Alan White’s body found
May 21, 2021 |
DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer
The Dallas County Medical Examiner has yet to determine the cause of death for Alan White, the Dallas gay man who disappeared last October and whose body was found last week. But police hope to have more information soon, according to LGBT Police Liaison Chelsea Geist.
White’s body was found near Paul Quinn College in south Dallas on May 13. A survey crew working for the college found the remains in a wooded area and called 9-1-1. White disappeared on Oct. 22.
White and his husband, Rusty Jenkins, both left their home at around 4:45 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, driving separate cars on their way to separate gyms. White was last seen leaving the L.A. Fitness gym at CityPlace around 6 a.m. He was driving a black Porsche Macan, a loaner car from Park Place Motors.
Body found Thursday identified as Alan White
May 14, 2021 | 1
Human remains found Thursday afternoon, May 13, near Paul Quinn College have been identified as the body James Alan White, a gay man who has been missing since last October. Dallas police said Friday, May 14, that no cause of death has been determined yet and that the investigation into his death remains ongoing.
According to the Dallas Police Department blog, DPD Beat, a survey crew working for the college found the remains shortly after noon Thursday in a wooded area northwest of the Paul Quinn campus and called 9-11. The Dallas County Medical Examiner positively identified the remains as those of White on Friday.
Surveillance video later that same day showed White at a RaceTrac gas station at Inwood Road and Maple Avenue where security camera footage showed him filling the tank of his car and driving out of the parking lot. That was just shortly after he was seen leaving the gym.
On Thursday, a survey crew working for Paul Quinn College found human remains in a wooded area northwest of the campus and called 911.
“I want to know not only who did this but the why, why did someone put it on themselves to take him off this earth, it doesn’t make any sense, said Tim White.