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I wonder if this "epiphany" could've been an intention to committ suicide. So many strange details in this case.
WA WA - Logan Schiendelman, 19, Tumwater, 20 May 2016
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Logan Schiendelman
On May 20, 2016, 20-year-old Logan Schiendelman’s black 1996 Chrysler Sebring convertible was found abandoned on Interstate 5 between Tumwater and Maytown, Washington, one day after he was last seen at his parents’ home. Several drivers called 911 to report the vehicle on the shoulder and seeing a man, described as white with light brown or red hair, jumping out and running into the woods. In 2018, a woman came forward saying she thought she saw two men in the back seat with a man matching Logan’s description. The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office has received many tips regarding potential sightings, as well as where remains may be located, but there have been no concrete leads in the case. More than 15,000 people are part of the Facebook group ‘Logan Schiendelman is Missing’ and family members continue to post periodic updates on the case. Foul play has not been ruled out in the case, and Logan’s loved ones say they cannot imagine that he would run away. There is currently a $10,000 reward for information leading to his whereabouts. Logan is described as 6’, weighing roughly 150 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. He would be 26 years old today. If you have any information regarding Logan’s case, please call Det. Frawley at the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office (360) 786-5599.
Logan Schiendelman
On May 20, 2016, 20-year-old Logan Schiendelman’s black 1996 Chrysler Sebring convertible was found abandoned on Interstate 5 between Tumwater and Maytown, Washington, one day after he was last seen at his parents’ home. Several drivers called 911 to report the vehicle on the shoulder and seeing a man, described as white with light brown or red hair, jumping out and running into the woods. In 2018, a woman came forward saying she thought she saw two men in the back seat with a man matching Logan’s description. The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office has received many tips regarding potential sightings, as well as where remains may be located, but there have been no concrete leads in the case. More than 15,000 people are part of the Facebook group ‘Logan Schiendelman is Missing’ and family members continue to post periodic updates on the case. Foul play has not been ruled out in the case, and Logan’s loved ones say they cannot imagine that he would run away. There is currently a $10,000 reward for information leading to his whereabouts. Logan is described as 6’, weighing roughly 150 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. He would be 26 years old today. If you have any information regarding Logan’s case, please call Det. Frawley at the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office (360) 786-5599.
- ''Missing Since05/19/2016
- Missing FromTumwater, Washington
- ClassificationEndangered Missing
- SexMale
- RaceBiracial, Black, White
- Date of Birth06/27/1996 (26)
- Age19 years old
- Height and Weight6'0, 150 - 190 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA black windbreaker jacket, jeans, a white shirt and possibly Nike shoes.
- Medical ConditionsSchiendelman is severely allergic to peanuts. He is supposed to carry an EpiPen in case of exposure, but he doesn't have his EpiPen with him.
- Associated Vehicle(s)Black 1996 Chrysler Sebring convertible with the Washington license plate number AVJ8434 (accounted for)
- Distinguishing CharacteristicsBiracial (African-American/Caucasian) male. Black hair, brown eyes. Schiendelman normally shaves his head. He has a small scar on his left forearm.
Details of Disappearance
Schiendelman was last seen in Tumwater, Washington on May 19, 2016. He has never been heard from again.He had played football at Tumwater High School. After his graduation in 2014, he attended Washington State University, 300 miles from home, but dropped out after his freshman year and moved back home. He moved in with his grandmother and half-sister and worked multiple jobs, one of them at his great-aunt's five-acre arm.
His family described him as a quiet, sensitive young man, and his loved ones noticed he became more withdrawn after he left college. He cut ties with his high school friends and hadn't made many new friends during his year at Washington State University.
He had been raised by his maternal grandmother, and had no contact with his father's family until shortly before his disappearance, when he reached out of them and had an emotional meeting with some of his paternal relatives. Schiendelman reportedly told them that if his maternal grandmother found out he'd been seeing his paternal relatives, she would be angry.
