Photo contributed by the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office / Josh Day has been missing since July 24, 2020, when he was last seen riding an ATV in a remote area south of Tracy City, Tenn. The ATV was found Sunday.Authorities in Grundy County, Tennessee, are seeking a 31-year-old man who went missing Friday night on an all-terrain vehicle in a remote area south of Tracy City near the Grundy-Marion county line, according to Sheriff Clint Shrum.
The Grundy County office is the lead agency in the search for local resident Josh Day, Shrum said Wednesday. The search area generally is east of the nearby Grundy Forest State Natural Area at South Cumberland State Park and Fiery Gizzard Recreation Area along the county line around the Raven Point Road area.
“We’ve searched the area with the [Tennessee Highway Patrol] helicopter and search dog teams,” Shrum said Wednesday. “The TBI will join the case today.”
Day was last seen Friday riding a tan Honda Recon 250 in an area near the Grundy-Marion county line near where search efforts are focused now, Grundy officials said. Park rangers from a couple of nearby Tennessee state parks aided in the search over the weekend, and Williamson County and Franklin County authorities sent tracking dogs to help. The Williamson County search dogs tracked a scent Tuesday, but the trail was lost, officials said.
Marion County Emergency Management Agency director Steve Lamb, who participated in search efforts Sunday, said Wednesday that Marion County officials “are available, if needed, as the search for Josh Day continues.”