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1904DFCA - Angelique James

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Name: Angelique James
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: February 15, 1997
Location Last Seen: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Physical Description

Date of Birth: October 2, 1992
Age: 4 years old
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Height: 3'6"
Weight: 40 lbs.
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She has a fracture in her left arm that is visible only on an x-ray; she was born with one of her legs and arms shorter than the other. Angelique has burn scars on top of one foot.

Identifiers

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance

James was last seen in her family's home in Los Angeles, California on February 15, 1997.

Authorities believe Angelique was killed between December 15, 1996, and March 1, 1997 by her mother, Shirley Ann James. Shirley James, failed to comply when authorities inquired as to her daughter's whereabouts.

Shirley was arrested in November 1997, nine months after Angelique disappeared, when authorities demanded she produce the child and she did not. She was charged with Angelique's presumed murder, as well as three counts of child abuse and two counts of corporal injury to a child.

Shirley has seven other children in addition to Angelique. One of them, a nine-month-old daughter, died in 1992, apparently of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The baby's death was reviewed by homicide investigators after Angelique's disappearance, but no charges were filed.

Shirley was sentenced to five years in prison in 1998, but Angelique's body has never been found.

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Agency Contact Person: Sergeant Richard Longshore
Agency Phone Number: 323-890-5500
Agency E-Mail: mailto:ralongsh@lasd.org
Agency Case Number: LA sheriff 97-21648-21

NCMEC Case Number: NCMC840165

Information Source(s)

Child Search Ministries
NCMEC
NamUs MP #6219

Admin Notes

Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr


Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team

** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.

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