One month later, search continues for missing Roxborough man

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 Shane Montgomery has been missing nearly a month. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Shane Montgomery has been missing nearly a month. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

A Philadelphia man is still missing nearly a month after he left a busy Manayunk bar and headed toward the Schuylkill River. 

Roxborough native Shane Montgomery vanished during the early hours of Thanksiving after drinking with friends at Kildare’s Irish Pub on Main Street.

Little evidence has surfaced since, but investigators believe the 21-year-old is in the river.

“Based on the information that we have collected so far, there’s nothing to believe that he is anywhere outside of the river,” said FBI spokesman J.J. Klaver, adding that neighborhood interviews have wrapped up.

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Philadelphia police say Montgomery headed toward the river “immediately” after leaving Kildare’s.

Surveillance footage recovered from a nearby nail salon shows him walking near a footpath feet from the Schuylkill.

Over the weekend, a volunteer diving squad from New Jersey found Montgomery’s keys in the water.

There’s still a $65,000 reward for information leading to West Chester University student’s whereabouts.

Montgomery is described as a 5-foot 11-inch tall white male, weighing between 130 and 140 pounds with short brown hair and green eyes.

He was last seen wearing a gray button-down shirt, blue jeans, gray hooded sweatshirt and black sneakers. He has a tattoo of a Celtic cross on his shoulder blade.

Police are asking anyone with information to call the FBI at (215) 418-4000.

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