MUS-2026-0534
Archive card
MUS-2026-0534
Missing person
- Incident
- 2006
- Indexed
- Oct 29, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Columbus Division of Police
- Location
- Columbus OH
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Brian Shaffer, 27, an Ohio State medical student, was last seen on security camera outside the Ugly Tuna Saloona in Columbus, Ohio, just before 2 a.m. on April 1, 2006. No footage shows him leaving the bar. He missed a scheduled flight to Miami two days later and was reported missing. He has never been found and no one has been charged in his disappearance.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2006
On March 31, 2006, Shaffer has a steak dinner with his father, then meets a friend at the Ugly Tuna Saloona and bar-hops.
- 2006
On April 1, 2006, at about 1:55 to 2:00 a.m., he is last seen on camera outside the bar talking to two women.
- 2006
On April 3, 2006, he misses a scheduled flight to Miami and is reported missing.
Key people
The people in the file.
27, Ohio State medical student. Last seen April 1, 2006 outside the Ugly Tuna Saloona in Columbus, Ohio.
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