Tiera Strand death: Sheriff to release video of person of interest

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It's been three years since Tiera Strand disappeared during a night out on 6th Street.

Days later, her body was found on the side of the road in Bell County, 75 miles away from where she was last seen alive.

Now, Bell County law enforcement is releasing a video of a person of interest in the case.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Tiera Strand's cause of death is undetermined: autopsy

What they're saying:

The sheriff's office is set to have a press conference about the case at 1:30 p.m. today (April 16).

What happened to Tiera Strand?

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Family looking for 25-year-old woman last seen on Sixth Street

Tiera Strand's family says she was last seen at Mooseknuckle Pub on Sunday, April 16 in the early morning hours.

The backstory:

25-year-old Tiera Strand was last seen around 2:30 a.m. April 16, 2023 at Mooseknuckle Pub on 6th Street.

Her family told FOX 7 Austin in 2023 that Strand had been involved in an altercation with some other patrons.

"Some girls in the club jumped her, started beating her up inside the club. They kicked her out, and the fight went outside," her mother, Monica Herron, said.

Tiera's family says cell phone video recorded by a witness shows the tail end of the fight and that the girls Tiera went out with didn't help her.

"They said she was angry with them, and they said she stormed off with no phone, no purse, no bank card, no money, keys to her car, everything just gone. They have it, and she just stormed off," Herron said. "I don't want to assume anything because I don't have any proof, but all I know is what they did to her, so I don't know if there was anything they did after that."

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Family of Austin woman found dead in Bell County speaks out

The family of Tiera Strand, the 25-year-old found dead in Bell County, is speaking out. Strand was first reported missing a week and a half ago after a night out on Sixth Street in Austin. Her body was found five days later.

Herron says the friends called her Sunday to meet up.

"When they first told me what happened, I really didn't understand it, it wasn't until I met them, and they gave me all of her items, and that's when it set in that something was wrong, because it didn't make sense for you to be here, but she's not, and you have all of her personal belongings," she said. "It's not like her to leave her bank card that she works so hard for."

Days later, on April 21, 2023, Strand's body was found on Lower Troy Road, between Temple and Waco, around 75 miles away from downtown Austin.

Her family told FOX 7 Austin that Strand had no connection to Bell County.

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Tiera Strand's cause of death is undetermined

Tiera Strand's body was found five days after she was last seen alive and around 75 miles away.

In July 2023, officials ruled her cause of death as "undetermined."

Paperwork obtained by FOX 7 Austin at the time there was no "significant trauma" or "significant natural disease" noted at autopsy, and no evidence of trauma to the hyoid bone.

A toxicology report showed the presence of ethanol, but no drugs.

The Source: Information in this report comes from the Bell County Sheriff's Office and previous reporting.

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