GA GA - Austin Waters Jansen, 30, missing from Conyers, 31 Oct 2024

[haggis]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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Per NAMUS:

Austin Jansen was last seen or heard from on October 31, 2024. Austin's vehicle, a 2014 Ford Focus, was located abandoned on Lower River Road inside of Newton County, Georgia. The vehicle was left running and the doors to the vehicle were opened. Austin has not been seen since the discovery of his vehicle. It is unknown what Austin may have been wearing when he disappeared.

Short brown hair, blue eyes. He's l'10" 175 lbs. Has a large tattoo "on the front of his neck above his chest."

 

[caribou_birdie]

Local to me and first I have heard of it. Sad

 

[GraceG]

His first Facebook I found Log into Facebook His last post from late summer in 2023 was talking about not bein able to see or talk to his daughter. Based on the court information to follow, he had not been out of prison all of that long. A new Facebook page show he's happy and taking photos with that same child with the last post October 2024. Austin Jansen

Doing some back history, found through the Rockdale County Sheriff Department that had had been arrested as a Fugitive from Justice with the help of the US Marshalls in 2013. He was only 19 years old and was extradited to Texas where the crime occurred and charged with Aggravated Robbery receiving a 10 year prison sentence.
Texas fugitive arrested in Rockdale

Here is a brief synopsis of the case from Travic County Court Records:
390th District Court
Case Summary
Case No. D-1-DC-13-302034
STATE OF TEXAS VS JANSEN, AUSTIN WATERS
Filed on:10/16/2013
Case Information
Case Type: FELONY
Case Status: 08/10/2017 TDC Sentence
Offense Degree Offense Date Filed Date
1. AGG ROBBERY - KNIFE F1
Offense Date: 07/30/2013
Arrest Date: 11/29/2013
TCSO - Travis County Sheriff
Party Information STATE OF TEXAS
Defendant JANSEN, AUSTIN WATERS
Dispositions
07/15/2015
Plea
JANSEN, AUSTIN WATERS
1. AGG ROBBERY - KNIFE Guilty
Disposition (Judicial Officer: name redacted by gg)
THEREUPON THE STATE FOUND THAT A DEADLY WEAPON TO WIT: KNIFE WAS USED BY THE DEFENDANT DURING THE COMMISSION OF SAID OFFENSE.
1. AGG ROBBERY - KNIFE CONVICTED

07/15/2015
Sentence (Judicial Officer: name redacted by gg.)
1. AGG ROBBERY - KNIFE
COMMITTED TO PRISON
Confinement to Commence 07/15/2015
10 Years , 0 Months , 0 Days , TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE , TDCJ HUNTSVILLE
Jail Credit 0 Years , 0 Months , 0 Days
Consecutive with Prior Sentence

In 2016 he appealed his conviction, and the appeal was dismissed (screenshot attached) Austin Waters Jansen v. The State of Texas Appeal from 390th District Court of Travis County (memorandum opinion )

Rockdale County (GA) court records showed the following cases the 2014 event occurred after he was arrested for armed robbery and before he was sentenced to prison by way of a timeline. https://portal-garockdale.tylertech.cloud/PublicAccess/Search.aspx?ID=100

Case No. 2014-SR-3021
Defendant Jansen, Austin Waters
Jurisdiction State of Georgia
Charge Information
Charges: Jansen, Austin Waters Statute Level Date
1. Family Violence Simple Battery 16-5-23 Misdemeanor 10/13/2014
2. Criminal Trespass 16-7-21 Misdemeanor 10/13/2014

Case No. 2012-SR-2697
Party Information
Defendant Jansen, Austin Waters
Jurisdiction State of Georgia
Charge Information
Charges: Jansen, Austin Waters Statute Level Date
1. Family Violence Simple Battery 16-5-23 Misdemeanor 08/10/2012
2. Theft by Taking 16-8-2 Misdemeanor 08/10/2012

Case No. 2011-ORD-1325
Defendant Jansen, Austin Waters
Jurisdiction State of Georgia
Charge Information
Charges: Jansen, Austin Waters Statute Level Date
1. Loitering Generally 66-4 Ordinance (City or County) 06/03/2011

 

[chronodetective]

I would like to know where precisely on Lower River Road his vehicle was found. There is quite a few homes on that road. There is also the Newton County landfill in that road. I wonder if any cameras in the area could see his vehicle traveling on the road to understand the nature of his stop. Spring Hill Park also had just opened up a few months before he went missing (July). I would also like to know where he was traveling to. His last known location and where this road is, in my opinion i believe he was probably going past Covington.