Eerie surveillance footage outside missing Sebastian Rogers’ home shows two people with flashlights around property the night teen wandered off barefoot
Investigators may have found more clues into the disappearance of 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers after mysterious surveillance footage surfaced.
Rogers, an autistic teenager, is said 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 security video from the home in the Hendersonville neighborhood and have discovered signs of what may have happened to Rogers.
Imagery obtained by NC5 shows two people near the family’s home around 3:10 a.m. on the day the teen went missing.
Footage obtained by NC5 shows two people near the family’s home around 3:10 a.m. on the day the teen went missing
Sebastian Rogers, 15, left his family home with a flashlight on February 26 and has been missing since
The camera, placed at the back of the house, recorded two light sources far away and another light source called ‘Subject One’ closer to the house. Another light source called ‘Subject Two’ is briefly seen in the footage moving towards Subject One before being obscured by bushes
The back of the family’s Hendersonville, Tennessee neighborhood, captured by a security camera
The camera, placed at the back of the house, recorded two light sources far away and another light source called ‘Subject One’ closer to the house.
Another light source called ‘Subject Two’ is briefly seen in the footage, moving towards Subject One before being obscured by bushes.
A few seconds later you see subject one moving out of frame. Topic Two then reappears in the video and follows Topic One.
While officials have not been able to determine if Rogers was one of the light sources, they believe the video has given them solid evidence that another person was outside Rogers’ home 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 wouldn’t get into a vehicle unless he knew them,” he told the station.
Earlier this week, the troubled father said he was at his wits’ end trying to find out what happened to his son without any meaningful leads.
A few seconds later you see subject one moving out of frame. Topic Two then reappears in the video and follows Topic One
Sebastian’s father Seth Rogers said his son would not get into a stranger’s vehicle
The searches were scaled back last week and Rogers hoped a tip to police would help track down his boy
He said Sebastian was not one to wander, and because of his experience as a young boy, would never get far without shoes on.
“He decided he wanted to step into a mountain that he thought was dirty. They were fire ants, and since then he doesn’t like to stand with his feet in the mud. He likes to have his shoes and socks on,” he said WTVF.
Rogers was also confused as to why there was so little trace of his son, saying there were “pieces of the puzzle missing.”
“With the information I’ve gotten from Sumner County and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the fact that dogs aren’t 100 percent, they’re not picking up his scent,” he said.
“A dog followed him to a construction site there and he just disappeared, and it’s confusing. There are pieces of the puzzle missing and I’m having trouble solving this.’
Rogers said Sebastian was not one to wander, and because of his experience as a young boy, would never get far without shoes on.
Sebastian’s mother and stepfather, Katie and Chris Proudfoot, said they felt overwhelming ‘helpless and hopeless’ grief after the disappearance of their 15-year-old son
His parents don’t know what might have prompted Sebastian to disappear into the woods in Hendersonville, Tennessee, which is on the outskirts of Nashville.
The 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 while blasting Eye of the Tiger, Sebastian’s favorite song.
Nearly 100 miles north, Kentucky State Police also searched a landfill in Hopkins County for clues, but it turned out to be empty.
But with the emergence of this new video, officials may be closer to finding out what happened to the missing teen.