Who Is Conor Anderson? Missing Colorado Man Found Dead in Nashville

0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A 31-year-old Colorado man who went missing after traveling to Nashville for a work conference has been found dead, police said on Thursday night.

"We are saddened to report that Conor Anderson was found deceased this evening in a wood line adjacent to a parking lot at 14 James Robertson Parkway," the Metro Nashville Police Department said in a post on X.

"There are no immediate indications of foul play. The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.”

Anderson had flown into Nashville for a work conference on August 15 and checked into the Millenium Maxwell House hotel, police said in a statement on Wednesday.

He was last seen early on the morning of August 16, when he approached two police officers near Woodland and Main Street in East Nashville.

"Anderson, around 1 a.m. on Sunday, flagged down two East Precinct officers as they were driving by to report an interaction he had with unknown individuals outside of a nearby bar," police said.

"Anderson said he’d given the men $20 to ‘show him around the area.’ The men reportedly walked off with his cash and Anderson wanted the officers to know.”

Body camera footage of that interaction showed one officer had questioned whether Anderson had been attempting to buy drugs. “On my life, there was no intention of any drug transaction,” Anderson replied.

Police said the officers had explained that in order to make a formal report they would need his driver’s license, but Anderson refused.

“They encouraged him to get a rideshare back to his hotel and he agreed,” police said.

Newsweek contacted the Metro Nashville Police Department and the medical examiner’s office via email outside regular business hours on Friday.

Anderson was a client executive at Marsh, a risk management and insurance firm in Denver, according to his LinkedIn profile.

In the last post on the page, Anderson wrote he was “excited to be at the REMAX Broker Owner Conference in Nashville and hope to connect with many of you there.”

The conference took place from August 16 to 18 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, according to the organizer's website .

Newsweek has contacted the company for comment via an email sent outside regular business hours.

According to the LinkedIn page, Anderson attended Harborfields High school in Greenlawn, New York, before earning degrees in economics at the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado Boulder.

He had worked at Marsh since June 2025, after previously spending about a year working as an account manager for National Corporate Housing, according to the page.

From April 2019 to April 2023, he had worked at Presidio, an IT consulting company based in New York City.

Anderson’s family had appealed for anyone with information about his disappearance to contact police.

“This disappearance is completely out of character for Conor,” the family said in a statement shared on Facebook by his uncle, Tom Anderson.

“Shortly before he disappeared, Conor flagged down police regarding an incident outside a bar in the area. After that interaction, he then walked into Up-Down Bar in Nashville, immediately nearby, and had a drink. Approximately five minutes later, Conor walked out. He has not been seen since,” it said.

“He never returned to his hotel. His phone has not pinged, his credit cards have not been used, and no one in our family has heard from him.”

The statement added: “Conor is an incredible person who is deeply loved by his family and friends. Wherever he is, we just need to find him. We need to bring Conor home.”

Police released an 11-minute body camera video showing Anderson’s encounter with officers around 1 a.m. on August 16.

The video begins with an officer emerging from a patrol car, before asking Anderson: “What’s going on, man?"

Anderson told the officer that he is from out of town, saying he is originally from New York and living in Colorado.

He went on to say that he met a man at a bar and gave him $20 to show him around the neighborhood, but the man took the money before walking out to his group of friends.

“Then I can’t remember if he demanded or, he ended up getting another 20 bucks from me,” he said.

“Then him and his friend acted as if nothing happened, and then he threatened me with violence if I didn't leave," he said. “They threatened to like, run me over.”

The officers then ask more questions about where exactly the encounter took place.

"I'm going to be honest with you," one officer told Anderson. "What this sounds like to me and this is just my speculation here, OK? And I want you to be honest with me. Were you trying to buy drugs?”

Anderson emphatically denied that was the case.

"Because you gave him $20. He ignored you," the officer said. "And then you followed him outside. Then you gave him another $20. He ignored you and then he left. And then you're just here by yourself.”

"I understand it seems that way," Anderson said. "On my life, that is not what happened.”

The officers then told Anderson that his story “isn’t exactly making sense.”

"It's no judgement here, you know what I’m saying?” the officer said. "But if you want us to help you, you have to be forthcoming.”

“On my life, there was no intention of any drug transaction,” Anderson said.

When the officer then asks Anderson how he got there, Anderson said: “I’m here for work.”

Asked if he was accompanied by anyone, Anderson said: “No, I arrived a day early, so I’m not here with anyone.”

The officer then said: “So, what is it exactly that you need from us?”

“Well, I feel like I was violated or taken advantage of and so I thought it would be the right thing to call you guys.”

“In terms of me asking him to do something and he didn’t do it,” Anderson said.

After a few minutes, the officer asked Anderson for identifi...