James Patrick Burrows, known as Pat, was 24 when he left home about 8:00 a.m. on August 23, 1990, riding his Honda 250 motorcycle from Calhoun County, Alabama. He was last seen on Alabama 21 near the Midway community, reportedly headed to visit a friend. He was described as a white male with brown hair and green eyes, possibly with long hair and a full beard, wearing a black t-shirt and camouflage-print pants.

More than a year after he vanished, his Honda 250 was recovered submerged in a bog within 300 yards of an abandoned brickyard about three miles south of Piedmont, Alabama, not far from where he had been headed. Authorities came to suspect foul play and a connection to the local drug trade. The case narrative links his disappearance to the near-concurrent disappearance of Jeffery McFry and to allegations that both men were targeted for allegedly stealing marijuana from a dealer, David Ronald Chandler. Chandler was convicted in 1991 of drug trafficking and of ordering James’s death; his death sentence was later commuted to life after a key witness recanted. Another man, Jimmy Steed, has also been considered a suspect in the presumed murders of James and McFry.

James’s remains have never been found and he remains classified as an endangered missing person. If anyone knew James, his friends, or his last movements on August 23, 1990, please share information that might help resolve where he went.