Case Detail
James Ferris Shadid
Case Details
Case Type: Missing
Height: 5' 8"
Case Status:
Weight: 150 lbs
Aliases: Jim Shadid
Identifying Marks:
Incident Date: 09/03/2023
Occupation:
Agency: La Plata County Sheriff's Office
City: Durango
Date of Birth: 01/13/1944
County: La Plata
Date of Death: 03/01/2026
Agency Case #: S23-17552
Judicial District: 6th Judicial District
Age: 79
Gender: Male
Year Solved:
Race: White
Tribal Affiliation: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
NamUs Case #: MP157102
Eye Color: Brown
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Hair Color: White
About this Case:
79-year-old James "Jim" Shadid went missing on September 3, 2023 around 11:00am when he left his truck, with his wife inside, to go looking for a hunting spot in the San Juan Mountains near Line Canyon in southwestern Colorado. After about 45 minutes, he called his wife by a radio and said he would return in 20 minutes. He never did. Shadid was last seen hiking between Little Elk Creek Trail and Elbert Creek Road. He was last seen wearing a tan safari-style hat and may have been in khaki pants or blue jeans. At the time of his disappearance, Jim was a retired dentist who had moved from Wichita, Kansas to Durango, Colorado 20 years prior. Despite being declared legally dead by his family in March of 2026, his body has yet to be located. Anyone with any information regarding this case is asked to please contact the La Plata County Sheriff's Office and/or the La Plata County Search and Rescue team.
If you have any information about this case, please contact:
La Plata County Sheriff's Office
Durango
Colorado