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Parents plead to social media to help find vanished son

Neal Keller, left, and Zoe Keller meet with reporters in the office of Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson, right, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in Cleveland, Tenn. The Keller's son, Joe Keller, is missing in Colorado.
Neal Keller, left, and Zoe Keller meet with reporters in the office of Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson, right, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in Cleveland, Tenn. The Keller's son, Joe Keller, is missing in Colorado. Neal Keller, left, and Zoe Keller meet with reporters in the office of Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson, right, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in Cleveland, Tenn. The Keller's son, Joe Keller, is missing in Colorado.

By Lynda Edwards 3 min read

photo Joe Keller

Help find Joe Keller

* He is 5 feet 7 inches tall, blond, physically fit, a champion swimmer, and weighed about 150 pounds when last seen.* Last seen on July 23 about 25 miles southwest of Antonito, Colo., near the Colorado-New Mexico border.* Information or tips about Joe’s whereabouts can be reported to CrimeStoppers at 719-589-4111.

Joe Keller’s parents in Bradley County are hoping the powerhouses of social media can help accomplish what police have been unable to do: spread the news nationwide that their son vanished on July 23 while visiting the Rainbow Trout Ranch on Colorado’s Rio Grande National Forest. They believe that social media may yield clues and leads to where Joe, who vanished the day before his 19th birthday, is now.

They expressed gratitude for the support and aid Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson has given to the investigation – and frustration with Colorado officials.

“I would like the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to get involved and the FBI to be more involved,” said Joe’s father, Neal Keller, during an interview with local media in Watson’s office. Keller told the Times Free Press he had not met any FBI agents on his visits to Colorado.

CBI spokesman Susan Medina told the Times Free Press that law only allows the agency to step in when requested by the sheriff or chief law enforcement officer in the Colorado jurisdiction where the incident happened.