WA WA - James Murray Duxbury, 64, Concrete, Skagit County, 17 July 1997

[sasha17]

On July 19, 1997, 65 year old James Duxbury, a Canadian resident, was reported missing from the Lake Tyee area near Concrete. Mr. Duxbury was a long time lot owner at Lake Tyee. He was reported to have been riding a red mountain bike on a Crown Pacific Road, #722, also known as Cadillac Road, off the Baker Lake Highway. He never returned from his ride. Mr. Duxbury was last seen wearing a yellow cap or bike helmet with a black printed picture of rocking chair, green and blue shirt, and blue or beige trousers, a navy blue down quilted vest, and black Nike brand running shoes.

At the time of the report the Skagit County Sheriff's Office organized a number of extensive searches both on the ground and through the air. The Canadian Government has subsequently declared Mr. Duxbury deceased, although his body has not been located. His bicycle, a Sears brand reddish colored mountain bike, is also still missing.

NamUs #MP18369 - The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Skagit County Cold Cases

 

[sasha17]

Photo of his bicycle and photo of the shoes he was wearing:

 

[drbilly5191]

This doesn't sit right with me. My family has had property up there for 20+ years and my dad is born and bred on that mountain. Too populated and maintained. And if it was an animal his bike would have turned up on the road. Only thing I can think is he was going too fast (the roads are windy) and he went off the edge.

Would love to see if anyone else can turn something up on this. I'll be up there in the next few weeks and the sleuth in me won't be able to not go check the area out.

Unless he had a tragic accident and went off a cliff this is bizarre. You wouldn't be able to go more than 4 hours without a car or other biker passing you, although I suppose 22 years ago Microsoft employees hadn't raided the area for recreation yet so maybe it was a bit slower. I will say a few years ago my wife and I went up there and ran into some meth heads in the woods. I have no clue what they were doing, but it was sketchy.

 

[ralyla]

This doesn't sit right with me. My family has had property up there for 20+ years and my dad is born and bred on that mountain. Too populated and maintained. And if it was an animal his bike would have turned up on the road. Only thing I can think is he was going too fast (the roads are windy) and he went off the edge.

Would love to see if anyone else can turn something up on this. I'll be up there in the next few weeks and the sleuth in me won't be able to not go check the area out.

Unless he had a tragic accident and went off a cliff this is bizarre. You wouldn't be able to go more than 4 hours without a car or other biker passing you, although I suppose 22 years ago Microsoft employees hadn't raided the area for recreation yet so maybe it was a bit slower. I will say a few years ago my wife and I went up there and ran into some meth heads in the woods. I have no clue what they were doing, but it was sketchy.

I stumbled upon this case while trying to find missing person cases that could be a match for #UP17105

The unidentified partial remains were found in the same county - Skagit - as Mr. Duxbury went missing. The remains were found in a very remote wooded area. I don't know the area enough to be able to tell if it would be possible to bike that far, his last known location is about 50 miles from where the body was found:

 

[ralyla]

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