The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 31-year-old man who has been missing since he left his north Forsyth County home on Friday morning, May 2.

According to Forsyth County Sheriff’ Ted Paxton, Michael Brian Benson, left his home on Country Walk Court around 8 a.m. on Friday, May 2. Benson left the home in a 2000 Black Toyota Tundra truck that he was test-driving. After leaving his home, Benson spoke to several people by phone and was scheduled to arrive at a job site in Cherokee County later that morning. Benson never arrived, Sheriff Paxton said.

Benson’s fiancee reported him missing to Forsyth County authorities on Saturday morning, May 3. On Saturday afternoon, the truck Benson had been driving was found in a remote area off of Hog Farm Circle in Cherokee County.

Areas surrounding Hog Farm Circle in Cherokee County have been searched using canines, but no further trace of Benson has been found. The Forsyth and Cherokee County Sheriff’s Offices are working in conjunction to locate Benson.

Information obtained to date in this investigation leads investigators to believe Benson’s disappearance is suspicious and may involve foul-play, Sheriff Paxton said.

Anyone who may have any information regarding the disappearance of Michael Brian Benson should contact the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 770-781-2200 or the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 770-888-7308, where your call may remain confidential.