Jason Landry, a Texas State student went missing on the night of December 13, 2020, when he loaded up his car from San Marcos, Texas, to his parent’s house in Missouri City, Houston. 

His damaged car was found abandoned on Salt Flat Road near Luling in Caldwell County with his luggage nearby. But there was no sign of Jason. He might have taken an incorrect route parallel to Highway 86, the road he should have moved on. 

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Jason’s father Kent Landry claimed “missteps” occurred during the early days of the investigation. He alleged the highway patrolman of just straightaway towing the car without even bothering to take the picture of the scene. 

Texas Office of the Attorney General initiated a Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit for the case last February. The unit concluded that Jason was involved in a single-vehicle accident, reaffirming to Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office. 

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Jason wasn’t expected to meet up with anyone before he disappeared, investigators said after going through his social media. 

“Based upon this extensive review and the evidence known at this point, the OAG supports the conclusions previously stated by the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office. The search warrant yielded no activity near the crash site and did not provide any additional information,” said the OAG in a statement.

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Kent Landry said that he is grateful that more people are looking into his son’s missing case. “It’s nice to have another agency, another set of eyes, on the case. It has given us a lot of hope.”

Commenting on the “missteps” he alleged, he said that the newly appointed unit is going back and effectively doing some of the work that probably should have been done in the beginning. But it is “hard” to re-create the crash scene today, after two years. 

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The reward for information regarding Jason’s whereabouts is $20,000.

A retired FBI agent, Abel Peña suspected that someone else could have been driving his car, or perhaps he was forced off the road, reported Khou. He could’ve been the victim of a crime. The intersection where his cellphone activity stopped could be a leading clue in the case, the officer added.