As days and weeks passed with no signs of blond, green-eyed Justin, it was reported that the Casper Police Department was investigating the possibility that he had been abducted. It also surfaced that the department had polygraphed a number of people close to Justin, including family members.

National organizations joined in the effort, including the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which continues to circulate information on the case, including age-enhanced projections of what Justin would look like now.

This week, Justin’s father said he felt the first 60 days of the investigation were “wasted and lost because everyone was pointing fingers at each other,” including him.

“All players involved in the case, each one was a suspect,” he said. “I told investigators, ‘If I had done it, I wouldn’t be sitting here. I’d be with my son.’”

Throughout the years, Phillip Harris has shared with the Star-Tribune theories he has about what happened to Justin.

Days after Justin went missing, the elder Harris said he believed Justin had tried to run away to try to get to Oklahoma, where Phillip lives.