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James Thomas Rankin, a 39-year-old white male born on August 15, 1941, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was tragically murdered on March 20, 1981. At the time of his death, he was residing in Mohave, California. Rankin was kidnapped on March 19, 1981, from the parking lot of a Denny's restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, by Kelvin Shelby Malone and his accomplice, Michael Terry Crenshaw. The assailants forced Rankin into the trunk of his own car and drove him across state lines to a remote area in the Mojave ...Read More
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James T. Rankin
Male
White / Caucasian
Mohave
CA
1981-03-20
39
James
T. Rankin
12/03/2025
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Wow, I just read about a really interesting twist in the James Rankin case from back in the '80s. It... ...Read More
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