Police are searching for missing Enoch man

Police in southern Utah have launched a massive search for a man who has been missing since Monday.

Christopher Robin Coan, 18, was seen leaving his job at a Subway sandwich shop in Enoch, Iron County, about 8:30 p.m., police said.

"He was last seen by his manager leaving the store," Enoch police detective Jackson Ames said Friday. "This is completely out of character for him."

Coan was reported missing by his girlfriend on Tuesday afternoon. There has been no bank activity, and as more time passes, authorities are beginning to worry that the young man may have met with foul play. Enoch police contacted the FBI for assistance in the case.

An airplane has been searching the high-country desert around Cedar City and Enoch for any sign of Coan's SUV, a 1994 red and silver-colored Chevrolet S-10 Blazer with a temporary tag. Police said the SUV has three stickers in the back. One says "Jerry Bear," another says "The Wizz cartoon," and the third says "Beatles."

On Friday, volunteer searchers went searching for signs of Coan.

"We've got around 100 people or so that have just gone out and are pretty much going to canvass the area," Ames said. "Hopefully, we can find him."

Coan is described as 5-foot-6, about 125 pounds, with blue eyes and blond, floppy hair. He was last seen wearing a green T-shirt and black corduroy pants.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call police at 435-586-9445.

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