I made brief notes about what is said in most of the early videos (with timestamps) but haven’t seen any of the more recent interviews. If it helps, here’s what I have.
PROUDFOOT INTERVIEW #1: Sebastian’s mom Katie and stepdad Chris spoke with YouTube creator Dutchess (audio only; interview begins near the 23:00 mark)
- CP contacted the Sheriff’s Department to report Sebastian missing
- SR doesn’t have social media and his phone was left at home
- SR’s biological father Seth is very much involved in his life and communicates with mom and stepdad often
- CP is currently involved in an ongoing custody case in another state
PROUDFOOT INTERVIEW #3: Chris and Katie Proudfoot are interviewed by FOX 17 but only their hands are shown
- none of SR’s shoes are missing and the door was locked
- SR went to bed wearing black sweatpants with a white stripe down the side and a black long-sleeved shirt with a print on the front
- KP and SR were out and about on Sunday running errands
- CP left Memphis soon after he contacted the sheriff’s office on Monday and headed back to Hendersonville
- CP would not say if KP & CP were still staying in the home; he would only say they’ve done everything LE has asked of them and he wasn’t going into any more detail than that
SETH ROGERS INTERVIEW #2: Seth spoke with NewsChannel 5 at the vigil
- Seth doesn’t think it’s likely that SR would leave home barefoot in the middle of the night
- Seth shares two short video clips of SR at school
SETH ROGERS INTERVIEW #3: Seth called in and spoke with the host of The Pascal Show on YouTube (interview begins at 21:23)
- Seth learned SR was missing after his work shift ended on Monday morning and he saw a text from Chris that said he needed to call ASAP; after learning the news, he then drove straight to the Proudfoot home and was there all day
- LE asked the family questions and took their phones to verify their stories
- Seth says a dog handler told him, personally, that his K9 picked up a scent that was tracked to a construction site but the trail ended there and nothing was found
- Seth says before he goes out on his own searches, he notifies TBI (at their request) about where he’s going to be
- Seth moved from California to Tennessee to be close to Sebastian
- SR played video games on Seth’s Playstation, but the settings were set where only those on his Friends List could contact him; he says that was also always right there next to him when SR was playing
- SR was supposed to move in with him full-time at the beginning of summer
- Seth didn’t call SR on the weekends he spent with his mom, but they spoke daily or every other day during the week
- there are no video cameras inside or outside of SR’s home (to his knowledge)
PROUDFOOT INTERVIEW #4: Chris and Katie spoke again with the Dutchess on YouTube (audio only)
- On Sunday, KP and SR picked up a niece and went shopping at BJ’s and then spent time at the bowling alley; later, just KP and SR went to dinner
- SR took out the trash Sunday night when they got home and then played in his room until bedtime
- KP talked to CP on the phone while he was at work until she started to fall asleep and then went to bed around midnight
- SR takes medication both daily and nightly, but they can’t discuss the specific medications “due to HIPAA reasons”
- SR regularly and consistently locked the door behind him
- SR is extremely high functioning but doesn’t have a sense of personal space and has social and emotional dysregulation issues; his actions don’t always appropriately match the situation
- CP has never been charged with domestic violence but had a temporary protective order against him in New Mexico with his ex-wife
- they declined to answer whether there were cameras at the home or whether SR has a key to the house; they cited the ongoing investigation as their reason for not answering these questions
(begins at 1:48:18)
Q: The results of the polygraph were that you passed. Is that you both passed?
A: Yes
(begins at 1:56:09)
Q: They want to know that you definitely took a polygraph and passed because it got cut off by a different question and they feel like you did not answer.
A: Somebody asked a question, was a polygraph taken and has it been passed, yes. I didn’t specify who or when, but what I can tell you… everything has been vetted completely. Polygraphs have come back as passed. So, I’m confused as in why they’re all wondering if myself, my wife, and the biological father took one when law enforcement agencies has come out and told everybody. Even in the TBI news link, if you guys hadn’t read that please go out and read that. That’s got a lot of great information in it. Especially, it’s probably the most up-to-date information, but they will even tell you at this point in time there is no – they have no reason to speculate foul play or anything on the parents. Everybody’s been extremely cooperative of anything and everything they’ve asked us, okay.
PROUDFOOT INTERVIEW #5: Chris and Katie are interviewed by YouTube content creator, Chronicles of Olivia
- KP heard a noise in Sebastian’s room after he went to bed
- KP drove around looking for SR before CP called the sheriff’s department to report him missing
- they have seen the full video that is being depicted as flashlights outside the home and know where the video came from; it has been thoroughly analyzed by LE and was determined NOT to be flashlights
SETH ROGERS INTERVIEW #4: with Nancy Grace (begins at 1:53)
- Seth learned Sebastian was missing around 7:20 am that morning (although CP first reached out to him at 6:20 am, his phone was in his truck while he was working) and he arrived at their home around 8:00 am
- SR was not taking mainstream classes; he was enrolled in a program for children with special needs but learned the same curriculum
- SR is very smart but he lacks social skills and has trouble reading body language; he likes routine and a controlled environment
- Seth sees SR every other weekend and on extended breaks; he has SR any time that he’s not in school (during the summer, Spring Break, etc.)
