Editor’s note (June 11, 2025, 10:40 a.m.): Loved ones of Kyle Coleman held a vigil for him the night of Tuesday, June 10, after police found an unidentified body in Fairfax County. Go here for updates.
A Virginia family's concern is growing after their young adult son was involved in a crash late Friday night and has been missing ever since.
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WATCH HERETwo police departments are now searching for 19-year-old Kyle Coleman, who was driving a Toyota Yaris when his car left the roadway near a mall in the Tysons area, off Galleria Drive. The car traveled into a wooded area, leaving tire tracks that were still visible in the grass Monday.
Coleman's car was found abandoned after the crash, and his cellphone was left behind, creating even more worry.
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SIGN UP His parents, Cimmerian and Keith Coleman, say their son just completed his freshman year at Morehouse College and went out with friends Friday night.
News4 has learned an emergency call went to Fairfax County 911 about 11:20 p.m. Friday from Kyle Coleman's iPhone. The dispatcher said the call came in not because Coleman himself had dialed 911, but from a crash alert feature on his iPhone.
"Originally came in as a iPhone crash alert ... with further callback, vehicle into a tree. A lot of screaming heard in the background of the call. Fire department is responding as well," the dispatcher is heard saying on a recording.
Emergency responders arrived within just minutes, reporting back a surprising discovery: The car was empty.
When Coleman's parents woke up Saturday morning at their home in Gainesville, they realized their son hadn’t come home. They were immediately alarmed, they tell News4.
"Early Saturday morning, I think I pinged him and said, 'Hey man are you still out?'" his father, Keith Coleman, said. "And I got no response from him. And so, right around [the] sun coming up, I’m like, 'Oh my goodness, this is not Kyle’s type behavior; we really need to check this out.'"
That morning, using the Life360 safety app, Coleman's parents tracked his car to a tow lot at Henry’s Wrecker Service in Merrifield.
They also filed a missing persons report with Prince William County police.
At the tow lot Monday, the front of Coleman's bright blue Toyota Yaris was visibly smashed in, with plant debris embedded in the metal. The airbags had been deployed.
Cimmerian Coleman said her son's phone, car keys and a pair of slides were left inside the car.
His parents are left wondering what could have happened after the crash. They said no blood was found in the car.
"Right now, we’re still trying to figure out what was his state of mind when that happened," Keith Coleman said. "We don’t know if he sustained a head injury and he just was disoriented or something else that might have happened. We really don’t just know."
Police say they’ve been speaking to Kyle Coleman's friends to try to learn more.
"If he is alert and watching this, we want to be able to say: 'Son, we love you. Come home,'" Keith Coleman said. "'We don't care about what happened with the car. We don't care about what events led up to what happened with the car .... What we care most about is you.'"
Kyle's mother, Cimmerian Coleman, added: "Yeah. We'll fix it. We will get through this. Don't be afraid. Just come home."
Kyle Coleman was last seen wearing a red-and-white Morehouse College windbreaker and black running pants, Prince William County police said. He is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds.
Anyone who has information about his whereabouts should contact the police.
