- [Man] I think we've uncovered a motive. We've uncovered some very
valuable information. We started to dig really deep into the, into the online world of Tyler. We started checking everything. We were digging. We spent days and hours
of endless digging. And I think we uncovered, well, we did uncover some
very, very key information. - [Narrator] What is up, EWU crew? Today we are bringing you back to the case we covered
on December 30th, 2017. - [Man] What is up, EWU crew? Today we have another mystery for ya. If you guys like the mysteries, we have another one and we're
standing in the exact location where this mystery takes place. - [Narrator] The strange
disappearance of a 20-year-old boy named Tyler Stice. In that video, we traveled
all the way to his hometown of Kingman, Arizona to explore the area where the young man's abandoned
vehicle was discovered several days after he went missing, an isolated nature path
near Hualopai Mountains. We actually hiked through
the wooded trails, following the drainage
ditch that the police dogs had tracked Tyler's scent across. In addition to getting
footage of what Tyler's last known surroundings looked like, we searched high and low
for any clues in the hope that we could find something
to help explain what happened to the missing boy. We stumbled across some
rundown, deserted buildings near the spot where Tyler's
scent trail had ended. - [Man] So it's possible he's
right around here somewhere. Let's check out this little place out. - [Narrator] But unfortunately,
after a thorough inspection of the eerie abandoned premises, we were still at a loss as to
where Tyler could have gone. Today we are sharing
an update on the case. It's been nearly three years since we posted the original video, and the information that has come to light in that time has turned this case into something far more
complex, convoluted, and utterly twisted than we
ever could have imagined. As part of our exhaustive investigation, we've reached out to Tyler's
family for information or comments on the ordeal, but we're disappointed
to hear that they were apparently too busy with the
holidays to speak with us. - [Man] They said that they were too busy with family to talk to us. So, I don't know about you guys, but I found that a little odd because I know if somebody
in my family was missing and somebody was gonna go search for 'em, I would definitely take the time, even if it's the holiday season to, you know, to talk to them. You guys let me know what you think. - [Narrator] This vague
and disinterested response from his family didn't
sit quite right with us, and spurred by this strange feeling, we dug deeper into the Stice family. We were shocked to discover a disturbing and sickening piece of information. As it turns out, Robert Brian Stice, Tyler's biological father, is a criminal convicted of one of the worst crimes imaginable. Immoral and indecent acts with a minor. On top of that, the man who now goes by
his middle name, Brian, has allegedly begun driving
Tyler's pride and joy, his black Ford Mustang, all around town just
after his disappearance. All the ominous signs were adding up, but at the time we had only
scraped the tip of the iceberg. In case you're not familiar with the timeline of Tyler
Stice's disappearance, we'll give a quick rundown on the events leading up to that fateful day. Because there isn't much
widespread media coverage of this case, our
knowledge on the specifics comes from the few articles
that are out there. In addition to a very
comprehensive explanation Tyler's sister Jessica gave
on a podcast called "Unfound." We reached out to the podcast
creator to ask for permission to use portions of the
audio from her interview, but we were unfortunately denied. Although we were
disheartened to see this case being treated as a competition
rather than a collaboration to find the truth about Tyler, we opted instead to include
some of Jessica's vital details from that appearance without
the accompaniment of her audio. Tyler was 20 years old when
he went missing in 2016. Friends and family described
the young man as an avid gamer who was pretty introverted
and liked to keep to himself. He was said to have met
most of his friends online rather than in real life
through internet forums or social websites. His older sister Jessica, who has said that she was very
close with Tyler growing up, remembered him as a sincere, well-behaved, and kind boy of many talents. These included photography,
cross-country, school band, both digital and hand-drawn
art, writing and poetry, and of course, video games. According to her, he was a joyful kid who always got the best
grades in the family. And she fondly recalled him always having cute chipmunk cheeks as a child. When he disappeared, Tyler was in college, attending a local community institution while living with his parents
so that he could fulfill some prerequisites to
one day attend Flagstaff, and to learn how to fly
drones for police departments. He was constantly busy balancing
extracurricular activities while working hard to pay for school, his prized black Ford Mustang, and the rent his mother charged him to live at the family house. Tyler transitioned through a few jobs, from a rigorous schedule
