Search for missing autistic teen Sebastian Rogers is CALLED OFF over ‘safety concerns for Cajun Navy volunteers’ one month after he vanished from Tennessee bedroom barefoot with a flashlight

The search for missing autistic Tennessee teen Sebastian Rogers has been called off over safety concerns for the Cajun Navy helpers deployed to find him. 

The 15-year-old went missing on February 26 after leaving the bedroom of his Hendersonville home barefoot and with a flashlight. 

Since his disappearance, there have been multiple volunteers looking for the teen, but on Friday the non-profit search and rescue, United Cajun Navy, claimed some of its members received threats and were forced to scale back.

On Friday, the rescue group, announced on Facebook that they had called off its search for Rogers – and that they may regroup privately in the coming days. 

‘Today’s search for Sebastian Rogers has been called off. Due to increasing security concerns and with the upcoming Easter holiday, the decision has been made as of this morning to pull back and regroup,’ the group wrote.

‘This decision was not taken lightly [and was] made with the safety of all volunteers in mind. We want to thank all the volunteers that planned to be out searching today.’

It comes amid news that Sebastian’s mother Katie Proudfoot and her husband Chris have left Hendersonville to go back to work in Memphis, they confirmed to broadcaster Nancy Grace. 

Since the teen vanished, the couple along with Sebastian’s father Seth and an army of volunteers have been searching for the boy.

The Cajun Navy, the non-profit composed of volunteers with boats was formed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to help look for survivors, has helped with search and rescue since and even took over the search earlier this month.

The navy deployed drones and K9 units in an attempt to trace him.

Brian Trascher, the vice president of the United Cajun Navy told Fox News Digital that two of the groups members had received threats, though he did not go into detail.

He explained that one of their male volunteers was confronted by a man in a hotel parking lot and intimidated him.

He also revealed that a female volunteer was threatened over the phone by another man. The phone recording was shared with the news outlet.

According to the phone call, the man accuses the female volunteer and another volunteer of driving onto his property and drawing a crowd. 

He said that he contacted the sheriff’s office about the incident.

The mystery caller, who claimed he was making the call to the authorities to make sure they weren’t doing anything illegal.

According to Trascher, the caller said: ‘We are letting the community know about you. 

‘You guys are just out of control and we as a community are going to make sure you guys get out of here.’

The female volunteer claimed to have told the man that she was in the car with a local and they were trying to turn their vehicle, the one he questioned, around. 

She also said she tried to call the man ahead of time for guidance on where to park.

Trascher said the incidents have raised safety concerns for his team which prompted them to call off the public search. He said they will continue to search for Sebastian  privately but would not disclose where these locations would be.

Amid the frantic search that is still ongoing for Sebastian, the boy’s mother told Nancy Grace that she is ‘absolutely’ concerned about leaving, but that she does not know when she will return.

Grace questioned Katie on the night her son disappeared and Katie defended leaving town. ‘My son could be anywhere and we’re looking everywhere and anywhere,’ she said 

The boy’s mother and stepfather told WSMV4’s Holly Thompson in an interview that they had been cleared in the investigation of the missing boy, amid speculation that they may have been involved.