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James Dupree Lewis, known as Squirt, was four years old when he disappeared from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was last reportedly seen on July 27, 1991; his mother, Debra A. Johnson, and her live‑in boyfriend, Maurice Marcell Martin, reported him missing the morning of July 28, 1991. Martin told police he had left James alone in a car outside a Giant Food supermarket on North Reservoir Street and returned minutes later to find the child gone.
Investigators later concluded Martin’s account was not truthful and uncovered a history of severe, ongoing abuse. Neighbors and family members described harsh punishments; child welfare had investigated the household and closed a case two months before James vanished. In October 1991 Martin was charged with criminal homicide. At trial the prosecution argued he had fabricated an abduction to hide the abuse; in May 1992 a jury convicted him of third‑degree murder. Martin was sentenced to prison and released in 2012.
Martin never admitted involvement and never disclosed the location of James’s remains. The boy’s body has not been found, and the family has not had a burial. Does anyone have information about James’s final whereabouts or evidence that could help locate his remains?