I've asked many other places so I figured it can't hurt to throw it out here as well.
To sum up the issue, the police department with authority over the missing person's case will do nothing. It's been over a year, and Ty's son was born shortly after he went missing. If anyone can suggest what the family can do, who would be good to contact for help or anything else, please let me know!
If anyone has questions or would like more information, I can tell you whatever I know.
Background and info:
Sebastian Tyrese Husted Born May 18, 1999 From Centerville Iowa, last known location Lineville Missouri
Ty and a coworker carpooled to work in Lineville, Missouri on January 22, 2018. Ty sent a text to his brother asking to be picked up because his coworker was acting strange, but he hasn't been heard from since. It is believed that foul play was involved in his disappearance. Ty was excited to become a father to his first child, a son who was born shortly after he disappeared.
News articles: Family of missing Centerville man asking for help Gone without a trace: Iowa teen still missing 9 months later Mollie's Movement: Finding others brings light to other missing person cases
More information: NamUs IowaOnline
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News (sorted by date):
Mercer County Sheriff’s and Centerville Police in Iowa in search of missing teenager
Search continues for missing southern Iowa teen
Friends Organizing Search Parties For Missing Iowa Teenager
Centerville teen still missing after one month
Search for missing Centerville, Iowa man in Mercer County yields no results
Mollie Tibbetts gets far more coverage than other missing Iowans. Is media bias to blame? "I think it's because our family is poor. We don't have the funds to get his face out there," said Husted, 25. "We don't have a tight-knit community to rally around. A lot of people think he was an 18-year-old boy running away from his problems." Investigators from the Centerville Police Department and Mercer County Sheriff's Department did not return messages seeking comment on the case.
Mollie Tibbetts gets far more coverage than other missing persons. Is media bias to blame?
Family of missing Centerville man asking for help Police spoke with Ty's co-worker, but the family has never been able to speak with him. "Family and friends have tried to reach out, but he won't," said Iesha. The case was turned over to the Mercer County Sheriff's Office, but Iesha said the family doesn't believe they are doing all they can to search for The. They believe investigators lost crucial time to search for him after he disappeared, and those delays may have led to evidence being lost. Messages left for the Mercer County Sheriff's Office this week were not returned.
Centerville sister will search for Husted 'until I'm 99 if I have to' "I don't think he's okay," said Husted's sister, Iesha Husted. "I think either he's gone or something bad is happening to him as we speak, but I want to keep the faith that he's alive somewhere. I love him," she said. "He's my little brother. I'll search until I'm 99 if I have to."
Iowa family without answers in man's disappearance
VIDEO: Iowa family without answers in man's disappearance
Search party organized for missing Centerville man
Sept. 23 search for missing Centerville teen postponed
Search for missing Centerville man postponed
Gone without a trace: Iowa teen still missing 9 months later "I never expected that I'd have to report my little brother missing," said Iesha Husted, Ty Husted's sister. Iesha Husted said her twin brother received disturbing texts from Ty Husted after he made it to Lineville. "It said, 'Please, man, just come get me. Please,'" Iesha Husted said.
Mollie’s Movement: Finding Others brings light to other missing person cases Authorities believe foul play was involved in his disappearance. "He was working in Lineville as a power washer so they moved town-to-town working," his sister said. "For one reason or another, at the end of the day he never came home with the co-worker." Husted said Ty had sent text messages to his older brother, her twin, that day asking him to pick him up from work and allegedly saying the co-worker was acting weird.
More (articles, discussion threads, etc):
YouTube: BrainScratch Searchlight
YouTube: True Crime - A Voice for the Voiceless
Reddit: The disappearance of Ty Husted
Reddit: Another Iowa youth missing
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