WA WA - Austin Renshaw, 22, Spring Glen, 27 Oct 2003

Details of Disappearance
Almost two weeks after his disappearance, Austin's 1993 silver Chevrolet Cavalier was located abandoned in the parking lot of Chinook Middle School, 25 miles from his home. Inside was a partially eaten breakfast from McDonald's and some cash. A McDonald's receipt shows that the meal was purchased around 7:30 a.m. on October 27th in Spring Glen. Austin's roommates told his father that they last saw him two weeks prior to his car being found and commented that he may have committed suicide.

Investigators questioned several friends and associates, as well as searched the home he shared with his roommates, but found no leads. Austin was trying to make a fresh start after a battle with substance abuse. He regularly attended church, and was believed to have been attending several.

A few days before his disappearance he told his sister that he was afraid someone would try to kill him. No sightings have been reported since his disappearance. Foul play is suspected.

http://www.nampn.doenetwork.us/cases/renshaw_austin.html

Three years after a Maple Valley man disappeared, relatives and friends will hold a candlelight vigil Thursday and unveil a new public awareness campaign to learn the fate of Austin Renshaw.

The 23-year-old man was last seen Oct. 27, 2003, his 1993 Chevrolet Cavalier later found abandoned at Chinook Middle School in SeaTac. No body was ever found, but relatives believe the young man was likely murdered.

The vigil will be held at 6 p.m. at the Maple Valley Community Center, 22010 SE 248th St. At the same event, Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound will unveil a rolling billboard featuring Renshaw on the GoMobile trucks that display scrolling billboards. The Federal Way-based company has previously highlighted the case of Mary Cooper and Susanna Stodden, a mother and daughter killed July 11 along a Snohomish County hiking trail.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/289777_renshaw24ww.html

NamUs - https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/14400/0/

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/r/renshaw_austin.html

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http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/r/renshaw_austin.html

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Renshaw lived with two male roommates in Maple Valley, Washington at the time of his disappearance and working construction jobs. His roommates believe he may have taken his own life, but his father and the police believe foul play was involved in his disappearance. His father says it would be extremely uncharacteristic of Renshaw to abandon his car.

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Interesting . . . :waitasec:

1. He told his sister he was afraid for his life a few days before his disappearance.

2. They found his partially eaten Mc Donald's meal in his car.

3. He has had problems with substance abuse in the past.

I think he met with foul play, sadly. Maybe it has to do with drugs.
I don't know where that "He may have been suicidal" comes from. Because the roommates said so? Maybe they know a little more about his disappearance than they let LE know...

http://www.thankyouheroes.org/p1/MaxRenshaw_PrepareAPlace.php

The path to music's origin can sometimes be long, very personal and healing. Such is the case for Max Renshaw with his song “Prepare A Place”.

Max's oldest son, Austin, went missing in 2003, and is believed to have been killed, though the crime remains unsolved, according to Max.

“We know who the perpetrators are but lack the evidence to prosecute,” Max said. “The principals stated to the police that Austin “Went off on them about God” then took off. No doubt Austin was on fire for the Lord and most likely did as they said. Though it is believed that he was followed, then killed as he'd heard too much and saw too much of drugs and other crimes these people were involved in.”

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http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/r/renshaw_austin.html



Austin Jerrel Renshaw Date last seen October 27, 2003. Maple Valley, Washington/County

I am new to websleuths and would like to get this case bumped back up. I have been a friend to Austin’s sister since middle school and remember him as a young boy.

Updated Charley Project page - Austin Jerrel Renshaw – The Charley Project

Any updates on this case? His dad said they had suspects but not enough evidence. Any idea who those suspects may be, and if they’ve been in more trouble recently?

Bumping..

'Justice for Austin:' $1,000 reward offered to help solve missing man's case now considered a homicide​

Published December 4, 2020
Washington's Most Wanted


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KING COUNTY - For over 17 years, a young man’s family has spent every day wondering where he is and what happened to him.
It all started with a morning drive to pick up some breakfast and then Austin Renshaw just vanished - leaving his car and a half eaten sandwich behind.

King County Sheriff’s detectives are officially considering his case a cold case homicide investigation and now there’s an $1,000 cash reward being offered by Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound and Renshaw’s family for any information that can help finally solve this haunting mystery.
Austin’s father, Lorne Renshaw, has been fighting for answers in his son’s disappearance for almost as long as his son has been alive. "We just want him home. We just want him back. It's been a long time and we just want this over."

‘Justice for Austin:’ $11,000 reward offered to help solve missing man’s case now considered a homicide​

Washington's Most Wanted's Olivia LaVoice has more
Austin was only 22 years old when he went missing. "He rented a room from some people and 20 days later he was gone," said Austin’s dad. He was staying in the Cherokee Bay area of Maple Valley, on October 27th 2003, he reportedly left the home for the last time.
The next clue came two weeks later, when Austin’s car was found in the parking lot of Chinook Middle School in SeaTac, some 25 miles away from where he was living. Inside his silver Chevy was some cash and a breakfast sandwich from McDonald’s, with just a bite out of it and other items that looked like they hadn’t been touched. A receipt from a McDonald’s in Renton placed Austin there at 7:30am on October 27th, the last day detectives believe he was alive, leading investigators to believe after Austin got his breakfast, someone else dumped his car at the middle school. "We don't know what happened in between that time, but we know that somebody had his car, or he was there for some reason. We just don't know what happened after the fact, so we don't know where he's at. He never used his cards again, his debit card, never contacted any family. He was very close with his father, never contacted anybody else again," said King County Sheriff’s Capt. Ryan Abbott.
Nearly two decades later, Austin’s father believes his son’s housemates may know more than they’ve let on. "He told his sister and one of his best friends that a couple of different people at the house where he was renting a room had threatened his life and he was very worried about it and then he was gone," said Lorne Renshaw.
So many unanswered questions: Why was Austin threatened? What happened to him? And, why?
"Back when it happened 17 years ago, maybe you had little information, maybe you had a lot of information, but now you've thought about it and now it's an official homicide, are you really not going to come forward? We're offering you anonymity and we're going to give you $11,000 for that information, so if you've thought about it, now's the time to come forward. I don't care what you know about it. A little bit of information could break this case and we really need your help," said Ret. Det. Myrle Carner with Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound.
"I want to honor Austin and all of our family as much as I can, whenever I can, but it does. It gets you," said Austin’s dad.
His family’s life has never been the same. "In December, we lost my other son, this last December, so it has been real hard," said Lorne. After suffering from a tragic medical event, Austin’s brother died without ever knowing what happened to him. Through the anguish of losing both sons, Lorne Renshaw is still fighting to bring Austin home, to be able to give him a proper burial and a proper goodbye. "He was so very, very funny and he was a great friend, a great, loyal friend. He was a great son and I didn't get to tell him that enough."
Austin’s family and King County Sheriff’s detectives need your help.
If you have any information at all that you think can help solve his case, you can remain completely anonymous and you’ll get an $11,000 cash reward if your information leads to an arrest. Use the P3 Tips app on your smart phone that you can download for free to submit the information to Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound, or all the hot line at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477).
www.facebook.com/Justice4AustinRenshaw/

Bump for Austin

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