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James Wright Missing Person Case

Last seen in Redding, California on Aug 23, 1988

Victim Details

Sep 30, 2025

Sep 30, 2025

James

Wright

56

19

64 inches

66 inches

160 lbs

170 lbs

American Indian / Alaska Native

Male

Aug 23, 1988

Redding

California

Shasta County

Redding

No

178232

Redding Police Department

Redding

California

Shasta County

96001

777 Cypress Avenue, California

5302254200

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.cityofredding.org/departments/police-department

RPD25-011176

Redding Police Department

Black

Brown

Brown

Yes

08/08/2026


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James Homer Wright, a 19-year-old male from Redding, California, disappeared in 1988, beginning a mystery that would remain unresolved for nearly four decades. Although some secondary listings have given August 23, 1988, as the date he vanished, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and later reporting based on the official investigation identify his last known contact as November 23, 1988. Wright, affectionately known to his family as "Little Man," was a young Native American man ...
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Last Seen: Aug 23, 1988

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