Austin, TX
Missing Austin man’s family, friends gather for candlelight vigil
Vigil held for man who went lacking after evening out on Rainey Road
Jason John was reported lacking on February 5 after going out with mates. FOX 7 Austin’s Meredith Aldis has the story.
AUSTIN, Texas – Household and mates of a lacking Austin man gathered for a candlelight vigil Saturday night. Jason John was reported lacking final Sunday.
“I really like you Jason, we’re ready so that you can come again and that is one thing I do not understand how for much longer I can maintain on to this, I’m hanging in very robust, I’m doing my finest, however I do not understand how lengthy I’m going to be hanging in, I want my son again and I want a solution,” Jason John’s mom Elsie John mentioned.
Dozens of individuals from throughout, together with Jason John’s brother from Dubai, and his canine, Ruffles, gathered close to Chicano Park to sing, pray, and lightweight candles after a really lengthy week.
“I truly haven’t any tears left, the primary couple days I had tears and proper now it is time for motion,” Elsie John mentioned.
Household looking for Austin man who went lacking strolling residence from Rainey Road
Household and mates from all around the nation are looking for an Austin man who was reported lacking on Sunday.
Elsie John mentioned she acquired a message final Sunday saying her son by no means got here residence Saturday evening. He was along with his mates on Rainey Road and left at round 2:00 within the morning. His brother, Rinju John, mentioned he’s seen on a surveillance digital camera a minute later.
“I am studying extra about folks being drugged on Rainey Road and roofied and judging from the ten minutes of video I’ve, that wasn’t my brother strolling down that street, there was one thing extra that was effecting him,” Rinju John mentioned.
Rinju John mentioned there’s a lacking piece to this puzzle.
“A key level is that there’d no cameras on your complete path and I have been on that path a number of occasions, 7:30, 11:30, 1:00 a.m., it’s so darkish there it’s a very harmful and shady area,’ Rinju John mentioned, ‘On the finish of the day with out that footage that is lacking from your complete avenue, we’re not in a position to shut something off one hundred pc.”
Crews have been looking by helicopter, boats, drones, and strolling many, many miles for every week.
“We’re making an attempt the whole lot we will from totally different angles, unfold consciousness and work with Austin PD, we’re not getting any outcomes,” Rinju John mentioned.
“He is a sensible individual, he will not go close to the water. Okay, did somebody catch him, did somebody kidnap him, did somebody drug him up, we’d like the regulation enforcement,” Elsie John mentioned.
Austin PD is investigating this as a lacking grownup case. You probably have any details about Jason John’s whereabouts, name the Austin Police Division.