So I have been kinda obsessed with this case. I think I’m even more confused now that I see what this department handles.Thanks you for finding the update & Welcome to WS @Bostonholly .
Types of cases handled - https://dallaspolice.net/division/crimeagainstpersons/specialinvestigations
You're in good companySo I have been kinda obsessed with this case. I think I’m even more confused now that I see what this department handles.
I’m not sure how much we are allowed to sleuth about a detective and share. Maybe someone can enlighten me. But from what I’ve read he appears to be a fabulous detective an asset to this case. I’m glad he’s on it.It seems this is now being worked by Special Investigations. I’m not sure what that means.
Endangered Missing Person – James Alan White
Updated on December 4, 2020, at 6:00 p.m.:
This case is now being worked by the Special Investigations Unit of the Dallas Police Department. Anyone with information regarding Mr. White’s whereabouts or information related to the case is being asked to contact Detective Eric Barnes #8854 at 214-283-4818or eric.barnes@dallascityhall.com. Please reference case #188623-2020.
Ha! I thought I recognized his face! Kendra Hatcher's case was a Dateline episode a few weeks ago! Outstanding news.I’m not sure how much we are allowed to sleuth about a detective and share. Maybe someone can enlighten me. But from what I’ve read he appears to be a fabulous detective an asset to this case. I’m glad he’s on it.
Having lived in the area off Lovers/Inwood for 23 years...doing remodels in the area Alan and Rusty live...and driving up and down Inwood and Lemmon regularly, I know that area very well and am quite familiar with the routes and back-streets take when getting around. I have to think almost anyone leaving LA Fitness headed to the 5300 block of Livingston Avenue is going to take Haskell to Lemmon going west and take that all the way to Inwood...take a right (north) a few short blocks to Livingston. There are other ways, but they just aren't as quick or direct...more turns, lights and stop signs. I don't see someone as regimented and organized as Alan (as reported by a friend who knows him well) taking a route home that took him out of his way to the RT on Inwood. It makes zero sense (to me anyway) to go to that RaceTrac, which is in a very sketchy area, just to fuel up. Any alternative route from LA Fitness to his home that took him by that RT would be FAR down on a list of options.
If, as his husband Rusty surmised, he went to the RaceTrac on Inwood because the more convenient one on Lemmon just east of Inwood, that Alan would have driven right by, had recently had a mugging...well...it makes sense to me he'd have gone to the Shell on Lemmon and Oak Lawn or Exxon on Lemmon and Douglas to get gas. Both are in safer, more convenient areas and he'd have passed right by them on the route most would assume he'd take. That Inwood RT is sketchy and there are always homeless sitting on the grass between the Church's and RaceTrack...certainly not where I'd go if I was looking for a safer option.
There is a Public Storage at the NE corner of Inwood and Lemmon. Nothing by the RaceTrac that comes to mind.Just a thought, are there any storage units near the gas station or Alan's home (where someone could hide or be hidden)?
There is a Public Storage at the NE corner of Inwood and Lemmon. Nothing by the RaceTrac that comes to mind.
Sadly this has seemed like a cold case for weeks. It’s disappointing to have that confirmed, but I hope the new detective can help.Hmmm... the DPD website says —
Special Investigations Unit Investigates:
Police Shootings
Citizen fatalities or serious injuries while in Police custody
Cold Cases
Could this really be a “cold case” already?
Welcome to Ws EmOinDallas, thanks for the response!Oh wait, i just remembered...there is a storage facility...Love Field Storage...on the opposite side of Inwood just a bit south of the RaceTrac. Not sure hoow could I forget that considering I have a unit there!
Welcome to WS EmOinDallas. Looking at a map, it seems there are rural areas on both roads where mud could be encountered? Do you see any spots more likely than others? Google Maps
Does RaceTrac have a loyalty points system?
Welcome to Ws Crackly Leaf, thanks for the information!New here, but I have read all of the second thread, so I think I know some of what is and is not acceptable on WS.
I know some accounting firms will give discounts or stipends for certain expenses which are shared with the business. I know they do this with cell phones, giving x percent or $y off per month. I suspect that Alan's position as a higher up doing consulting could take him on site visits quite often, so maybe the employer provided gas discounts for him. If those discounts were in the form of a RaceTrac specific gift card or discount card, this could be the source of his brand loyalty to RaceTrac.
Interesting. I do still think this was a random crime that probably happened right after Alan left the RT. I just haven’t seen ANYTHING that makes me think he left voluntarily/self harm or that he was the target for murder or kidnapping. He seems like just a normal, NICE guy who works hard, has a good relationship with family and friends and leads a good life. No one has anything but nice things to say about him that I have seen.Perhaps Detective Barnes was assigned this case for other reasons.
Eric Barnes – SEHIA.org
Det Barnes is currently assigned to the Texoma HIDTA/Texas Anti-Gang Center as a task force officer with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives-Violent Crimes Group (IV). He currently conducts state and federal investigations on criminal organizations who use firearms to engage in narcotics trafficking and violent criminal activity.
News Releases
Members of the YNB gang have committed several other assaults, robberies and murders in Dallas County.
Plano Police Detective Jonathan Hay investigated the case. Dallas Police Detectives Chris Walton and Eric Barnes assisted Hay with the criminal investigation.
Agree!! And I am so sad and frustrated that early surveillance around the locations of Alan and the dump site have not led to a viable lead so far - or at least not the lead we need (no arrest, no police bulletin with perpetrator face or name or vehicle).Interesting. I do still think this was a random crime that probably happened right after Alan left the RT. I just haven’t seen ANYTHING that makes me think he left voluntarily/self harm or that he was the target for murder or kidnapping. He seems like just a normal, NICE guy who works hard, has a good relationship with family and friends and leads a good life. No one has anything but nice things to say about him that I have seen.
So perhaps this is a gang crime. It would fit I guess. It’s tragic whatever happened.