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1995 Shumaker, James M. Oct 20,1995
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James Mark Shumaker


Above: Shumaker, circa 1995


Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: October 20, 1995 from Tampa, Florida
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: December 25, 1964
Age: 30 years old
Height and Weight: 5'9, 150 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Blond hair, hazel eyes.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A multicolored vest, green surgical pants and Reebok sneakers.


Details of Disappearance

Shumaker was last seen at the Parthenon Cafe, a bar in the 800 block of Whiting Street in downtown Tampa, Florida, on October 20, 1995. He has never been heard from again. He was reported missing a few days later.
There is some speculation that Shumaker's disappearance is connected to the murder of Michael Wayne Wachholtz and the disappearances of Jason Galehouse, Bradley Williams, and Mark Thompson. A photograph of Wachholtz is posted below this case summary. All of the men are homosexual, all are within the same age group, and they all disappeared from the same area. Wachholtz, like Galehouse, and disappeared from Tampa on December 20, 2003. Thompson disappeared in 2001 from Clearwater, Florida, and his truck was later found abandoned in Tampa. Williams disappeared from Tampa in 2001.

Wachholtz's body was found in mid-January 2004, wrapped in a sheet and stuffed in the back of his 1992 Jeep Cherokee sport utility vehicle (SUV), which was found in the parking lot of a Town 'N Country restaurant in Tampa. The other men remain missing.

In 2004, an affadavit was filed in the United States District Court of Tampa which accused Steven Lorenzo of drugging Galehouse and Wachholtz with Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate (GHB), a "date rape" drug which causes people to become extremely drowsy and suggestible, and causing their deaths. He was not actually charged with murdering either of them, but in 2006 he was convicted of ten GHB-related charges and sentenced to 200 years in prison. Lorenzo has not been accused in connection with the other cases. A photograph of him is posted below this case summary.

In spite of much speculation in the press and among the victims' families, police say that beyond the similarities in the missing men's lifestyles there is nothing to suggest that the cases are related. All of the cases remain unsolved.



Left: Michael Wachholtz;
Right: Steven Lorenzo


Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact
Tampa Police Department
813-276-3503



Source Information
Find Jason Now
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
The Herald Tribune
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Tampa Bay News
The St. Petersburg Times
Express Gay News
The Tampa Tribune



Updated 3 times since October 12, 2004.

Last updated January 29, 2006; details of disappearance updated.

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