ATV rider mysteriously vanishes after visiting friend at hospital, Minnesota mom says

A 39-year-old ATV rider has been missing for more than a week after failing to make it to his parents’ home, Minnesota reports say.

Jeremy Lawrence was last seen at St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth on Aug. 20, authorities said, according to Northern News Now. His mom, Debbie Lawrence, told the Duluth News Tribune her son was at the hospital visiting a friend.

“I talked to him on his phone when he was leaving the hospital and he said he was on his way home,” she told the News Tribune. “That was Sunday and we haven’t heard anything from him since.”

Lawrence, who was reported missing Aug. 21, was traveling in a yellow Can-Am ATV, according to a Facebook post from his mom. He was supposed to be riding to his parents’ home in Mountain Iron, about 70 miles northwest of Duluth, but he never arrived.

At least 140 miles of trail and 90 miles of road were searched by an ATV group Thursday, Aug. 24, Debbie Lawrence said late Saturday.

“He is officially not on the trails that you can get through,” she said. “All main trails and spur trails have been checked. He is definitely not in the Cloquet State Forest.”

It’s unclear if Lawrence planned to take the road or trails on his ride to Mountain Iron, WDIO reported.

Debbie Lawrence told WDIO her son was wearing “a dark shirt, dark hoodie with jeans and tennis shoes” when he went missing.

The St. Louis County Rescue Squad described Lawrence as being “off grid.” The squad has conducted several road and trail searches for Lawrence.

Duluth police “are following up on several leads,” the rescue squad said in the Saturday post on Facebook.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Duluth police at 218-730-5020.