TX JASON LANDRY: Missing from TSU, San Marcos, TX - 12 Dec 2020 - Age 21 - car found wrecked

LULING, Texas (KXAN) — On Thursday, several agencies were outside of Luling, about 40 minutes from south Austin, searching for missing Texas State University student Jason Landry.

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Day four of the search began bright and early on Thursday morning.

Jason Landry, 21, a Texas State University student, is missing after his car was found crashed near U.S. 183 in Luling, Texas. He is believed to have been heading back home for Christmas break, but no one has heard from him since the crash. A small amount of blood was found in his car, along with his phone.

If anyone has information, please call the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office at (512) 398-6777 or Texas EquuSearch at (281) 309-9500.
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Day four of the search began bright and early on Thursday morning.
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Texas State University Student Jason Landry Missing after Car Crash Near Campus

College student Jason Landry is missing in Texas. His car was found crashed near campus after he was heading home for Christmas break.
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MEDIA - JASON LANDRY: Missing from TSU, San Marcos, TX since 12 Dec 2020 - Age 21 - car found wrecked
 
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Missing in Texas: Search for answers and for Jason Landry continues

Texas State student Jason Landry disappeared more than two years ago driving from San Marcos to his parent’s Houston-area home.
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By Angela Shen and FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
Published June 16, 2023 11:15AM

LULING, Texas - Two and a half years have passed since Texas State student Jason Landry vanished. But advocates haven't given up hope in searching for him and for answers.

Advocates like Catherine Shellman who is the founder of the Jason Landry Search Team. Shellman says she was drawn to the case because her own daughter, Tiffanie Perry, was a Texas State student about to graduate when Shellman says she was shot to death by her ex-boyfriend in 2010 who then shot himself.

"I used to think that the worst thing that could happen to a parent is to have their child murdered. But after hearing about Jason's story, I thought of his parents and realized that it's not. The worst thing I can imagine is not knowing where your child is," Shellman says.

"We feel like as citizens, we want to do what we can to bring closure to the family. And so we can't give up. We don't want to give up. We will continue to look for Jason until Jason is found," Shellman adds.

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Search continues for missing Texas State University student who disappeared in Luling 3 years ago

Authorities are still searching for a Texas State University student who disappeared in Central Texas three years ago.
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Search continues for missing Texas State University student who disappeared in Luling 3 years ago​

Authorities are still searching for a Texas State University student who disappeared in Central Texas three years ago.

On Wednesday, the Texas Attorney General’s Office said law enforcement is continuing to search for him and pursuing all credible information.


According to a statement from the office, they have conducted extensive forensic testing, issued numerous search warrants, interviewed dozens of witnesses, and asked experts in multiple government agencies and nonprofit organizations for assistance.

A panel of investigators has “examined all parts of the case and concluded that all credible leads and investigative steps have been thoroughly pursued up to this point,” the statement reads.

The investigation is still active. Anyone with information is asked to contact the OAG Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit by clicking here.
 
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Jason Landry: Vigil held for Texas State University student missing for 3 years

An emotional prayer service was held Friday night in Luling, Texas for Jason Landry, a 21-year-old who went missing three years ago while driving home from Texas State University.
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By Matthew Seedorff
Published December 15, 2023 9:04PM

LULING, Texas - An emotional prayer service was held Friday night in Luling, Texas for Jason Landry.

The student from Texas State University mysteriously disappeared on Dec. 13, 2020, when he was 21 years old. Despite several strenuous searches combing dozens of miles over the last three years, Jason still hasn’t been located.

"I never in my wildest dreams thought we’d be here 3 years later," said Kent Landry, Jason’s father. "Without any direction or answer."

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"You can’t begin to grieve until you know that person is gone," said Kent Landry. "We just keep waiting and praying for [answers]."

Search crews have spent countless hours and resources looking for Jason Landry.

