The Unsolved Disappearance of Brian Shaffer

A young medical student walked into a bar with friends and was never heard from again.

Jennifer Baldwin
5 min readMar 8, 2022
Brian Shaffer with his father Randy (Source: Wikimedia)

A night out with friends is a time to look forward to and a moment to enjoy. It’s a chance to blow off some steam and shred the stress so many of us deal with during our normal day-to-day lives. However, a night out shouldn’t lead to a police investigation.

Brian Shaffer

Brian Shaffer was a 27-year-old second-year medical student at Ohio State University with a bright future ahead of him. He had a beautiful girlfriend by the name of Alexis Waggoner, who was also a second-year medical student.

Besides becoming a doctor, Brian had always dreamed of being in a rock band. He was a massive fan of Pearl Jam and even had the band’s logo tattooed on his arm. He would have loved to live that lifestyle but chose something a bit more calm.

April 1, 2006

In the early morning hours of April 1, 2006, Brian was spending a night out on the town with his roommate, William “Clint” Florance. It was the beginning of spring break, and Brian had been dealing with quite a bit of stress. Besides school, his mother had just passed away from bone cancer three weeks earlier.

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Jennifer Baldwin

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