A Detroit man disappeared at a music festival. Six years later, human remains were found near the event site
A billboard was put up near the Electric Forest festival in 2023 as part of an exhaustive search for Kevin Graves
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"A positive identification of the remains cannot be made at this time pending autopsy results and further investigation," state police said on X.
Investigators were sent Monday to a wooded area near Rothbury in Oceana County, site of the popular Electric Forest music festival. Forensic anthropologists from Western Michigan University also joined the effort.
State police have not offered an update since Tuesday.
Kevin Graves, 28, was last seen at Electric Forest in 2018. A woman who attended the festival with him told police he was acting “odd all week.” Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Detective Sgt. David Bach previously told MLive that he had been acting paranoid, fighting with his girlfriend, accusing her of calling the FBI on him and having a sexual relationship with another friend who attended the festival.
He eventually returned to his tent, but by time his girlfriend went there to find him, he was gone, according to WoodTV.
Police at the time searched with dogs and dozens of volunteers, while divers checked area lakes.
Police notified Gary Graves, Kevin’s father, after the remains were found.
“I am waiting to hear for sure what they found,” Gary told FOX 17 Tuesday afternoon.
Gary and the rest of the Graves family have been tirelessly trying to locate their son ever since he was last seen in 2018, attending the festival every year to hand out missing persons flyers. In 2023, they even paid to have a billboard put up near the festival entrance with his details on.
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