His grandmother, who had raised him, said he had been smoking a lot of marijuana at the time of his disappearance. There was apparently some tension between Schiendelman and his half-sister's boyfriend; the boyfriend had moved in with the family, and Schiendelman didn't like this. The boyfriend was questioned about Schiendelman's disappearance and said he knew nothing about it. He passed a polygraph.
The last time Schiendelman spoke to his grandmother, on the morning of May 19, he seemed nervous and told her he had had an "epiphany" about himself he needed to work through. She suggested they talk about it later that day. He never spoke to her again.
The next day, wondering where he was, she pinged his cellular phone and it pinged off a tower near his mother's home in Olympia, Washington, so she assumed he was there. In fact, Schiendelman's mother hadn't seen him, and further activity on his phone indicates he went down Interstate 5 heading south, then back north, then south again, then north again, then south again.
A woman reported having seen Schiendelman with two Caucasian men by his car, which was parked on the right shoulder of southbound Interstate 5 near Exit 95. She saw them on the morning of May 20, while she was driving to work. When she passed the location again coming home, the car was still parked in the same spot, but the hood was up.
One of the men was six feet tall, with a very thin build and thin, straight blond hair in a bowl cut. He wore a too-small tank top and too-short jeans. A sketch of this man is posted with this case summary. The other man is described as having shoulder-length blond hair and wearing a flannel shirt and jeans.
Three people called 911 at 2:00 p.m. on May 20 to report a car drifting across the lanes of Interstate 5 between Tumwater and Maytown, near milepost 92. There didn't appear to be anyone driving. It veered across three lanes towards the center lane, hit the concrete barrier and stopped.
A truck driver reported seeing a Caucasian man with brown or red hair jumping out the passenger side of the vehicle and running towards the thick woods on the side of the interstate. The description of the man doesn't match Schiendelman, but the car, a black 1996 Chrysler Sebring convertible with the Washington license plate number AVJ8434, was his. He left his wallet, identification, debit card, $25 in cash, cellular phone, car keys, water bottle, and other belongings inside it, along with a grocery sack full of snacks in the center console.
An extensive search of a two-mile radius of the woods around the spot the car was found, involving helicopters and tracker dogs, turned up no sign of Schiendelman. A week later, however, someone at the Olympia regional airport checked in on his Facebook page.
It's uncharacteristic of Schiendelman to leave without warning and his family is baffled by his disappearance. Police believe he may have been suffering from mental illness. They stated there was no evidence of foul play in his case, but also no evidence that Schiendelman is still alive. His case remains unsolved.''
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FEB 17, 2023
Matthew Anfeldt, Karen Bodine, Nancy Moyer and Logan Schiendelman are familiar names to many South Thurston County residents for the mystery still surrounding their cases.
[...]
In an effort to raise awareness for unsolved cases in Thurston County and to show victims and their families that they have not been forgotten, Boheme started the Facebook page Thurston County Cold Cases, also known as Southwest Washington Cold Cases, in December 2022. The page, which is not affiliated with any law enforcement agency, features publicly-available information related to cold cases and active missing persons cases across Southwest Washington.
“To be completely honest, the goal of the page is simply to show the victim respect and to honor them as they deserve,” Boheme said.
The secondary goal of the page is to keep the victims’ cold cases in the public eye, which could encourage someone with possible information that could help advance the case to come forward.
[...]
Boheme also wants to showcase her field, forensic genetic genealogy, as a tool that can be used in the investigation of cold cases.
[...]
Boheme has expressed interest in speaking to Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders about the possibility of using forensic genetic genealogy and DNA testing to help solve cold cases, but the continuance of those investigations depends on the sheriff’s office having a detective to pursue them.
[...]
To help solve that issue, Sanders said he plans to ask for a full-time missing persons/cold cases investigator position to be added to the department’s budget.
[...]
Thurston County Cold Cases Get Increased Attention - The Daily Chronicle
Matthew Anfeldt, Karen Bodine, Nancy Moyer and Logan Schiendelman are familiar names to many South Thurston County residents for the mystery still surrounding their cases. But those names …
www.chronline.com
[...]
