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James T. Rankin

Case from Mohave, CA dated Mar 20, 1981

Victim Details

James T. Rankin

Male

White / Caucasian

Mohave

CA

1981-03-20

39

James

T. Rankin

07/08/2026

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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 ...
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  • Kelvin Malone - Wikipedia
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