“He’s a human being and he issues,” Samantha Egge instructed Dateline. “He deserves to be discovered.”

Samantha’s older brother, 35-year-old Theodore Egge, disappeared on January 13, 2023, in Athelstane, Wisconsin — a metropolis about an hour away from Inexperienced Bay.

In response to Samantha, the siblings grew up in Inexperienced Bay. “I’d say we had been extra shut once we had been youthful,” she stated of her relationship together with her brother. “He was like my finest pal.”

“He’s a charismatic individual,” Samantha stated. “Massive smile, massive jokester — simply actually outgoing.”

Samantha instructed Dateline that Theodore usually bounced round residing with buddies within the Inexperienced Bay space however moved to Crivitz, Wisconsin, about six months in the past. She stated he had been staying in a cabin with 4 roommates. “He did just like the woods,” Samantha stated.

In response to Samantha, on Thursday, January 12, Theodore was driving his roommate’s 2007 blue Jeep Liberty in Crivitz. “We do have footage of Theodore getting gasoline at Kwik Journey,” Samantha stated. “It’s at about quarter to 11 that Thursday evening.”

Then, Samantha stated, Theodore was captured driving north. “That’s the final that we seen him that evening,” she stated.

The following day, Theodore was noticed in Athelstane — about 20 minutes away from Crivitz. Samantha instructed Dateline that somebody reported seeing Theodore on the morning of Friday the thirteenth. “The automobile was out of gasoline — this gentleman provides him half a gallon of gasoline and says, ‘Hey, meet me on the gasoline station up the street, I’ll fill you up,’” Samantha recalled the person telling her. “For some purpose — [Theodore] didn’t comply with him to the gasoline station.”

Samantha instructed Dateline {that a} second gentleman noticed Theodore later that day however this time, he was on foot. “[Theodore] is now strolling. His automobile is deserted,” she stated. “He simply requested for instructions — the man factors to Boat Touchdown 7 and says, ‘Hey, stroll up this manner.’” In response to Samantha, Boat Touchdown 7 Street is the place Theodore was residing on the time.

That was the final time anybody noticed Theodore.

On January 13, one among Theodore’s roommates reported him lacking to the Marinette County Sheriff’s Workplace.

On January 21, the Marinette County Sheriff’s Workplace posted on their Fb web page about Theodore’s disappearance. The put up confirms that he was final seen strolling from Benson Lake Street in Athelstane “on Friday, January thirteenth, after asking for instructions to Boat Touchdown 7 Street.”

The put up goes on to say that “a search was carried out on Tuesday the seventeenth that included legislation enforcement officers, members of the Athelstane Hearth Division, Amberg Hearth Division, Center Inlet Hearth Division, Wisconsin DNR and their drone, volunteers, Okay-9s, family and friends members.” It stated that officers imagine “Theodore left Northway Drive, presumably strolling into the woods or down a forest street” and that they “have checked the identified cameras within the space with no sight of him.”

On February 6, they posted an replace on the case. It says that “based mostly on witness observations within the space, it’s believed that Theodore was final strolling north on the snowmobile path crossing Bennet Street heading towards Benson Lake Street,” in Athelstane.

In response to the put up, investigators don’t suspect foul play right now.

However Theodore’s sister Samantha instructed Dateline — it may go both approach.

She instructed Dateline that her brother suffers from a psychological sickness and on the time of his disappearance, he was not on his medicine. “He may have wandered off, you understand, that wouldn’t completely be odd,” she stated.

Regardless of that, Samantha stated, she nonetheless believes her brother’s case must be investigated completely — similar to anybody else’s could be. “It’s been actually exhausting to get police to look into additional choices,” she stated. She instructed Dateline that she believes officers have “written it off.”

Samantha instructed Dateline the Jeep her brother was driving was discovered deserted on Benson Lake Street in Athelstane — the identical place he was final seen asking for instructions. She stated that she thinks the automobile ought to have been examined additional. “[It] received launched to the proprietor with out something being carried out,” she stated.

Samantha stated {that a} telephone had been discovered within the Jeep. She famous that Theodore didn’t have a telephone of his personal however was borrowing his roommate’s. She instructed Dateline that she believes the telephone ought to have been appeared into additional, as effectively. “The detective instructed me that there’s simply not sufficient substantial proof to get a court docket order to ping it,” she stated.

Dateline reached out to the Marinette County Sheriff’s Workplace by telephone and e-mail for remark and to get the newest data on their investigation into Theodore’s disappearance however has not but heard again.

Samantha instructed Dateline that her household is begging for solutions in her brother’s disappearance. And though they know the result might not be him returning residence alive, they only need closure.

“I’m not oblivious to the truth that he’s been lacking for a month and a half. Almost definitely, he’s sadly handed,” Samantha stated. “However that’s not the purpose. He deserves to be discovered and his story heard.”

Theodore is 5’11,” 190 lbs., and has blue eyes. He was final seen carrying a black jacket and black pants.

Samantha runs the ‘Lacking Individual Theodore Egge’ Fb web page devoted to discovering solutions about her brother’s disappearance. Her household is providing a $5,000 reward for any data that results in his whereabouts.

Anybody with details about Theodore is requested to name the Marinette County Sheriff’s Workplace at 715-732-7627.