A HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP MAN BUSY FOR ALMOST A YEAR, WITHOUT A
TREE
TREE >> Man: I THINK HE IS OUT THERE
SOMEWHERE I DON’T KNOW WHERE.
WE HAVE GOT TO FIND HIM.
>> Reporter: A MISSING MAN, A
MUSIC FESTIVAL AND IT IS
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. A FUN GETAWAY FOR KEVIN GRAVES
A TRIP TO SMOKE FREE FOR THE
ELECTRIC FOREST MUSIC FESTIVAL.
>> Kimberly: THAT WAS ONE YEAR
AGO OF THE 20-YEAR-OLD HAS NOT
BEEN SEEN SINCE, OR HAS HE?
HERE IS LOCAL 4 DEFENDER WITH
THE INVESTIGATION INTO HIS
DISAPPEARANCE.
DISAPPEARANCE. >> ROXBURY, MICHIGAN.
POPULATION OVER 400.
DESCRIBED AS QUAINT AND QUIET.
BUT THAT CHANGES THE LAST WEEK
IN JUNE WHEN TENS OF THOUSANDS
DESCENT ON THIS RURAL
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. FOR THE ELECTRIC FOREST MUSIC
FESTIVAL.
FESTIVAL. 28-YEAR-OLD KEVIN GRAVES WENT
TO THE FESTIVAL LAST JUNE.
>> Man: I THINK THERE WOULD BE
DRUGS AND THINGS UP THERE.
I KNEW THAT WHAT HAPPENED. ND
I SAID BE CAREFUL.
DON’T GET YOURSELF HOOKED UP ON
SOMETHING YOU WILL REGRET.
>> JUST GO UP THERE AND HAVE A
TIME.
TIME. >> THAT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME
GARY GRAVES WOULD SEE HIS SON.
GRAVES AND HIS GIRLFRIEND
ARRIVED IN ROXBURY FRIDAY, JUNE
27.
27. FOUR DAYS LATER KEVIN PARENTS
AT A CALL.
>> Woman: HIS GIRLFRIEND CALLS
AND SAYS I CAN’T FIND KEVIN.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE CAN’T FIND
KEVIN?
KEVIN? APPARENTLY THEY GOT IN SOME
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT. ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE WHO
WERE THERE.
WERE THERE. AND I THINK HE’S ALSO THE.
THAT IS MY GOD.
IT UPSET HIM SO MUCH HE WALKED
AWAY.
AWAY. >> Reporter: WHAT DID HAPPEN IN
THAT FOREST?
THAT FOREST? >> Man: IF YOU SEE SOMETHING
YOU COULD REACH IN HERE LIKE
THAT.
THAT. >> Reporter: THAT IS WHAT THE
SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM IS
TRYING TO FIND OUT.
HIS KEVIN GRAVES OF LIFE?
>> Woman: EVERYBODY LIKED
KEVIN.
KEVIN. >> Reporter: WHO WOULD WANT HIM
DEAD?
DEAD? >> Man: IT IS SPORTS NOT MANY
TREES THERE.
TREES THERE. >> Man: THIS IS OUR 67TH
SEARCH.
SEARCH. >> Reporter: ORDERED SOMETHING
ELSE SINISTER HAPPENED TO HIM?
GARY RECALLS THE LAST TEXT HE
RECEIVED FROM HIS SOME OF THE
DAY HE WENT MISSING.
>> Man: ALL IT SAID WAS THAT I
LOVE YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I LOVE YOU AND SOMEDAY I WILL
PAY YOU BACK.
EVERYTHING IOU.
EVERYTHING IOU. THAT WAS THE LAST THING I HEARD
FROM HIM AND I TEXT HIM BACK.
AND I GOT NO ANSWERS BACK.
IT IS FELT LIKE HE WALKED AWAY.
BUT IT HAS COME TO THE POINT
WHERE EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO SEARCH.
WE ALMOST FEEL IT IS NOW A
RESCUE.
RESCUE. >> Reporter: THEY SAY WITNESSES
PSAW BUSES AT THE FESTIVAL
CONNECTED TO A COLD.
SHE STILL WONDERS IF HE
WANDERED OFF AND TURNED THEM.
>> Woman: COME ON.
SHE IS OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
>> Reporter: SOME HAVE FOUND
THE FAMILY THEY SAW IN
PANHANDLING WEEKS AFTER HE WENT
MISSING.
MISSING. >> Woman: IT SOUNDED LIKE KEVIN
BUT IT IS IS A GENERAL
DESCRIPTION.
DESCRIPTION. >> Woman: LOCAL 4 CAMERAS WERE
THERE ON A SEARCH OF THE FOREST
IN ROXBURY.
IN ROXBURY. >> Man: IF YOU FIND SOMETHING
TO START SCREAMING AND RUNNING.
>> Man: I THINK HE IS OUT THERE
SOMEWHERE.
SOMEWHERE. >> Man: EVERYDAY IS ROUGH NOW.
JUST TRYING TO GO ON WITH OUR
LIVES.
LIVES. JUST TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME.
>> Man: THERE HAS TO BE AN
ANSWER SOMEWHERE.
ANSWER SOMEWHERE. AND WE WILL JUST KEEP GOING
UNTIL WE FIND IT.
WE ARE NOT GIVING UP.
WE DON’T GIVE UP.
>> Reporter: THE GRAVES FAMILY
SAID THEY WILL BE AT THE
ELECTRIC FOREST MUSIC FESTIVAL
WHEN IT STARTS.
TALKING TO PEOPLE TRY TO FIND
CLUES OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR
SON.
SON. KAREN DREW, LOCAL 4 DEFENDERS
SPEEDING BUT THE OAKLAND POLICE
AND SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARE
WORKING ON THIS CASE.