Missing Son, Prayers Please**-- BODY FOUND--**

EDIT: Chirs' body was found 19 months after he went missing. It is evident that he had gone for a drive that night and went off the road in the canyon.

A virtual-memorial page was set up for Chris http://christopher-coan.virtual-memorials.com /

EDIT: Chris went missing September 3rd 2007, here is a link to his web site, please let everyone you know know about this. Thank you.

www.FindChris.org

I'm crying as I'm typing, so please overlook all typos...I'm really not all here.

Our son, who turned 18 last month, has been missing now for 76 hours. He went to work Monday, left work and no one has heard from him nor seen him since. He wasn't having any problems with us, Sunday we all were together and had a great time. He wasn't having any problems with his girlfriend. He did have a bad day at work and we are guessing he went off on a drive to cool down, but we really don't know. He didn't say anything to anybody about where he was going. He was in a hurry to get to work that day and left his wallet home. So he has no money on him nor any access to money. We were able to get into his bank account today and there hasn't been any unusual activity in the last month. We have called everyone he knows and no one knows anything. His girlfriend has called everyone she can think of too.

This is so out of character for him. He has never done anything like this before.

The police are involved and doing all they can. Two different aerial searches were done today and tomorrow there is a ground search going on with volunteers and the police department. He has been listed as a missing person in all 50 states along with a description of his blazer. The police department made up fliers for us to put around town. The top of it says "Missing Person, Suspicious Circumstances".

This is so unreal. This is something that happens on TV, not in real life. The roller coaster of emotions is beyond imagination. The possibilities of what has happened to him and where he might be are endless. To the East of us is a canyon, to the West is desert hills. He could be anywhere. Not knowing anything is the worst.

My husband and our other children are hitting their limits too. Our home is crazy is an understatement. We have had lots of friends and family offer love and support. Meals have been brought in for three days. Our phones are ringing off the hook with well wishers and everyone wondering what they can do.

I'm sorry for going on and on, I just want to cover all the bases, but I'm sure I've missed some things.

Prayers are definitely welcome.

Mostly I'm still in shock. I'm not sure I'll be back on the site for a while. I will post as soon as we know anything.

Please everyone take care, and go hug your kids...

EDIT: Here is a link to the news paper artical.

http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti cle?AID=/20070907/NEWS01/709070304

I tried uploading the flier but it didn't happen, I'm not sure why.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. It does help to know that people care.

EDIT: I took a picture of the flier and added it to my pictures

EDIT: Here is a link to the web site  http://www.findchris.org/

Dear Lord,

I come to you again on bended knee..... asking you to continue to comfort the hearts of this family. they feel so lost and alone. give them the strength to carry on as they are now feelign so weak at heart. Please Lord Most of all Keep Christopher safe. We leave him in your loving arms for it is the only thing that we can do. Hold him and love him and help him find his way home.

Dear Lord I ask all these things in your Jesus Name,

Amen

Shannon,

 You, Chris and the rest of your family continue to be in my prayers!

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/message.c fm?l=eng&cid=5230520

I can't even imagine what you are going through. My thoughts are with you.

aw. as i read this i'm tearing. i'm going to be 18 in a few days, and i know what a tough time it is. i can't imagine what it must be like for you. i know i would be absolutely devastated. i see that he's been missing for months now, but there is definitely still hope. my thoughts are with you. i'm hoping the best for him. what a handsome young man...i hope that one day soon he returns to your loving arms. something tells me that you WILL find him. and i hope that it's right.

{{Candle for The Coan family}}

Thank you all again for hanging in here with me. It is a tough time. Some things are getting easier and some things are getting harder. Today I was talking to a friend and I said the initial shock of him missing is gone, we are over that, but the new shock of this still going on is now with us. I never would have guessed that we would be looking at the 5 month mark just around the corner. So we are learning to deal with some of it, but new hardships come up as old ones move on.

We did get another possible sighting of both Chris and the blazer a couple of days ago. Someone who thought they saw him and the blazer a couple of weeks ago saw a flier just the other day and recognized him. We are grateful for the open eyes and hearts of so many. I told Dave that someday it has got to be the other way around, that someone first sees the flier and then recognizes Chris, so that way we will have a chance of meeting up with him. This person said he seemed to be on his own, not by force. He was with others and they all seemed "normal". So we are hopeful.

There is a part of me that doesn’t want to get hopeful, because of how much it hurts to have nothing happen, but I know I need to have hope.

Thanks for standing with me and holding me up. I too am looking forward to the day that we all get the good news. I hope it's soon!

~Shannon

Still wishing for his safe return to you!

Thinking of you all, Shannon. I hope a lead pans out soon....

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.c fm?l=eng&gi=cc

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Haven't forgotten about you, Shannon 

Still keeping you in my thoughts and prayers Shannon.

i keep checking in ... looking for good news.  Hang in there.  

hugs

A Mom in GA  

 

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/message.c fm?l=eng&cid=5257996  

 

Always thinking of you all.  That lead sounds really positive Shannon!  Chances have always been high he went off on his own - Lord knows there are few things harder to understand than a teenager's mind. :)  In any circumstance, we're all here for you! 

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Still in my prayers Shannon.....

Today is the five month mark of when Chris went missing. It is still so unreal sometimes. The reality of it all still hits me sometimes. Never would I have imagined that I would be typing this post. The thought of this lasting haunts me. I don't want to be one of those families that years later still have no clue. I really can't imagine that. Months is hard enough.

We have pretty much adjusted to this being our new normal. This is now part of our everyday lives. We know that. We know that we still need to continue all efforts to find him, and that the rest of our lives must also go on. It still hurts like crazy and we still cry a lot. We still wonder and wish. We still hope and pray. And we still wake up every morning and get ready for the day. Sometimes we make it through ok and sometimes we still fall apart.

Thank you for your continued prayers. I know they are the reason we are still able to get out of bed each day. We know we are not walking on our own two feet, but that we are being carried every step. I know that I have a Savior who loves me and is with me every moment of every day. I know that our family is being blessed through this trial. I am grateful for the comfort and peace we are able to have in our home. I know that it is divine intervention.

~Shannon

May God continue to bless and cary you through. I love you ,

Jenn in AK

Still thinking of you and your family.  God Bless you! 

Hugs, Shannon.....

....and prayers.

Thinking of you.

 

Shannon,

May God's grace and mercy get you through this!!

Prayers are constantly being said for Chris, you and your family!!

 

Sharon

Hoping for good news.