Missing People and Unsolved Crimes

Brian Shaffer Brian Shaffer born February 25, 1979, was a medical student at  The Ohio State University . On the night of March 31, 2006, he went out with friends to celebrate the beginning of  spring break ; later he was separated from them and they assumed he had gone home. However, a  security camera  near the entrance to a bar recorded him briefly talking to two women just before 2 a.m., April 1, and then apparently re-entering the bar. He has not been seen or heard from since. The case has received national media attention. Shaffer's disappearance has been particularly puzzling to investigators since there was no other publicly accessible entrance to the bar at that time.  Columbus  police have several theories as to what happened;    some interest and suspicion has been directed at a friend of Shaffer's who accompanied him that night but has declined to take  lie detector  tests related to the incident.    While foul play has been suspected, including the possibl