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Last contact December 15, 2021From the cited official record

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NamUs lists James Norman Batten with a Date of Last Contact of December 15, 2021. The record identifies Selma Police Department as an investigating agency and lists case number 2022-00183.

Date label: Last contact December 15, 2021. The displayed date follows the official Date of Last Contact field and the reviewed record-specific date context.

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Last contact December 15, 2021. The displayed date follows the official Date of Last Contact field and the reviewed record-specific date context.

Investigating agency

Selma Police Department. This is an investigating-agency field, not a last-seen location or a claim of case ownership.

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NamUs Missing Persons. Official NamUs record checked October 19, 2026.

How to match this record: Open the official NamUs reader and compare James Norman Batten, MP90250, the Date of Last Contact label, Investigating agency Selma Police Department, and case number 2022-00183. The linked public API record is retained as separate field provenance.

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Official NamUs record checked October 19, 2026.

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Dataset provenance: official structured data captured 2026-10-19.

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