James Earl Dotson
- Gender
- M
- Race
- Black
- Height
- 5'07"
- Weight
- 150 lbs
- Eye color
- Brown
- Hair color
- Black
- Date of birth
- 1982-09-24
- Aliases
- Menace
#3274-DotsonTier-2 extracted
James Earl Dotson
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Jan 1, 2016
Recovery location
Warren, OH
Coordinates
41.2177, -80.8250
Days open
3,809
Victim
Extracted
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedOn 04/04/2016 at 0155 hours, Warren Township Officers were dispatched to the J&L Club located at 1957 Highland Avenue, Warren, Ohio 44485 for a shooting. Upon officer's arrival, they located a male down in the parking lot with gun shot wounds. This male was identified as James Earl Dotson Jr. by his Ohio Identification. Mr. Dotson was transported to a local hospital by a Warren Township EMS Crew. Officer's responded to the hospital to follow up on this investigation. Upon officer's arrival at the hospital, we were updated that Mr. Dotson had succumbed to his injuries. Mr. Dotson's death was determined to be a homicide. The investigation into this case remains upon as this case is unsolved.
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weaponfirearm
Locationcommercial
Date2016-04-04
Address1957 Highland Avenue, Warren, Ohio 44485
Ageuncertain
GenderM
About these fields →qwen3:14b · 6/2/2026
Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 41.2177
- Longitude
- -80.8250
- Precision
- Street
- Address
- 1957 Highland Avenue
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