Columbus area Pearl Jam fan gone missing...

pjhawks

Kat wrote:

You can consider this thread as a light in the window. Please just skip over it when you're looking for a discussion thread, thank you.

you rock Kat - I love that this is still a sticky. "never give up the fight until the fight is done."

yahamita

Kat wrote:

You can consider this thread as a light in the window. Please just skip over it when you're looking for a discussion thread, thank you.

Thank YOU Kat for your compassion and understanding. We all need a little bit of hope in our lives...

IamMine

NothingIsEverything. wrote:

MH80359 wrote:

time to let go people.



sorry for the loss but we must move on...............

i want to say something very rude to you, but i won't.

someone out there has to have information about this man, and the fact that this thread has such a prominent place on the board makes me not only proud to be a member of this community, but reassured that there are people out there who are effected enough by the tragedies of other's to go out of their way to help in any way that they can.

+1, Thank you NothingIsEverything! Perfect username!

And I LOVE that line! (Lately we have been going down the shitty toilet in this state of Michigan so fast - we always already knew what was really important, but to actually feel more what is really important after losing jobs, filing bankruptcy, on our toes not knowing how much longer we'd stay in this house and those type of unsure moments...that line is even more powerful).

And this is for MH80359 - I have had several personal messages from people close to Brian, including his father Randy...that it meant a lot to them keeping this thread alive and sticky on the PJ board, a favorite band of Brian's and that gave them a feeling of hope and I think also a sense of him still being around in the PJ community who continue to keep his spirit alive and keep hope floating....

Thanks Kat and Lisa... thank you!

yahamita

IamMine wrote:

NothingIsEverything. wrote:

MH80359 wrote:

time to let go people.



sorry for the loss but we must move on...............

i want to say something very rude to you, but i won't.

someone out there has to have information about this man, and the fact that this thread has such a prominent place on the board makes me not only proud to be a member of this community, but reassured that there are people out there who are effected enough by the tragedies of other's to go out of their way to help in any way that they can.

+1, Thank you NothingIsEverything! Perfect username!

And I LOVE that line! (Lately we have been going down the shitty toilet in this state of Michigan so fast - we always already knew what was really important, but to actually feel more what is really important after losing jobs, filing bankruptcy, on our toes not knowing how much longer we'd stay in this house and those type of unsure moments...that line is even more powerful).

And this is for MH80359 - I have had several personal messages from people close to Brian, including his father Randy...that it meant a lot to them keeping this thread alive and sticky on the PJ board, a favorite band of Brian's and that gave them a feeling of hope and I think also a sense of him still being around in the PJ community who continue to keep his spirit alive and keep hope floating....

Thanks Kat and Lisa... thank you!

Everyone is struggling in their own way. It makes me realize just how fortunate I am, even though my life is pretty shitty right now. I am greatful for my life and what I still have.

Lost In Ohio

1) Thanks to Kat and everyone else for their support and keeping this thread stuck. The people who want the thread unstuck...Next time, this could be someone you know.

2) I just added Brian as a friend on facebook. Let's see what happens.

dimitrispearljam

Kat wrote:

You can consider this thread as a light in the window. Please just skip over it when you're looking for a discussion thread, thank you.

great thought,,really ,,thanks

PJFAN_seattle

I really hope Brian makes it home okay but how can he be alive and not contact anyone it makes no sense to me.
I wish the best of luck to the investigation and my deepest sympathy to his family, suchha sad situation.

mfc2006

Kat wrote:

You can consider this thread as a light in the window. Please just skip over it when you're looking for a discussion thread, thank you.

very well said. like everyone else, i am hopeful.

Lost In Ohio

http://stopcrime.org/wp-content/uploads ... affer1.pdf

That's to the most current "missing poster." Please feel free to print it out and distribute as you wish. Just make sure you get permission where needed before displaying.

The older one (http://medicine.osu.edu/brianshaffer/Brian_Shaffer.pdf) is still current as well.

Lost In Ohio

Central Ohio Crime Stoppers is changing its main phone number to 614-461-8477. While interacting in the community, it was brought to our attention that possible vital information is being withheld due to the existing number’s link with the Columbus Police. Crime Stoppers wants the community to understand that we are not the Police, but we work with law enforcement agencies. The existing number, 645-8477, will remain in effect for the next 60 days; however, we are requesting all media to reference the new number. Any questions, please contact Kevin Miles, Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, at 614-206-6315.

Once again, the new number is 614-461-8477, and you can remain anonymous.

aNiMaL

Lost In Ohio wrote:

I just added Brian as a friend on facebook. Let's see what happens.

What's the point of that?

Gary Carter

aNiMaL wrote:

Lost In Ohio wrote:

I just added Brian as a friend on facebook. Let's see what happens.

What's the point of that?

to see if he accepts the friend request and thats a sign that hes alive somewhere. my take on this all along is that he pulled a chris McCandless and went "into the wild".

Snaggletooth

metsfan wrote:

aNiMaL wrote:

Lost In Ohio wrote:

I just added Brian as a friend on facebook. Let's see what happens.

What's the point of that?

to see if he accepts the friend request and thats a sign that hes alive somewhere. my take on this all along is that he pulled a chris McCandless and went "into the wild".

hopefully this dude was smart and took a map unlike McCandless

MD53409

With all due respect to the missing person and the efforts to find them, you think they went into the wild but will be facebooking? kinda funny.

ledvedderman

MD53409 wrote:

With all due respect to the missing person and the efforts to find them, you think they went into the wild but will be facebooking? kinda funny.

one hell of a dick of a first post...

Tuolumne Mama

Thank you Kat. Glad to see this is still an active thread. I often think about Brian and his father, more so now that my son has become a teenager and is starting to attend concerts (although I'm there with him). I still hold hope he remains in a good place and at peace.

pjalive21

i didnt have time to read this whole thing but i read a link to a forum that had an article saying his best friend wouldnt take a polygraph and that his attorney, or a attorney says he is alive and the best friend knows about it?

this thing was posted in April of this year, anyone know anything about this?

http://projectjason.org/forums/index.php?topic=703.60s

http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/s ... 7043.shtml

just bizarre this is even 3 years later...what a shame what this family has gone thru regardless

Lost In Ohio

That all does seem to be right.

He does have a friend that refused to take a polygraph. IIRC, polygraphs can't be held up as evidence in court, if they're the only evidence...they have to be accompanied by other evidence. (Don't take that as 100% truth though.)

One of the feelings is that someone does know something, but won't say what they know... perhaps that's why they won't take the polygraph.

There was a recent interview done with the private investigator who feels as if Brian is alive. (Honestly, I think he may be right. There's been no body, no ransom note, no wallet, ID, or anything else turning up.)

SolarWorld

If people are trying to find your best friend and you refuse TWICE to take a polygraph you become a suspect in my book.

Lost In Ohio

SolarWorld wrote:

If people are trying to find your best friend and you refuse TWICE to take a polygraph you become a suspect in my book.

Here's what I don't get:

If it's a "Into The Wild" situation, and the friends know that, why don't they just come out and say so? After all, the friends certainly must realize that there's a huge cloud of suspicion over their heads, right?

I don't think Brian is dead. If he WERE dead, then there'd probably be stuff turning up (wallet, cell phone, keys, etc.) There may be a ransom note, etc. There've been a couple internet postings claiming various things, but they've all been hoaxes.

Still, I can't help shake the feeling that his friends know something. Someone certainly must know something, no matter how little and unimportant it may seem, and someone's not talking.

If only Randy could somehow leave us a sign. He and Brian's mom know where Brian is.