at a local Wendy's, to steady employment at
a toilet paper company. And finally, one month
before his disappearance, he had just started to
work at a furniture store. On Monday June 19th, 2016, Tyler completed his shift as usual, but then he did something really strange. He drove to a Walmart and
purchased a 22-caliber rifle. After that he proceeded to buy ammo from a different unknown store. He never mentioned the gun to his family, so they could never
explain why he had gone out and bought a weapon. In fact, they wouldn't find
out about the purchase at all until the investigation was
already underway days later when police surveyed
security camera footage from the Walmart store. The following morning on Tuesday, Tyler decided not to go to work. This was totally unlike him, and he had never done
anything like this before. But when his mother Stephanie asked him why he had ditched without notice, he simply explained
that he needed some time for himself to think, and she accepted his words at face value. Nobody knows what Tyler did
during his free time that day, but his car was back in
the driveway at night. And Tyler's parents observed
that he had retreated to his room after hanging with
his dad outside for a while. Besides skipping work, nothing seemed particularly
out of the ordinary. The next day, Stephanie
reports hearing Tyler get up and leave for work
around 5:00 or 6:00am. Indeed, Tyler seemed
to have packed a lunch and headed out for the day. However, Tyler did not show
up for work a second time. And to this day, he has
never been seen again. Tyler's workplace called
his mother later that day, as she was his emergency contact, to find out why he had skipped
work for two days in a row. Tyler had always been a very dependable and reliable employee, so they knew something was
wrong when he failed to show up. At the news of his strange behavior, Stephanie began frantically
calling family members who lived nearby in addition
to those out of state, desperately trying to see if anybody knew where Tyler could possibly be, but her inquiries proved fruitless. She allegedly attempted to
file a missing person report on her son, but the police
department wouldn't allow it until 48 hours had passed to prove that he was indeed missing. A few anxious days passed with no news and no sign of Tyler until a huge lead was suddenly discovered. Tyler's black Ford Mustang was found in the parking lot of the
Hualapai Mountain trail. Investigators were stumped as to why Tyler would have visited the site. It was many miles out of
the way from his workplace. And Tyler's family adamantly claimed that he wasn't an outdoorsy
person by any means. Tyler had brought his
laptop, phone, wallet, and keys with him that day, but none of them had ever been found. Instead, his vehicle's
interior and exterior were eerily clean, free of
any pine needles or dirt on the outside that would
indicate he had gone for a hike. Inside the vehicle investigators
found a ripped up photo of an anime cat girl, a bag presumably meant to hold a laptop, Tyler's beloved camera in the trunk, and chai tea in the passenger side door. Tyler was said to never go
anywhere without his camera, so it was very suspicious
that he would forget it in the trunk. Furthermore, his sister
Jessica said photos must have been deleted
from the camera's memory, since she had specifically
seen him taking pictures more recently than the ones
that the camera's storage actually held upon inspection. The mysteriously abandoned
chai tea was also an incredibly strange clue. Tyler's family said they'd never seen him drink that beverage since he claimed he didn't like the flavor, but all the same when the cup was tested it was indeed Tyler's DNA
that was found on the cup. Maybe he had changed his
mind and decided to try chai, but then why was it in
the passenger side door? Was somebody else driving the vehicle with Tyler that day? Police dogs followed
Tyler's scent from the car down a natural drainage path in the woods. The hike wasn't extreme,
but it was difficult enough that investigators wondered if
Tyler could have completed it while holding on to all of his belongings they presumed him to have on him. The laptop, phone, wallet, and keys. In desperation to find her brother, Jessica herself searched
the area many times and she just didn't see how
Tyler could have carried all that stuff on foot. The dogs traced Tyler's path
to a Girl Scout campsite about a mile away, and
then up to the main road until it completely disappeared. Strangely, a coworker did
report seeing Tyler's car leave the furniture store
the morning he vanished, around 6:00am, but they couldn't
tell if Tyler was inside. Why would Tyler drive all the way to work just to park and head elsewhere? Despite all the clues, nothing
about the boy's disappearance makes any sense. The local police conducted
a full forensic check of Tyler's car and bedroom, but no useful leads came out of it. They initially focused their investigation on the Stice family, but after both parents
