Missing /// Tyler Davis /// Part 2

Summary

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True Crime Garage – “Missing /// Tyler Davis /// Part 2”

September 3, 2025

Hosts: Nic and the Captain
Guest: Brittany Davis (wife of missing person Tyler Davis)

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Brief Overview

In this deeply personal and emotional episode, Nic and the Captain continue their investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Tyler Davis. Joining them is Brittany Davis, Tyler's wife, who provides a raw, firsthand account of the days following Tyler's vanishing, her interactions with law enforcement, and the harrowing experience of searching for her missing husband. The hosts also critically analyze case details and Brittany’s timeline, while weighing possibilities and highlighting the toll this tragedy has taken on the Davis family.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Immediate Aftermath of Tyler’s Disappearance

[03:48-06:10]

• Brittany describes the panic and reluctance to notify Tyler’s parents:
  • “I was like, I can't call his mom…we have to go find him first.” — Brittany Davis [04:05]
• She had already called jails and hospitals, fearing Tyler might be hurt or detained.
• Tyler’s stepfather, Kevin, immediately joins the search, covering an extensive area on foot.

2. Reporting Tyler Missing & Police Response

[06:10-09:33]

• Law enforcement’s initial response is frustrating:
  • “[The officer says,] ‘well, you know, your husband…a 29-year-old man can leave on his own accord.’” — Brittany Davis [06:42]
• Brittany insistently refutes the idea that Tyler left voluntarily, noting his close bond with family and sense of responsibility.
• Captain contextualizes the high caseload of local missing person’s detectives, which may have contributed to a slow initial police response.

3. The Search Efforts

[11:09-13:33]

• Brittany and friends conduct their own extensive search around the Easton area and woods where Tyler was last believed to be.
• Attempts to track Tyler using security footage at hotels proved inconclusive due to camera limitations and mistaken identity.
• The police search took several days to commence; their first official search was not until Tuesday after the disappearance (Tyler went missing Sunday).

4. Technology & Investigation Details

[17:56-19:26]

• Brittany describes how law enforcement tried to ping Tyler’s phone, but results were inconclusive due to cell tower range.
• She supplied her own and Tyler’s call logs to detectives to assist.
• Additional efforts to glean information from WiFi routers and phone records were stymied by timing and hardware issues.

5. Financial & Social Media Footprint

[21:50-22:24]

• Brittany has flagged Tyler’s bank account for suspicious activity, but no withdrawals or signs of use have been detected.
• She does not have direct access to his social media, but detectives are checking those accounts. Brittany highlights use of Gmail location tracking, leading searchers to an area by Abbott Labs (approx. 1.1 miles from the hotel).

6. Theories, Rumors, & Emotional Impact

[25:34-30:07 | 41:38-46:49]

• Both hosts reflect on how a combination of exhaustion, alcohol, and unfamiliar territory could have left Tyler disoriented.
• Brittany shares the pain of public suspicion and online harassment, as well as the challenge of defending her and Tyler’s actions and character:
  • “I am telling the full [story]. I am not writing these articles. …I'm just trying to tell everybody what happened. … I'm doing everything and anything I can to get my husband home.” — Brittany Davis [38:47]
• The personal toll is immense:
  • “Tyler is my best friend, and it sucks really bad when you're with somebody for so long... I go from being like a stay at home mom…to just me....” — Brittany Davis [39:58]
• Brittany states firmly that she does not believe Tyler’s friend played a part, describing him as non-confrontational and extremely supportive.

7. Physical Identifiers & Brittany’s Theory

[44:56-45:39]

• Tyler has a distinctive birthmark:

  • “It starts on his hand…goes up his arm…top right of his chest and…back as well. …it's very, very noticeable.” — Brittany Davis [44:56]

• Brittany’s personal theory involves abduction:

  • “Ohio is, like, number four in human trafficking. There have been…other men that went missing in Columbus around the same age as Tyler… I think somebody took [him].” — Brittany Davis [45:46]

8. Brittany’s Message to Tyler

[46:49-47:33]

• A poignant, emotional plea:
  • “I’m not ever giving up. …I will find you. … I miss you so much… I’m just trying so hard to get you home. I miss my best friend and my son misses dad.” — Brittany Davis [46:49]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Law Enforcement Response:
  • “They’re like, ‘well, 72 hours, we'll let you know’…are you kidding me?” — Brittany Davis [07:23]
• On Public Perception:
  • “I can put this on my whole — like, I know that man so well. …He would not do this to his mom. …He never missed a day of work.” — Brittany Davis [08:02]
• Nick’s Analysis:
  • “The weight to this story…it’s just got a certain heaviness to it that’s really like got my head spinning right now.” — Nick [22:24]
  • “I feel like Tyler got disoriented. …In a place he doesn't know very well…You get a little turned around in an unfamiliar area. Next thing you know, you've walked a quite a distance away.” — Nick [26:32]
• On Conspiracy & Media:
  • “It doesn’t matter what I tell the news…it's like however the hell they want to spin it. …I'm just trying to tell everybody what happened.” — Brittany Davis [38:47]
• On Tyler’s Character:
  • “He is a very responsible person. …He’s always been such a wonderful husband. …He spends so much time with our son.” — Brittany Davis [41:42]
• Painful Reality:
  • “[Our son] literally woke up every night at the time Tyler's supposed to get off work…He would sit there and…ask for his dad…for hours.” — Brittany Davis [39:58]

