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Charley Project:
THOUGHTS: I’m doing it again, as the niche I like to occupy in my dealings to support cases tends to focus on weird, low profile cases involving adult men, and or cases where there is virtually ZERO public information or context.
I already did a CHATGPT dive on this case and it was unable to find anything at all on this except this Charley project page. The California state reference as linked no longer works which, in the absence of any other surface online coverage could mean a few things:
A: he was located within hours of disappearing and the case file lingered long enough for Meaghan to post on on Charley project… I’m my efforts I have once before posted cases from there where the person turned out to be super alive and well…
B: James Hale actually did disappear from San Francisco in 2020 but lived a somewhat nomadic lifestyle or had near zero close ties to follow up, which would make you wonder who reported him missing (employer, roommate etc). This possibility is my main motivation for posting the case here. Just looking at James’ photo I get a sort of adventurous or independent vibe but that’s just personal speculation.
-San Francisco is the mother of all liminal cities and any dealings with missing persons cases from there deserve extra armchair follow up, even if this case is a simple non issue, I post because there’s no info either way: no NAMUS, no active SFPD, and AI tells me that this doesn’t mean he isn’t still missing necessarily and especially in recent years or around COVID, there was often chaos in administrative capacities in places like California.
Thanks!!!
James Hale
- Missing Since 01/01/2020
- Missing From San Francisco, California
- Classification Missing
- Sex Male
- Race White
- Date of Birth 10/21/1963 (61)
- Age 56 years old
- Height and Weight 5'9, 150 pounds
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel eyes.
Details of Disappearance
Hale was last seen in San Francisco, California on January 1, 2020. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case.Investigating Agency
- San Francisco Police Department 415-553-1071
Source Information
Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. Last updated November 17, 2021; casefile added.THOUGHTS: I’m doing it again, as the niche I like to occupy in my dealings to support cases tends to focus on weird, low profile cases involving adult men, and or cases where there is virtually ZERO public information or context.
I already did a CHATGPT dive on this case and it was unable to find anything at all on this except this Charley project page. The California state reference as linked no longer works which, in the absence of any other surface online coverage could mean a few things:
A: he was located within hours of disappearing and the case file lingered long enough for Meaghan to post on on Charley project… I’m my efforts I have once before posted cases from there where the person turned out to be super alive and well…
B: James Hale actually did disappear from San Francisco in 2020 but lived a somewhat nomadic lifestyle or had near zero close ties to follow up, which would make you wonder who reported him missing (employer, roommate etc). This possibility is my main motivation for posting the case here. Just looking at James’ photo I get a sort of adventurous or independent vibe but that’s just personal speculation.
-San Francisco is the mother of all liminal cities and any dealings with missing persons cases from there deserve extra armchair follow up, even if this case is a simple non issue, I post because there’s no info either way: no NAMUS, no active SFPD, and AI tells me that this doesn’t mean he isn’t still missing necessarily and especially in recent years or around COVID, there was often chaos in administrative capacities in places like California.
Thanks!!!
