A possible photo of missing autistic teenager Sebastian Rogers has circulated on social media, more than two months after his disappearance.
The photo was reportedly taken at a visitor center in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
The photo, taken by a woman at the rest stop, bears a strong resemblance to the missing 15-year-old who disappeared from his Hendersonville home on Feb. 26, barefoot with just a flashlight.
The woman then forwarded the photo to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and her friend posted the photo online.
A possible photo of missing autistic teenager Sebastian Rogers has circulated on social media, more than two months after his disappearance.
Rogers allegedly left the family home with a flashlight in the early hours of February 26. His parents reported him missing at 6:30 a.m.
The State Bureau of Investigation issued an alert about the missing child the day he disappeared — and authorities immediately deployed drones, dogs, boats, horses and helicopters to search for him .
Sebastian lives in Stafford Court, Hendersonville, on the northeastern outskirts of Nashville.
Journalist Nick Beres, who has been following Rogers’ case closely since his disappearance nearly ten weeks ago, says investigators still lack solid evidence about where the case is headed.
During a recent Facebook livestream discussing the mysterious photo, Beres said he found it interesting that now, seven days after the rest stop photo was posted, investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the teenager in the photo is Sebastian.
About a month ago, the search for Rogers was called off due to safety concerns for members of the Cajun Navy deployed to help find him.
At the end of March, Sebastian’s mother, Katie Proudfoot, and her husband Chris left Hendersonville to return to work in Memphis.
The Cajun Navy, a nonprofit organization made up of volunteers with boats, was formed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to help search for survivors. The group had helped with the Rogers search and rescue efforts and even took over the search in March.
Rogers’ father, Seth Rogers, a corrections officer, searches ruthlessly for his son, Beres says, possibly full time.
Sebastian Rogers, 15, disappeared Feb. 26 after leaving the bedroom of his Hendersonville home barefoot and with a flashlight.