Tyler Stice was a 20-year-old from Kingman, Arizona. He was an avid gamer and his love and joy was his Black Ford Mustang.

On the morning of June 21st, 2016, Tyler left for work, a job at a furniture company. He never arrived. A few days later his car was found in the parking lot of a mountain camping area. He was never seen again. I'm at Denzel and this is unfound.

And this is unfound. I'm going to do. So, I love dogs. I always have. To be honest, I love most animals and they've pretty much loved me right back

But I don't own a dog because well they're just a little bit too much work the cleanup the vet taking them for walks. I prefer to let somebody else endure

the costs and myself to enjoy the benefits. But to think about what humans have taught dogs, hounds, to do over the millennia is amazing.

These days they help people with PDSD, anxiety, epilepsy.

They are truly man in woman's best friend.

However, I think we have to remember that they, like us, are just animals.

They have moods. They have their own interests and fascinations, and they can make

mistakes just like humans do.

I bring this up because the disappearance of Tyler Stice is a case that gives me the opportunity to

illustrate conversations I've been having with listeners about dogs and their ability to

track people who have gone missing. Dogs and their abilities came up in the disappearance

of Dow Phillips, for example. Yes, there is no doubt that dogs have found children and adults

over the years, but dogs fail quite a bit as well. For example, I urge you to

look up the disappearance and eventual finding of Telechapatrick, a case out of

Indiana. The dogs went one way and she was found in the exact opposite

direction. Well in Tyler's case, hounds were used, telling the searchers a very specific story, but can it be believed or did something else

happen in the high desert of Kingman, Arizona. And now summary of the case.

A month before Tyler disappeared, he had switched jobs going from a toilet paper company to a furniture one.

He needed to keep up on covering his expenses from both his schooling and his car, so he couldn't afford to take off time in between.

Distressingly, the day before he disappeared, the Tuesday, June 20th, he'd skipped work and

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