HOUSTON – Investigators suspect foul play in the disappearance of two close friends from the Houston area, according to the Austin Police Department.

Sidney Taylor and Krislyn Gibson disappeared after traveling to Austin April 1 for the Urban Music Festival.

Harvey "Hootie" Cyphers, 50, was the last person to see them alive, detectives said.

Krislyn Gibson and Sidney Taylor

The car they took to Austin was later found on Milam Street in Houston with their cell phones and other belongings inside.

Investigators said Cyphers and Taylor had known each other for several years, and that cellphone records indicate three phones belonging to Taylor, Gibson and Cyphers, were inside Cypher's home on Friday, April 1.

When police searched Cyphers' Austin home, they found blood and weapons inside the home.

Cellphone records also indicated that all three phones then traveled to Houston.

Detectives say they detected a phone call from Cyphers' phone to Megabus from the 2400 block of Milam in Houston.

According to police, there is a Megabus station within walking distance of that location.

Cyphers is currently in federal custody on weapons charges, police said.

He has not been officially named a suspect, but detectives are asking anyone who may have seen Cyphers in the Houston area the weekend of April 1 to call Crime Stoppers.