James Dallas Egbert III

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James Dallas Egbert III (October 29, 1962 – August 16, 1980) was a student at Michigan State University who disappeared from his dormitory room on August 15, 1979. The disappearance was widely reported before he was located a month later. No reason for his disappearance was made public, but Egbert was said to have twice attempted suicide during the period he was missing. He killed himself slightly more than a year after the disappearance. Egbert's participation in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons was identified as a possible factor in his disappearance. The case vaulted the previously obscure game to nationwide attention.

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