James Clyde Gramling
Gramling was last seen on the afternoon of March 30, 1997, when left his residence in south Richmond County, Georgia to ride his green 1997 Honda TRX300 four-wheeler to a male friend's home, a five-minute drive away. He told his parents he would call if he was going to be late coming back. He never returned and has not been seen or heard from since.
Gramling's four-wheeler was found abandoned a week later in a wooded area off Windsor Spring Road in Richmond County. It was covered with human blood. Investigators have questioned two suspects in his disappearance, but no one has ever been charged.
Gramling did not take any money or clothing with him when he disappeared, and he also left his stereo behind. He dropped out of high school prior to his disappearance and took a night shift job at President's Bakery. His parents describe him as a poor reader but a good-hearted and non-violent man.
Gramling left all his belongings behind at home, including his money, his clothes and a new stereo speaker which he had just purchased and hadn't yet hooked up. He was declared legally dead in 2002. Authorities are investigating his case as a homicide, but little evidence is available.
James Clyde Gramling – The Charley Project
1818DMGA - James Clyde Gramling
Missing Person / NamUs #MP505
20-year-old James Gramling disappeared in 1997
20-year-old James Gramling disappeared in 1997
Bianca Cain Johnson
James Gramling told his parents he was headed to see a friend and would call if he was going to be late. But he didn't call, and was never seen alive again.
"He hopped on his four-wheeler and headed up the street," Song Gramling told reporters of her son's disappearance on March 30 - Easter Sunday - 1997.
His parents were instructed to tell his friend, if he called, that he would be at his home in five minutes. Although the 20-year-old's body was never found, Richmond County sheriff's investigators deemed it a possible homicide because of the amount of blood on his four-wheeler and where it was found - a wooded area off Windsor Spring Road.
It was a case that baffled investigators, mainly because of the lack of a body. Police used a helicopter, divers and called in cadaver dogs on two occasions. The Gramlings and employees who worked with their son at President's Bakery also searched the woods looking for clues.
Officials provided little new information in the months after the disappearance, but a GBI agent told reporters there were similar witnesses in the Gramling case and a Warren County case involving two people found burned in the trunk of a stolen car on July 24, 1997. The double homicide was also never solved. Then-Chief Deputy Ronnie Strength said early on that investigators were targeting two Augusta men in the Gramling case, but an arrest was never made.
The Gramlings told police their son was not without faults, but he was not capable of violence or the type to run away from home. They said he had dropped out of school, but he was a mama's boy who didn't like to fight.
"He didn't take any of his money. All of his clothes are in his room," Song Gramling said after his disappearance. "He just bought a new stereo speaker. He didn't even hook it up to his stereo. He was going to do it when he got back. Now you tell me, if someone was going to run away from home, would they do all that?"
- Missing Since 03/30/1997
- Missing From Richmond County, Georgia
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Sex Male
- Race White
- Date of Birth 12/23/1976 (45)
- Age 20 years old
- Height and Weight 5'5 - 6'0, 120 - 140 pounds
- Associated Vehicle(s)Green 1997 Honda TRX300 four-wheeler (accounted for)
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes.
Gramling was last seen on the afternoon of March 30, 1997, when left his residence in south Richmond County, Georgia to ride his green 1997 Honda TRX300 four-wheeler to a male friend's home, a five-minute drive away. He told his parents he would call if he was going to be late coming back. He never returned and has not been seen or heard from since.
Gramling's four-wheeler was found abandoned a week later in a wooded area off Windsor Spring Road in Richmond County. It was covered with human blood. Investigators have questioned two suspects in his disappearance, but no one has ever been charged.
Gramling did not take any money or clothing with him when he disappeared, and he also left his stereo behind. He dropped out of high school prior to his disappearance and took a night shift job at President's Bakery. His parents describe him as a poor reader but a good-hearted and non-violent man.
Gramling left all his belongings behind at home, including his money, his clothes and a new stereo speaker which he had just purchased and hadn't yet hooked up. He was declared legally dead in 2002. Authorities are investigating his case as a homicide, but little evidence is available.
James Clyde Gramling – The Charley Project
1818DMGA - James Clyde Gramling
Missing Person / NamUs #MP505
20-year-old James Gramling disappeared in 1997
20-year-old James Gramling disappeared in 1997
Bianca Cain Johnson
James Gramling told his parents he was headed to see a friend and would call if he was going to be late. But he didn't call, and was never seen alive again.
"He hopped on his four-wheeler and headed up the street," Song Gramling told reporters of her son's disappearance on March 30 - Easter Sunday - 1997.
His parents were instructed to tell his friend, if he called, that he would be at his home in five minutes. Although the 20-year-old's body was never found, Richmond County sheriff's investigators deemed it a possible homicide because of the amount of blood on his four-wheeler and where it was found - a wooded area off Windsor Spring Road.
It was a case that baffled investigators, mainly because of the lack of a body. Police used a helicopter, divers and called in cadaver dogs on two occasions. The Gramlings and employees who worked with their son at President's Bakery also searched the woods looking for clues.
Officials provided little new information in the months after the disappearance, but a GBI agent told reporters there were similar witnesses in the Gramling case and a Warren County case involving two people found burned in the trunk of a stolen car on July 24, 1997. The double homicide was also never solved. Then-Chief Deputy Ronnie Strength said early on that investigators were targeting two Augusta men in the Gramling case, but an arrest was never made.
The Gramlings told police their son was not without faults, but he was not capable of violence or the type to run away from home. They said he had dropped out of school, but he was a mama's boy who didn't like to fight.
"He didn't take any of his money. All of his clothes are in his room," Song Gramling said after his disappearance. "He just bought a new stereo speaker. He didn't even hook it up to his stereo. He was going to do it when he got back. Now you tell me, if someone was going to run away from home, would they do all that?"
