Dylan Rounds’ mother joining forces with Missing in America Network to help families with missing loved ones

Rhonda “Jaz” Dequier, laminitis of Missing successful America Network, and Candice Cooley, Dylan Rounds’ mother, speak pinch EastIdahoNews.com newsman Nate Eaton. Watch their full speech successful nan video subordinate above

IDAHO FALLS — Dylan Rounds’ mother wants nan family members of missing group to cognize they’re not unsocial and she’s moving to thief those facing akin situations to nan 1 she recovered herself successful 2 years ago.

“When Dylan’s lawsuit first started, we didn’t cognize what to do. We didn’t cognize who to trust. We were wholly mislaid and hundreds of group reached retired to maine saying they could hole everything,” Candice Cooley tells EastIdahoNews.com. “Unfortunately, a batch of organizations travel in, and they return advantage of families, successful my opinion.”

Dylan was laid to rest Saturday pursuing an outdoor memorial work connected his family farm. The 19-year-old vanished successful nan distant godforsaken municipality of Lucin, Utah successful May 2022 and his family spent astir 2 years searching him. Earlier this year, James Brenner, a 60-year-old man pinch a convulsive criminal history, admitted to sidesplitting Dylan and led rule enforcement to his body. Brenner pleaded guilty to second-degree execution and is serving a situation sentence successful Utah.

A memorial work for Dylan Rounds was held Saturday, Sept. 21. | Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com

When Dylan first disappeared, Rhonda “Jaz” Dequier reached retired to Cooley to connection support. Dequier runs nan Missing successful America Network, an online statement dedicated chiefly to group who person vanished wrong nan past 12 months.

“The biggest point we do is awareness. We do each nan Facebook groups and societal media and we get nan connection out,” Dequier says. “We connection billboards, we connection flyer events wherever you spell successful and you flyer a batch of places to thief find missing kids aliases missing adults. We are present to thief nan families.”

Cooley and Dequier are now joining forces to supply further resources successful missing personification cases specified arsenic drones and K9 dogs. They said pinch EastIdahoNews.com astir their plans. Watch nan full speech successful nan video subordinate above.