The mother of an autistic teen who vanished without trace from her Tennessee location has accused a YouTube sleuth of threatening her safety.
Andra Griffin, known to followers arsenic 'Bullhorn Betty', has been investigating nan baffling disappearance of Sebastian Rogers, 15, who was reported missing from nan location successful Hendersonville connected February 26.
Sebastian's mother, Katie Proudfoot, has secured a impermanent bid of protection against Griffin preventing her from coming wrong 100 feet of her aliases her home.
'She threatens america and posts 'live' while driving by our home,' Proudfoot said.
'She is vulnerable and is threatening my and my family's information and telling her followers to thief and do nan same.'
YouTuber Andra Griffin, besides known arsenic 'Bullhorn Betty', has won thousands of fans for her investigations into missing people's cases and unsolved crimes
But nan parents of missing teen Sebastian Rogers person secured a temporary bid of protection against Griffin, accusing her of threatening their family
Thousands of constabulary and volunteers helped successful nan hunt for Sebastian aft he vanished successful nan mediate of nan nighttime astir six months ago.
He was past seen by his mom going up to furniture aft he had taken retired nan trash nan nighttime earlier he vanished.
His mother has claimed that she heard a 'noise' coming from his chamber that night.
'He was doing thing successful his room because astir an hr later, I heard immoderate sound and I was like, 'I don't attraction what you're doing successful location but spell to sleep',' she said.
'Six o'clock, I went to aftermath him up for schoolhouse Monday morning, and that's erstwhile he wasn't there.'
In March, eerie footage from nan backmost of nan house from which Sebastian vanished was released, revealing 2 ray sources acold away, and different 1 person to nan house.
Officials person still not been capable to find if 1 of nan ray sources was Sebastian, but they judge nan footage suggests a 2nd personification was extracurricular nan location that night.
The lawsuit has attracted nationwide liking and an service of 'true crime' net sleuths offering their theories connected nan disappearance, including Griffin who has astir 200,000 followers online.
Sumner County Sheriff's agency says location is nary grounds of foul play and that nan lawsuit remains open, but Griffin claims Sebastian's parents are not telling nan truth astir his disappearance.
Sebastian Rogers, 15, was reported missing from nan family location successful Hendersonville, Tennessee connected February 26, aft vanishing successful nan nighttime without his shoes
A imaginable image of missing autistic teen Sebastian Rogers has been circulating societal media, much than 4 months aft he went missing
'Everybody is noticing their deficiency of caring for Sebastian and they're much concerned astir them and their estimation to nan constituent wherever they're consenting to dishonesty nether oath,' she said successful a video connected Friday.
'I americium not going to beryllium a unfortunate of their criminal enterprise.
'They already look horrible arsenic it is, but to intentionally make themselves look moreover much blameworthy than they were.. they're exuding problematic behavior.'
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said much than 2,000 quadrate miles person been searched astir nan location connected foot, and location person been aerial searches pinch helicopter, drones and a fixed helping plane.
But nan only imaginable sighting has been successful a mysterious image which was taken by a female astatine nan remainder extremity adjacent a visitors' halfway successful nan Blue Ridge Mountains successful North Carolina, shows a man who very powerfully resembles Sebastian.
The female later turned nan image into nan Tennessee Bureau of Investigations and her friend posted nan image online.
Days aft nan photograph began circulating societal media, Seth Rogers, nan teen's biologic begetter told NewsNation that 'he believes it is his boy and he is crossed authorities lines'.
He is besides hopeful that nan FBI would intervene successful nan case.
'My backstage interrogator has spoken to nan personification who took nan video (and photo). I would surely dream that nan FBI would return nan lead.
'Because I judge that is my son, and he is crossed authorities lines. I would really genuinely admit it if nan FBI did return nan lead,' Seth said.
He besides told nan transmission that he 'has nary idea' wherever Sebastian could beryllium living, aliases who with, successful North Carolina, particularly since it is simply a six-hour thrust from his Tennessee home.
He told NewsNation successful June that uncovering his boy 'doesn't consciousness for illustration a shared goal' pinch Sebastian's mother and stepfather, Chris Proudfoot.
'There has been nary interaction betwixt maine and nan Proudfoots,' he added. 'It's for illustration I'm nan only 1 that misses my son.'
Days aft nan photograph began circulating societal media, Seth Rogers, nan teen's biologic begetter told NewsNation that 'he believes it is his boy and he crossed authorities lines'
Seth has antecedently said that his boy would not get into a stranger's vehicle
A Sumner County Courthouse proceeding connected August 8 will determine whether to widen nan Proudfoot's protection order.
Griffin who has antecedently posted from her Florida location connected cases including Idaho execution fishy Bryan Kohberger and nan disappearance of Missouri student Riley Gaines, insists she has not harassed Sebastian's family.
'I person ne'er laid eyes connected this female successful nan flesh. I person ne'er reached retired to her by phone, email, aliases matter messages; I person ne'er moreover responded to immoderate of her Facebook posts. I haven't talked to this lady,' she told whjl.com.
'It's not astir Seth Rogers, Katie Proudfoot, aliases Christopher Proudfoot. It's astir wherever Sebastian Rogers is and really we tin bring him home.'