More information has surfaced regarding the disappearance of Reverend Charles Lanier, a Black openly gay pastor with the Unity Fellowship Church Movement in San Diego.

According to the City News Service:

SAN DIEGO -- A car owned by a City Heights clergyman who went missing last week was found near the U.S.-Mexico line Thursday, leading authorities to speculate that he may have crossed the border and failed to return for unknown reasons.

Charles Lanier, 51, a reverend at Unity Fellowship Church on University Avenue, has been unaccounted for since Friday, according to San Diego police. His family reported him missing several days later.

This morning, investigators got word that the North Park resident's black 2007 Cadillac CST had been impounded in a parking lot in the 700 block of East San Ysidro Boulevard, just north of the Baja California border.
The sedan showed no signs of being tampered with or evidence that Lanier had been harmed, SDPD Capt. Manny Guaderrama said.

The car was parked in an area mostly used by visitors to Mexico, Guaderrama said. Lanier reportedly has at least one friend south of the border, but authorities have yet to track that person down.

Lanier's family is very worried. Sisters flew in from Tennessee to join the search.

San Diego have asked Mexican authorities to be on the lookout for the clergyman, the captain said.
Lanier's family and friends have told police it would not be in character for him to take an extended trip and not let anyone -- not even his congregation -- know where he was going and when he was to return.
Lanier was supposed to host a barbecue last Saturday, Guaderrama added.

Officials urged anyone who knows of the missing man's whereabouts to call SDPD communications at (619) 531-2000.

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