Authorities in South Carolina said they are looking for a 19-year-old college student who has been missing since Halloween.
The Charleston Police Department reported that Owen Tillman Kenney was last seen early on October 31 in Charleston.
Friends last saw the teen at 2 a.m. in an area near his school, the College of Charleston, according to authorities. Detectives confirmed that he was strolling alone onto the Ravenel Bridge pedestrian walkway shortly after 3 a.m., police said.
“His cell phone’s last recorded location was also on the Ravenel Bridge around that same time,” the Charleston Police Department said in an update Tuesday.
Kenney was initially reported missing while dressed in a green and white Boston Celtics Halloween outfit. Charleston police stated in a statement Tuesday that “subsequent evidence now confirms that he was wearing a black hooded jacket, light-colored pants, and black Nike sneakers with white soles.”
He was reported missing on November 1, according to the College of Charleston Department of Public Safety.
“CofC Public Safety personnel are working diligently to share with Charleston Police any information that may be helpful in the search,” the College of Charleston Department of Public Safety stated on Tuesday.
“At this time, there is no reason to believe that there is any danger to the campus community in relation to this case,” said the department’s spokesperson.
Police said the search comprised K9 units, drones, and an underwater recovery team.
The school says it is extending assistance to individuals affected by Kenney’s disappearance.
Kenney graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School in Red Bank, New Jersey, last year, according to the school, which posted images of the missing student on social media and asked people to share and “pray for his safe return.”
Charleston investigators are collaborating with the FBI and New Jersey State Police on the investigation into Kenney’s disappearance, according to authorities.
Kenney was described by police as a Caucasian man with brown hair and blue eyes, standing 6-foot-1 and weighing 155 pounds.
