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WEBVTT REPORTS, AUTHORITIES DO SUSPECT FOUL PLAY. ALYX: IN A TOWN WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY, THERE IS A DARK MYSTERY LOOMING. >> THERE’S DEFINITELY SORT OF THIS FEELING YOU GET AROUND TOWN . PEOPLE KNOW MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. REPORTER: 18-YEAR-OLD SEBASTIAN HUSTED, BETTER KNOWN AS "TY," WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CENTERVILLE, IOWA. FAMILY DESCRIBE HIM AS AN IOWA BOY THROUGH AND THROUGH. AN OUTDOORSMAN, ALWAYS FISHING, OR BOW HUNTING. >> HE’S JUST FUN, FULL OF LIFE. GETS ALONG WITH EVERYBODY. REPORTER: TY, EXCITED ABOUT WHERE HIS LIFE WAS GOING HAD A BABY ON THE WAY AND HAD JUST GOTTEN A NEW JOB. BUT ON JANUARY 22, 2018, THINGS TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORST E. TY GOT A RIDE TO WORK FROM A COWORKER. WORK SENT THEM TO CLEAN A HOG CONFINEMENT FARM ABOUT 40 MILES AWAY IN LINVILLE RIGHT NEXT TO THE MISSOURI BOARDER. RECORDS SHOW TY MADE IT THE HOG FARM, BUT NEVER MADE IT HOME. IESHA:I NEVER EXPECTED THAT I’D HAVE TO REPORT MY LITTLE BROTHER MISSING. REPORTER: TY’S SISTER IESHA HUSTED SAYS HER TWIN BROTHER FROM TY AFTER HE MADE IT TO LINVILLE >> IT SAID PLEASE MAN JUST COME GET ME COME AND GET ME, PLEASE. REPORTER: AFTER THAT, SILENCE. AUTHORITIES SAY TY’S COWORKER MADE IT BACK TO CENTERVILLE AFTER WORK WITHOUT TY. >> HE KNEW NOBODY IN LINEVILLE. HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO WALK THOSE 40 MILES TO GET TO CENTERVILLE. HE HADN’T USED HIS PHONE SO HE DIDN’T TRY TO CALL ANYBOD I MEAN, HE KNEW THAT I WAS A PHONE CALL AWAY. REPORTER: HIS COWORKER’S BEEN QUESTIONED, BUT AUTHORITIES SAY NOTHING CAME OF IT. >> SOME PEOPLE WE THINK KNOW SOMETHING, OR HAVE SOME INFORMATION, BUT ARE NOT NECESSARILY WILLING TO TALK TO US. REPORTER: CENTERVILLE POLICE CHIEF TOM DEMRY SAYS THEIR DEPARTMENT IS HELPING THE INVESTIGATION, BUT BECAUSE TY WENT MISSING IN NEAR LINVILLE IN MERCER COUNTY, THERE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION. >> OUR GUYS THEY KIND OF TAKE IT PERSONALLY TOO. REPORTER: WE SPOKE WITH MERCER COUNTY SHERIFF STEVE STOCKMAN ON THE PHONE. HE SAYS THEY’VE SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW. HAZMAT CAME, DRAINED THE HOG PIT AND CADAVER DOGS SEARCHED THE WHOLE AREA. ZERO EVIDENCE HAS TURNED UP. IESHA: I MEAN THERE’S NOTHING. IT’S JUST A WOODED AREA AND FIELDS FOR MILES. REPORTER: HIS CELL PHONE HAS GONE DARK. THERE’S BEEN NO ACTIVITY ON HIS CREDIT CARDS, OR BANK ACCOUNT. CENTERVILLE POLICE CHIEF TOM DERMER HE CALLS THE LACK OF ACTIVITY STRANGE. >> WE HAVE HAD MISSING PERSONS BEFORE, BUT NOTHING TO THIS LEVEL OR MAGNITUDE. GENERALLY, THEY USUALLY TURN UP AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. DEFINITE POSSIBILITY OF FOUL PLAY. REPORTER: AS BOTH DEPARTMENTS WORK THE CASE 40-50 DIFFERENT , LEADS HAVE LED NOWHERE. >> THAT IS THE FRUSTRATING PART BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THERE’S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT KNOWS WHAT TOOK PLACE. REPORTER: IT’S BEEN NEARLY 9 MONTHS SINCE TY WENT MISSING, HE’S SINCE HAD A BIRTHDAY. AND HAS NOW MISSED THE BIRTH OF HIS FIRST BORN CHILD. IESHA: HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE BOY TO GO FISHING WITH AND GO HUNTING WITH. REPORTER: A BRIGHT FUTURE LEFT UNLIVED, LEAVING A WOUND THAT JUST WON’T HEAL. >> SOMETIMES I WANT JUSTICE AND I WANT IT NOW AND I WANT IT HARD, BUT OTHER TIMES I’M LIKE I JUST WANT MY BROTHER BACK. REPORTER: A FAMILY PLEADING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO PLEASE C