passed polygraph tests, they were cleared of suspicion. Officers scoured Tyler's online accounts on his desktop computer, noticing that he had been signed up for some dating websites, but they found absolutely no evidence that he had planned to
meet up with anyone. In the following weeks, a
private detective reached out to the Stice family and
they were beyond thrilled and relieved that another analytical mind would be offering his
assistance to find their son. However, in an alleged to
sketchy misuse of power, the local police department
reportedly informed the Stice family that
if they chose to work with the private detective, they could say goodbye to any
assistance from the police. Rather than try to have
all the help they could in order to find Tyler, the police claimed that they
didn't like the way he works and that his methods were dirty. Not wanting to be cut
off from law enforcement, the Stice family was regrettably forced to stop communication with the detective. Despite the monopolization of
the investigation task force, the police were quick to
dismiss Tyler's case soon after, subscribing to a dubious
theory that he had met up and ran away with a wealthy older gay man. It became clear to the Stice
family that law enforcement was not taking the
disappearance seriously at all, and nobody can quite
pin down how they came to this wildly unfounded conclusion. In Jessica's eyes, It was
all just a convenient excuse to write Tyler's disappearance
off as a runaway. Not long after we published
the video searching for Tyler, Jessica reached out to us
through a social media messenger. Technically she's his half sister. They shared a mother, but
Brian is Jessica's stepfather. Her message to us indicated
that she was biding her time, combing through the case information and getting her facts in line. The reason behind this
cautious personal investigation would soon be revealed. Jessica was brave enough to share a very personal truth with us. The child who had been the victim of Brian's disgusting crimes
was none other than herself. Jessica's shocking confession
made our blood run cold. If Brian could do such appalling acts to his own young stepchild, there's no telling what he may have been capable of doing to Tyler. According to Jessica, Brian
had gone to prison for 16 years for his crime against her. But even before that, he had
served a two-year jail sentence for doing something heinous to one of Jessica's young friends
who was at the Stice house for a sleepover. Jessica wasn't specific about
what Brian did to that friend, but we can only assume it
was unspeakably terrible, along with the same vein
of what Jessica herself experienced at the hands
of her horrible stepfather. Jessica had a very important reason behind sharing this
personal detail with us. She was suspicious of
her father's involvement in her brother's tragic disappearance. More than that, she had
come to the conclusion that her mother, who had for some reason stayed with Brian after his horrible crime and jail sentence, would
be inclined to cover for her husband if any foul
play was indeed involved in Tyler's disappearance. Jessica was so sure of her speculations that she expressed a wish
to search in the hills and mine shafts behind
the Stice family home for any signs of Tyler's body. She had also taken a few solo trips up to Hualapai Muntains
to search for her brother, excursions which she
documented on her GoPro, but she kept these trips secret
from her mother Stephanie. It wasn't only Brian and
Stephanie's past behavior that made Jessica feel
wary and suspicious. For starters, she strongly
felt utterly alone in her resolve to bring Tyler home, as though she was the only
family member who really cared. And she claimed that the parents appeared to be putting on a false show of grieving. She found it strange
and appalling how fast they sold his first car, a Volvo, just months after he went missing. Now it's important to understand that Jessica has survived past experiences dealing firsthand with
the loss of a child. In June 2013, she had hired
landscapers to work on her home. And when the laborers
made the tragic mistake of forgetting to shut the pool gate, Jessica's baby wandered outside, fell in the water and drowned. Jessica was beyond devastated, but after a period of grieving, she was able to turn her hurt
into a way of helping others. She created a support
group for other parents going through similar tragedies and became an influential
figure in the fight for public awareness of
anti-drowning precautions. All this is to say that
Jessica was no stranger to the concept of losing a child. And the reactions that Brian
and Stephanie displayed were nothing short of suspicious to her. The way they moved on so
quickly after his death, including repainting his room
to turn it into an office, suggested to Jessica that they
knew he wasn't coming back and didn't care. We naturally wondered why law enforcements hadn't grilled Brian more intensely when the investigation was afoot. When someone goes missing, family members are often the first people the police question, and with Brian's known criminal history of indecent acts against the
