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For several dramatic weeks, he was cast as a suspect in a horrible crime that riveted the country’s attention.

But when he died this month, the news media took no notice, and the names of the people he’s linked to forever in the news were not mentioned in his obituary.

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James Goris, 42, died in Woodstock Hospital Dec. 6. His obituary reads like many others: what he loved to do and who are the loved ones left behind.

“James enjoyed fishing, watching movies, playing video games, and hanging out with his friends and family,” his obituary reads.

There is no word of Tara McDonald, his former partner, or her daughter, Victoria (Tori) Stafford, the eight-year-old Woodstock girl kidnapped and murdered April 8, 2009.

The disappearance of Tori, and the search for her and her abductors drew national and international media for several months. Two people were arrested for murder in late May, and Tori’s remains were found in late July.