TX TX - Justin Weldon O’Brien, 23, Waco, 29 Apr 2002

[MadMcGoo]

• The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
• Justin Weldon O’Brien – The Charley Project
• McLennan County cold case squad searches for remains in 18-year-old disappearance case

Justin Weldon O’Brien

O'Brien, circa 2002

Missing Since: April 29, 2002
Missing From: Waco, Texas
Classification: Endangered Missing
Sex: Male
Race: White
Date of Birth: August 17, 1978
Age: 23 years old
Height: 5’9” (69 inches)
Weight: 170 pounds
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. O'Brien may have a mustache, beard or a goatee. He has a tribal band tattooed around his right arm. His last name, O'Brien, is tattooed on his back.

Details of Disappearance
O'Brien was last seen at his apartment on Sanger Avenue in Waco, Texas on April 29, 2002. He told family members he was en route to his mother's birthday party, but he never arrived there and has never been heard from again. His apartment was found thoroughly cleaned after his disappearance, and his burgundy pickup truck was found abandoned near a bus stop in Dallas, Texas two days later, also in immaculate condition. Dallas is about 100 miles north of Waco.

Authorities believe O'Brien, a truck driver, was selling methamphetamine to the Aryan Circle, a violet white supremacist gang, in 2002, and they think he was murdered as a result. His disappearance remains under active investigation and police hope to find his body. They theorize multiple people were involved in his disappeared, but they have one primary person of interest whom they think was responsible for his death.

Both of O'Brien's parents died after his disappearance, but his sister is still alive and hopes for answers in her case. His case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency
McLennan County Sheriff's Office 254-757-5095

 

[CastlesBurning]

Teams try to unearth mysterious 2002 cold case in McLennan County

MCLENNAN COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - A cold case from 2002, the disappearance of Justin O’Brien, has been ‘dug up’ by the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office.

“We’re looking for bones, we’re looking for smells, anything that looks out of the ordinary," sad Jim Huggins, a Forensic Science professor at Baylor University.

The BU forensic team came to help the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office dig up a well at TPNL Lake in response to a tip years prior about a decomposing smell there following O’Brien’s death.

 

[funkychicken]

I hope they find his remains so his family will have closure. I really get connected to the cases of truck drivers, as my husband does that for a living. It's a bad situation he was in but I hope he is found.

 

[Savemecastiel]

Bumping

 

[Pennysmom1]

Justin is still listed as missing

Missing Person / NamUs #MP37566

View NamUs missing person case MP37566 for Justin Weldon O'Brien missing from Waco, Texas. Date of last contact: Apr 26, 2002. NCMEC case number: --.

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