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SELMA – Police are asking for help locating a missing 84 year-old man. James Norman Batten was last seen on December 15, 2021. He was reported missing by his family on March 6, 2022 after they were unable to reach him.
Mr. Batten, who often goes by the nicknames of “Mose” and “Jimmy” was last seen on December 15 at his home on Madison Street in the Selma city limits. Officers are asking anyone who saw Mr. Batten in December, or anytime since then, to come forward.
Batten is 5 foot 10, 165 pounds, with brown balding hair, and brown eyes. He sometimes wears glasses.
Due to vision issues he no longer has a vehicle. He would regularly take a taxi to a local grocery store and immediately return home. A taxi company that Batten called for those grocery store trips said he hasn’t called them since December.
Family members said Mr. Batten, who is a US Army veteran, likes to keep to himself and there are no known locations he frequents. His cell phone was left behind at his residence, which police said was not disturbed.
Police Detective J. Vause said foul play is not suspected at this time. Batten has no known cognitive impairments.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of James Norman Batten of Selma is asked to contact Detective Vause at the Selma Police Department at 919-965-8189.
84 Year-Old Selma Man Missing Since December
Mr. Batten is a introvert, that liked to keep to himself. He has no wife, no kids. He disappeared possibly the day of 12/17/2021. The front door to his residence was left unlocked, the house was very neat and clean, no signs of foul play inside of the residence.
Mr. Batten is also a Army Vet that had done a lot of covert operations in the past, but we have checked all hospitals, VA's, medical examiners with no success. Mr. Batten was known to walk around his subdivision, and walk to and from the local store.
No one in his family has seen or heard from him since 12/15/2021 and the family reported him missing on 03/06/2022
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Mr. Batten, who often goes by the nicknames of “Mose” and “Jimmy” was last seen on December 15 at his home on Madison Street in the Selma city limits. Officers are asking anyone who saw Mr. Batten in December, or anytime since then, to come forward.
Batten is 5 foot 10, 165 pounds, with brown balding hair, and brown eyes. He sometimes wears glasses.
Due to vision issues he no longer has a vehicle. He would regularly take a taxi to a local grocery store and immediately return home. A taxi company that Batten called for those grocery store trips said he hasn’t called them since December.
Family members said Mr. Batten, who is a US Army veteran, likes to keep to himself and there are no known locations he frequents. His cell phone was left behind at his residence, which police said was not disturbed.
Police Detective J. Vause said foul play is not suspected at this time. Batten has no known cognitive impairments.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of James Norman Batten of Selma is asked to contact Detective Vause at the Selma Police Department at 919-965-8189.
84 Year-Old Selma Man Missing Since December
Mr. Batten is a introvert, that liked to keep to himself. He has no wife, no kids. He disappeared possibly the day of 12/17/2021. The front door to his residence was left unlocked, the house was very neat and clean, no signs of foul play inside of the residence.
Mr. Batten is also a Army Vet that had done a lot of covert operations in the past, but we have checked all hospitals, VA's, medical examiners with no success. Mr. Batten was known to walk around his subdivision, and walk to and from the local store.
No one in his family has seen or heard from him since 12/15/2021 and the family reported him missing on 03/06/2022
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
