Musician who vanished in San Francisco found, arrested, police say

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A musician who vanished in San Francisco after auditioning for a band has been found and arrested. Eric Travers, 30, traveled from North Carolina to San Francisco last week for the audition and to record music, his friend told KRON4.

For several days, Travers’ family and friends were unable to contact him, raising concerns for his well-being. He missed his flight to return home, his brother said, which was out of character for the drummer. Travers also left his medication for epilepsy  behind in his hotel room at Cathedral Hill Hotel in the Tenderloin, his friend, Mikel Ross, said.

Travers was reported missing to the San Francisco Police Department. On Monday, Ross told KRON4 that the musician’s whereabouts were still unknown.

On Tuesday, SFPD told KRON4 that officers had arrested Travers without knowing he was the missing man.

Police officers arrested him at 2:13 p.m. on May 2 on Shotwell Street. “San Francisco Police officers from Mission Station responded to the area of 21st and Shotwell streets regarding a belligerent male subject throwing objects at vehicles and people,” SFPD wrote.

Officers arrived on scene, detained the man, and talked to two victims who said the man had thrown large rocks in their direction. Police said he also damaged a vehicle nearby. Travers was booked for two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism.

Travers initially gave SFPD a false name, but he was later identified as the missing man, according to police. He was also treated in a hospital.

On Tuesday, Travers’ brother wrote that his brother had been found in Tenderloin “in a complete state of psychosis.”

Travers’ brother wrote on a GoFundMe page , “He is no longer missing, however he isn’t exactly well. He is under the care of professionals for the time being. It seems getting him stabilized is proving to be more difficult than usual when he has a break like this. We hope to get him some sort of professional diagnosis and help here and hopefully improve his quality of life.”

The brother thanked everyone who showed support during a difficult time.

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