Austin Eugene Bryant was four years old when he was adopted with his older brother Edward Dylan Bryant by Edward and Linda Bryant in March 2000 in Monument, Colorado. The couple adopted several children and received monthly state assistance for the boys’ care, but the boys later vanished under conflicting circumstances provided by their adoptive parents.

Edward is believed to have been last seen around 2001; Austin’s disappearance is placed between 2003 and 2005. The adoptive parents never filed missing persons reports and continued to collect benefits. Authorities were first alerted by a tip in January 2011, which prompted an investigation that revealed allegations from other children that Austin and Edward had been abused—claims that include withholding food, locking Austin in a garage, and tightly wrapping him in blankets. Linda Bryant later admitted using food withholding as punishment.

Linda Bryant pleaded guilty in 2012 to multiple felonies and received a lengthy prison sentence; Edward Bryant also pleaded guilty to related charges. Neither has been charged in the boys’ disappearances. Extensive searches have found no trace of Austin or Edward. Does anyone have information about the boys’ lives or whereabouts that could help resolve what happened to them?