This Washington Teen Told His Grandmother That He’d Had An “Epiphany” Before Strangely Vanishing In 2016: His Car Was Later Discovered Drifting Across Three Lanes Of Traffic On The Interstate
Can you imagine how it would feel to learn that your missing loved one’s car was moving across an interstate, but they weren’t in it?
That’s what happened to the family of Logan Schiendelman, a young man from Washington who hasn’t been seen since disappearing in 2016.
Logan was raised by his maternal grandmother, Ginnie, and attended Tumwater High School growing up. He briefly went to college at Washington State University after graduating in 2014 but dropped out after his freshman year and moved back home to work several jobs.
Logan allegedly started going through some hard times leading up to his disappearance. He had broken away from some of his high school friends and didn’t have many friends from his college days.
Apparently, Logan had also had an emotional meeting with some of his paternal relatives not long before he went missing, who were not a part of his life when he was a kid.
Then, on the morning of May 19th, 2016, while his grandmother was getting ready for work, 19-year-old Logan allegedly began telling her that he had an “epiphany,” but he didn’t get the chance to elaborate as Ginnie had to get to work and asked if they could continue their conversation later.
Tragically, that would be the last time she saw him.
Later that evening, when Ginnie returned home, she noticed Logan was gone. When she checked his phone location, she saw it was near his mother Hannah’s house, so she figured he was safe and visiting with his mom.
Logan still didn’t return home to his grandmother’s the next day, but his car was found.
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Police received calls from people who reported Logan’s 1996 black Chrysler Sebring convertible with Washington license plate AVJ8434 was slowly drifting across three lanes of traffic on Interstate 5 between Tumwater and Maytown. The reports also noted that there didn’t appear to be a driver in the car.
Logan’s car eventually appeared to hit a concrete barrier and finally stopped near milepost 92, where it was discovered by police. There was no driver anywhere in or near the car.
One truck driver who called in to report Logan’s car allegedly saw a white man with brown-red hair jump out of the passenger side of the car and run into the nearby woods on the side of the interstate. His description did not match Logan’s, as Logan was a biracial man with black hair.
Because Logan hadn’t officially been reported missing yet, his car was impounded. He was reported missing on Monday, May 23rd, and when Ginnie received word of his impounded car, she went to check it out and found his phone, wallet, and I.D. inside.
Logan’s case remains unsolved today, and his family hasn’t seen him in seven years. A Facebook group, Logan Schiendelman is Missing, has been created in hopes that people will step forward with information on his case or help spread his story.
At the time of Logan’s disappearance, he was six feet tall, weighed around 170 pounds, and had black hair and brown eyes. He usually had a shaved head and would be 27 years old today.
If you have any information regarding his case, you are urged to contact the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office at (360) 786-5500.
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