AMBER ALERT TN - Autistic teen Sebastian Wayne Drake Rogers, 15, missing in Hendersonville - Feb 27, 2024 #2

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tlcya said:
I am super uncomfortable with the SA details having been released to the public. I totally understand Seth's frustrations with his ex, with the stepfather, with the lack of leads in the investigation into his son's disappearance. But man I wish he had kept that little tidbit to himself. if Sebastian is found alive, that info is now out there and can't be recalled. :( I cannot imagine any child wanting the world to know about that event.

For that reason, I am not going to speculate about that past event or if Seth should or should not have done anything differently. Quite frankly, Sebastian having been victimized by another minor in CA when aged 7 is simply not relevant to the question we are faced with right now - WHERE IS SEBASTIAN?
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Well said my friend. I don’t even wanna listen to the video now. I just want this boy found. One way or the other. Just find him! I’m so sad for Sebastian. :(
 
GRT said:
I don't know about that specific case, but I do know of a case where the prosecuting attorney refused to prosecute a 30-year-old woman who lured underage boys to her home for sex. He said a jury would likely not find her guilty because boys are boys...

Prosecutors have a lot of leeway in what they charge, and if they don't think they can win, they don't do it.

JMOO
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Of course. Prosecutors only take cases they believe they can win. But we are talking about the police investigating the incident and turning their findings over to the juvenile prosecutor. The SA detective may have found no evidence of sexual assault in their investigation but that’s different than the police just saying they won’t take a report and assign a detective. I guess we’ll never know the details but if he knew at the time, I would hope that Seth would have pushed harder for an investigation.
 
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Simply Caustic said:
There’s a marked change in the way Seth is addressing the subject of his exwife, Sebastian’s mother, and her current spouse. He has been very cautious from the beginning to be mild IMO and not accusatory. He’s been careful IMO, and this is a notable change IMO. In my opinion only, he is free with details that could potentially embarrass Sebastian only at this juncture because something changed, and I hate to think what that could be moo but perhaps he’s seen evidence or indicators that his son isn’t coming back, and that’s the motivation behind this? Moo
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Agree with your point. But just like so many cases here at WS - the longer the victim remains missing, the more fractured relationships become over time. Especially when one or more of the parties is exhibiting behavior not in line with the circumstances.

Seth is frustrated, rightfully so. I honestly can't make sense of their conduct either, I'm suspicious as heck!!
 
Well, I'm glad to see Nancy Grace and staff are publicly calling out the inconsistencies in CP's stories.

I vaguely remembered CP saying in one of the youtube interviews that the belt incident happened when Sebastian was 15 (he only turned 15 in December) and then in NG they said it was at least three years ago. I think it was in the 3-hour interview and I didn't have time to search for it. So I'm grimly pleased that this discrepancy was brought up and confirmed what I remembered.

Also, In the first account on youtube, CPS showed up at the home to investigate, and the story was completely different in the NG interview.

 
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IzzyBlanche said:
I am struck over and over by how young Sebastian looks in his Amber Alert photo compared to obviously more recent photos we've seen.
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Agreed. It’s odd that they would put out such an old looking picture. <modsnip> I have not seen one video of him. That would be super helpful if he was still out there, to be able to see some of his mannerisms, hear his voice.
 
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concernedmother said:
His scent should have been all around the yard even if he didn't take the trash out. But they did a false hit by the pond. Doesn't make sense.
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To be fair, it doesn't seem as if Sebastian spent much time outside his house.

I've spent more hours than I can count listening and reading about this case.

If you listen to the dispatcher video, it sounds as if a dog named Max tracked Sebastian to the pond. But it was super early. Like within a half an hour of Sebastian being reported missing.

So I find it hard to believe that the dog tracked Sebastian because I think it's unlikely that they would have had something of his to signal the dogs to alert to by that time.

I think the dog tracked a human scent, but that human wasn't Sebastian.
 
<modsnip - quoted post contained no link>Do we know from where the K-9 started tracking? From the front of the house or the back? I'm trying to test a theory and move away from KP. Could Sebastian have taken out the garbage and simply not returned?
 
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halfpintny said:
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Do we know from where the K-9 started tracking? From the front of the house or the back? I'm trying to test a theory and move away from KP. Could Sebastian have taken out the garbage and simply not returned?
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I think it's reasonable he did walk out the front door.

Precedence for taking out the trash.

Precedence for throwing away anything of his he hadn't put away.

Perhaps he got locked out, felt locked out, felt hopeless without his belongings, left with his belongings... running away, running to.... wanting his dad.

And didn't get far.

JMO
 
Sometimes people lie not because they did the unthinkable but because they are covering up for something they themselves perceive as wrong. SR in his interview pointed a lot of fingers at KP being neglectful. Perhaps she is. Perhaps she wasn't paying attention to Sebastian at all that evening. She was reading her book. She told him to take out the trash. He knew the code to the door. She just simply didn't check on him. I kept wondering what she had to gain by saying she heard a thud and then hearing his voice. IIRC, in her initial statements she recalls that he said goodnight and good night to the dogs when he went to bed at 9. In NG interview she moves this statement to 10 and adds the thud. I'm beginning to think it is possible that she wasn't on the couch. That she was in her bedroom on the phone not paying attention to her 15 y/o son. Sebastian could very well have forgotten to take out the trash, remembered, and did it much later than KP thinks he did. Maybe that was the thud. Sebastian remembering the trash and jumping out of bed. She states she never checked on him. If she was so absorbed in her studying and her hours long phone call in her bedroom she very well may not know at what time things occurred. I do not think it is a stretch to think he would have taken out the trash (especially if he was trying to do it quietly and not get in trouble) in his socks.

So now...why did Sebastian head to the construction site?
 
Megnut said:
I think it's reasonable he did walk out the front door.

Precedence for taking out the trash.

Precedence for throwing away anything of his he hadn't put away.

Perhaps he got locked out, felt locked out, felt hopeless without his belongings, left with his belongings... running away, running to.... wanting his dad.

And didn't get far.

JMO
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Front door has a key pad, a numerical lock. IIRC
 
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