Recent content by AuLait

I came here to see if there had been any updates after nearly a year and I see others had the same thought! I live about a mile from where Tyler's family lives and there has been no local chatter at all in the local FB or NextDoor groups which struck me as odd. I feel pretty strongly that they...

I unfollowed the page. While I have lots of sympathy for the parents, the vagueness is really frustrating. I have seen posts from people on the page that still seem to think he was taken or the family has no clue what happened. I feel like that is really unfair and the family needs to clearly...

I read the comment as well and agree with you but it made me have a question that maybe someone can answer. He is 16. While still a minor he is also not considered a child. If the the police knew he was somewhere safe and did not deem Tyler's family as unsafe, could/would they require him to...

That statement is really confusing and frustrating. We have the Sheriff's department saying he had been making plans and left of his own volition. The Help Find Tyler statement says well, he could have left on his own or been taken forcibly, which Sheriff's statement doesn't say or even hint at...

Well I am relieved that it sounds like he was not kidnapped, murdered, or injured on a trail somewhere. That is a huge relief just from a public safety standpoint, though I'm sure it doesn't soothe his family's worries very much. I hope that he is safe wherever he is. The suitcase is really...

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 ;)

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...

I may be overpersonalizing this due to my own very similar situation, but I remember the deep embarrassment and shame my Mom felt after I ran away and I wondered if this is why the family asked for there not to be organized searches (though I now hear they are allowing them so who knows). My Mom...

Yes. I also was homeschooled in a very conservative religious family and ran away at 16 to be with my secret boyfriend. On the surface I was devoted to my family and church and I actually was. But there were also problems... your typical teenage problems, exacerbated by parents that clung on too...

Not many official routes but many possible shortcuts through heavily wooded and steep areas 🙁 Tons of trails all over. It seems his church was only a mile or two away. It's been very warm until today so I have been thinking, "Ok, if he is hurt he might be alright" but the temps...

I haven't seen in any reports about where Tyler lived except Mulilteo, has anyone else? A lot of the search focus has seemed to be around Picnic Point which is not Mukilteo, though the church he was headed to is in Mukilteo. PP one of those weird in between areas. Address wise it's Edmonds, but...