24 Year Old Howard University Student James Duncan III Missing Since March 25, 2009 in Washington, DC (Update: Found Safe)
24 year old James Duncan III, a Howard University sophomore, from San Francisco has been missing since March 25, 2009. James Duncan III was last seen at approximately 8:30 pm at the Howard Plaza Towers in the 2200 block of Sherman Avenue NW in Washington, DC.. Duncan is considered on the “critical missing” list.
Description:
- Black male
- 5 feet 6 inches tall
- Weighing approximately 180 pounds
- Brown eyes
- Black hair
- Duncan’s car, a burgundy 1998 four-door Toyota Camry with California plates, was found Monday in the 2600 block of North Capitol Street NW.
If anyone has any information on the whereabouts of James Duncan III, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department at 202-727-9099 or the Howard University Police Department Investigator Robert Thompson at 202-806-1085.
Mother Pleads for Help in Finding Missing Howard Student
Duncan’s mother, though, is still clinging to the hope that he is OK.
“I love my child; my family love my child. We wanna make sure he’s OK,” Ellenberg said.
Duncan’s mother flew in from California and says she plans to stay in the area passing out flyers and talking with students on Howard University’s campus until she learns of her son’s whereabouts or finds out what happened to him.
While the pressure of college can prompt some students to drop out and leave school abruptly, for reasons they have not made public D.C. police do not believe that has happened here and consider Duncan’s situation critical.
UPDATE I: Howard University student James Duncan III had been found Safe
Howard University student James Duncan III had been found. According to a university press release, Duncan was located Tuesday unharmed in an undisclosed location.
Metropolitan police and the Howard University Police Department declined to comment, due to Duncan’s wish for privacy, but Duncan’s mother, Terry Ellenberg, did speak about how pleased she was after receiving word of her son’s whereabouts.
“I’m very happy right now,” Ellenburg said. “I haven’t seen him yet, but I’m about to go to see if I can find him where I was told he was seen.”