“Sometimes we wondered if he was sort of an angel because he was so wholesome and he was an amazing peacemaker and mediator and he brought incredible comfort to everyone that he touched,” Ben Lenail said. Ben Lenail said his son was going to graduate pre-med from Brown University in May and planned to go to grad school to study medicine. Ben and Max Lenail. Credit: Ben Lenail Max Lenail, 21, was reported missing on Friday when he didn’t return from a running trip at Mission Trails Park. Friends said he was an experienced hiker and gathered Saturday morning for a search they put together through Facebook.