THE SEARCH MAY … OR MAY NOT … BE OVER FOR TIERRA BLANCA RANCH OWNER SCOTT CHANDLER. HE'S A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION OF THE RANCH AFTER SOME OF THE STUDENTS THERE ALLEGED THEY WERE ABUSED. DPS SECRETARY GORDON EDEN TOLD 770 KKOB THE SEARCH ENDED ONCE TEENS MISSING FROM THE RANCH LAST FRIDAY WERE FOUND WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
DPS SPOKESMAN MANNY GUTIERREZ TELLS US THEY STILL NEED TO FIND CHANDLER, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT A SUSPECT. GUTIERREZ SAYS THEY NEED TO SPEAK TO HIM. HE SAYS IT'S AN INTENSE INVESTIGATION AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY TALK TO CHANDLER.
STATE POLICE WENT TO THE RANCH LAST FRIDAY TO TAKE CUSTODY OF THE BOYS, BUT NEITHER CHANDLER NOR THE TEENS WERE THERE. AN AMBER ALERT WAS INITIATED BUT CANCELLED ONCE THE BOYS WERE FOUND SAFE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.