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/

It's Labor Day. That is the day Chris went missing. Wednesday will be September 3rd. I can not believe it has been a whole year.

Last week was tough. With the funerals of friends and knowing this was coming upon us my stress level hit the roof. I think my immune system completely shut down. I have had a bad cold for too long now. I missed time from work to try to stay home and rest. I'm not sure it helped.

The web site FindChris.org has been updated. Our PI went in and made changes to it. It now has a slide show and more videos. It is nice to have it updated even though we still don't know anything. At least others will know we are still looking.

Thank you so much for your kind words and thoughts. Thank you for joining your prayers with ours. It is nice to know we are not doing this alone.

~Shannon

Shannon,

Just wanted you to know that I am thinking of you all and saying extra prayers for this week. I know it'll be a tough one.

I hope you start to feel better (cold-wise) soon. Please know that we're all here with you....

Shannon
I just wanted to say I visited the newly done website, all I can say is WOW!  I followed the link to myspace and am in awe of the person who wrote the blog "What if".  It truly makes you think.  It is awful that things are the way they are.  The blog says it all.  I also played the Youtube videos.   Your husband was able to speak so well, I know there is no way I could have made it through that.  To hear him say his last moments with Chris I was in tears listening. 

My heart is with your family.  I so wish Chris to be found!

Still thinking of you and your family. Still praying. Can't believe it has been a year..... xxx

Dear Shannon and family. 

I have been following this thread from the start and I can't believe it has been a year already.  My heart truly goes out to you all on this very difficult day.  I am thinking of you all. 

Thinking of you and your family on this day {{hugs}}.

I'm sorry that it has been a whole year now, but we will be with you until he comes home and he will come home. I wish I could be there to give you a big hug and take some of the burden from your shoulders but please know that my thoughts and best wishes remain with you today and every day.

Still here, and still praying for you and your family, Shannon.  Stay strong and keep the faith.

I've been following this thread for a long time but never posted anything until now. I'd just like to say that you and your family are definately in my prayers. Stay strong!  

Shannon,

I remember the first day you posted this. I check in daily, hoping to find some good news. I'm sorry you haven't found comfort yet, but I hope that one day soon you will. somehow. You and you're family are always in my thoughts.

~Amanda

I hope you have answers soon.  I'll continue to pray for your family!

Shannon -- I'm so sorry that we are still writing/reading about this a year later.  You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

Hi Shannon,

I've been checking back with this thread periodically, hoping Chris will have been found every time I do so. You're all in my thoughts and prayers. I can't believe it has been a year.

Stay strong.

 

Thinking of you.  {{hugs}}

I also check this thread regularly hoping to see some good news for you. I think about you and hope you will soon find closure.  I cannot imagine how hard it must be.

~kat

my prayers are with you, family, and son.  i will share this story in 2 prayer circles that i am apart of.

dls151

*thinking of you*

Thank you all for your continued kind words and prayers. Because of them we did make it through last week. I was scared that the 3rd would be a day we all fell apart, but we held it together pretty well. I think the 2nd was almost harder on us. It was the last day that we saw Chris. I have pictures in my phone of him from that day. The older boys were goofing around and taking them. I didn't know I had them until a few weeks after they had done it. It is hard to look at them sometimes.

On the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 2nd, our daughter got hurt in her soccer game. A ball hit her in the arm and it started to swell up. She couldn't bend her wrist or wiggle her fingers. I was trying to decide if it was bad enough to take her to the Dr. or not. I really did not want to spend the night in the ER. I finely decided to take her into urgent care just to make sure nothing was broken. She was fine, just going to be sore for a few days. We got her home and she couldn't wash her own hair so I had her tipped over the kitchen sink so I could wash it. Dave, starts screaming from the other room so I run in to see what happened. He had stepped on a two inch splinter. He tried pulling it out, I tried pulling it out. It was not budging so I told him we needed to go to the ER to have them get it out (urgent care was closed by now). I ran downstairs to wake up teenage son to come up and finish washing daughters hair so I can go to the hospital. It was almost comical. At the hospital they had to cut his foot open to get the splinter out. I have no idea where it came from. It had red paint on one side of it. Nothing in our home is wood with red paint on it. So on Wednesday, Sept. 3rd. he could not go to work (he is on his feet all day). It was kind of nice to sit home together and just have each other to get us through the memories. I think this is one of those times where God works in mysterious ways. Although the whole time I'm thinking...this is not my life; this is some sit-com story line. Our daughter did get her hair washed. She said her brothers are not very good at brushing hair though.

Dave got the opportunity to talk to Kelly Jolkowski, she is the mother of Jason Jolkowski who has been missing for seven years now. She has started Project Jason, a 501 c3 organization that helps find missing people and assists families of missing people. I was in the room while they were talking. It was very helpful and healing to talk to her. She had a lot of really good points. And as always it is always good to be validated in our feelings as we are still trying to sort through them. The phone call was arranged by our PI. She is helping us in so many ways.

I cannot believe this tread has been going on for a year now. In the beginning I knew it would only be a few days until we knew what had happened. That I would report back that we had found a wrecked vehicle or some other out come. Then I knew it was going to be a few weeks, but I still felt like I would be letting you all know the out come of this. By November when it had been a few months I still never would have guessed that this would be going on a year later. Yet here we are. We still don't know any more then we did a year ago. I guess we know that he is not wrecked in the hills nor the canyon. We know he is not anywhere to be found easily.

Thank you all for your checking in and letting us know of your prayers and well wishes. They do mean a lot to us. This thread has been a big part of how I have survived the last year. It has been a great place to come and cry and vent and receive hope and healing. It has been wonderful to receive so many hugs and from so many people willing to give of their hearts. Thank you!

~Shannon

Shannon my dear. you are such a  strong woman. thank you for letting us be part of your life. you have given us a place to GIVE hope to someone.

I have learned something about what God does in our lives. He lets us reach out to others, so that others can be the ones to GIVE a blessing. I

 am always worried about asking because there is always someone in more need than myself. recently I have learned that we all have to recieve at some point.

My hubby, kids and I check here all the time. hoping to see of Chris' return and we always saddend to see that he still has not been returned to you. But either here or in the Air. you will see him again. I pray that youa re all doing well. that you are holding it together. a year. WOW. it has been a long time.

May you continue to be surrounded by God's Love and may he continue to give you Piece of heart as this journey still has not come to a close.
God Bless my dear friend

Jenn in Alaska

Hi Shannon,

I just came across this thread today. You and your family will be in my prayers and I will send the findchris.org link to everyone I know.  Cedar City is one of my favorite places and I now feel like someone in my own family is missing!
 

Again, my prayers and thoughts are with you and your family

God bless you, Terry