The Flaming Lips Member Steven Drozd's Missing Teen Daughter Charlotte 'Found and Is Safe'

PEOPLE confirmed with the Seattle Police Department that Charlotte "Bowie" Drozd went missing on Saturday, Oct. 5

The Flaming Lips Member Steven Drozd’s Teen Daughter Charlotte Is Missing
Charlotte Drozd. Photo:

Seattle Police Department

Charlotte "Bowie" Drozd, daughter of The Flaming Lips drummer Steven Drozd, has been found.

On Monday, Oct. 7, PEOPLE confirmed with the Seattle Police Department that the 16-year-old daughter of the band’s instrumentalist went missing on Saturday, Oct. 5 around 11:30 a.m. in Seattle near the Space Needle.

However, on Tuesday, Oct. 8, The Flaming Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne, posted to Instagram and revealed that Charlotte — whose nickname is Bowie — was "safe."

"Yessssss❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️she’s found and is safe.. her mother has spoke with her.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️THANK YOU everyone for all your posts and all your networking and all your support and all your skills and all your trust and all your LOVE !!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️" the "Do You Realize??" artist, 63, wrote alongside a "missing person" photo of Charlotte with the word "Found" layered on top.

The Seattle Police Department confirmed Charlotte was last seen on the monorail near the Space Needle in Seattle.

In the missing report issued by the Seattle Police Department, she was described as approximately 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighing around 130 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing khaki shorts and pink shoes at the time she went missing.

At the time, the Seattle Police Department confirmed that Charlotte was classified as a missing or runaway juvenile and a detective from the Missing Persons Unit was assigned to investigate her case.

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Her father, 55, and Coyne announced that Charlotte had been missing since the weekend on social media Monday, Oct. 7.

“URGENT!!! Please help if you can !!! Steven’s daughter ( she is 16 years old ) is missing !!! She was last seen at the Space Needle early on Saturday….I’ll post more info as soon as I can❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏,” wrote Coyne on Instagram.

The "Bad Days" musician also added several hashtags, including “#BringBowieHome,” as well as “#flaminglips #theflaminglips #MissingPerson #MissingPersonSeattle #MissingInSeattle #MissingChild.”

In the comment section Steven replied, “Thank you Wayne for posting. We don’t know what to do ❤️."

Additionally, The Flaming Lips Facebook page also shared the missing person poster.

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