Friday marks 2 months since Sebastian Rogers’ disappearance
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SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Friday marks two months since 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers disappeared from his home in Sumner County.
The teenager is still the center of a nationwide AMBER Alert and two months of searching has not yielded any results.
The AMBER Alert was issued the day after Sebastian was first reported missing. The search was scaled back before it moved to a Kentucky landfill.
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The community is working to make sure no one forgets about Sebastian.
“Law enforcement has not, you know drawn any conclusions, so we need to keep hope up and keep praying for this young teen and his parents and his dad that you know he is going to be found. We just got to keep the faith,” explained Don Schmit, Sumner County commissioner for District 18.
Large-scale search continues for Sebastian Rogers
More than a month after 15-year-old Sebastian went missing from his home in Hendersonville, officials combed through the neighborhood in a massive operation for clues in his disappearance.
During a press conference afterward, Sumner County Chief Deputy Eric Craddock said there has been no evidence pointing to foul play in Sebastian’s disappearance, but they are “not ruling anything out.”
“There’s really a lack of answers and the truth is nobody knows where he is. I see his family hurting. I see a community trying to rally around this boy,” said volunteer Trevor Lee.
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) issued the following statement ahead of the two-month mark:
April 26th marks two months since Sebastian Rogers was reported missing from his Sumner County home. Since that time, TBI special agents from multiple units have been assisting the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office in efforts to locate Sebastian. These efforts have included multiple large-scale searches on the ground, in water, and from the air. The searches have included multiple local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Secret Service. Residents in the area have also conducted searches on their own properties, in the hopes of finding Sebastian, or learning what may have happened to him. To date, there have been no confirmed sightings of Sebastian since the issuance of the Alert. TBI special agents continue to review the information gathered since the investigation began, follow up on all leads or tips that come in, and work with counterparts from other law enforcement agencies to review strategies and consider options. The AMBER Alert for Sebastian Rogers remains active. We continue to encourage anyone with information to call 1-800-TBI-FIND, or send an email to TipsToTBI@tbi.tn.gov.
Meanwhile, the community will gather on Friday, April 26 to “Light the path for Sebastian” to come home.
Everyone is asked to join at the bridge on East Main Street in Hendersonville at 7:30 p.m. The bridge will be lit up in Sebastian’s favorite color of green. There will also be a two minute and 26 second long moment of silence honoring the day he went missing.
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Sebastian Wayne Drake Rogers, 15, was reported missing on Monday, Feb. 26 from the Beech area in Hendersonville.
Sebastian Rogers: Description
Sebastian is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 120 pounds with dirty blond hair. He was last seen on Monday, Feb. 26 near Stafford Court wearing a black sweatshirt and black sweatpants, said the TBI.
AMBER Alert Issued
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) originally issued an Endangered Child Alert for Sebastian on the morning of Feb. 26 as multiple agencies took to the area to look for him.
Based on additional investigative information developed during the search, the TBI issued an AMBER Alert for Sebastian on the afternoon of Feb. 27. An AMBER Alert is issued when there is reasonable belief by law enforcement that an abduction has occurred and the child is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, per the DOJ.
Multiple agencies including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Nashville Fire Department, City of Hendersonville’s first responders, Sumner County Sheriff’s Office and Shackle Island Volunteer Fire have assisted in the search for Sebastian.
Who to Contact
If you have seen Sebastian or have info about his whereabouts, call the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office at (615) 451-3838 or TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
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