I have been looking into this case as well as several other missing people in Schuylkill County. There is something dark within this county. I talked with this one person about a year ago. She told me what she was told happened to James. And that he was not alive anymore. She even showed me the house where she claims he was held and then eventually killed in. The police were made aware of this information. But that isnt going to help much at all. From what I was told, not only by this woman but by a few other people as well.... there are a few Pottsville police officers as well as Schuylkill Haven Police officers that are involved in what happened to James. I will be meeting up with that woman again tomorrow to discuss these details a little more thoroughly. I will update with any new information as it becomes available to me. But if the police are truly involved in this.... this is going to get really sketchy and real quick. But it could be why there have been no leads in this case.
James Robert Harig was 26 when he disappeared from the Pottsville area of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 2012. Friends say they dropped him off that morning near Sharp Mountain, by the local SPCA. Accounts differ, but one report has him remarking this looks like a good place to get lost before walking into the woods and never returning.
He was described as 5 feet 11 inches, about 220 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, a small scar above his right eye and one on his chin. Two leg tattoos were noted: DYLAN in block letters on his left leg and FTW on his right. Searches of the rugged terrain with old mine shafts and rock slides produced no confirmed trace, though a shirt possibly his was reported found. Investigators say no foul play is suspected; there has been no bank activity or unemployment claims since he vanished.
The disappearance left a young son and a grieving family; his absence was unlike earlier short gaps that never lasted more than a couple of weeks. Anyone who saw James around Sharp Mountain on February 5, 2012, or who has information about his whereabouts is asked to contact the Pottsville Police Department.
