Utah
FBI now involved in Dylan Rounds case as his parents plead for help in 1st joint interview
Dylan Rounds, 19, was final seen Could 28 in Lucin, Utah. The FBI is now concerned within the case of Rounds who disappeared from a distant farm close to the Utah/Nevada border practically a month in the past. (Katie Wells)
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IDAHO FALLS — The FBI is now concerned within the case of an jap Idaho man who disappeared from a distant farm close to the Utah/Nevada border practically a month in the past.
Dylan Rounds, 19, had been farming within the desert city of Lucin, Utah, throughout summer season months over the previous few years. His grandmother final spoke with him on Could 28 and no person has heard from him since then. There was no signal of Rounds wherever and no exercise on his mobile phone or checking account, in response to his mother and father.
A number of searches have been carried out within the distant Utah city and in close by Montello, Nevada. The Field Elder County Sheriff’s Workplace is the lead regulation enforcement company however the FBI confirms it’s now serving to with the investigation.
“We routinely provide our help and sources to our regulation enforcement companions,” FBI spokeswoman Sandra Barker tells EastIdahoNews.
A plea for assist
Dylan’s mother and pop sat down with EastIdahoNews on Wednesday of their first joint interview since their son vanished. They hope the FBI’s involvement will result in some solutions.
“The principle objective is to seek out Dylan. That is the primary and solely precedence however (the opposite objective) is to only discover out who did what and ensure they get what they bought coming to them with the regulation or no matter,” says Justin Rounds, Dylan’s father.
Justin final spoke with Dylan on Thursday, Could 26 — two days earlier than he disappeared. Justin was driving to Las Vegas and his son was speaking about his tractor earlier than the mobile phone reception reduce out.
When no person had heard from the younger man by Sunday, Could 29, Justin and Candice Cooley, Dylan’s mother, went to his farm with different members of the family. They discovered nothing was misplaced or suspicious.
“We figured Dylan put his grain truck within the shed like he informed his grandma (on the final telephone name), took off strolling to his camper, and was on the market with a damaged leg or was bit by a snake,” Cooley explains.
The group started looking the property and about 90 minutes later, Dylan’s boots have been discovered behind a pile of filth round 300 yards from his grain truck.
‘Simply come ahead’
“The boots have been present in the other way as if he was strolling towards his camper,” says Cooley.
There was a darkish substance on the boots that the household thought might have been grease or oil. They are saying investigators have since informed them it was blood however it might be from an animal.
Justin and Candice have spent practically day by day in Lucin or Montello in search of clues to their son’s disappearance. ATVs, helicopters, canines and drones have assisted and the mother and father have spoken with individuals within the rural neighborhood. They imagine somebody is aware of what occurred to Dylan.
“Simply come ahead. We have to have one thing. We’d like a path. Even in the event you do not assume it is vital, the smallest little piece of one thing might assist. Please inform us,” Cooley says.
Whereas the household has obtained suggestions from individuals all over the world about the place Dylan may very well be, they’ve needed to take care of misinformation in regards to the case. Strangers have arrange on-line fundraisers utilizing Dylan’s title and photos however his mother and father say these should not official. The household has not created any GoFundMe accounts or requested for financial donations from the general public. They need to stress they don’t seem to be working with any non-public investigators — simply regulation enforcement.
“I have been all over the place on the market, in locations I might by no means need to go once more,” Justin says. “I simply want individuals with suggestions would attain out to regulation enforcement in the event that they actually thought they’d one thing.”
What’s subsequent?
The Field Elder County Sheriff’s Workplace has assigned each detective to Dylan’s case, in response to Chief Deputy Cade Palmer. Groups have been within the space virtually day by day however to this point there aren’t any stable leads.
“Each time we expect there’s an open window, it is adopted by a closed door,” Palmer says. “There are lots of interviews which have occurred however no clear proof pointing at anyone. If anybody is aware of something about this, they are not coming ahead. They have not given any indication that they know something.”
Whereas the household has carried out volunteer searches in Lucin and Montello, they’re holding off organizing something official with the general public once more till there may be extra stable data on the place to look.
Rounds’ mother and father are providing a $20,000 reward to anybody who finds him or is aware of the place he may be. When you have any data on his whereabouts, name the Field Elder County Sheriff’s Workplace at 435-734-3800. The household is posting updates on the Discover Dylan Rounds Fb web page.