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James Conway Liming Jr., 56 years old, was last seen on November 10, 2021, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Prior to his disappearance, Liming had left his residence in Orange County on November 5, stating that he planned to start a new life and warning that it might be the last time anyone saw him. On November 10, he was seen scrapping metal in Fredericksburg, which was the last confirmed sighting of him.

Months later, on February 23, 2022, Liming's tan 2005 Ford F-150 was involved in ...Read More
Last Seen: Nov 10, 2021

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Victim Details

Jan 24, 2023

Jan 12, 2024

James

Liming Jr.

59

56

65 inches

66 inches

175 lbs

200 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

In the autumn of 2021, a sense of unease began to settle over the family of James Conway Liming Jr., a 56-year-old man from Orange County, Virginia. Around November 5th, he informed his family of his intention to start a new life, making the unsettling comment that this might be the last time they would see him. A few days later, on November 10, 2021, he was seen in Fredericksburg, Virginia, engaged in the task of scrapping metal. This would be the last confirmed sighting of James, a man described as a white male, between 5'5" and 5'6" tall, with brown hair and brown eyes, and a distinctive skin graft scar on his left hand. As time passed with no word from Liming, who sometimes went by the initials JC, his family's concern grew. Their worries were amplified by a series of troubling discoveries. It was found that he had stopped attending his necessary endocrinologist appointments and had ceased making payments on a storage unit he rented. Adding to the mystery, suspicious transactions began appearing on his bank statements, with most of this activity centered in the Junction City, Kansas area, a significant distance from his Virginia home. It was also noted that Liming had previously lived in both Colorado and Montana. A significant development in the case occurred months after his disappearance. On February 23, 2022, Liming's gold 2005 Ford F250 pickup truck was involved in a motor vehicle accident in Albemarle County, Virginia. In a perplexing turn of events, the individual who was driving the truck at the time of the crash fled the scene and has never been identified. This discovery only deepened the mystery surrounding Liming's whereabouts and what happened to him after he was last seen in Fredericksburg. The Orange County Sheriff's Office is investigating his disappearance, and a community of concerned individuals holds out hope for answers. The circumstances of his case remain unclear, leaving his loved ones to wonder what became of him after he set out to start a new life.

Nov 10, 2021

Fredericksburg

Virginia

Fredericksburg City

22407

No

122813

Orange County Sheriff's Office

Orange

Virginia

Orange County

22960

Bryan Seal

Lieutenant

11350 Porter Road, Virginia

5406721200

County

Law Enforcement

2023-00003

2022-01-25

Orange County Sheriff's Office

na

Brown

Brown

Brown

06/18/2026


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