children in his own family, it seemed like he should
have immediately been pinned as the primary suspect. But as is the case with
so many small towns, the local police station in Kingman seemed to be guilty of
some level of corruption. You see, Jessica's mother
Stephanie worked as a nurse and Jessica told us that
Stephanie's good friend, who worked with her as a
head nurse of the PCU unit, is the wife of the chief of police. This alleged personal connection
would make it much easier for Stephanie to cover up any foul play Brian might be guilty of if she so wished. It would also explain why Brian, a registered sex offender,
hasn't faced more scrutiny. Jessica also told us that
she had a creeping feeling that her mother was
attempting to control her, maybe to stop her from
finding out too much. In this message she
claims that her friends have been trying to warn her to watch out for Stephanie's attempted manipulation. She had done a phone
interview with a podcast host shortly after Tyler's disappearance, and although her demeanor
had seemed amiable towards her mother, Jessica shared that she had
been forced to watch her words because during the whole interview Stephanie was sitting beside her, listening in on everything that
came out of Jessica's mouth. Stephanie apparently harassed Jessica after the podcast interview
for saying too much. But the details Jessica had
shared were nothing outrageous and nothing more than
what was publicly known. When asked about the family
dynamics in the Stice household at the time, Jessica had
explained that only Tyler and his two parents
were living in the house since the older siblings had moved out. She briefly mentioned that
her mom could be controlling, but followed up by clarifying that Tyler and Stephanie got along well. She even said that Brian
was trying to rebuild his fractured relationship with his son. Somehow things got even
crazier from there. Jessica claimed that her mom had attempted to admit her to a psych ward. And when that didn't work, she coerced her into
taking seizure medication, which had a multitude of
atrocious side effects that proved detrimental to
Jessica's mental health. Jessica felt that she was quite
literally losing her mind, slowly going insane from what she presumed was the medication. She reported memory loss, speech problems, motor problems, and inability
to function normally. Jessica had a chilling theory that Stephanie had deliberately
put her on unneeded meds in order to silence her and
prevent whatever she and Brian might've been hiding from getting exposed. She even got to the
point where she suspected her own mother might be trying to get rid of her permanently. This theory is not unrealistic, and it made sense to
Jessica that her mother, being a nurse by trade, would know precisely how
to mess with her mind in a clinical way. Apparently Stephanie was already unhappy with the podcast appearance Jessica made, even though she only
went through the details of the investigation and
described Tyler's personality. From the looks of it, if what Jessica said was true, Stephanie certainly acting
awfully paranoid and made it seem that she may well have
been hiding something. However, we emphasize
there is no way to prove Jessica's assertions, and therefore Stephanie
and Brian's involvement in the case is simply
a speculative theory. However, Jessica also
had a solid hypothesis as to how Brian may have been involved in Tyler's disappearance. She found Tyler's purchase of the rifle extremely out of character
and made the connection that because Brian was a convicted felon who wouldn't legally be
able to purchase a firearm, perhaps he could've forced
to Tyler to buy it for him. She said Tyler had a
distinct dislike for guns. No matter how much the family
had tried to convince him to join on hunting trips
throughout the years, he always adamantly refused. So what would possess him to buy a rifle and ammo out of the blue
and so close to the time of his last sighting? She told us over Messenger that she could see Brian harming Tyler. As she put it, after being
in prison for 16 years, he was used to only one thing, presumably referring to his
violent and rash tendencies. Interestingly, Jessica
allegedly told Tyler the truth about what his father Brian had done to her all those years ago, the indecent acts that
landed him in prison just a few months before
the boy went missing. She thinks that this dark truth
could have been the catalyst for a confrontation between
her criminal stepfather and his son who had just
been awakened to the monster Brian really was. Jessica's wish in reaching out to our team was so that we would
eventually make a second video updating the search for Tyler. She wanted to spread
awareness about his case and fight for Tyler's justice. And we were beyond excited
to work together with Jessica as a team to bring this new
information to the public eye. But in late 2018, we were
notified that Jessica had tragically ended her own life. (soft music) ♪ Dear Emma ♪ ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ - [Jessica] Blow out the candles! Yay!
