10 things about Tinton Falls, New Jersey’s Owen Kenney

Owen Tillman Kenney was a student at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, making it the oldest municipal college in the country.

BIOGRAPHY

Kenney was an American college student. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He is Kevin P. Kenney and Tanya Searcy Kenney‘s son.
2. He is Ryan Kenney‘s brother.
3. He is Phillip Searcy, Mark Searcy, Rebekah Searcy Friddell and Belen Searcy Kennedy‘s nephew.
4. He was from Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA.
5. He had tattoos on his right forearm, left shoulder, left shin and left knee.
6. His grandfather John Tillman Searcy Jr. served in the U.S. Air Force for 27 years as a chief master sergeant.
7. From 1998 to 2024, his father worked at Enterprise Holdings in Linden, New Jersey as a remarketing logistics manager.
8. She was born in 2006.
9. In 2024, he graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School in Red Bank, Monmouth County.
10. In 2025, he entered the College of Charleston and took his own life.

TIMELINE

Owen was 6’1″ tall. His registered weight was 155 pounds.

2000s

• His great-grandmother Wenona A. Searcy turned 77 on August 25, 2002 and died on November 7, 2002.
• His grandfather John turned 61 on June 1, 2004 and died on December 18, 2004.
• In September 2008, he, Ryan and their parents visited Cape May, New Jersey.

2010s

• In November 2016, he, Ryan and their parents visited Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.
• In August 2017, he, Ryan and their parents visited New York, USA.

2020s

• On May 31, 2024, he graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School.
• In January 2025, he transferred to the College of Charleston.
• On the evening of October 30, 2025, he attended a Halloween gathering wearing a Boston Celtics jersey as his costume.
• At around 2:00 a.m. on October 31, 2025, friends saw him walking near the College of Charleston campus. At around 3:00 a.m., he was alone on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge pedestrian walkway in Charleston wearing a black hooded jacket, light-colored pants and black Nike sneakers with white soles. It was the last time he was seen alive.
• On November 1, 2025, he was reported missing.
• On November 6, 2025, the Charleston Police Department announced that recently recovered video evidence showed that he took his own life after walking onto the Ravenel Bridge pedestrian walkway at 3:49 a.m. on October 31, 2025.