A man from Indiana who disappeared while visiting Tennessee for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has been found safe after a two-day search, according to WZTV in Nashville.
Trevor Lines, 28, of South Bend, Indiana, was located Saturday evening by officers with the Goodlettsville Police Department after being reported missing earlier in the week.
According to family members, officers found Lines sitting inside his white 2016 Lexus RX350 near a skate park in Goodlettsville. Police said he appeared confused and was unable to fully recall the events leading up to his disappearance, but was otherwise safe.
Lines had been staying with friends at a short-term rental on Douglas Avenue in East Nashville before attending Bonnaroo. Family members said friends left the rental around 5 a.m. Thursday to search for a misplaced cellphone. When they returned about an hour later, Lines and his vehicle were gone.
His cellphone, medication and clothing had been left behind, raising immediate concerns among family members and friends.
The unusual circumstances surrounding his disappearance, coupled with a history of mental health concerns, prompted an extensive search effort. Relatives and friends shared information across social media, generating thousands of shares as concern grew over his whereabouts.
After Lines was reported missing Thursday morning, family members began searching local hospitals, the Bonnaroo festival grounds in Coffee County, and neighborhoods in the Nashville area.
Investigators with the Metro Nashville Police Department later determined that license plate reader cameras had detected Lines’ vehicle in Mt. Juliet around 7:30 a.m. Friday and in Goodlettsville around 4:30 p.m. the same day.
Authorities noted that Nashville currently does not operate license plate reader cameras, limiting investigators’ ability to track the vehicle’s movements while it was inside the city.
The search continued through Saturday until shortly before 7 p.m., when Goodlettsville police located Lines inside his vehicle.
Family members said his mother immediately traveled to Tennessee after learning he had been found.
During the search, Metro Nashville Police entered Lines into a national missing persons database and coordinated efforts with the Tennessee Highway Patrol and law enforcement agencies in Coffee County.
No additional details about the circumstances surrounding his disappearance have been released.
