Kevin Graves
The Vanished Podcast
Wondery
4.5 • 15K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2019
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
On July 1, 2018, 28 year old Kevin Graves went missing while spending the weekend at the Electric Forest Music Festival in Rothbury, Michigan. Kevin was attending the music festival with his girlfriend and two of their friends when an alleged argument broke out between the couple. According to those with Kevin that day, he stormed off from them while acting erratic and he was never seen or heard from again.
Kevin’s girlfriend notified the police that he was missing and she told his family that she couldn’t find him after the festival. Knowing this was unlike him, Kevin’s loved ones went into immediate action to try and find him.
What they would uncover in their investigation would be a series of strange possibilities as to what happened to Kevin that day. They have considered everything from foul play to the idea that Kevin may have joined a cult.
There is currently a $10,000 reward for information regarding his whereabouts.
Anyone with information about the disappearance of Kevin Graves is asked to call the Oakland County Sheriff's Office at (248) 858-4950 or the Michigan State Police Hart Post (231) 873-2171.
You can follow Kevin's case on Facebook at Help Us Find Kevin Graves.
This episode was co-researched and written by Marissa Jones and Erika Gwynn. To find more of Erika's work, please check out her podcast at https://www.apexandabyss.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:30.0 | I just don't believe that you could just walk away like this. It just don't make sense. |
| 0:46.0 | That was supposed to come home on Monday, the second. And it never happened. |
| 0:59.0 | So, our searches started out looking for a body. And then we would think differently. Maybe he just wandered off with these people that go to the festival and just kept trains and go to the next place. |
| 1:16.0 | That's how they lived. I cannot believe that Kevin would do something like this because he was so close with us. Kevin was very loved. |
| 1:26.0 | I guess the best way to describe his soul, he was just a kind and gentle soul. But when he got sad, it hurt it broke your heart because he's so sweet. |
| 1:46.0 | On July 1, 2018, 28-year-old Kevin Graves went missing while spending the weekend at the Electric Forest Music Festival in Oceana County, Michigan. |
| 1:57.0 | Kevin was attending the Music Festival with his girlfriend Kayla and their friends when an alleged argument broke out between the couple. |
| 2:05.0 | According to those with Kevin that day, he stormed off while acting erratic and he was never seen or heard from again. |
| 2:12.0 | Kevin and the belongings he had with him at the moment he walked off, such as his wallet and cell phone, were never found. |
| 2:19.0 | Kevin's girlfriend notified the police that he was missing and she told his family that she couldn't find him after the festival. |
| 2:26.0 | Knowing this was unlike him, Kevin's loved ones went into immediate action to try and find him. |
| 2:32.0 | What would transpire next would be a mysterious series of events. From theorizing that he had been a victim of foul play, to then believing he had left on his own accord. |
| 2:42.0 | Kayla began to distance herself from his disappearance. She began to accept that Kevin was simply gone because he wanted to be. |
| 2:50.0 | However, Kevin's family does not feel the same way. While Kevin had his differences and issues with those he loved over the course of his life, |
| 2:59.0 | there is nothing leading them to believe that he would just walk away from those he cared about forever. |
| 3:04.0 | What they would uncover in their investigation would be a series of strange possibilities as to what happened to Kevin that day. |
| 3:11.0 | So what truly happened to Kevin Graves on July 1st, 2018? |
| 3:16.0 | Amarissa and from Wondery, this is episode 166 of The Vanished, Kevin Graves' story. |
| 3:25.0 | the titular comment |
| 3:48.0 | Well done! You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast |
| 3:56.2 | landscape and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to |
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