‘We need to bring Tyler home’: Family, friends and deputies search for Lancaster County man
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Friends, family and the Lancaster County Sheriff’s office have joined together to search for a man who went missing last week.
Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said 35-year-old Tyler Goodrich was last seen around 7:45 p.m. Friday at his home near Southwest 12th and Burnham streets.
Around that time, deputies were sent to the home on a report of a disturbance. By the time they arrived, Goodrich had left the house.
Deputies spoke with Goodrich’s husband, Marshall Vogel, then left the home since there was no evidence of a crime.
But the next morning, Vogel called the sheriff’s office to report that Goodrich still hadn’t come home and was missing.
“The reason we are so concerned is he has gone off the grid,” Houchin said. “We do not have any information; his phone is not on. Everything is open at this point in time on what happened. We do not know.”
Tyler is about 6-foot-2, has red hair and weighs 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing gray shorts, a zip-up sweatshirt, running shoes and his Garmin watch.
His phone was pinged near Southwest 15th and West Van Dorn streets.
Friends and family have been searching the trails nearby where Goodrich would usually run.
Rachel Barth, who’s known Goodrich since they were in kindergarten, says it’s become a community effort.
“I want to be the squeaky wheel, I want to be the annoying person calling the sheriff’s office asking for updates,” she said. “I know if the roles were reversed, Tyler would be here doing the same exact thing for any of us.”
Barth also helped set up a Facebook page dedicated to finding him, which gained over 3,000 members in about a day.
“He’s just, like, the greatest person,” Barth said. “I can’t imagine what his kids are feeling right now, ’cause I know how I feel as a friend. … I just think, like, what if that was your brother, what would you do?”
Goodrich’s father, Lonnie Goodrich, said he can’t thank everyone enough for all the support in the search.
“All the thoughts, all the well wishes, all the prayers that we have received – it’s almost overwhelming,” he said. “Tyler’s very well liked; he’s a wonderful human being. There isn’t anybody that isn’t of that same mind when they talk about Tyler. We need to bring Tyler home.”
There will be a candlelight vigil for Tyler at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the sledding hills in Pioneers Park.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 402-441-6500 or dispatch at 402-441-6000.
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance from the public in locating Tyler Goodrich. Tyler was reportedly last seen at his home at 1111 W Burnham St at 7:45pm. He was wearing grey shorts and a zip up hoodie at the time. Tyler is an avid runner, so as… pic.twitter.com/qBNlsUejJl
— Lancaster County Sheriff (@LSOnebraska) November 6, 2023
