The TBI
Ground teams like the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), Blount County Fire Department, Blount County Search and Rescue Tea, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Blount County Chief Deputy Jeff French, and Blount County Sheriff’s Department, all carried out their own grid searches to look for Kaydon.
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A Community Comes Together
When the word got out that he disappeared, members of the local community did their part too. An Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) message was sent out by the Blount County Emergency Services in a matter of hours to let everyone know what was going on.