Cabinaw disappeared from Traverse City, Michigan at 7:30 p.m. on March 31, 2010. He dropped a friend off near the volleyball courts at the Open Space, a beachside park, after they played frisbee golf. His friend invited him to go to some bars, but Cabinaw declined. He was driving his silver 2002 Chevrolet Malibu with the Michigan license plate number BKQ 4107. Cabinaw never returned to his home in Grawn, Michigan. At 1:00 a.m. on April 1, he called an automated system to confirm he was still taking community college classes. At 2:00 a.m., he used his bank card to buy gas in Mattawan, Michigan. Just after midnight on April 2, a police officer in Hollister, Missouri ran Cabinaw's license plate. A deputy with the Washington County Sheriff's Department in Arkansas ran the plate three hours later, and noted Cabinaw was asleep in his car, which was parked at the Brentwood Rest Area. Later that day, Cabinaw's debit card was used to buy gasoline in Sweetwater, Texas and he was captured on a security camera. There's been no trace of him since and his car is also missing.