"We’ve never come up with anything other than what was initially found at the scene," said Gene Robinson from RP Search Services. "There’s been a lot of effort put into this. We’ve seen ponds drained [and] we’ve had dogs everywhere. "For us not to be able to come up with something is highly unusual."

"The more you look, and you don’t find something, the more you have to entertain the possibility that somebody might have been involved and he’s not here because he’s probably in a shallow grave somewhere because of someone," said Kent.

The Office of the Attorney General is investigating the case.

They say Jason appeared to be in a single-car accident, and nothing has been found that suggests he was planning to meet anyone in Luling.

On Wednesday, they released a statement that reads:

"Three years ago this week, a Texas college student named Jason Landry disappeared. Attorney General Paxton and the Office of the Attorney General’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit wish to reaffirm their unwavering commitment to this investigation and to pursuing all credible information received from the public. Mr. Landry, a student at Texas State University, was last seen on December 13, 2020. Mr. Landry’s abandoned vehicle was discovered in the early morning hours of December 14, 2020, on a rural roadway just outside of Luling, Texas.

Since receiving a request for investigative assistance from the Caldwell County District Attorney’s Office and the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office in February 2022, the OAG’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit has dedicated hundreds of hours of investigative resources to the case. This includes conducting extensive forensic testing, issuing numerous search warrants, interviewing dozens of witnesses, and enlisting the assistance of experts with a wide range of specialized backgrounds from multiple government agencies and non-profit organizations.

In November 2023, the OAG Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit hosted an extensive roundtable case review of the Landry investigation alongside experts in digital forensics, geospatial sciences, data mapping, criminal intelligence, and other relevant fields from agencies including the FBI, the Texas Rangers and Department of Public Safety, Texas Search and Rescue, the Caldwell County District Attorney’s Office, and the Travis County Constable’s Office (Precinct 3). The panel thoroughly examined all parts of the case and concluded that all credible leads and investigative steps have been thoroughly pursued up to this point. The Texas OAG’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit considers this matter to be an ongoing and active investigation and encourages anyone with credible information about the case to contact the Unit at https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/coldcasetips. Our thoughts remain with the Landry family during this difficult time."
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Search crews plan to look over the Luling area again Saturday morning. A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to Jason.

"Jason is probably in the hands of the Lord and he’s in a better place than me and both of us," said Landry. "That makes the waiting bearable because we know one day I’ll be able to hug him again."
 
This one is a tough one. It has never made sense imo, not that things in any or every case always make sense or always end up with answers.

Their theory from the start seemed to be it was not a case where another was involved and in that case he should be found somewhere nearby but he hasn't been.

No clue as to what happened or where he is, all I know is my heart goes out to his family as they have no answers. Imo he could be dead or alive and I can't even imagine the toll that takes on family not knowing that answer. And he went missing this time of year and here they are again looking at another holiday season with no answers already three years later.

This one has never added up to me. But even so, I don't know what the answer is.
 
GrandmaBear said:
This one is a tough one. It has never made sense imo, not that things in any or every case always make sense or always end up with answers.

Their theory from the start seemed to be it was not a case where another was involved and in that case he should be found somewhere nearby but he hasn't been.

No clue as to what happened or where he is, all I know is my heart goes out to his family as they have no answers. Imo he could be dead or alive and I can't even imagine the toll that takes on family not knowing that answer. And he went missing this time of year and here they are again looking at another holiday season with no answers already three years later.

This one has never added up to me. But even so, I don't know what the answer is.
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Cars found wrecked and people missing cases, always baffled me.
 
