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Flaming Lips member Steven Drozd’s daughter, 16, found by police

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Flaming Lips band member Steve Drozd’s teenage daughter has been found.

Seattle police told The Post on Tuesday that they have found Charlotte “Bowie” Drozd after she went missing on Saturday, Oct. 5.

“The Seattle Police Department can confirm 16-year-old Charlotte Drozd has been located and is now safe with her family,” Seattle PD said in a statement to The Post.

The police shared a missing person alert Sunday on X, formerly known as Twitter, providing a photo of Charlotte as well as details that may help identify her.

The Flaming Lips drummer’s daughter was last seen Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in downtown Seattle on Broad Street near the Space Needle and Seattle Monorail.

The Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd’s daughter, Charlotte “Bowie” Drozd (16), went missing on Saturday, Oct. 5. Wayne Coyne / Instagram
Seattle Police confirmed on Tuesday, Oct. 8 that Charlotte had been located and reunited with her family. Instagram / Katy Coyne

Shortly before police announced that Charlotte had been located, Katy Coyne, who is married to Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, posted on Instagram that “Bowie” Drozd “was found safe outside of Seattle.”

“Thank you to everyone helping bring her home safely,” Katy continued. “[T]here’s no other information about the situation yet but she was just found 🙏.”

Katy Coyne, wife of Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, wrote on Instagram that Charlotte was found. Instagram / Katy Coyne

Wayne also shared the good news on Instagram, beggining, “Yessssss,” before adding, “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 !!!”

Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne also shared the good news on Instagram. Instagram / Wayne Coyne

Seattle Police declared Charlotte’s disappearance an active missing person case over the weekend and assigned a missing persons detective to investigate. 

Drozd’s bandmates, friends and family shared the news of Charlotte’s disappearance on social media, imploring the public to help in the search. 

Coyne and rock icon Weezer were among those who shared Charlotte’s missing person poster on Instagram. 

“Thank you Wayne for posting,” Drozd commented. “We don’t know what to do.”

Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips performs at Stern Grove festival on August 20, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Getty Images
Steven Drozd and his daughter Charlotte “Bowie” Drozd in an undated photograph. Instagram / Becky Drozd

The Flaming Lips’ social media accounts also spread the word and were joined by current and former members of the band including Michael Ivins, Kliph Scurlock, Matthew Duckworth and Nicholas Ley. Celebrities such as Juliette Lewis, Jack Black and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea posted as well. 

The Flaming Lips are slated to perform Tuesday night in Sacramento.

In addition to grappling with Charlotte going missing over the weekend, the band have been mourning the death of 17-year-old Canadian singer Nell Smith, who worked with The Flaming Lips on their 2021 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds cover album, “Where the Viaduct Looms.” 

At the band’s concert in Portland on Sunday, Coyne said that Smith was killed in a car accident, though an official cause of death has yet to be revealed.

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