(crowd clapping) - [Child] She has to blow. - [Jessica] Blow! (Emma blowing) Whoo-hoo-hoo! - [Narrator] Get it on
the cake, good girl. (crowd laughing) - [Jessica] Yay! - [Narrator] Our viewers who
had watched the original video let us know about her
passing in the comments, and we quickly proceeded to
call the detective assigned to Tyler's case to confirm these reports. He verified that Jessica's
death had been a suicide, but in our interaction with him, his attitude towards the whole situation seemed entirely dismissive. He acknowledged that the
trauma Jessica dealt with from a young age at the hands of Brian probably influenced her decision, but he was extremely
indifferent towards the tragedy, saying that Jessica simply had problems. Even when we attempted to
explain Jessica's unnerving fear of her own mother, the detective simply
brushed off the implication that Stephanie would have
purposely tried to mess up her daughter's mind through the medication rather than explore the possibility. Jessica was an incredibly brave woman who fought so many battles in life, from Brian's inappropriate
attacks on her at a young age, to the loss of her baby
in the drowning accident, and finally to the disappearance
of her dear little brother. Screenshots of our past
Facebook conversations are the only momentos we
have to remember our time speaking with Jessica, and the dedication and
admirable strength she had in her relentless pursuit
to finding her brother. Her heartbreak and anguish
over the unsolved mystery were clear in her messages. She talks about losing
sleep over this case. All she really wanted
was to bring Tyler home, even if he was no longer alive. She wanted him to have a
peaceful resting place. It's hard to imagine that
Jessica never got to learn the truth of what had
happened to her brother, but we hope that her dream can live on and come to fruition one day. This was Jessica's favorite
photo of her and Tyler together. One of main topics we
discussed with Jessica was the strange activity
from Tyler's online accounts. She explained that she had
sent him numerous messages on Facebook in the weeks
following his disappearance on the off chance that he might respond. One month after he had vanished, though, Tyler's Messenger account
showed that he had read her messages. Jessica freaked out at this development and she immediately contacted detectives. She knew that they had access
to his social media profiles and asked if it was them who had logged in and seen her messages, but
they denied any involvement. She never found out if it
was Tyler or somebody else who logged into his account and viewed her chat messages that day. But since then, she says
the status of the messages has reverted back to just
delivered and not read. Hearing this, we decided to
do some digging of our own. With everyone's emphasis that most of Tyler's closest
friends were fostered online, we knew there must have
been some uncovered leads to find if we could only pin down some of his lesser-known
internet identities. What we were able to find
fundamentally changed how we viewed this case
and added yet another layer of mystery to the affair. First of all, Tyler's deviant art account had been logged into
since his disappearance. We also found his account on IMVU, an online gaming and forum site, and were soon led to a
very suspicious account on the site that went
by the name KiraZeTora. This account was the last
logged into on the exact day of Tyler's disappearance and
has never been accessed since. When we inspected the photo albums of this KiraZeTora account, we found pictures of a girl. At first we were very
confused by this discovery. The photos, plus the fact
that the account's gender was set to female
obviously made it hard to determine Tyler's involvement. Was this account really
owned by this unknown girl? Or had Tyler been
catfishing online friends by pretending to be someone he wasn't? Soon enough though, with more investigation
we were able to match up those photos with a girl on Facebook, someone who Tyler actually
knew in real life. They had taken a photo together at their high school graduation, and Tyler sometimes interacted
with her status updates. To give a little context
to this discovery, it's important to note
something that Tyler's coworkers revealed when asked
about their interactions with the young man. They said that he had been
showing them a photo of a girl he claimed was his girlfriend. And when we showed the IMVU account photos to one of these coworkers, they confirmed that it was the same girl Tyler had told them he was
in a relationship with. (suspicious music) This was a shocking discovery. Up until this point, nobody
in the investigation, including the police, had to known about this
possible mystery girlfriend. This just goes to show the
extent of which law enforcement neglected their due diligence of digging deep into this case. The KiraZeTora IMVU
account belongs to a group called the Kigawa Tribe,
with a few other users. It appears to have been an ongoing role playing narrative
