WA WA - Tyler Christensen, 16, Mukilteo, 19 April 2016

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AuLait said:
Washington State as a whole is one of the most non-religious areas in the country. Its especially prevalent the Puget Sound area. But there are still plenty of religious folks and religious immigrants who start small churches to create community. But compared to the South, for example, we have far fewer people who affiliate as religious.

Homeschooling is NOT uncommon here at all. WA has one of the best homeschooling laws in the country and particularly in Snohomish County there are huge numbers. Now, being an affluent area, Edmonds/Mukilteo probably has more parents who are able to send their kids to private school before homeschooling but I grew up as a homeschooler and have homeschooled my kids for 6 years in Snohomish county and I can tell you there are many thousands of us. Many homeschool through school partnerships, most, like us, are non-affiliated, some do online academies. There are many options. But homeschooling is not weird or unknown here whatsoever. I suspect its one of those things that people just assume you public/private school until you bring up that you don't. Unless you're in the community you don't really realize how very common it is across all sorts of households, ethnicities, education and income levels.It definitely doesn't correlate to sheltered or unworldly. Sure, a few people do completely lock their kids down, but that is mainly a stereotype, not the norm.

Tyler was likely an intelligent young man who could figure out how to stay hidden if he wanted to. I doubt someone is hiding him... he could easily be hiding himself in many public areas. He may have completely left the area for all we know. When I ran away I flew to Idaho. All set up and arranged myself at 16, including buying tickets over the phone, arranging cabs, etc. I was out of state within 5 hours of leaving my home. Had I not felt sorry for my parents and left a note they wouldn't have found me until I wanted to be found.

To me, other teens from the area missing right now is a non-starter. Teens run away all the time. This is a pretty densely populated area. We are especially aware of them now because we are aware of Tyler. But its not uncommon for teens to go missing and show back up.
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Mehh..I hear what you are saying, and I'm not oblivious to what kids are capable of and heck you may be right..but I bet you didn't run away in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt with no phone, money etc, Unless cabs were free back in the day :) No.. I'm leaning toward that he may be holed up with someone for the time. Unless there is a lot that we don't know. Is he spending money? Did he have a wad of cash? I would tend to think foul play, but I just don't get that vibe from the search folks (also hope not).
 
manlet said:
https://www.facebook.com/OperationW...101722297133/1171230879584212/?type=3&theater
Another young guy, Nathan Easley, 16, who went missing April 12th 2016 in Bothell,WA (20 minutes from Lynnwood, Wa)



Another young guy (20) who went missing in Aug/2015 from Lynnwood and him or his car hasn't been found since.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?293126-WA-Jose-Sanchez-Diaz-20-Lynnwood-29-Aug-2015
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Nathan Easley is presumed to be a runaway. They believe they know the area he is in. His family has hired a P.I. to ferret him out. He left of his own accord.

Jose Sanchez-Diaz is a very heartbreaking case, but again, other than being a male young adult, the two cases have nothing essential in common. I have to agree with AuLait, I think all of these other cases are irrelevant to Tyler.
 
AuLait said:
Tyler was likely an intelligent young man ...

Shall we rather say that Tyler is an intelligent young man!?!
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Of course, of course! Oops. This is what happens when I'm talking to someone in real life about something in past tense while typing at the same time about a different subject in present tense. A multi-task I have not yet mastered ;)
 
dasleuth said:
The family reported on FB last night that they are overwhelmed with people wanting to help and they are working on getting someone to coordinate. I'm ready to leave work and go help search if they can use me, but I don't want to be in the way. Some notes:

* My wife reports that the police had "like 35" officers with dogs searching yesterday
* One of their neighbors (who I know very well) reported that the officers who knocked on their door did not ask about security camera footage. They later checked their logs and found footage of Tyler running by (notably, he had no backpack or any other visible items on his person, which confirms that he was likely not planning anything out of the ordinary). They made a CD of the footage, but the police haven't picked it up yet. They live very close, so the footage probably doesn't tell the police much. He (my friend) plans to go around asking the other neighbors to check their camera logs, since it seems the police haven't been doing that.
* The family is, of course, overwhelmed. People seem to remark how well they are taking it, although as someone who has been through a crisis (daughter almost died in the hospital), I know that you have no choice but to "handle it well" when things need to be done. You don't really have the option to collapse emotionally when your child needs you.
* I want to respect the privacy of the family, so I'm not going to post specific details. I think it should be obvious that their home is very crowded with people coming and going, with everybody having a different idea of what would be helpful for them to do. I'm sure there are some people who are just in the way, which is why I'm not there right now. If I knew of something I could do, you can bet I'd be doing it.
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Hey there, as you are new to WebSleuths, you might not know that there is an outstanding resources section here for Missing Persons. If you are still in contact with the family, you might consider sharing this link with them. http://www.websleuths.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?550-Missing-Persons-Resources
 
The main reason I think he's a runaway is the dad discouraging people from searching. I admit I'm not religious so maybe I have some cultural misunderstanding that prevents me from getting this, but if you think someone took your kid or your kid is missing and possibly hurt in the woods, why do you stop the public from helping? If law enforcement couldn't find my missing son and I was worried he was stranded off an embankment with two broken legs and no phone, you can sure bet I would personally pound down every neighbor's door until we had every trail full of searchers. I don't get it. I understand they did request surveillance video from nearby owners days later and uncovered nothing significant. There's property crimes here but non-property crimes against strangers are practically unheard of here IMO. The pockets of Lynnwood there have some less desirable activity but it's across the speedway and still not violent.


