Christopher Shane was 42 when he went to Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville in the early hours of March 6, 2013, believing he was having a heart attack. He was medically evaluated and released at 12:43 a.m., then left the hospital on foot carrying only his cell phone and its charger. That is the last confirmed sighting.

He was wearing a gray bubble coat with maroon lining, a blue sweater over a white t-shirt, blue jeans, and black Nike Air Jordan sneakers with white socks. He called his stepmother and his girlfriend after leaving the hospital; at 5:30 a.m. a text was sent from his phone to his girlfriend, but subsequent calls went unanswered and the phone appears to have been turned off. Christopher did not own a car and usually relied on his girlfriend or public buses. He has a small scar in the middle of his forehead and two missing top front teeth.

Family members say he was close to them and would not have voluntarily walked away. No clues were found in an extensive search and his case remains an endangered missing person investigation. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to come forward.