Staff ReportVERO BEACH — As of Wednesday night, The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office still has absolutely no leads on the wherabouts of 18-year-old Eric Self, who went missing on August 9.Sheriff’s Office spokesman Deputy Jeff Luther said investigators have continued to search and have responded to several calls from citizens claiming to have seen Self or someone resembling him, but the calls reaped no new information about the case.Self’s information was entered into the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Missing and Endangered Persons Information Clearing House a week ago, giving the FDLE the ability to distribute the teen’s description throughout the state and on its Web site. Self was last seen by family members at approximately 10 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 9 his home west of Vero Beach. He is considered missing and possibly in danger. His parents woke up Monday morning to find him gone. Stoll said there was no forced entry at the house, nothing was disturbed and investigators could not find “anything they could identify” that Self had taken with him. He did not have a mobile phone, so investigators do not have that tool for possibly tracking him.Self is 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds, has brown hair and hazel eyes and he wears a purple earring in his right ear. He was last seen at his home at the 8700 block of 20th St, Vero Beach.Since Self was reported missing, the Sheriff’s Office has conducted searches of the area on foot, with the K-9 unit, with the ranch and grove agricultural unit and with uniformed patrol deputies. A reverse 911 call was made to 1,000 phones in the area of Self’s home. The family and Sheriff’s Office are also distributing flyers throughout the area in hopes of locating Self.The teen attends Indian River State College (Mueller Center). He did not have a vehicle, so he travels by way of the “Go Line” transit system and is known to go to Pocahontas Park and the library in downtown Vero Beach.If you see Self or know his whereabouts, please contact Detective Steve Stoll at (772) 978-6119, or if you spot Self or have an urgent matter to report, call the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch 24 hours a day at (772) 978-6240 reference Case #2009-91169.