- the only thing known to be missing from his home is a keychain flashlight
- SR’s three pairs of shoes were left by the front door — his old tennis shoes, the new tennis shoes his mom just bought him, and boots Seth had just bought him
- SR’s phone was completely locked down and he couldn’t access the internet; he only had the ability to take pictures, text, Facetime, and phone calls; LE took possession of the phone the same day he was reported missing
- the flashlight video came from a Ring camera in the neighborhood, which has no street lights
- Seth has not been asked to take a polygraph, but he has offered to take one
PROUDFOOT INTERVIEW #6: live stream interview with YouTube content creator, Smiley Storey’s World (begins at 8:13)
- CP hadn’t seen SR since the first of February because of work
- CP took all of their pet snakes (including Sebastian’s) to a breeder because SR stopped taking care of them like he should (39:41)
- CP punished SR for not cleaning his room properly by making him throw away everything he’d left on the floor (44:55)
- CP has been married 5 times (51:34)
- CP has had CPS called on him in two states — New Mexico and Tennessee (and that includes with Sebastian) (1:07:15)
- SR got in trouble because he didn’t have a belt on and CP made him go get it and “WACK! I kinda got him”; SR told his teacher, who reported it to CPS; the CPS worker who showed up at the house had been there before “about something that didn’t even happen and it was three stories shoved into one” (something about Sebastian getting mixed up with a story?)
- CP said Sebastian thought he could get CP in trouble by telling his teacher, but according to Chris, the CPS lady took SR outside after shear heard what happened and explained to him that he could actually get in trouble for trying to make his punishments seem worse than they really were; Chris said the CPS lady apologized to him for the visit
- KP then clarifies that she doesn’t let CP beat Sebastian with a belt and he didn’t beat him with a belt (1:12:07)
- LE hasn’t taken any fingerprints or tested the house with luminol (1:24:36); the Proudfoots said they even suggested to LE that they do so but LE declined
- CP and KP know Sebastian left out the front door because he would have been seen on camera if he had exited out of the back door (1:27:31)
- CP says he HAS used a belt on Sebastian on his buttocks outside of his clothes (1:34:31)
- they didn’t attend any vigils for security reasons
- the medication SR was taking would not be life threatening if he didn’t have it with him, but you’re not supposed to suddenly stop taking it either
- CP knows at least 5 dogs were brought in the first day and a couple took their handlers through a construction zone and over to a retention pond; the pond is no higher than knee deep and was drained; the scent disappeared there
PROUDFOOT INTERVIEW #7: interviewed by Nancy Grace (5:22)
- SR’s bedroom is on the opposite side of the house from mom
- the Proundfoots don’t have an alarm or Ring doorbell camera
- KP has taken a polygraph and passed; CP says he volunteered to take a polygraph but was told by LE that he didn’t need to because of his whereabouts at the time
- their dogs sleep in an indoor dog pen
- the house has flood lights, but they are not motion censored, don’t typically turn them on, and they weren’t on the night SR went missing; they also have two small solar lights in the garden and two lights above the garage that were on
- the images in the “flashlight video” are not flashlights
- KP’s work vehicle was parked in the driveway (her personal vehicle was in the garage) but they can’t give out the make/model of her work van because they don’t have permission from her employer; she’s an installation technician
- SR knows the code to unlock the front door but doesn’t know the code to unlock or open the garage door
- KP described the noise she heard in SR’s room around 10 pm as a thud; she said she called out and asked him if he’d fallen out of bed – he said no ma’am and she told him to quit doing whatever you’re doing and go to sleep
- CP says LE has told him not to reveal the exact dates he was at the home in Feb
- the Proudfoots have left their home in Hendersonville, TN
- CP now says that he swatted Sebastian’s butt over his clothes once because he lied to them (although, he doesn’t remember what about); he says this happened several years ago and was the first and only time it happened (24:25)
- CP now says the belt incident didn’t result in a CPS call or complaint
- CP says the only CPS case he knows about was opened after HE filed a complaint/requested a welfare check when his ex-wife fled to New Mexico with his daughter; he says he doesn’t know why there would be a complaint on record against him and isn’t aware that there is one
- CP’s ex-wife in New Mexico filed a TPO (temporary protection order) against him after he filed one against her in Tennessee; the TPO is no longer in place and/or active
- CP says he knows for a fact that three different dogs hit on the retention pond; LE has said there have been no hits on the pond
- the Proudfoots also said scent dogs hit all around the outside of the house
- UCN VP said he’s not exactly sure who some of his people talked to about joining the search for Sebastian
SETH ROGERS INTERVIEW #7: Seth spoke with FOX 17
- he can’t discuss the info shared during his meeting with TBI
- the surveillance video footage that appeared to show flashlights moving around in the area was a trash truck
- none of the family members are considered suspects but have not been cleared (and won’t be cleared) until the investigation is closed
- he only learned about the DCS call to the home after he watched recent interviews with the Proudfoots; he was never notified even though he has joint custody
- CP confirmed to FOX 17 that DCS had been called to the home before but “all those cases are closed”
