A Faculty of Charleston scholar from New Jersey has been lacking since Halloween, in keeping with the town’s police.
Owen Tillman Kenney, 19, of Pink Financial institution, was final seen by pals round 2 a.m. on Oct. 31 within the space of King Avenue and Burns Lane, the Charleston Police Division initially stated.
In a subsequent replace, they confirmed he was later seen on surveillance video strolling alone onto the Ravenel Bridge pedestrian walkway shortly after 3 a.m.
“His cellphone’s final recorded location was additionally on the Ravenel Bridge round that very same time,” Charleston police stated Tuesday.
“He was minutes from his home however by no means made it house,” his household wrote in a Fb submit.
Kenney is described as white, 6-foot-1 and 155 kilos with gentle brown hair and blue eyes. He additionally has tattoos on his proper forearm, left shoulder, left shin and knee, his household stated.
He was final seen by pals carrying a green-and-white Boston Celtics uniform, however police stated Tuesday there was video from early Friday morning exhibiting Kenney close to the bridge “carrying a black hooded jacket, light-colored pants and black Nike sneakers with white soles.”
Police stated the search has included K9 items, drones and an underwater restoration staff, however has thus far turned up no signal of Kenney.
The Faculty of Charleston Division of Public Security stated it was collaborating with police and “working diligently” to share any data which may be useful within the search.
“Right now, there isn’t any purpose to imagine that there’s any hazard to the campus group in relation to this case,” the college stated in a press release.
The FBI and New Jersey State Police are additionally helping within the investigation.
In a Fb submit together with a number of pictures, Pink Financial institution Catholic Excessive College, the place Kenney graduated from in 2024, requested the general public to “pray for his protected return.”
