TN AMBER Alert: Search efforts for Sebastian Rogers continue into Day 6, reward offered for info
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HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The search for 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers, who went missing from his home in Hendersonville on Monday, has entered its sixth day. Now, a significant reward is being offered for information leading to his discovery.
Despite the thousands of miles that have been searched, officials said there have been no sightings of the missing teen.
Facebook page helps feed first responders searching for Sebastian Rogers
It’s been an extensive effort to locate Sebastian as several agencies assist in the search via bloodhounds, helicopters, dive teams, and more.
A News 2 crew was at the command post on Saturday, March 2 and saw teams that came from as far away as Collierville and Knox County.
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Officials hoped to learn new information with more people being home during the weekend and able to more thoroughly search their properties.
“We had really hoped that today, since everybody — or a lot of people — would be at home during the daytime hours, where they hadn’t been all week, that they would have an opportunity to search their property, search their farms. There’s a lot of farmland around here,” said Ken Weidner, director of Sumner County Emergency Management Agency (EMA). “You know, we expect to find people, so we don’t expect to not be able to find that child or that parent and Sebastian in this case.”
During a Thursday, Feb. 29 press conference, first responders urged residents in the Beech High School area to check their properties in pairs and look into any confined spaces.
Officials encourage community members to check their sheds, in their garages, under tarps, in dense brush, etc. — in other words, places where a child could seek shelter or accidentally get trapped — as well as go through any surveillance footage.
‘It just represents him’: Sumner County wears green for Sebastian Rogers
“We’re asking everyone in the area to meticulously review footage from security and trail cameras,” the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook Saturday afternoon. “Please focus on the timeframe from SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. We believe even the smallest detail could be the key to locating Sebastian.”
If you see any movements, vehicles, or individuals in that footage, you are asked to register online and send an email to bcarter@sumnersheriff.com, or call (615) 442-1865 so law enforcement can physically retrieve the footage.
Authorities told News 2 that Sebastian enjoys fishing, he loves cats, and green is believed to be his favorite color.
In a call for solidarity, Sumner County residents wore the color green on Friday, March 1 to show their support for Sebastian and his family.
The search for the missing 15-year-old resumed Saturday around 7 a.m., entering its sixth day.
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The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) shared pictures on Saturday showing personnel assisting in the search. According to the agency, officers in region II have been coordinating directly with the Sumner County EMA to help look along waterways and wooded areas.
The sheriff’s office told News 2 that an anonymous group of business owners in the Nashville area pledged a minimum cash reward of $3,000 for information that helps investigators find Sebastian.
No other information has been released.
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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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