Unsolved The Disappearance of James Crocker - South Australia
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JAMES CROCKER: Last seen May 27, 1994. There may be similarities between his disappearance and that of Daniel Shepherd in the early hours of New Years Day 1995. Some are also seeing similarities to The Family Murders through the late 1970s to the early 1980s.
Caucasian appearance, 175cm, weighing about 64kg. A fair complexion, with blue eyes and short, straight, brown hair.
On May 27, 1994, James was out drinking with a mate. The two made their way to a Pirie St nightclub, where James stayed after his mate left.
About 9pm, the Richmond man, then aged 27, on leaving the hotel he collapsed on the footpath outside and was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital. James left the hospital at 12.00am it's assumed to make his way home by public transport.
There have been no reported sightings of him since and his bank accounts have been left untouched.
James, who worked as a clerk for the ATO, never carried much money on him, rarely drove or caught taxis, preferring to rely on public transport.
James has several tattoos, one a wolf's head on his left upper arm and a dragon on his back. His parents have never stopped and are still actively engaged in looking for him.
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Caucasian appearance, 175cm, weighing about 64kg. A fair complexion, with blue eyes and short, straight, brown hair.
On May 27, 1994, James was out drinking with a mate. The two made their way to a Pirie St nightclub, where James stayed after his mate left.
About 9pm, the Richmond man, then aged 27, on leaving the hotel he collapsed on the footpath outside and was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital. James left the hospital at 12.00am it's assumed to make his way home by public transport.
There have been no reported sightings of him since and his bank accounts have been left untouched.
James, who worked as a clerk for the ATO, never carried much money on him, rarely drove or caught taxis, preferring to rely on public transport.
James has several tattoos, one a wolf's head on his left upper arm and a dragon on his back. His parents have never stopped and are still actively engaged in looking for him.
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JAMES CROCKER: Last seen May 27, 1994. There may be similarities between his disappearance and that of Daniel Shepherd in the early hours of New Years Day 1995. Some are also seeing similarities to The Family Murders through the late 1970s to the early 1980s.
Caucasian appearance, 175cm, weighing about 64kg. A fair complexion, with blue eyes and short, straight, brown hair.
On May 27, 1994, James was out drinking with a mate. The two made their way to a Pirie St nightclub, where James stayed after his mate left.
About 9pm, the Richmond man, then aged 27, on leaving the hotel he collapsed on the footpath outside and was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital. James left the hospital at 12.00am it's assumed to make his way home by public transport.
There have been no reported sightings of him since and his bank accounts have been left untouched.
James, who worked as a clerk for the ATO, never carried much money on him, rarely drove or caught taxis, preferring to rely on public transport.
James has several tattoos, one a wolf's head on his left upper arm and a dragon on his back. His parents have never stopped and are still actively engaged in looking for him.
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Very sad that no one has anything on James, his disappearance didn’t even make the advertiser last week...very disappointing
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Probably at the bottom of the Torrens somewhere.
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Never heard of this until now.
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The 30 year anniversary of this case was in late May this year, and from what I can tell it received no media attention. I wonder if the police have any POI? I think any connection to The Family murders is unlikely.
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This is my first Big Footy post.
I came here as I used to be a colleague and friend of James at the ATO. Like me, James was born in 1966 and we were both North Melbourne supporters. I also knew his parents vaguely as they lived in the next street to me for part of the time I worked with James.
I left the ATO in early 93 and did not see him again, and when I heard of him going missing I was shocked and saddened.
The police have no leads at all and no persons of interest. Their enquiries with informants have drawn blanks, and his disappearance is not believed connected in any way to the so called Family murders.
For those not familiar with Adelaide at the time, in 1994 the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) was at the eastern end of North Terrace, almost at its junction with East Terrace, which had a strip of pubs and eateries. Next door to the RAH then was the Botanic Gardens with 8 foot high stone walls onto North Terrace - he couldn't have accessed that. Opposite here and East Terrace was part of the eastern parklands known as Park 13, which has wide bitumen paths around and through it, but back then this area was not lit at night and due to the thick coverage of trees, once in the centre of this area at night, one would be unseen from surrounding roads and perimeter footpaths.
As James would have been disorientated and tired, it is possible he wandered into this area and out of sight. If he had continued in any other direction he would have been seen by some of the late night revellers, but the trail went cold outside the RAH on North Terrace. Once in this area, he would have been at the mercy of whomever with evil intentions may have been lurking in the darkness.
Sadly, someone knows what happened to James, whether they know his name or not, and that person or those persons have yet to divulge what they know.
RIP James.
I came here as I used to be a colleague and friend of James at the ATO. Like me, James was born in 1966 and we were both North Melbourne supporters. I also knew his parents vaguely as they lived in the next street to me for part of the time I worked with James.
I left the ATO in early 93 and did not see him again, and when I heard of him going missing I was shocked and saddened.
The police have no leads at all and no persons of interest. Their enquiries with informants have drawn blanks, and his disappearance is not believed connected in any way to the so called Family murders.
For those not familiar with Adelaide at the time, in 1994 the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) was at the eastern end of North Terrace, almost at its junction with East Terrace, which had a strip of pubs and eateries. Next door to the RAH then was the Botanic Gardens with 8 foot high stone walls onto North Terrace - he couldn't have accessed that. Opposite here and East Terrace was part of the eastern parklands known as Park 13, which has wide bitumen paths around and through it, but back then this area was not lit at night and due to the thick coverage of trees, once in the centre of this area at night, one would be unseen from surrounding roads and perimeter footpaths.
As James would have been disorientated and tired, it is possible he wandered into this area and out of sight. If he had continued in any other direction he would have been seen by some of the late night revellers, but the trail went cold outside the RAH on North Terrace. Once in this area, he would have been at the mercy of whomever with evil intentions may have been lurking in the darkness.
Sadly, someone knows what happened to James, whether they know his name or not, and that person or those persons have yet to divulge what they know.
RIP James.
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