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Article published Sep 20, 2007 in the Cedar City Daily News.
Praying for Chris
Candlelight vigil unites friends, family of missing 18-year-old Cedar High grad

By RYAN DIONNE
rdionne@thespectrum.com

CEDAR CITY - The wind may have blown out a few candles Wednesday night, but it didn't blow out hope.

Friends and family of Chris Coan, a recent Cedar High School graduate who has been missing since Labor Day, grasped flickering candles during a vigil organized to help keep the hope alive.

While the 18-year-old hasn't been seen since leaving work Sept. 3, police and his family are following leads to help bring him home.

"We're gonna find Chris sooner or later," his dad, Dave Coan, told a group of about 100 as they huddled together in the stands at Cedar High School's football stadium.

Typically in a missing person situation a vigil is thought of as a memorial, but Dave Coan said it's nothing of the sort. Instead, it's more of a rally to make sure people know that giving up isn't an option.

Garrett Davis/ The Spectrum Wesley Beck, 8, holds a lit candle during a candlelight vigil for missing Enoch teenager Christopher Robin Coan at Cedar High School in Cedar City Wednesday.

Enoch Police officer Dan Raddatz said they are following tips, looking into possible sightings and trying to uncover any lead that may help them find the young man.

Besides focusing their search in Northern Utah - specifically the Logan area - police are hoping to find something when they search through the phone records of the Subway where Chris worked.

Raddatz said they think Coan received a phone call at work the night he disappeared and wrote down a "208" number, which police believe is an Idaho area code.

With the subpoena police obtained Wednesday, they'll be able to search through the phone records to help narrow down the search or eliminate possibilities.

Along with the phone records, Enoch Police Chief Dave Browning said they are focusing on Logan because Chris reportedly met a friend on MySpace who lives there.

But no matter where he is, Chris's girlfriend, Sasha Turner, said she just wants to know he's OK. Even a phone call saying, "I'm fine but don't want to come home," would be fine, she said.

Others like Travis Emans, who just met Chris this summer and was just an acquaintance, said he still wanted to show his support for the family.