Man who was reported missing after leaving Dallas gym has been found dead, police say

A Dallas man who was reported missing after leaving an Old East Dallas gym in October has been found dead.

Dallas police said that a survey crew working for Paul Quinn College found human remains in a wooded area to the northwest of the southeast Oak Cliff campus about 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

On Friday, the Dallas County medical examiner’s office identified the remains as James Alan White. His cause of death has not been determined.

White, 55, was seen about 5:40 a.m. Oct. 22 driving away from the LA Fitness in the 2600 block of North Haskell Avenue. Surveillance footage from about 20 minutes later showed him at a gas station in the 2500 block of Inwood Road, not far from his home.

Authorities found his black Porsche Macan a week later in southeast Oak Cliff, near Bonnie View and Simpson Stuart roads — less than a mile from where his body was recovered.

Relatives said that White, who worked for KPMG, didn’t have any reason to vanish.

“He had no reason to up and leave; that’s what is mind-boggling,” his brother, Tim White, told KTVT-TV (Channel 11). “The short distance between the gym and home, how he could just disappear, that’s the hardest part.”

Police are continuing to investigate the case, and anyone with information may contact Detective Eric Barnes at 214-283-4818 or eric.barnes@dallascityhall.com and refer to case No. 188623-2020. Anonymous tips may be made to Crime Stoppers at 214-373-8477.