View NamUs missing person case MP3826 for James Dwyer Bordenkircher missing from Kings Beach, California. Date of last contact: Jun 12, 1965. NCMEC case number: 1066151.
James, circa 1965; Age-progression to age 49 (circa 2012)
Missing Since 06/12/1965
Missing From North Lake Tahoe, California
Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race White
Date of Birth 04/19/1963 (60)
Age 2 years old
Height and Weight 2'3, 32 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A royal blue t-shirt, blue jeans, navy blue socks and red sneakers with white soles.
Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes. James's nickname is Jamie.
Details of Disappearance
James was last seen on June 12, 1965. His family was on a weekend visit to their cabin on Beaver Street in North Lake Tahoe, California at the time, and his parents were unpacking. He was last seen playing on a wooden swing in the front yard. He has never been heard from again.
An extensive search of the area turned up no sign of James. Nighttime temperatures dipped near the freezing level in the days following his disappearance and he was not dressed warmly enough to have survived for long in the outdoors.
Investigators initially believed he drowned in Lake Tahoe, but his body was never located, and he would have had to walk half a mile over rough terrain and cross a major highway to get to the lake. His family believes he was abducted by someone who wanted a child to raise. His case remains unsolved.
Whitecaps were forming along the Kings Beach shoreline when the Bordenkircher family pulled up to their Beaver Street cabin high above Lake Tahoe on June 12, 1965.After the three
I read the article from the sierra sun. The officer who led the search mentions that based on clues, he believes a couple took Jamie. Do we know if anyone has obtained the initial reports to see what these “clues” could be?
Is it true that many children have disappeared from the same area, and does anyone know of any articles discussing the cases together? Or if any were/are thought by LE to have possibly been related?
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