On June 3, 2011, 20-year-old Lauren Spierer disappeared. She was with her friends at Indiana University, where she was also studying. Her case remains unsolved today.
Some are curious to know if 2021 will bring any updates. And now, a podcast, Finding Lauren, aims to put more focus on the case.
Is there any update on Lauren Spierer’s disappearance in 2021?
Spierer was believed to have been out drinking with friends at the time of her disappearance. Witnesses claimed that she had consumed a lot of alcohol. Investigators were able, using surveillance footage, to reconstruct some of her locations the night she disappeared. However, they couldn’t find the cause.
According to friends, Spierer was heavily intoxicated, and theories about her disappearance range from abduction to an accidental drug overdose.
According to ABC News, Spierer had been arrested for public intoxication a few months before her disappearance. Police also found cocaine in Spierer’s room at that time.
Lauren Spierer’s situation is still under investigation as of September 20, 21. Charlene Spierer, her mother, still hopes that the case will be resolved soon.
In July 2021, she shared a Facebook post in which she wrote that she hoped that day would be the day someone out there submitted any small bit of information that would lead to something bigger in the case.
In August 2021, Charlene Spierer addressed a TikTok that had gone viral, and although she didn’t specify which TikTok it was, it’s been speculated that she was referring to the one from @tythecrazyguy. It claimed that a video poker dealer looked like the missing college students. Others hoped it would signal a break from the case.
Charlene Spierer wrote on Facebook, “We have seen the TikTok video, and while we do not believe it has anything to do with Lauren, it has been forwarded to the authorities, who were aware as well.”
She later added, “We are continuing to investigate Lauren’s disappearance.