It make sense if you can open your mind and think carefully.
There's a serial killer, working TX and OK, whose modus
operandi is searching for opportunaties to kidnap adult or
adult seeming males by getting them in his vehicle, most
likely nowadays by driving a vehicle that appears as if it
could be a law enforcement vehicle and by representing
himself as a law enforcement officer who is 'arresting' them.
Think of this person as a kind of 'John Wayne Gacy on
wheels' - I suppose he has a dwelling on some deserted,
quiet piece of land where he drives them to, and they are
killed at.
 
buyerninety said:
It make sense if you can open your mind and think carefully.
There's a serial killer, working TX and OK, whose modus
operandi is searching for opportunaties to kidnap adult or
adult seeming males by getting them in his vehicle, most
likely nowadays by driving a vehicle that appears as if it
could be a law enforcement vehicle and by representing
himself as a law enforcement officer who is 'arresting' them.
Think of this person as a kind of 'John Wayne Gacy on
wheels' - I suppose he has a dwelling on some deserted,
quiet piece of land where he drives them to, and they are
killed at.
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SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
Or, being that the simplest explanation is usually the right one - he was disoriented and wandered away. As happens with so many car accident victims.
He stripped his clothes off in the street, after all.
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I'd fall in the middle of these two thoughts.

I don't know that it is some serial killer with an LE looking car nor do I think it is necessarily a male that is who wandered and if so, then find him, he was naked and how far could he make it?

I see it in case after case here, or enough of them, where it is the drugs, the stripping of clothes and an assumption that's what it is but interestingly enough I see it in the cases where they can't FIND the person that people say that or explain it on that basis. Just like ruling a death a suicide, I think they had darned well be sure before writing it off to that. Just like a poisoning never checked for being written off as natural causes, etc.

I know it can be difficult to find a body in a search especially in wilderness etc. and not knowing what direction, how far and so on and I was not impressed with what they first did in this one or lack of what they did and now that so much more searching has went on, where is he? Where is the guy, Michael is it Bryson, sorry you know I know the case, but memory fails, who went missing at a RAVE or whatever?. Yes there were drugs but it sure the heck wasn't like no one else was around in that one.

And then of course in either case (and others) there is NO TOX or proof even as they don't have the bodies that they were even that messed up. Hearsay I'm sure but no PROOF. AND was anyone else present and WHAT were they doing... Or what DID they do or not do....?

In the OR case what was it, six months a year, more before they found some clothing and nowhere near if I recall where he allegedly disappeared from... Hmmmm.

I also don't know about the SK thing. Possible I guess. But I think it all falls somewhere in the middle of both thoughts.

Funny too how the clothes show up in both cases but no body.

I don't know. This kid was headed home to his folks, not to a party if I recall.

And EVEN if it was some such thing, there is still the thing of where did the drugs come from if that is what it was, who provided, was anyone with who bailed or with him earlier and so on. Just like at the OR party.

I have to tell you in this one I wonder a bit if HE staged his own disappearance. We've seen more than one college kid pull stunts because they are failing or kicked out or about to be and don't dare let mom and dad find out.

Anyhow, I don't know but what I do know is he has not been found, whether drugs and dying from them or murder or kidnap. That makes an unclosed case that always should be and in the beginning on this one they weren't doing sh*t. For some time. To any extent.

Jmo but that alone p*sses me off and only after a lot of outcry and yelling did they or act as if they are.

WHERE is he and why is it the clothes are found in such cases but the person never is... I'm sure there are cases they are but I mean these unsolved ones, so many assume they got naked so it is drugs but then where are they and why assume that?

In Abby and LIbby, they had to undress too... Pretty sure no one thinks that was drug induced.

I'm just saying, it is not SOLVED. But I also don't know that I buy it was some random thing by some serial killer.

Whatever it is, his family deserves answers and an open case that is continually investigated until those answers come.

And we sure have the right to speculate.

Again I fall in the middle. I don't think either of these things necessarily. But it's speculation on all of our parts.

Just my opinion. Not directed at anyone in any way whatsoever. The case upsets me and the lack of attention some get and this is one.
 
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I'd fall in the middle of these two thoughts.

I don't know that it is some serial killer with an LE looking car nor do I think it is necessarily a male that is who wandered and if so, then find him, he was naked and how far could he make it?

