--- title: Lauren Spierer: Indiana Home Searched in Her Disappearance description: The search for missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer brought FBI agents to a home in Indiana. canonical: https://time.com/4199813/lauren-spierer-indiana-home-search/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-29T16:04:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:34:31.980Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Sex Offender’s Home Searched in 2011 Disappearance of Indiana Student og:description: The FBI is investigating what happened to Lauren Spierer og:url: https://time.com/4199813/lauren-spierer-indiana-home-search/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb20613c4aef57b6b/69887b440a4a2225729c8226/lauren-spierer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Missing Indiana Student og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sex Offender’s Home Searched in 2011 Disappearance of Indiana Student twitter:description: The FBI is investigating what happened to Lauren Spierer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb20613c4aef57b6b/69887b440a4a2225729c8226/lauren-spierer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sex Offender’s Home Searched in 2011 Disappearance of Indiana Student by [Alex Johnson / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Alex Johnson / NBC News Jan 29, 2016 4:04 PM CUT  Charlene and Robert Spierer speak to reporters near a poster alerting people to their missing daughter, Lauren, on Aug. 15th, 2011 in Bloomington, Ind. Charlene and Robert Spierer speak to reporters near a poster alerting people to their missing daughter, Lauren, on Aug. 15th, 2011 in Bloomington, Ind.Aaron Bernstein—AP by [Alex Johnson / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Alex Johnson / NBC News Jan 29, 2016 4:04 PM CUT Police and FBI agents with cadaver dogs searched a home Thursday in Martinsville, Indiana, in connection with the 2011 disappearance of Indiana University student Lauren Spierer, authorities said. The home was the residence of Justin Wagers, 35, until he was arrested in August 2015\. Wagers has numerous convictions for sex-related offenses such as public indecency, public nudity and vicarious sexual gratification. Wagers is currently awaiting a court appearance Feb. 18 in Johnson County on a felony charge of public indecency with a prior conviction, court records show. Similar charges are pending in Marion County. The FBI confirmed that agents from its Indianapolis office were… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lauren-spierer-disappearance-indiana-home-searched-connection-missing-woman-n506521?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4199813/lauren-spierer-indiana-home-search/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4199813/lauren-spierer-indiana-home-search/"},"headline":"Sex Offender’s Home Searched in 2011 Disappearance of Indiana Student","datePublished":"2016-01-29T16:04:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:34:31.980Z","description":"The FBI is investigating what happened to Lauren Spierer","url":"https://time.com/4199813/lauren-spierer-indiana-home-search/","keywords":["Crime","Indiana"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb20613c4aef57b6b/69887b440a4a2225729c8226/lauren-spierer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Johnson / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb20613c4aef57b6b/69887b440a4a2225729c8226/lauren-spierer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Missing Indiana Student","caption":"Missing Indiana Student","creditText":"Aaron Bernstein—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4199813/lauren-spierer-indiana-home-search/","name":"Sex Offender’s Home Searched in 2011 Disappearance of Indiana Student"}}]}] ```