James Edward Doxtator was 14 when he disappeared in mid-January 1988 after being reported missing from the West Allis area. Accounts place his death on January 16 or in the early hours of January 17. At the time investigators had no body and no clear evidence explaining his disappearance.

Jeffrey Dahmer later told police he met Doxtator near the 219 Club in Milwaukee, lured him to the West Allis home where Dahmer was living, drugged and strangled him, then dismembered and destroyed the remains. No identifiable remains of Doxtator were ever recovered, which prolonged uncertainty about his fate until Dahmer’s arrest in July 1991. Dahmer identified Doxtator from photographs; prosecutors charged him with Doxtator’s murder and the jury found him criminally responsible. Dahmer received consecutive life terms in February 1992, but Doxtator’s family never recovered his remains.

Does anyone have memories of Doxtator, the 219 Club area, or the West Allis neighborhood from 1988 that could add context to the case?