Missing aspiring TikTok star found dead in Clayton County, police confirm
Body in Clayton County identified as TikToker
Missing aspiring TikToker, 31-year-old Jiare Schneider, has been found dead in unincorporated Clayton County. Family members reportedly tracked his phone to a wooded area where he was found inside a car he had borrowed from a friend. Police are now working to learn his manner of death.
FOREST PARK, Ga. - Clayton County police have confirmed that a body found in unincorporated Clayton County Tuesday afternoon is that of an aspiring TikTok star who was recently reported missing.
Forest Park police said that the body was found in a wooded area near Brown and Poston roads. It appeared Jiare Schneider, 31, lost control while driving a car he borrowed from a friend and had run off the road into a tree.
UPDATE: Family finds body of missing TikToker in the woods, Clayton County police say
Schneider's family first spoke to FOX 5 Atlanta the previous day.
"He hadn’t called his son, and that’s not like him," his sister Jasnique Oliver told FOX 5.
Oliver said more than a week of not seeing him post on social media posed another troubling sign for her brother, who also goes by "Big_Homie_TooTall" on Instagram and TikTok.
Oliver told FOX 5 Schneider borrowed a friend’s 2000 Silver Toyota 4Runner for a night out at Rumors, an adult entertainment club in Forest Park on Nov. 15, but never returned.
"I got a call from the friend on Saturday that Jiare had been missing, and he hadn’t brought his car back," she recalled. "We are very concerned. We’ve been trying to find out what happened to him for well over a week."
They tried not to assume the worst, but Jiare not reaching out to his son who has a chromosomal disorder known as DiGeorge Syndrome prompted more concern on top of his phone being off.
"He calls his son like every day," Oliver said.
After a week of hoping he’d turn up, she and other family members flew in from out of town to file a police report and lead a search of the area over the weekend.
Police said they are still processing the scene. Schneider's body will be taken to the medical examiner's office to determine his cause of death.
The Clayton County Police Department is working on a search warrant to check the car for additional evidence.
The Source: This story was originally reported by FOX 5 Atlanta's Joi Dukes. New details have been provided by the Clayton County Police Department and the City of Forest Park Police Department.