where the members pretended to be specific characters
within their fantasy universe, but we could not access
what was actually written in the forum. However, we did reach out to
other members of that group to get a better idea of who this elusive KiraZeTora person was. As we compare the details they told us with the real girl's Facebook posts, the similarities were undeniable. For instance, the IMVU
friends claimed that Kira was always in and out of the hospital. Meanwhile, the real girl whose photos the account was using made
frequent Facebook posts about her hospital trips, resulting from health issues
with her condition of lupus. Kira also claimed to have
a roommate named Louise, which also happened to be
Stephanie's middle name. However, a different person named Louise could also be seen commenting frequently on the real girl's Facebook posts. These findings were already weird enough, but what one of the IMVU
friends told us next stopped us in our tracks. One of the individuals
we spoke with told us that Kira had commented to them she was drinking tea right
before suddenly going offline and vanishing forever. The puzzle pieces were
all coming together. Tyler's DNA had been found on the chai tea from his vehicle, and this
account was last logged into on the day he went missing. Obviously, we couldn't
believe that this was just a coincidence. The puzzle pieces just
fit too well together. We informed the IMVU user
about the context of the case, and once he found out that
he may have been catfished by a young man the whole time, he went silent and removed
a section of his profile that featured a heart next to Kira's name. Of course, our next step
was to reach out to the girl in the photos on her Facebook account. We were anxious to present
this strange evidence to her and get a definitive
answer once and for all. If she had been somehow
involved in this IMVU account, or if Tyler really had been assuming her identity to catfish people, we eagerly messaged the girl, but received no reply at first. Okay, fair, we thought. She must not be seeing
it because it got stuck in her message requests folder. So we commented on a
public post she had made, asking her politely to check
her inbox and speak with us if she was willing. We were excited when she replied saying she didn't see our message, but then things quickly soured. We promptly commented back, explaining how she could view our message, but it seemed that she
immediately blocked us because we could no longer
view the public post or send further messages to the girl whose Facebook page now said
she was an unavailable user. We're not even sure what spooked her, since she replied to our first comment, but it didn't appear that she ever read our direct message after all. Needless to say, it is very disappointing that we were unable to
ask her a simple question that would have given this investigation an enormous amount of clarity. Currently she does still
like a Facebook page called "Find Tyler"
that Jessica used to run for the investigation. We have to wonder why she was
so unwilling to speak with us. All we could do was leave
an additional comment as an official page under
one of her public posts, sharing more context about the case and what our inquiry was about, in the hopes that she would
be more willing to respond if she knew what we were after. But even though she has
been active on Facebook since that comment, we have
yet to ever hear back from her. After being almost certain
that this IMVU account really belonged to Tyler, this Facebook girl's strange
behavior made us question if she was somehow involved. We later searched for a variation of the username KiraZeTora, replacing Z and E with Z and A, and what we found
confirmed our suspicions: a Twitter account under the variation of the username listed
their name as Kira Stice. There was also a Facebook account under the title Kira Stice, which listed the user's job
as a manager at Wendy's, a store that Tyler had
previously worked at. And unsurprisingly, the
specific Wendy's location was the same that Tyler
had been employed at. With so many solid leads, we seriously needed someone
who was willing to speak with us about all these new developments in order to hopefully shed some light on the things we uncovered. We decided to reach out to
Tyler's other sister Cassandra. Jessica had often mentioned
that the two of them were very close because they loved to play video games together. In her podcast interview, Jessica even explained
that Cassandra and Tyler would sometimes stay up until 4:00am, the time flying by as they had a blast playing their games together. That being said, Jessica
lamented that Cassandra denied hearing anything
personal or emotional from Tyler that could have predicted
this disappearance. She said quote, "They played
games together on PlayStation, but she said that he never opened up more on an emotional side. They just game together more. So she always said, no, he
would never say anything to me about anything was