I see it in case after case here, or enough of them, where it is the drugs, the stripping of clothes and an assumption that's what it is but interestingly enough I see it in the cases where they can't FIND the person that people say that or explain it on that basis. Just like ruling a death a suicide, I think they had darned well be sure before writing it off to that. Just like a poisoning never checked for being written off as natural causes, etc.

I know it can be difficult to find a body in a search especially in wilderness etc. and not knowing what direction, how far and so on and I was not impressed with what they first did in this one or lack of what they did and now that so much more searching has went on, where is he? Where is the guy, Michael is it Bryson, sorry you know I know the case, but memory fails, who went missing at a RAVE or whatever?. Yes there were drugs but it sure the heck wasn't like no one else was around in that one.

And then of course in either case (and others) there is NO TOX or proof even as they don't have the bodies that they were even that messed up. Hearsay I'm sure but no PROOF. AND was anyone else present and WHAT were they doing... Or what DID they do or not do....?

In the OR case what was it, six months a year, more before they found some clothing and nowhere near if I recall where he allegedly disappeared from... Hmmmm.

I also don't know about the SK thing. Possible I guess. But I think it all falls somewhere in the middle of both thoughts.

Funny too how the clothes show up in both cases but no body.

I don't know. This kid was headed home to his folks, not to a party if I recall.

And EVEN if it was some such thing, there is still the thing of where did the drugs come from if that is what it was, who provided, was anyone with who bailed or with him earlier and so on. Just like at the OR party.

I have to tell you in this one I wonder a bit if HE staged his own disappearance. We've seen more than one college kid pull stunts because they are failing or kicked out or about to be and don't dare let mom and dad find out.

Anyhow, I don't know but what I do know is he has not been found, whether drugs and dying from them or murder or kidnap. That makes an unclosed case that always should be and in the beginning on this one they weren't doing sh*t. For some time. To any extent.

Jmo but that alone p*sses me off and only after a lot of outcry and yelling did they or act as if they are.

WHERE is he and why is it the clothes are found in such cases but the person never is... I'm sure there are cases they are but I mean these unsolved ones, so many assume they got naked so it is drugs but then where are they and why assume that?

In Abby and LIbby, they had to undress too... Pretty sure no one thinks that was drug induced.

I'm just saying, it is not SOLVED. But I also don't know that I buy it was some random thing by some serial killer.

Whatever it is, his family deserves answers and an open case that is continually investigated until those answers come.

And we sure have the right to speculate.

Again I fall in the middle. I don't think either of these things necessarily. But it's speculation on all of our parts.

Just my opinion. Not directed at anyone in any way whatsoever. The case upsets me and the lack of attention some get and this is one.
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I just watched the "Disappeared" Episode on "ID" Again featuring him. This case is incredibly baffling. I don't have a strong feeling in any direction. Except a serial killer, No. I would lean towards a personal motive if any.
 
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The surrounding land has been searched six ways to Sunday, he
is not there.
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I tend to agree with you. Not that a body can't be missed time and time again but then one day found but I'm just not buying it is something like that in this one. I pretty much never have. Meaning I don't buy it was drugs, he crashed, he stripped, he ran off and he died all on his own and just hasn't been found yet. I could be wrong, but I just don't feel that's what happened here and never have.

I could be wrong of course and fine if I am but they need to find him regardless. I don't think he's in that vicinity and I never have. That's why they haven't found him as well.

Again I could be wrong and I don't care if I am, I only care about answers for families and justice, but they need to explore all avenues.

In cases like this, it would behoove them to find the body and not just the clothing if it is what so many put it down to, some drug induced reaction and death.

And I don't discount your SK thought but my thoughts are a bit different and more in the middle of the thoughts. Doesn't matter though if we are right or wrong, any of us, the case needs to be solved, remain open and ACTIVE until there are answers.
 
