Sister of Mason Patnett Pleading for Closure at Week of Searching

It’s been six long days since thirty-eight-year-old Mason Patnett went missing, and his family is growing increasingly desperate. The last time anyone heard from him was on Sunday evening when he updated his WhatsApp status. Shortly after, he vanished without a trace. When his family checked his home, they found the door unlocked and food still cooking on the stove. Patnett’s loved ones have been tirelessly searching for him, clinging to the hope that he’s still alive. But as the days pass with no leads, their fears are mounting. His sister, Sasha Patnett, spoke to News Five earlier today, sharing updates on the search efforts and describing the emotional toll it’s taking on their mother, who is already grieving the loss of four children before this. Here’s more on that.

 

Britney Gordon, Reporting

It’s been almost a week since thirty-eight-year-old Mason Patnett vanished, and there’s still no trace of him. Despite relentless searching, his family, friends, and the community are starting to lose hope of finding him alive. Yet, the search presses on. Mason’s sister, Sasha Patnett, shares updates on their ongoing efforts.

 

On the Phone: Sasha Patnett, Sister of Mason Patnett

“When our search first started, we were, some would say naive and very hopeful and we were praying, to get him back home alive.  And we’ve been pleading to the public for information about anything, and we haven’t gotten much information about  his whereabouts, what transpired or anything like that. When we started off, we were so hopeful, but regrettably, it’s been 6 days and our hope is dwindling and, the reality is really setting in now”

 

She explains that her anxiety over her brother’s disappearance is made even worse by her worries about their mother’s health.

 

On the Phone: Sasha Patnett

“It’s really affecting my mom now. She’s older and she has her own ailments that she is handling right now. And this has just scaring us because it’s scaring her a lot and she’s never experienced anything like this. And I think we know now, or we now understand that he might not come home to us alive. And, at this point,  we are most likely searching for a body, and so we’re just asking  whoever took him  to please just tell us where he is, so we could leave him to rest,  and  hopefully start moving on, because it’s been so hard on my mom, she doesn’t,  she keeps trying to figure out where she could be.”

 

Some speculate that Mason Patnett’s disappearance might be tied to his past. Back in 2012, he was charged with attempted murder along with another man. The charges were dropped in 2018 after both the alleged victim and suspect passed away. His family isn’t sure if this old incident is connected to his current situation, especially since it happened over a decade ago and they believe he had turned his life around. Sasha Patnett emphasized how desperately his family wants him to come home.

 

On the Phone: Sasha Patnett

“Not knowing where Mason is, we don’t know, every time we hear  Of a potential body or anything like that, we’re going to go through  the same emotions every single time. We’re going to have to relive it over and over again. So we just want to find him at this point. My mom could at least have that to know that she knows where her baby boy is because.  She might be an adult to the rest of the world and to the rest of the least, but to my mom that’s her baby boy, and she doesn’t know where she is, that’s the, and it’s really affecting her, it’s affecting all of us, but I can’t imagine how she feels right now.”

 

The family is planning another search soon. Even though their optimism is fading, they won’t stop until they find closure.

 

On the Phone: Sasha Patnett

“We are working on another search. Hopefully we’re going to have information soon and we will be sending out information asking for volunteers.  I believe that because of the time that’s passed, others that are not as involved with him, they’re going to forget him and we’re just trying to keep  him at the top of the news and all over the social media platforms so that people could remember that we’re still looking for him. And that he still hasn’t been found. We’re just asking, please just tell us where he is so that we can go get him.”

 

Britney Gordon for News Five.