Christine James

Christine Denise James, property 11 oregon 12 (or 15 oregon 18), disappeared from Coleman, Florida sometime successful 1979 oregon 1980. Or the outpouring of 1983. Or perchance 1986. It depends connected which root you take to trust on. For the purposes of this article, I americium utilizing the family’s version, which is that she disappeared successful 1979 oregon 1980 astatine property 11 oregon 12

Christine, besides sometimes referred to arsenic Christie, was a sixth grader astatine Wildwood Middle School astatine the clip of her disappearance. Her younger sister, who was ten, remembers Christine returning location from school, changing her clothes, and saying she was going out. She ne'er returned, and she wasn’t reported missing until precise recently.

Christine was the oldest of six children, and beingness was hard for their family. Their parent struggled with addiction and Christine was continually a unfortunate of intersexual maltreatment by 2 household members: an uncle, who was convicted of abusing his ain girl and aboriginal died successful prison, and a cousin, Robert Jackson, Jr. Since I haven’t seen the sanction of the uncle, I’m not definite if the 2 perpetrators were begetter and son.

Christine, on with her parent and younger brother, had been astatine her aunt’s location connected an evening successful May 1979. An mentally handicapped uncle (not the aforesaid uncle who had abused Christine) was besides successful the home, erstwhile Robert Jackson, Jr appeared astatine the door. Although her uncle was instructed not to unfastened the door, helium did truthful anyway, not knowing immoderate better, and Robert Jackson began beating connected Christine.

Robert Jackson was stabbed arsenic a result, and pushed retired the door. He died from his wounds connected the doorstep of a location crossed the street. 

Although Jackson was heard shouting “Christie stabbed me!” arsenic helium crossed the street, and Christine accepted work for sidesplitting Jackson, Christine’s sister has stated that it wasn’t Christine, but her mother, who had really done it. It’s been theorized that Christine claimed she had done it due to the fact that she was a child, and the punishment would person been lenient.

Christine was indicted for execution and sent to a juvenile detention center. It was lone a mates days aft she was released that she vanished.

A person of Christine’s had seen her successful schoolhouse the time she was past seen, and said that Christine had confided that she was large with twins and was going to tally away. It’s improbable that she could person known she was pregnant, fto unsocial with twins, unless she had seen a doctor. It’s not confirmed that she was so pregnant, however.

Acording to her sister, Christine’s parent didn’t look precise acrophobic astir her disappearance, though her begetter did effort to look for her. 

Both of Christine’s parents and 1 sister are present deceased, but her different relatives, peculiarly her sister, Maggie, would truly similar to cognize what happened to her large sister, who she saw arsenic her protector.

Christine had galore reasons to privation to permission her life, but astatine conscionable 11 oregon 12 years old, however agelong could she person survived connected her own, particularly if pregnant? Is it imaginable that she had different household members who would person helped her and kept her hidden from her parents? 

Could her parent person been acrophobic that Christine would constituent the digit astatine her for sidesplitting her cousin?

Could she person fallen into trafficking oregon been harmed by the begetter of her unborn children? His individuality is unknown, but NamUs mentions that she was seen leaving with her fellow – which makes maine deliberation idiosyncratic successful her location recognized him – but there’s been nary notation of whether oregon not helium was questioned.

I deliberation thing is imaginable successful Christine’s case, and americium hopeful that if she was so large and gave birth, her children could person their DNA entered successful databases somewhere.

Sources:

NamUs

The Charley Project

Websleuths

Underground Mysteries