James Preston Davis

On the evening of March 2, 2006, James left his mother’s residence on Glen Mont Drive, telling her he was going to collect payment for a mechanical job he had recently finished. He never returned. While Reverend Angela Walden initially believed he might be with friends, her concern quickly turned to alarm as time passed without word. His disappearance marked the first adult case taken on by the Heidi Search Center, yet the investigation saw limited resources in its early years. While witnesses reported potential sightings of James at a tire shop on Austin Highway in the days following his disappearance, no concrete leads ever materialized.

For twenty years, James's family has fought to keep his memory alive, with Reverend Walden now advocating for her son from Anchorage, Alaska. To mark the two-decade anniversary of his disappearance, a new billboard campaign, sponsored by Season of Justice, has been launched along Austin Highway on the Northeast side of San Antonio. The billboard is strategically placed near the location of those last reported sightings to jog the memory of potential witnesses. The family’s goal remains clear: to find the answers necessary to finally bring James home and lay him to rest. The billboard will remain up through June 2026.

Anyone with information regarding the disappearance of James Preston Davis is urged to contact Search and Support San Antonio at 210-338-0027 or the San Antonio Police Department's Missing Persons Unit at 210-207-7660.