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Family begging for answers about missing Austin man Jason John
Jason John’s household begging for solutions about lacking liked one
Jason John, 30, was final seen on Feb. 5 after an evening out with mates on Rainey Avenue
AUSTIN, Texas – A household is begging for solutions on their lacking liked one.
It has been eight days since 30-year-old Jason John was final seen on Feb. 5 after an evening out with mates on Rainey Avenue.
“Our foremost factor is we wish to discover my brother in good well being could be nice, however, if he has handed, we wish to discover him. We wish to have a correct funeral,” mentioned Rinju John, brother of Jason.
The John household is past pissed off as they transfer into day eight questioning the place 30-year-old Jason John is.
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“It’s the worst nightmare for a household,” mentioned Rinju.
The household of Jason has flown in from New York to get solutions. Rinju flew in from his dwelling in Dubai to Austin to be together with his household on this tough time.
“It is powerful, nevertheless it’s an important factor for a household to be collectively in a troublesome scenario like this,” mentioned Rinju.
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His household says they began to note one thing was off when Jason didn’t reply the household’s weekly name on Sunday.
“I spoke to my mother on Sunday, after which she’s like, ‘oh, Jason did not choose up his cellphone,’ which occurs, and all of us get busy and the time distinction,” mentioned Rinju.
Alarm bells didn’t actually go off till Jason’s household was advised he had not been again dwelling in any respect on Sunday leaving his canine, Ruffles, alone.
“The important thing factor is, okay, perhaps he went out, he stayed at a buddy’s place, his cellphone died, that is all potential, however as quickly as we knew that [Ruffles] was at dwelling for hours on finish and Jason wasn’t again then, we knew one thing was improper,” he mentioned.
Jason was final seen out on Rainey Avenue together with his mates Saturday, Feb. 4. FOX 7 Austin was advised he left round 2 a.m. Feb. 5, and is believed to have walked dwelling on the Woman Chook Lake path
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“We now have footage of him till the tip of Rainey Avenue. At that time, as soon as he takes that flip, we do not know what path he went in,” mentioned Rinju.
Rinju says the stroll dwelling ought to have taken 18 minutes. Nonetheless, there’s solely 10 minutes of footage of his brother. The remaining eight minutes of his stroll dwelling was left undocumented because of the lack of no cameras in that space.
“Did he go within the water? Did he go on the path? Do you return on the street? Was he kidnaped? There isn’t any concrete proof,” he mentioned.
Rinju says it took six days for the ball to get rolling on his brother’s case. Now, native leaders like Mayor Kirk Watson have joined in on the plea for solutions.
“It is nice. We simply want it got here sooner,” mentioned Rinju.
Austin police’s lacking individual unit is investigating. Groups have been looking out the realm, together with the lake, for days now.
Regardless of the end result, Rinju hopes change comes out of this.
“We wish that path to be lit up. It is laborious to consider in 2023 that your complete path has no cameras on it. There isn’t any little or no lighting. It is extremely darkish over there that needs to be mounted and needs to be modified,” he mentioned.
Austin police despatched FOX 7 Austin this assertion on the case:
“We’re nonetheless investigating this case. We won’t remark additional to guard this case’s integrity till extra info is on the market.”