
