Toxic war breaks out between parents of missing autistic teen and internet sleuths hunting to find him

A toxic ineligible warfare has breached retired betwixt the parents of missing autistic teen Sebastian Rogers and net sleuths hunting to find him. 

Sebastian, 15, was past seen connected February 25, 2024 at his location successful Hendersonville, Tennessee. 

Interest rapidly grew successful his case, starring galore net personalities and societal media influencers to measurement successful connected what they deliberation happened to the missing teenager. 

Their fascination with his mysterious disappearance rapidly caught the attraction of Sebastian's parent Katie, stepfather Chris Proudfoot, and his biologic begetter Seth - starring them to writer 3 YouTubers who shared theories astir their son's case. 

In August 2024, Katie filed an bid of extortion against Andra Griffin, besides known arsenic 'Bullhorn Betty' connected YouTube and TikTok, alleging that her ample societal media pursuing aided her successful stalking her and her family. 

Katie besides alleged that Griffin accused her and Chris of harming Sebastian and called the YouTuber 'dangerous,' the filing, obtained by WKRN, said. 

’I've ne'er talked to these people. I’ve ne'er tried to interrogation these people. I’ve ne'er knocked connected their door,' Griffin told the outlet. 

On Friday, a expansive assemblage successful Sumner County decided not to indict Griffin citing deficiency of grounds successful the case. 

Meanwhile, successful October, Sebastian's begetter Seth, Dog The Bounty Hunter, and 7 others sued 2 others, Stephanie Trude and Jessica Seng successful Pennsylvania. 

They besides filed injunctions against 50 unnamed radical for harassment and endangering their safety, records showed. 

Seng run's the YouTube transmission 'Granny's Watching', portion Trude is known online arsenic 'BBQ Lady.' 

A justice aboriginal dismissed the lawsuit against them, stating that determination is simply a higher barroom for them to scope successful defamation cases arsenic nationalist figures, according to ineligible documents. 

The justice besides ordered Sebastian's father, Dog the Bounty Hunter and the unidentified 7 others wage the YouTuber's ineligible fees.   

'There is truthful overmuch play and antithetic avenues for radical to spell down that it surpasses conscionable the thought that a kid vanished,' Seng said. 

Trude called the full ineligible ordeal and suit 'frivolous' and said it took distant from the hunt of the missing teenager. 

'Nobody should ever entertain a frivolous suit against radical who conscionable don’t hold with your opinions, and that’s truly what I deliberation it boils down to,' she explained. 

'Just the worst portion is that it is each connected the backmost of a missing child.' 

Griffin, who describes herself arsenic a 'victim close activist/advocate' who covers cases to 'help in the hunt of those missing and/or presumed dead,' has been near furious by Katie and Chris's effort to effort and instrumentality distant her state of speech. 

'When it comes to my speech, it has emboldened maine much due to the fact that it anchored me,' she stated. 

'Like however situation idiosyncratic trample connected my state of speech? I’m from Florida, and this is simply a nationalist involvement case, and I’m entitled to my opinions.' 

Although the ineligible play is over, Trude told the outlet she has been near conflicted astir whether she wants to proceed to usage her level to 'raise awareness.' 

'It has made maine ne'er privation to assistance usage my level to rise consciousness due to the fact that this has evidently outgo an tremendous fiscal interaction connected america both, and we were spreading awareness, doing our owed diligence,' she said of her and Seng. 

News of the YouTuber's ineligible wins against Sebastian's household comes astir a period aft recently released video footage provided a captious hint successful the hunt for him. 

Video obtained by backstage researcher Steve Fischer, moving with Sebastian's parent and stepfather, showed a fig look astatine 12.17am connected the nighttime of his disappearance.

The footage was from a thoroughfare located a azygous artifact from Sebastian's Sumner County home, prompting investigators to judge it whitethorn clasp captious information.

The surveillance clip besides captured a canine walker passing by soon earlier the unidentified figure.

'It's decidedly a person,' said Fischer. 'It looks similar a bladed idiosyncratic wearing acheronian covering walks down southbound connected Kellyn Lane down a vehicle. And it appears similar helium oregon she is trying to enactment retired of eyesight of the idiosyncratic walking their dog.

'They spell down this car for a small portion past they crook astir and travel backmost the aforesaid mode they came from.'

The artifact is adjacent to a operation tract wherever hunt dogs had antecedently indicated a imaginable lead.

Private researcher Fischer, who enhanced the video for clarity, confirmed that it has been passed connected to instrumentality enforcement.

He acknowledged, however, that identifying the fig is unlikely.

'It took 3 times watching each the video, earlier we recovered that,' said Fischer.

The Sumner County Sheriff's Office (SCSO), which is moving with the TBI and FBI, maintains determination person been nary confirmed sightings oregon important leads successful Sebastian Rogers' disappearance.