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Missing Obaidullah James Shams 
Shams, approximately 1997 Date reported missing : 10/08/1997 Missing location (approx) : Lancaster, California Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Male Ethnicity : White DOB : 08/19/1967 (53) Age at the time of disappearance: 30 years old Height / Weight : 5'7, 137 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Black pants, a black shirt and black pull-on biker boots. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian male. Black hair, brown eyes. Shams may use the first name Chams or the alias James Anderson. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Shams was last seen in Lancaster, California on October 8, 1997. He had planned to travel to northern California with a friend that month. He disappeared shortly after stopping in Palmdale, California. Shams has never been heard from again. Authorities said that Chas Timothy Davis was one of the last people to see Shams. Davis was arrested on drug charges near west 40th Street and Avenue L in Los Angeles County, California in May 1998. He was apprehended by Shams's investigating officers and questioned about the case, but he has not been charged in connection with it. Shams resided in San Diego, California in 1997. Foul play is suspected in his case. Other information and links : ncy Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 323-890-5500 September 2021 updates and sources California Attorney General's Office The Daily News Of Los Angeles October 12, 2004. August 1, 2006; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated. |