Nowhere To Be Found
To search the area, the Park Chief’s office dispatched helicopters with infrared search capabilities as well as canine units. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency was also dispatched, but the teen remained unaccounted for. What happened to Austin, to begin with? Chief Kloster scratched his head, trying to make sense of Hubert’s words. They had been looking for the teen for a week and had yet to find him. Chief Kloster suspected there was something Hubert wasn’t telling them that could help them solve the case, so he approached Hubert’s stepfather to learn the truth.
Time Was Running Out
Although the chief ranger was used to people getting lost in the woods, there was something missing from this story. Because the stepfather’s account made no sense, Chief Kloster suspected Hubert of concealing something. As the one-week anniversary of the disappearance approached, the chief ranger realized time was running out. Because the wilderness was harsh, they needed to act quickly. He could only imagine how the adolescent was feeling at the time, possibly cold and shivering and with nowhere to go. Chief Kloster’s instincts told him to revive Hubert’s plot, but Hubert remained evasive about the location. What prompted the stepfather to act in this manner? Is he telling it like it is?