GrandmaBear said:
I tend to agree with you. Not that a body can't be missed time and time again but then one day found but I'm just not buying it is something like that in this one. I pretty much never have. Meaning I don't buy it was drugs, he crashed, he stripped, he ran off and he died all on his own and just hasn't been found yet. I could be wrong, but I just don't feel that's what happened here and never have.

I could be wrong of course and fine if I am but they need to find him regardless. I don't think he's in that vicinity and I never have. That's why they haven't found him as well.

Again I could be wrong and I don't care if I am, I only care about answers for families and justice, but they need to explore all avenues.

In cases like this, it would behoove them to find the body and not just the clothing if it is what so many put it down to, some drug induced reaction and death.

And I don't discount your SK thought but my thoughts are a bit different and more in the middle of the thoughts. Doesn't matter though if we are right or wrong, any of us, the case needs to be solved, remain open and ACTIVE until there are answers.
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I am always angry to find a case goes cold and is closed. That should NEVER happen. Usually I equate a person stripping with Hypothermia.
 
Mel70 said:
I just watched the "Disappeared" Episode on "ID" Again featuring him. This case is incredibly baffling. I don't have a strong feeling in any direction. Except a serial killer, No. I would lean towards a personal motive if any.
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It is baffling and that's why I think any theory shouldn't be discounted. I lean towards person as well but then I recognize in myself that I usually do. BUT it is also usually the case.

I think or tend to that he was meeting someone and it may have been for drugs, someone he was in deep with or over his head with OR and this is a strong one, he staged this. I have seen over the years a number of cases of children or adult children who are failing in college or kicked out and don't want their parents to find out and the pressure comes down on, etc. We are right at that midterm time in this case. False disappearances, even suicides because the pressure is so great. The thing is it usually gets figured out and an answer by now or long before now. Where he is is still up in the air so then I have to wonder because generally they aren't that smart about it and just a kid trying to stay out of trouble... That is though my leaning or was at first anyhow.

My other leaning is tied to that in that all could have been falling apart and he owed someone money re drugs or whatever and it was about to come crashing down or was meeting someone for same ...

I don['t know. I do look though at the timing here. And I have seen many a case, both where they ended up dead or faking their own disappearance... The thing that makes me doubt my leaning though is he has NOT been found...

My thoughts are he staged his own disappearance and successfully to this day (unlikely the longer it gets but have they LOOKED into THAT?), and may or may not have had help doing so. He suicided otherwise (not found though so...). He was meeting up with someone who he owed, wanted drugs from or some other and from there something happened or was planned, his car looking wrecked and his disappearance, etc. (but he had a ride) and that intertwines with the first thought and so on.

Maybe I'll find I'm wrong and it was some drug induced strip your clothes off, run off and die scenario and they'll find him with a not too many mile radius one day. I don't know. I do know it is a common assumption WITHOUT a body. Find the damned body then if you say or think that's the case for goodness sakes.

Of course it could be random and some SK even but unlikely imo unless meeting with some stranger...Like in LISK, the women advertised on Craig's List and met a really bad stranger. Always possible but I don't think so.

Again this was about midterm....

The part that throws me though is the lack of answers and that he has not been found. Of course I don't know how hard they've tried and I don't mean just with searches.
 
Mel70 said:
I am always angry to find a case goes cold and is closed. That should NEVER happen. Usually I equate a person stripping with Hypothermia.
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I agree, never closed until REAL answers come and not assumptions and actively investigated until then as well.

What bothered me about this one right from the start is they seemed to write it/him off... Never gave a thought to a crime or anything, just an adult, unimportant, drugs or whatever, etc.
 
GrandmaBear said:
I agree, never closed until REAL answers come and not assumptions and actively investigated until then as well.

What bothered me about this one right from the start is they seemed to write it/him off... Never gave a thought to a crime or anything, just an adult, unimportant, drugs or whatever, etc.
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Assumptions are never an answer. What crap.
 
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