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Nowhere to Be Found: What Happened to Bryce Laspisa?

A Dead End

On the ninth day of the search, police brought in bloodhounds to track Bryce’s scent. The dogs sniffed their way from his car all the way to Government Cove, where divers were sent in to search the area. They concentrated on shallow waters first and gradually dove deeper and deeper. But were unable to find anything.

K-9-unit officer leads a police dog outside a home.

Photo by Whitney Hayward/Portland Press Herald/Getty Images

The dogs eventually led investigators to a truck stop, but that’s where the scent ended. Since then, there have been absolutely zero clues about what happened to Bryce.

Could he have hopped on a truck with someone and, just like that, drifted far away from his previous life?