When many disappearances end in the worst-case scenario, it’s uplifting to see one with a not-so-bleak conclusion.
A college football reporter who covers Texas A&M University was found unharmed on Monday after having gone missing early Sunday. Her disappearance sparked fears due to reports she had been followed by a mysterious man in a truck.
Courtney Roland, 29, who works for the sports website Rivals.com, vanished shortly after leaving a Houston football camp in an Uber at approximately 4 p.m. on Saturday, Click 2 Houston reported.
The reporter was found in the Galleria area early Monday and taken to a hospital.
UPDATE: Our officers have found Ms. Roland in the Galleria area. She appears unharmed. She'll be taken to an area hospital for an evaluation. We are not providing the location where she was found or hospital at this time. More info to follow. #HouNews https://t.co/btdaJLbifW
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) January 8, 2018
Observers feared for Roland’s life, believing she may have been the victim of a kidnapping.
Roland sent her roommate a text around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, in which she described being followed and said she was in her driveway.
According to the roommate, the man who followed Roland drove a blue truck. He reportedly followed the reporter home and parked in her driveway, then sped away when she got out of her car.
The roommate told Click 2 Houston the two had plans to meet on Sunday, but she never heard back from Roland. KTRK-TV confirmed that the sports journalist’s Sunday exchange with her roommate was the last time she was heard from prior to her reappearance on Monday.
Later on Sunday, Roland’s mother reportedly received a text from her daughter’s phone with the message “hello the owner of this phone Courtney. I am buying an iPad.”
Roland’s roommate also said someone had broken into the reporter’s car weeks earlier.
A former colleague posted to Twitter on Monday that Roland’s car, purse, wallet, and phone were all found in the Houston Galleria area. He reported the last time she was seen as 5:45 p.m. on Sunday.
The latest on @CourtneyRivals Courtney Roland 1:50 am
Car, purse, wallet, phone all found in Houston Galleria area. She’s still likely in camo fleece and orange Remington. Was seen as late as 5:45 Sunday afternoon
— Brian Perroni (@Perroni247) January 8, 2018
Authorities described Roland’s clothing at the time of her last sighting as a Remington hat and camouflage.
Roland’s vehicle, a 2015 white Jeep Cherokee, was discovered on Monday morning, shortly before she herself was found.
We do have Ms. Roland's vehicle, a white Jeep, found by officers overnight in a parking lot at 5006 Westheimer. Her phone and other items were inside the vehicle. Her purse was found at a nearby business. #HouNews https://t.co/IrMzu9Xr2v
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) January 8, 2018
A number of the reporter’s friends and associates used Twitter to request assistance locating her.
BREAKING: We spoke with #CourtneyRoland parents and friends who are pleading for info on her whereabouts. She was last heard from Saturday evening near the heights, her car located this morning near Galleria/Post Oak. Info call @houstonpolice. Details #khou11 pic.twitter.com/LuC4aIjeTl
— Michelle Choi (@MichelleKHOU) January 8, 2018
Our friend and colleague @Rivals, Courtney Roland, is currently missing in the Houston area. If you have any information or have seen her at all, please contact the HPD missing person line at 832-394-1840. pic.twitter.com/66kKDPenRT
— Matt Clare (@MattClareRivals) January 8, 2018
If anyone has seen @CourtneyRivals today or last night, please call HPD missing person at 832-394-1840 pic.twitter.com/pAuURGxbuQ
— Brian Perroni (@Perroni247) January 8, 2018
Any Texas Dawgs out there, especially in the Houston area…anyone out there…please keep an eye out for @CourtneyRivals. Left in an UBER and hasn’t been heard from. If seen please call HPD at 832-394-1840…@RealJoshReddick could you please retweet bud..thanks pic.twitter.com/zlOHsfVeQ6
— Anthony Dasher (@AnthonyDasher1) January 8, 2018
Thankfully, this missing person case didn’t become a national tragedy.
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