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Sebastian Rogers — Born December 7, 2008 · Missing since February 25, 2024 · Hendersonville, Tennessee. He is 17 years old today. An AMBER Alert remains active. See official NCMEC missing poster →
February 25, 2024. Sebastian Rogers was 15 years old, living with his mother and stepfather in a quiet neighborhood on Stafford Court in Hendersonville, Tennessee — a suburb north of Nashville. That evening, something changed. He was there. Then he wasn't.
When investigators arrived, the scene was unsettling in a specific way: his shoes were at the front door. His Nintendo Switch was on the counter. His phone was in the kitchen. A teenager who left voluntarily doesn't leave his shoes. He doesn't leave his phone. He doesn't walk into a February night in Tennessee without anything.
The only thing missing — the only thing — was a small yellow flashlight. Sebastian was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black sweatpants, and his signature black square-framed glasses. NCMEC
The SearchWhat followed was one of the most intensive searches in Tennessee history. More than 2,000 volunteers showed up. Searchers covered 44,000 acres of terrain — woods, fields, waterways. A pond near the property was drained. Dogs were brought in. Helicopters flew grids.
A photo circulated briefly suggesting it might be Sebastian in North Carolina — investigators ruled it out. Every lead ran cold.
Then there were the lights. Unexplained lights captured on home security cameras in the neighborhood that night — footage that investigators have never publicly explained. What caused them. What they mean. Whether they matter. No one has said.
Sebastian was diagnosed with autism, ADHD, and 6Q27 deletion syndrome — a rare chromosomal condition. He needed daily support to navigate the world. He was not a child who could simply disappear on his own and manage.
His mother and stepfather left in an RV after Sebastian went missing — a decision that drew significant public scrutiny. His father, Seth Rogers, was not living in the home. Seth found out his son was missing and responded the way a father responds: he showed up, demanded answers, and kept fighting when the answers didn't come.
For 18 months, the Sumner County Sheriff's Office maintained what Seth Rogers describes as a near-total communication blackout with him.
July 2026. Seth Rogers stopped waiting. He filed two federal lawsuits that lay out what he says happened — and what was allowed to happen.
Lawsuit #1 — Sumner County Sheriff's Office: The suit alleges the Sheriff's Office mishandled the investigation from the start and then went silent — cutting off Sebastian's father, the one person with the most reason to push hardest, for a year and a half. source
Lawsuit #2 — Tennessee Department of Children's Services: This one carries a detail that is hard to put down once you read it. Before Sebastian disappeared, Tennessee DCS had received a report that his stepfather had struck him. DCS investigated. Their conclusion: "No Services Needed." The case was closed.
What the lawsuit alleges is that DCS was required by law to notify Sebastian's father — his biological parent — that this report existed. They did not notify him. Sebastian had reportedly told people he felt safest with his father. His father didn't know there was a reason to be worried. source
The lawsuits are still working their way through the courts. They have not produced Sebastian. But they have put what Seth Rogers says happened into the public record — officially, under oath, where it cannot be ignored.
He Is Still Out ThereSebastian Rogers would be 17 years old today. The AMBER Alert is still active. The FBI is offering $50,000 for information. The total community reward has grown to $225,155 and climbing.
His father has never stopped. He has hired private investigators. He has gone public. He has filed lawsuits. He has done every single thing a father can do short of finding his son himself.
Sebastian is still missing. Someone knows something.
Reward for Information Leading to Sebastian Rogers
FBI: $50,000 · Community Fund: $175,155+ — still growing
Submit a Tip to the FBI →Sebastian Rogers is not a statistic. He is a 17-year-old boy who walked out of his home one night and has not been seen since. His father has never stopped fighting. The AMBER Alert is still active. And we will not stop sharing his face.
If you are reading this, you are now part of his search team. Share this page. Say his name. The MCA Virtual Search Party™ has over 225,000 members who show up for missing children every single week — and Sebastian is one of ours.
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