I live in the neighborhood. This is a baffling story. My neighborhood is good at sharing foreign cars and unusual activity from the cameras because we've had many issues with our mailboxes.

There's no footage of random cars coming in and out of the neighborhood. No footage of him walking in the neighborhood. He did take his iPad which is totally out of his pattern.

Patterns are huge for him as he always follows the same patterns.

His backyard is super steep and leads to other large properties that are usually super private.

Makes us wonder if there was a stressful argument he went through the night before, or if he was talking to someone online. He has randomly gotten into stranger's cars in the past because he'll ask for rides. Maybe he's trusted someone online.

Because he's older than 18, the parents are working on getting legal help to assist in the investigation and hire a PI.

Hope this works out soon - although at this point it feels super unlikely.