James Harry Cordell was 22 when he vanished from St. Catharines, Ontario, after being seen leaving his parents’ home on April 28, 1972. He was recovering from a recent motor vehicle collision and was described as wearing a cast on his right arm and having wires securing his jaw. He was driving a 1970 silver blue Dodge Polara, which has never been located.

Cordell was described as having blue eyes, brown hair, and surgical scars on his neck/throat and chin. He was last seen wearing a mauve and white terrycloth short-sleeved shirt, a grey cotton jacket, brown pants, and tan high boots. No confirmed sightings or contact were reported after that day, and the Niagara Regional Police Service opened the case under file number 1972-15138.

Very little else is publicly known about the circumstances of his disappearance, and the absence of his vehicle and any follow-up sightings remains central to the unanswered questions in this long-standing missing persons case.

If anyone knew James, saw that Dodge Polara in late April 1972, or has information that could help, please come forward.