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Brian Randall Shaffer
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Brian Randall Shaffer

File Nº MP1709

7,513 Days Without Answers

Age at Disappearance
27
Last Seen
April 1, 2006
Location
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio
Investigating Agency
Columbus Police Department
Agency Case #
060286094
Agency Phone
(877) 645-8477
Height
74 in
Weight
160 lbs
Hair
Brown
Eyes
Hazel

Circumstances

Shaffer, a second-year medical student at Ohio State University, was last seen at the Ugly Tuna Saloona bar near the OSU campus in Columbus, Ohio in the early morning hours of April 1, 2006, talking with two women. Security cameras recorded him entering the bar but never leaving it. His car was still parked at his apartment, and his cellular phone, credit cards and bank accounts have not been used since. He has a tattoo of a Pearl Jam symbol on his upper right arm and a small black spot on the iris of his left eye. His case remains unsolved.

Case file last verified October 16, 2026 against the official sources cited above.

Note on This Record

Weight: NamUs lists 160 to 165 pounds.

More Case Information

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Sex
Male
Race
White / Caucasian

Sources: NamUs · Charley Project · FBI

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Case # 060286094

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