Investigators may have found more clues about the disappearance of 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers after mysterious surveillance footage emerged.
Rogers, an autistic teenager, is believed to have left his family home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, with a flashlight in the early hours of February 26.
Officials have now been able to analyze home security video from the Hendersonville neighborhood and discovered signs of what may have happened to Rogers.
Recordings obtained by NC5 shows two people near the family’s home around 3:10 a.m. on the day the teenager disappeared.
Footage obtained by NC5 shows two people near the family’s home around 3.10am on the day the teenager disappeared
Sebastian Rogers, 15, left his family home with a flashlight on February 26 and has since been missing
The camera, which was located at the back of the house, captured two light sources far away and another light source named ‘Subject One’ closer to the house. Another light source named ‘Subject Two’ can be seen briefly appearing in the footage and moving towards Subject One before being obscured by bushes
The back of the family’s Hendersonville, Tennessee neighborhood that was caught on security camera
The camera, which was located at the back of the house, captured two light sources far away and another light source named ‘Subject One’ closer to the house.
Another light source named ‘Subject Two’ can be seen briefly appearing in the footage and moving towards Subject One before being obscured by bushes.
A few seconds later, Subject One can be seen moving out of the picture. Subject 2 then reappears in the video and follows Subject 1.
While officials have not been able to determine if one of the light sources was Rogers, they believe the video has given them solid evidence that another person was outside Rogers’ house that night.
But father Seth Rogers has said his son would not get into a stranger’s vehicle.
‘It’s up in the air for me. He would not get into a vehicle unless he knew them, he told the channel.
Earlier this week, the distraught father said he was at his wits end trying to figure out what happened to his son with no leads making sense.
A few seconds later, Subject One can be seen moving out of the picture. Subject 2 then reappears in the video and follows Subject 1
Sebastian’s father Seth Rogers said his son would not get into a stranger’s vehicle
Searches were scaled back last week, and Rogers hoped a tip to police would help track down his boy
He said that Sebastian was not one to leave and due to an experience as a young boy, he would never go far without shoes on.
‘He decided he was going to step into a pile of what he thought was dirt. It was fire ants, and since then he doesn’t like to get his feet on the ground. He likes to wear his shoes and socks,’ he shared WTVF.
Rogers was also perplexed as to why so few traces of his son could be found, saying there were “pieces missing from the puzzle.”
“With the information I’ve gotten from Sumner County and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the fact that dogs are not 100 percent, they’re not picking up his scent,” he said.
‘A dog tracked him to a construction site over there and it just disappeared and it’s confusing. There are missing pieces in the puzzle, and I’m having a hard time solving that.’
Rogers said that Sebastian was not one to walk away and because of an experience as a young boy, he would never go far without shoes on
Sebastian’s mother and stepfather, Katie and Chris Proudfoot, said they felt overwhelming ‘helpless and hopeless’ grief after their 15-year-old son’s disappearance
His parents do not know what would have caused Sebastian to disappear into the woods in Hendersonville, Tennessee, which is located on the outskirts of Nashville
Searches were scaled back last week, and Rogers hoped a tip to police would help track down his boy.
Police and volunteers have spent the past two weeks searching nearby woods and blasting Eye of the Tiger, Sebastian’s favorite song.
Nearly 100 miles to the north, Kentucky State Police also searched a Hopkins County landfill for clues, but came up empty.
But with the emergence of this new video, officials may be closer to finding out what happened to the missing teenager.