Mother of firefighter found dead with ex-high school boyfriend says he may not have been with her ‘willingly’

Georgia firefighters Chandler Kuhbander and Raegan Anderson were found dead Sunday after a week-long search

The mother of a Georgia firefighter who went missing last week and was found dead in a car alongside his ex-girlfriend sounded the alarm that her son was possibly in danger before the tragic discovery.

In the days before announcing her son’s death, Jane Kuhbander wrote on her Facebook page that her son Chandler Kuhbander may have been “coerced” by his ex-girlfriend Raegan Anderson and that “he is not believed to be with her good will”.

Kuhbander and Anderson were found dead in Cocke County, Tennessee, on Sunday, June 30, the Hinesville, Georgia, Police Department said in a statement. an affirmation.

The two firefighters, who were also involved in a long-term romantic relationship, had been missing since June 24. Their bodies were found together inside Anderson’s black 2017 Ford Focus, police counted WJCL local.

Hinesville Police Chief Tracey Howard told the outlet, “I don’t believe the investigation is in any way producing an idea that whatever happened involved anyone other than the two who were found.”

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Kuhbander and Anderson had been in a relationship for about seven years, dating back to when they were in high school, Jane Kuhbander counted WJCL last week. They recently broke up, however, and Anderson was arrested last weekend after seeing her ex-boyfriend on a date with another woman at Olive Garden and interrupting the date before locking her car in the restaurant’s parking lot, according to an incident report obtained. by WJCL.

Kuhbander was last seen leaving a gym and getting into Anderson’s car on Monday, June 24, his mother told WJCL. Kuhbander’s mother told the outlet that she last spoke to her son on Monday morning, when he said Anderson continually called him and threatened him.

“He was telling me that she was blowing up his phone and said that she had threatened to commit suicide,” Kuhbander’s mother told WJCL. “And it’s not the first time she’s done this.”

On social media, Kuhbander continued to plead for help finding her son throughout the week, clarifying her belief that “Raegan is not a bad person.”

“She is a great firefighter,” the mother wrote in a social media post on June 27, asking for help finding Anderson and her son. “She is lost, unstable and [losing] what she has known for 7 years. They were/are not good for each other. She’s making bad decisions because of this. They are not a couple, but he cares deeply about her. We don’t want anything bad to happen to any of them, we want them to come back safe and sound.”

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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation tells PEOPLE that its investigators are looking into the circumstances that led to the deaths of Kuhbander and Anderson.

“The bodies have been sent for autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death and to be positively identified,” a department spokesperson tells PEOPLE. “At this time, the investigation remains active and ongoing.”

A GoFundMe was created for the family of Kuhbander, who says Chandler was “sadly and unexpectedly taken” from them.

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