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toevlugsoord said:
Has this been shared?

New post on the FB page.
Does this sound like they think he ran away?
https://www.facebook.com/permalink....944322&id=512302558976144&fref=nf&pnref=story
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I can see why one might think that but, in my opinion, she is speaking in terms of her Christian faith - that God is taking care of him no matter where he is or what condition he is in. In reading the remainder of the post, it sounds to me like they still believe he may have slipped/fallen/gotten lost, etc.

I do wonder why a lot of the search info and background info is being played close to the vest but I have to hope that is for all the right reasons.
 
MU42M said:
The main reason I think he's a runaway is the dad discouraging people from searching. I admit I'm not religious so maybe I have some cultural misunderstanding that prevents me from getting this, but if you think someone took your kid or your kid is missing and possibly hurt in the woods, why do you stop the public from helping? If law enforcement couldn't find my missing son and I was worried he was stranded off an embankment with two broken legs and no phone, you can sure bet I would personally pound down every neighbor's door until we had every trail full of searchers. I don't get it. I understand they did request surveillance video from nearby owners days later and uncovered nothing significant. There's property crimes here but non-property crimes against strangers are practically unheard of here IMO. The pockets of Lynnwood there have some less desirable activity but it's across the speedway and still not violent.


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Where are you reading that his dad is discouraging searching, or are you seeing this first-hand? What is being said?
 
We were in the group that searched Friday. We were set to search Saturday too but were advised Dad requested non family members not assist. This caused tons of the public to not show up over the weekend. Family outside the immediate family went anyway and asked more people to come but since we'd already received notice dad didn't support it, we and many others stayed away to respect the family.


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MU42M said:
We were in the group that searched Friday. We were set to search Saturday too but were advised Dad requested non family members not assist. This caused tons of the public to not show up over the weekend. Family outside the immediate family went anyway and asked more people to come but since we'd already received notice dad didn't support it, we and many others stayed away to respect the family.


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Well, um...hmm... that is just peculiar, if not really weird!
 
Another oddity: immediate neighbors are still letting their kids play unsupervised and letting them walk the trails unsupervised. So it seems they wouldn't think it's dangerous...


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krig101 said:
Yes, very odd IMO

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That tells me he (his dad) is reacting like there is no danger to his son, nor is his disappearance "suspicious," like first reported to the public. Something is terribly off about this case.
 
MU42M said:
We were in the group that searched Friday. We were set to search Saturday too but were advised Dad requested non family members not assist. This caused tons of the public to not show up over the weekend. Family outside the immediate family went anyway and asked more people to come but since we'd already received notice dad didn't support it, we and many others stayed away to respect the family.


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This fits/is corroborated by an older post on the official search "Help Find" Facebook group as well.
 
ANonyMs said:
This fits/is corroborated by an older post on the official search "Help Find" Facebook group as well.
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I mean no disrespect to the parents and family, especially during this time of crisis for them, but I'm getting the impression something within the family circle is being protected or is trying to be covered up.
 
Hmm, definitely doesn't fit with a "we have absolutely no idea where our son is and we are very worried" profile, but rather "we know more than the public knows and have reason to believe there isn't immediate danger to him or others but we still want help to find him." I guess that's good news, at least?? Very perplexing. The public will continue to demand information and a follow-up and they probably recognize that.
 
I'm free this Thursday, Friday, and next weekend. If Tyler is not found by then, I was thinking about setting on foot, doing my own search. I might even lurk around the Slavic church around the corner, too. Does any know the exact path/trail/route that Tyler always took to get from his home to the church over here in the Harbour Pointe area?
 
I have never heard of a missing persons case (especially a child) in which volunteers are sent away and only immediate family can search. Dumbfounded I am.
 
If the runaway theory is a possibility, then that means there is something that is being hidden from the public–perhaps something known before he went missing or was recently discovered after the fact. It might be something truly embarrassing to his family that they don't want divulged, nor want anyone to find out, or let the public know about. If there was were any reasons for him to run away from a "supposed" loving and caring Christian family, then I would theorize that perhaps it could be any underlying problem such as domestic issues; personal/mental/emotional/physical health issues; eloping due to a secret relationship; substance abuse; sexual orientation issues; child abuse; death threats; maybe seeing or knowing something that he shouldn't have, etc.
 
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