Sebastian Rogers updates: Authorities log 10,000 miles searched as father tries ‘to keep up hope’

Sebastian Rogers disappeared from his home in Hendersonville, Sumner County.

The town, with a population of around 61,000, sits close to Nashville, Tennessee.

It sits along the Cumberland River, which wraps around the town’s southern side, while there is mostly rural land to the north.

Around 1,500 people have been involved in the search for Sebastian so far.

In an update on Tuesday, the director of the Emergency Operations Centre in Sumner County, Ken Weidner, said they were not giving up hope:

Seth Rogers, Sebastian’s father, said on Monday night that he had been searching for his boy every day:

In an interview released Monday afternoon, Sebastian’s mother Katie Proudfoot said she believed someone had to have her son, otherwise he would have been found by now.

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Ken Weidner told the channel that divers had been deployed to search local ponds and sinkholes, while caves and storm drains had also been explored.

“The house was searched at least 10 times. Dogs? Yes,” Mr Weidner said, adding that bloodhounds and cadaver dogs had been used.

So far, none have successfully picked up a trail for Sebastian and the search continues.

There has not been an official update from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation since Friday.

At that point, over 240 tips had been received on the case, with locals urged to keep checking their properties and vehicles.

Investigators have also been re-interviewing people and checking over evidence gathered so far.

“Any information you may have about Sebastian…what he likes to do, where he likes to go, people he may know…if it can help us find Sebastian, please let us know,” the TBI said in its update.

The bureau urged people to use the tip line at 1-800-TBI-FIND to provide any relevant information they may have, or to email [email protected].

Reporting from the Emergency Operations Centre in Sumner County on Tuesday showed the vast area searched already for Sebastian.

Local News Channel 5 reporter Nick Beres spoke with the centre’s director Ken Weidner, who explained that hundreds of people had been involved in the search for the 15-year-old.

“We’ve got close to 1,500 searchers… the first two days we logged 2,000 search miles,” Mr Weidner said, adding that there had still been no sign of Sebastian.

“We’re not stopping, we’re working on leads and information from TBI and the Sheriff’s Office and we’ve got teams on standby ready to go right now.”

Seth Rogers wiped away tears as he spoke of his month-long search for his boy in an interview on Monday night:

Sebastian’s mother Katie Proudfoot said in an interview with Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on Monday that he was never one to wander off.

“We haven’t had issues with him running or taking off in the past,” Ms Proudfoot said, whilst also explaining that he had not really socialised with school friends.

The mother said she did not typically check on Sebastian throughout the night, now, as he had gotten older.

The prevailing theory is that Sebastian left the home of his own accord, barefoot, sometime in the night.

Nancy Grace repeatedly asked them about details on the lighting around the house and whether there was any evidence of Sebastian having left the home, which the couple said they did not have.

Sebastian Rogers has not been seen in four weeks. He was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt and black sweatpants.