Katana Curven Turns to TikTok to Find Courtney Bryan, Sister Who Vanished in a Forest

“Hey TikTok, I want you guys to do your factor, please. My sister is lacking.”

That’s the heartbreaking plea Katana Curven made to her 31,900 TikTok followers three days ago about her 32-year-old sister Courtney Bryan. An worker at Patagonia, Bryan was final heard from on Sept. 23 on the Shasta Nationwide Forest within the Sacramento Valley together with her canine, Booch, police mentioned.

“No calls and texts have been despatched from her cellphone since,” Curven mentioned within the video that has now been considered over half one million occasions. She additionally confirmed Bryan’s final Instagram publish from the day she went lacking, which confirmed Bryan on the Hunt Sizzling Springs close to Large Bend—about an hour from the nationwide forest.

The Reno Police Department has now taken over the investigation into Bryan’s nearly three-week disappearance that her youthful sister insists is out of character. In an interview with NBC News, Curven mentioned that Bryan, who lived in Reno, confirmed as much as work at Patagonia’s repairs division on Sept. 22, however had deliberate to take a number of days off for bereavement after their grandfather died per week earlier.

Authorities consider that the subsequent day, Bryan went into the Shasta Nationwide Forest together with her purple Subaru Outback and her black and white border collie wolf combine. Neither has been discovered.

“It is smart that she wished to get away,” Curven mentioned. “However she would’ve been again by now. She wouldn’t allow us to fear.”

Bryan’s household mentioned it took about 4 days, and her not displaying up for work, for them to appreciate one thing wasn’t proper. After reporting her lacking on Sept. 27, authorities had been in a position to uncover that Bryan’s final cellphone calls and texts had been within the nationwide forest, together with one at 9:03 p.m. on Sept. 23 to a good friend that simply included a hyperlink to a Spotify track.

“She’s a free spirit and would usually journey alone,” Curven informed NBC. “However she would’ve tell us when she was coming again. She would’ve checked in with any person.”

During the last two weeks, authorities say they’ve acquired numerous reporting sightings of Bryan—although none have been confirmed to be the 32-year-old. Since Curven took to TikTok, nonetheless, the variety of reported sightings—and a focus on the case itself–has grown. The three movies that Curven posted with updates have been seen by nearly 650,000 folks.

“It’s labored for different instances and lacking folks,” Curven mentioned about her determination to take to the video platform to unfold the phrase about her sister. “So now I’m hoping TikTok comes by means of for us. Please assist me discover my sister.”