Christopher 'Johnny' Strader (18) missing since 4/29/15

[snorlax]

This is a friend of someone near and dear to me.
His father is extremely worried, they are from south Grapevine, TX and he said he was visiting a friend from Lewisville, TX.


https://www.facebook.com/findnoahstrader?pnref=story
"Please repost DOB. 2/6/1997 160 pounds blond hair goes by the nick name Johnny. Christopher Noah Strader eighteen years old. I've been sort of mixed about how to feel about putting this on my facebook page. I've never encountered an experience like this before. On the 29th of April my youngest son claimed to be leaving our home to visit a friend in Lewisville. He didn't tell me anything about the friend. My baby boy hasn't been heard from since that day. I'm having a really hard time with it. I'm basically out of ideas to find him. I'm paying a car repossession company to find his car. I'm probably hiring a private investigator on Monday. About the only thing sustaining me now is the knowledge that he hasn't been reported deceased. I love my Noah and cherish him very much. All I want is to hug him, kiss him and tell him how much I love him. I've just got to find him."

[PeaceBeWithMe]

OMG, Snor. I'm so sorry your friend is going through this. What a heartbreaking way to spend Mother's Day. I pray she finds him safe soon.

[Gemini]

So sorry to hear this.
Really hope he will be found safe soon.

[dtfpaf798]

Heartbreaking. I hope he is found safe.

[Boston Babe 73]

I hope he's found safe!

[snorlax]

Thank you all, still no leads.
Can't believe he's been gone for this long already, usually not a good sign.
As far as I know, he didn't pack anything or do anything unusual before he left.

[Kelly-Jane]

I hope his found soon !!

[Nic B]

Thank you all, still no leads.
Can't believe he's been gone for this long already, usually not a good sign.
As far as I know, he didn't pack anything or do anything unusual before he left.

I'm so sorry to hear about this

Do you know if he had someone he wasn't getting along with? Did he have a girlfriend (jealous ex maybe?)?

[snorlax]

I'm so sorry to hear about this

Do you know if he had someone he wasn't getting along with? Did he have a girlfriend (jealous ex maybe?)?

I'm not too connected with the situation, like I said my friend is a friend of his.



His father contacted the repo for his car;
"I spoke with the care repossession office this morning. They claim to have technology that notifies them of any traffic camera that observes Noah's license plates being observed. They claim that his car isn't being driven. He's made no posts to any of his social media outlets. This is very strange. He must be with somebody somewhere?
They claim the cameras are nation wide. She claims that she would be notified if the car were impounded, pulled over by leo etc. but no notifications.
The car is being hidden somewhere.
Of course I called the police right away, but I wasn't prepared for them to tell me they couldn't do anything since he was eighteen."

He also just recently posted;
"We have reasons to believe that Noah might be parked in some forest/park no further than 200 miles from Dallas Fort worth area.
Does anybody know how the contact Texas Park Rangers?"

I don't know what came up to have that claim because he has no idea what park it could be.

[PeaceBeWithMe]

Gonna say it. He may be smiling in that picture up there, but he has sad eyes.

This worries me.

[snorlax]

Someone just commented on the FB page
"I saw your son and another two guys the other day he came and ate at where I server in Tyler, Tx. I was his server and he went by Johnny Strader and we talked about Grapevine cause that's where he said he lives and I'm familiar with that area we talked for a good hour. He asked about parks around here. I recommend Holly Lake Ranch and Tyler State Park. He said he would be stopping back by this weekend and eating in my section again. He was a really sweet kid! I hope this helps"

Interesting...

[snorlax]

Someone also commented on the fathers status;
"He's chillin in the woods, taking time out and smoking some pot, is all."

Which if that is the case, that is fucked up. It's been almost two weeks.

[Angiebla]

Someone also commented on the fathers status;
"He's chillin in the woods, taking time out and smoking some pot, is all."

Which if that is the case, that is fucked up. It's been almost two weeks.

If that's the case, why not check in with his fam because they are worried sick about him?

[Words Words]

After the first post about the server, I was going to say maybe he's just relieving stress away from people...but thought maybe not because of how long it's been and not contacting anyone...I hope that's all it is, though.

[snorlax]

How can someone say "Oh, I'm just going to visit a friend 30 minutes away" and then leave for 2 weeks 2 hours away and not have any ounce of guilt for what he has caused his father to go through.

I type that, then I think about how common this story really is and how often we see it on this website.

It just INFURIATES me.

[blighted star]

Is he the sort of kid who'd do that though? & do the family know the people saying he's just smoking shit & chilling, are they credible, or just random facebook jerks wondering aloud?

It's your worst nightmare as a parent. As shitty as it woud be for him to do that to his family, I really hope he is partying somewhere.

[snorlax]

Is he the sort of kid who'd do that though? & do the family know the people saying he's just smoking shit & chilling, are they credible, or just random facebook jerks wondering aloud?

It's your worst nightmare as a parent. As shitty as it woud be for him to do that to his family, I really hope he is partying somewhere.

The lady that posted that comment was some random lady on the fathers friend list, she didn't say anything else, so I have no clue.

From what I've heard, it is out of the ordinary.

They just updated again;
We have reasons to worry that we cannot put out there right now.
What we can say at the moment is that:
1. Noah has never done anything like that before.
2. When he left the house, Noah did not say he was leaving for good. He just said that he was going to visit a friend in Lewisville and never returned home.

And some people are just assholes! This was a post on the page;
"Your behavior (response to missing loved one) sure is in line with homicidal maniac." wtf?

Also he has absolutely no money on him, he left his cell phone at home, and they still haven't been able to track down the car and many state parks haven't seen it.
It's unusual, but with that ladies sighting, I'm assuming he is being a teenager, it's just out of character.

[Olivia]

What does this even mean on the fb page?

[Boston Babe 73]

What does this even mean on the fb page?

It sounds like some crazy trying to accuse them of doing something to him.

[Angiebla]

It sounds like some crazy trying to accuse them of doing something to him.

They that's how I interpreted it. She's implying he is a sociopath.

[Boston Babe 73]

I wonder if she knows the Family. Or is just some random.

[snorlax]

I think she is a random, she does live in Austin, TX though.
But I checked all the Strader family and none of them are friends with her.

Can believe someone can be so insensitive and say something like that when there really isn't any evidence of craziness going on.

[Boston Babe 73]

Yeah. That's exactly why I wondered. I can only see someone saying something like that if they knew inside info to lead them to think that perhaps the Family wanted him gone for some reason.

Anyone else saying it is just a huge, raging prick.

[snorlax]

His father has posted again;
"It's with a heavy heart that I have to report that there's still no positive news on finding my sweet son Noah tonight. I've been busy all day with activities related to find him. I don't want to be more specific than that. While most all followers are friends with Noah's best interest at heart. A very small minority may not be, so I'm being a bit vague about specifics. I'm hoping for a better day tomorrow as I live through every parents nightmare. Please be assured that I appreciate all of the concern. Good night to all friends until tomorrow."

It's very sad that people are criticizing him whether it be something about homicide, or just saying "He's 18, let it go".

As far as my friend goes, they are being left in the dark too because of the circumstances of not wanting to give out too much information about the leads.
Sounds like they are mostly worried that they will learn about where his father is looking and he will leave that area.
Like we saw earlier, he is with 2 other boys, so we don't exactly know why or what is going on.

[Boston Babe 73]

It's sad that in this day and age that people troll on pages like that. Pussies. If you want to be a dick at least own it.