Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 09/01/2003
- Missing From:
- Missing From Liberty Township, Ohio
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 05/17/1968 (56)
- Age:
- Age 35 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’8, 180 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Graying brown hair, blue eyes.
- Details of Disappearance:
- James Neuhaus vanished in Ohio in either early summer or September 2003. He was with Shawn Deardoff when last seen. His father said Neuhaus had enemies and wanted to carry a gun.
Two years later, Deardoff was charged with severely beating Neuhaus. Police think this happened soon after Neuhaus disappeared.
Another man, Michael Fogt, is also suspected. Fogt was convicted of murdering two women: Cynthia Pickens (who disappeared in November 2003) and Martha Behymer (murdered around 1998-1999). Fogt led police to Behymer’s body, hidden in a drum. However, he hasn’t been charged with anything related to Neuhaus’s disappearance.
Because of the violence involved and the lack of any contact with Neuhaus since 2003, police believe he was likely harmed. Pictures of Deardoff and Fogt are available. Neuhaus also had connections to Florida.
- Agency:
- Highland County Sheriffs Office 937-393-1421
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 09/01/2003