Episode Summary
Brian Wehrle vanished without a trace during a trip to his hometown of Carrollton, Georgia. Everyone suspects foul play, but no one knows what could have happened to him. And nearly 14 years after his disappearance, his family is hoping someone out there has the information they need to bring Brian home.
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Episode Info
Brian is white, and at the time of his disappearance, he had blond hair, blue eyes, and weighed about 140 pounds. He’s 5’7… and if he’s alive today, he’s 52-years-old.
If you have any information about Brian’s disappearance – or know how his car ended up in Chattanooga, Tennessee in the fall of 2009 – please contact the Carrollton Police Department at 770-834-4451.
To help Brian’s family raise money for billboards, you can donate to their GoFundMe page, Find Brian Wehrle.
Brian Wehrle
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Brian Wehrle
Brian Wehrle
Photo Courtesy: Amanda Rickles
Brian and Jeff
Photo Courtesy: Amanda Rickles
The Wehrle home in Carrollton, GA
Photo Courtesy: Amanda Rickles
A Google map showing Brian’s parents’ house
Photo Courtesy: Google Earth
Tracy Sargent’s search dogs alerted outside and inside the Wehrle’s boathouse.
Photo Courtesy: Carrollton Police Department
Tracy Sargent’s search dogs alerted outside and inside the Wehrle’s boathouse.
Photo Courtesy: Carrollton Police Department
Police dug up the Wehrle’s boathouse floor but didn’t find anything.
Photo Courtesy: Carrollton Police Department
Tracy Sargent made this diagram to show where her search dogs alerted.
Photo Courtesy: Tracy Sargent
Chance, one of the dogs who searched the Wehrle property.
Photo Courtesy: Tracy Sargent
Cinco, one of the dogs who searched the Wehrle property.
Photo Courtesy: Tracy Sargent
Draco, one of the dogs who searched the Wehrle property.
Photo Courtesy: Tracy Sargent
Check out the following links for guides and tip sheets on what to do when a loved one goes missing:
- Missing Persons Primer – The Center for Hope
- Missing Persons Guide – Missing Persons Advocacy Network
- Finding a Missing Loved One – National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- Missing Persons Checklists 1 & 2 – IHaveVanished.com
- Missing-Child, Emergency-Response, Quick-Reference Guide for Families
- Missing Child Clearinghouses (every state)
- Resources for Families of Missing American Indian and Alaska Native Adults
- When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide
- Cuando su Niño está desaparecido: Una guía de supervivencia familiar
- Social Media Guidebook for Families of Missing and Runaway Children
- What to do if your child is missing – Peas In Their Pods
- Missing Persons Checklist – Colorado Bureau of Investigation
- Someone I Know is Missing – Kansas Bureau of Investigation
- Virginia Missing Person Family Resource Guide
- Missing people: A guide for family members and service providers (Australia)
- What to do when someone goes missing (UK)
Other organizations
Episode Source Material
- The Fall Line Podcast – The Disappearance of Brian Wehrle
- Carrollton Police Department records provided by The Fall Line; Carrollton Police
- Times-Georgian: Family, friends baffled by man’s disappearance by Bennett Rolan
- Times-Georgian: Family still searching for missing man by Bennett Rolan
- Times-Georgian: Missing man’s car found in Tennessee by Bennett Rolan
- Times-Georgian: A family searches, holding on to hope by Amanda Thomas
- Times-Georgian: One year later: Where is Brian Wehrle? by Amanda Thomas
- Find Brian Wehrle Facebook group
- WithBensEyes: Missing Person: Brian Anthony Wehrle, Part 4
- Websleuths thread