What Happened to Matthew Alred?

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department announced that they would be suspending the search for the time being. This sent the boy's parents to new levels of despair, as it slowly became obvious that something much more sinister had occurred than just misplacing their child. FBI agents were called in from nearby Tampa, but they too were completely unable to prove any kind of foul play. More than four years later, a group known as Suncoast Crime Watch aired a minute-long commercial on many Florida TV channels. The commercial was a reenactment of Matthew's disappearance, one designed to jog the memories of anyone involved. But the commercial didn't generate a single, usable lead, an even