different or out of the ordinary. I mean, we've hounded her a million times. Did Tyler ever say anything to you? And she, because we know that they gamed and gamed together past four
in the morning sometimes, so." All the same, we thought
it would be worthwhile to ask Cassandra directly about her relationship with Tyler, her knowledge of his IMVU gaming account, and possibly even more theories concerning her parents' involvement. She graciously responded to us on Facebook and agreed to answer our questions, which is how we learned
two more important details. First of all, she agreed in
Jessica's distrust of Brian and shared in the belief
that if he did do something, Stephanie might cover for him. Second, she disclosed some details that directly contradicted
what Jessica had said in the podcast about Tyler never sharing intimate emotional
struggles with Cassandra. Cassandra told us that they
had talked the weekend before his disappearance about
how they wanted to go ghost and hide from everyone. She says they talked about going far away where they didn't have
any family or friends. In fact, she still believes
he's out there somewhere and claims that these deep conversations stemmed from a mutual feeling that life wasn't what they were wanted it to be because of their own separate issues. They knew nobody understood the real them and he wanted to be free
without having to worry about anyone judging him. This striking insight into
Tyler's emotional state during his final days with
his family is so telling, but it makes us wonder. Did Jessica neglect to mention
this detail on purpose? Or did Cassandra never share it with the family in the first place? Either way, Jessica did
believe that right before he went missing when she told Tyler about what Brian had done to her, the information had shaken his spirits and his relationship with his father. This could be part of the reason for Tyler's desire to
get away and start fresh. We knew it was a long shot, but decided it couldn't hurt to attempt to reaching out to Stephanie
on Facebook as well. We weren't too surprised
to receive no response. In the end, we've dug up
so much new information to help us understand this
case on a deeper level. But the more we discover, the more confusing the whole case gets. Even with each new detail uncovered, Tyler's disappearance
never becomes clearer. The police seemed to have honed in on Tyler's online presence
combined with the fact that his scent trail
ended on the main road. These facts have led
them to the conclusion that he had planned to meet
up and runaway with somebody. However, Tyler was having
casual conversations with friends online and family in the days leading up to his disappearance. And he even logged into his
IMVU account that very day and talked to his friend
about drinking tea. To us, that just doesn't
seem like it would be his top priority if he
were planning to go through with an elaborate and orchestrated
escape later that day. It's entirely possible
that his internet history, while admittedly suspicious, was just an unrelated red herring that threw the investigation
down a false trail when the real culprit may
be right under their noses. We understand that it's good
to give people the benefit of the doubt and that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. But all the same, it is just inconceivable
that a mother could stay with her husband after finding
out the deplorable acts he had committed against
her own young daughter. In addition to Brian and
Stephanie's questionable morals, the local police department's handling of Tyler's investigation is
perplexing and disappointing. Many missing person cases have been solved after decades of going cold, and with how relatively recent
Tyler's disappearance was, there's no reason to give up
hope of potentially finding and bringing him home. If you know any information
that could help solve Tyler Stice's case, the Facebook page Jessica
started called "Find Tyler" is still active and
accepting new information. When Jessica was still with us, she had also mentioned an
anonymous phone tip line at the number (928) 753-1234, for anyone who may have answers, to call. (soft dramatic music)
I just watched this yesterday lol
motherfucker worked at Wendy's in Casper
https://youtu.be/ImI1MaeUp_E?t=1983
I am watching this doc now and I gotta say, this channel comes off kind of scummy. Posting messages where Jessica says "don't let this get out", some of the texts shown with the channel's side of the convo saying things like "I think Brian did something to Tyler" - You're talking to the sister of the missing person and you are asserting things as fact. Or "You're the only one in the family who cares about finding Tyler". Just seems kind of exploitative.
That said, holy shit! That Brian guy needs to be inside of an old well yesterday.
Is this the kid who had the mustang? And when he disappeared they found the car with a ripped up anime cat girl photo inside?
If josh turns on text to speech someone should ask him if he knew this guy
so mote it be