{"id":677,"date":"2025-11-06T16:28:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inhishands\/?p=677"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:00:47","slug":"college-student-19-vanishes-on-halloween-just-minutes-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inhishands\/2025\/11\/college-student-19-vanishes-on-halloween-just-minutes-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"College Student, 19, Vanishes on Halloween Just &#8216;Minutes&#8217; From Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-680\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-680\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/457\/2025\/11\/Man-Disappears_credit-Left-Facebook-Right-Charleston-Police-Department.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Facebook | Right: Charleston Police Department<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Authorities and loved ones are desperately searching for 19-year-old Owen Tillman Kenney, a College of Charleston student who mysteriously vanished on Halloween just minutes from his South Carolina home.<\/p>\n<p>Kenney, originally from Tinton Falls, New Jersey, was last seen by friends around 2 a.m. near King Street and Burns Lane in downtown Charleston. Just an hour later, police say surveillance footage captured him walking alone onto the Ravenel Bridge pedestrian walkway. His phone\u2019s last signal also pinged from the bridge shortly after 3 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was minutes from his house but never made it home,\u201d his family shared in a Facebook post, urging the public to pray and share his photo. \u201cWe want Owen to come home,\u201d his mother wrote.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftanya.s.kenney%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0kNfHiRA4HumqBVE5dZNcvHGwrgX6ECq1Xzf26K9kK9zzmfJnK9ZKdYam9mR1VYLEl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"639\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Police initially said Kenney had been wearing a Boston Celtics jersey as part of his Halloween costume. However, newly released images from the bridge show him dressed in a black hooded jacket, light-colored pants, and black Nike sneakers with white soles. He also has several tattoos, including on his right forearm and left shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>The Charleston Police Department has launched a large-scale search effort, working alongside the FBI and New Jersey State Police. \u201cWe would like to thank the countless people who have been looking for Owen and sharing his photos on social media,\u201d police said in a statement. \u201cWhile we recognize the tremendous public interest and concern surrounding this case, it is important to remember that at the heart of this investigation is a family searching for their loved one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have deployed a range of specialized teams\u2014including an Underwater Recovery Team, Harbor Patrol, K9 units, and drones\u2014to scour the area near the bridge. Despite the extensive effort, there has been no sign of the missing student.<\/p>\n<p>Kenney transferred to the College of Charleston in January and was known by friends as kind and outgoing. \u201cIt\u2019s honestly really eerie on campus right now,\u201d student Holland Cartmill told WCBD. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen anything like this before. It\u2019s definitely scary. And I just really pray that this doesn\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even those who didn\u2019t know Owen personally have been moved to act. One Charleston resident, identified as Julie, told reporters she was \u201ctotally shocked\u201d by the news and saw strangers putting up missing posters in her neighborhood. \u201cThey didn\u2019t even know the student,\u201d she said. \u201cThey had just heard and were concerned. So I think everybody in the community is really concerned that this is such an unusual thing to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the search continues, the College of Charleston has asked for prayer and patience, assuring students there\u2019s \u201cno reason to believe that there is any danger to the campus community in relation to this case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Kenney\u2019s family, each day without answers feels unbearable\u2014but they continue to cling to hope. His high school, Red Bank Catholic, shared a heartfelt message on Facebook asking the community to \u201cplease share and pray for his safe return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, people across the country are joining that call.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lord, You see what is hidden and know where every lost one is. We lift up Owen to You\u2014bring light to his path, comfort to his family, and strength to those searching for him. Surround his loved ones with Your peace and guide investigators with wisdom. In Jesus\u2019 name, amen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities and loved ones are desperately searching for 19-year-old Owen Tillman Kenney, a College of Charleston student who mysteriously vanished on Halloween just minutes from his South Carolina home. Kenney, originally from Tinton Falls, New Jersey, was last seen by friends around 2 a.m. near King Street and Burns Lane in downtown Charleston. 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