Police said Conor Anderson was found near a James Robertson Parkway parking lot, days after he was last seen in East Nashville.
NASHVILLE, TN — A 31-year-old Colorado man who disappeared while visiting Nashville for a work conference was found dead Thursday evening, ending a search that began after his last known encounter with police early Sunday, authorities said.
Conor Anderson was found in a wooded area next to a parking lot at 14 James Robertson Parkway, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Police said there were no immediate indications of foul play. The medical examiner will determine Anderson’s cause of death, which had not been released as of early Friday.
Anderson had flown to Nashville on Saturday and checked into the Millennium Maxwell House hotel while in the city for a work conference, police said. He was last known to have been in the Woodland Street and Main Street area of East Nashville early Sunday morning, several days before his body was discovered.
At about 1 a.m. Sunday, Anderson flagged down two East Precinct officers and told them about an encounter with unknown individuals outside a nearby bar. According to police, Anderson said he had given the men $20 to show him around the area, but they walked away with his money. Anderson approached the officers because he wanted them to know what had happened.
Body camera footage later released from the encounter showed Anderson explaining his account to officers. The officers questioned him about the circumstances and told him they would need his driver’s license to make a formal police report. Anderson declined to provide identification and did not proceed with the report.
Officers encouraged Anderson to use a rideshare service to return to his hotel, and police said he agreed. The conversation ended shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday. Authorities said Anderson was not known to have been seen or heard from afterward, prompting the Missing Persons Unit to begin efforts to reconstruct his movements.
During the search, detectives reviewed surveillance video from the area and examined information from Anderson’s phone and bank records, according to police. Investigators sought information from the public as they worked to determine where Anderson went after his encounter with the officers.
Police confirmed Anderson’s death Thursday night after his body was located near the James Robertson Parkway parking lot. Authorities have not announced evidence connecting the earlier encounter Anderson described to his death, and no person has been identified by police as a suspect in connection with the case.
The investigation now turns to the medical examiner’s findings. Police said there were no immediate signs suggesting foul play, but a final cause of death remained pending. No additional findings from an autopsy or toxicology testing had been publicly released.
Author note: Last updated August 21, 2026.