‘That puzzle piece is out there:’ Private investigator shares insight on Tyler Goodrich case

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The search for Tyler Goodrich continues, with family and friends once again canvassing the area near his house, where he went missing last November.

Erik Rezabek, a private investigator with Bring ’em Home Nebraska, led the search on Sunday.

He’s been on the case for about three months now and says he’s looking into several leads.

“It’s a true mystery, though,” Rezabek said. “It really is. Not a lot of scenarios make sense. I’ve worked cases before where you pretty much knew what happened or you had a really good idea — you’re just trying to confirm it and catch who was involved. But with this, we don’t really have any of that.”

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When searching for a missing person, he uses metal detectors, drones, infrared scopes, databases and old-fashioned “boots on the ground.”

He said trying to disappear in our world is “pretty much impossible.”

“You would have to go off grid totally: no electronics, no social media,” Rezabek said. “It’s tough. And that’s why this is somewhat frustrating because we have cameras, we have all these tools, and none of them have panned out yet.”

He added that the lack of details makes the case a lot harder to piece together, but all possibilities are being considered.

“There’s scenarios out there that maybe he was hit by a drunk driver, and they took him,” Rezabek said. “That’s going to make it a lot tougher.”

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He said if foul play was involved, he’ll figure it out.

“It’s just going to take time,” he said. “That puzzle piece is out there; we just got to find it.”

If there is more evidence to find, Rezabek said search parties are the way to get it.

“I had another person ask me about why is this such a big deal here in Nebraska,” he said. “And I think that’s really a tribute to the Midwest. I think we kind of take care of our own.”

No matter how long it takes, Rezabek said there’s still reason to have hope.

“If this would’ve happened in a different part of the United States, it might not be that big of a deal,” he said. “But just because of the Midwestern mindset, it is a big deal. And it should be a big deal.”