In an effort to raise awareness for unsolved cases in Thurston County and to show victims and their families that they have not been forgotten, Boheme started the Facebook page Thurston County Cold Cases, also known as Southwest Washington Cold Cases, in December 2022. The page, which is not affiliated with any law enforcement agency, features publicly-available information related to cold cases and active missing persons cases across Southwest Washington.
“To be completely honest, the goal of the page is simply to show the victim respect and to honor them as they deserve,” Boheme said.
The secondary goal of the page is to keep the victims’ cold cases in the public eye, which could encourage someone with possible information that could help advance the case to come forward.
[...]
Boheme also wants to showcase her field, forensic genetic genealogy, as a tool that can be used in the investigation of cold cases.
[...]
Boheme has expressed interest in speaking to Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders about the possibility of using forensic genetic genealogy and DNA testing to help solve cold cases, but the continuance of those investigations depends on the sheriff’s office having a detective to pursue them.
[...]
To help solve that issue, Sanders said he plans to ask for a full-time missing persons/cold cases investigator position to be added to the department’s budget.
[...]
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Dateline to feature Tumwater teen's disappearance in its 'Missing in America' series
It’s been seven years since 19-year-old Logan Schiendelman went missing. There is no evidence of where he is or a suspect in his disappearance.
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Noting:Dateline to feature Tumwater teen's disappearance in its 'Missing in America' series
It’s been seven years since 19-year-old Logan Schiendelman went missing. There is no evidence of where he is or a suspect in his disappearance.
Dateline’s second season of “Missing in America” podcast premiers May 30. The episode on Logan’s case will be available on June 20.
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JUN 21, 2023
www.nbcnews.com
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Read the transcript here:
May 20, 2016.
63 degrees under mostly clear skies in Tumwater, Washington, just south of the state capital, Olympia.
Around 3 p.m. that Friday, traffic on Interstate 5 was zipping along at 70 miles an hour. That’s when something alarming came into focus.
A black convertible, top up, was definitely not following the rules of the road.
The 1996 Chrysler Sebring was drifting diagonally from the far right southbound lane toward the median.
Other cars had to speed up or swerve to avoid hitting it. Then, after a few dangerous seconds, the Sebring stopped.
That’s Mike Ware. He wishes he’d been at the scene that day, because he has strong opinions about what happened. And not just because of the 39 years he spent in the local sheriff’s office, or because of what police were about to find in the Sebring.
Mike has a lot to say because what happened on the highway that day was something much more personal to him. It was the beginning of a mystery that shattered his own family.
The convertible disrupting traffic on the freeway belonged to Mike’s 19-year-old nephew, Logan Schiendelman.
Only, Logan wasn’t in the car. No one was.
[...]
Dateline: Missing in America podcast covers the May 2016 disappearance of Logan Schiendelman in Tumwater, Washington
Josh Mankiewicz reports.
www.nbcnews.com
Read the transcript here:
May 20, 2016.
63 degrees under mostly clear skies in Tumwater, Washington, just south of the state capital, Olympia.
Around 3 p.m. that Friday, traffic on Interstate 5 was zipping along at 70 miles an hour. That’s when something alarming came into focus.
A black convertible, top up, was definitely not following the rules of the road.
The 1996 Chrysler Sebring was drifting diagonally from the far right southbound lane toward the median.
Other cars had to speed up or swerve to avoid hitting it. Then, after a few dangerous seconds, the Sebring stopped.
That’s Mike Ware. He wishes he’d been at the scene that day, because he has strong opinions about what happened. And not just because of the 39 years he spent in the local sheriff’s office, or because of what police were about to find in the Sebring.
Mike has a lot to say because what happened on the highway that day was something much more personal to him. It was the beginning of a mystery that shattered his own family.
The convertible disrupting traffic on the freeway belonged to Mike’s 19-year-old nephew, Logan Schiendelman.
Only, Logan wasn’t in the car. No one was.
[...]
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Missing Person / NamUs #MP34124
View NamUs missing person case MP34124 for Logan Drew Schiendelman missing from Tumwater, Washington. Date of last contact: May 19, 2016. NCMEC case number: --.
