Officials from the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee reiterated during a press briefing Tuesday that the search for Sebastian Rogers, a 15-year-old autistic teen, remains active.
According to Sumner County Sheriff’s Deputy Eric Craddock and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, there is currently no evidence of foul play associated with Sebastian’s disappearance. However, authorities are keeping all possibilities open as the investigation continues.
“At this point, there’s no evidence that there’s a crime involved, but we’re keeping options open,” TBI said.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Sebastian was last seen on February 26 at his family home in Sumner County. TBI subsequently issued an AMBER Alert on the afternoon of February 27.
Sebastian’s stepfather, Chris Proudfoot, told Nancy Grace during Monday’s “Crime Stories” that he was almost four hours away in Memphis, working on a construction project at St. Jude when Sebastian disappeared.
“On or about 6:20 a.m.,” he contacted 911 after his wife and the teen’s mother, Katie Proudfoot, told him Sebastian was missing.
There were no signs of forced entry and nothing was missing from the home. The Proudfoots do not have an alarm or a security camera at the home.
Katie Proudfoot said the only thing she heard the night before Sebastian disappeared was a “thud” coming from his room, and Sebastian telling her that he was OK shortly after.
Meanwhile, police said a pair of glasses were found during the search. It’s unclear at this time if the glasses belong to Sebastian.
“There were some glasses found in the past few days, and we are still investigating whether they were Sebastian’s,” Craddock said.
Sebastian is described as a white male who stands 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs between 106 to 108 pounds. He has dirty blond hair and was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt and black sweatpants. His flashlight keychain is unaccounted for.
Anyone with information regarding Rogers’ whereabouts should call the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office at 615-451-3838 or the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
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[Feature Photo: Sebastian Rogers/Tennessee Bureau of Investigation]