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Important Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:48 – Search begins, contacting Tyler’s parents
• 06:42 – Interaction with police, initial frustrations
• 11:09 – Timeline for voluntary search by friends/family
• 13:33 – Security camera confusion
• 17:56 – Phone pinging and police technology
• 21:50 – Bank monitoring and missing financial activity
• 25:34 – Exhaustion/alcohol theory discussion
• 38:47 – Online harassment, media misreporting
• 39:58 – Brittany on the emotional cost
• 44:56 – Unique birthmark as an identifier
• 45:46 – Brittany’s abduction theory
• 46:49 – Brittany’s direct message to Tyler

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Actionable Information

• Tyler’s Description: Male, 29 at time of disappearance, distinctive large red birthmark on right arm/chest/back.
• Last seen: Near Easton, Columbus, Ohio, February 24th (approx. 4:10 AM)
• Contact:
  If you have any information, please contact the Columbus Police Department at 614-645-4545 or the “Bring Tyler Home” Facebook group.

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Closing Thoughts

This episode offers a staggering look into the practical and emotional chaos that engulfs families during a missing persons case. Brittany’s pain, resilience, and clarity — as well as the hosts’ probing yet compassionate approach — underscores the gravity of the situation. Listeners are left with a sense of urgency, empathy, and a nuanced understanding of how quickly an ordinary night can become an enduring mystery.

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Transcript

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[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

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[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

So at this point, you have not talked to Tyler since 4:10am You've been searching. It's now past daylight. It's 10:30 in the morning. You don't know what to do, and it's serious. And you need to call Tyler's parents.

[Brittany Davis]

I'm not trying to worry anybody. Like, that was the one thing that I was terrified to do. I was like, I can't call his mom. I can't. Like, I cannot call her and tell her this. Like, I. I have to. We have to go find him first. And, you know, like, he's gonna be so mad. Him and his parents are so close, and, like, he's gonna be so mad if I call his mom right now. And Adam's, like, running. He was like, you have to check out of here in an hour and a half. He's like, then where are you gonna go? Then what are we gonna do? So I sat down and I called. I called Rhonda, and I was like, this is a situation. I don't know what to do. And she was like, okay, calm down. I'm sure everything's fine, you know? And at this point, I had already called Franklin County Jail. I'd already called all the hospitals. I had already called. You know what I mean? Like, I'm. I'm thinking all options. Maybe he got a public intercourse. Maybe he's in jail somewhere. You know what I mean? Maybe he hurt himself in something of a hospital. I'm, like, looking at any of these different things to try to, I don't know, like, make some sense of this, really. So I, you know, I tell Rhonda, and she's like, okay, you know, don't. Don't freak out yet. You know, she asked me if I had called all the jails and asked me if I'd call the hospitals and all that stuff. And I was like, yeah. And she's like, okay, well, Kevin's on his way. He's on his way right now. We're gonna figure it out. I was like, okay. So it took Kevin probably about 45 minutes to get there. So after I got off the phone with her, Adam's like, let's go. Let's go drive around again. Let's go see if we can see something else. You know, there's another street that I wanted to look at or something. I don't know. So we get back in the car. And me and Adam drive around again. So Kevin gets there and, you know, he's like, what happened? Like, what do you guys do? Blah, blah, blah. I told him everything, you know, the story. And he was like, okay. And he was like, I'm gonna go find him. I need to start walking. And I was like, okay. And I. This man literally probably walked 30 miles. He didn't wait till it was dark. He went through every single patch of those woods on foot that day by himself.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

So now that you contacted his parents, when do you contact the police?

[Brittany Davis]

So, yeah, so Rhonda calls me right after Kevin gets there, and she's like, brittany. It's like, we're not the violin. Missing persons report right now. And I just was like, no, like, I'm sure he's gonna shoot, like, Brittany. And it was just like, right when she told me that, I got really real. Really, Like, I knew it was real because I was already like, sick worried. But then that was just like a whole other level. You know what I mean? Like, I just. I was already terrified and I have to like.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

So when did you call them?

[Brittany Davis]

I called them around, I don't know, like 11:30. They actually weren't even there until 12:30. I met them in the parking lot of the Hilton. And I gave the officer my. You know, I told him everything. I said, this is what he was wearing, this is what. Last time I seen him, last time I talked to him. And literally the first thing this man says to me is, well, you know, your husband, he's not elderly and he's not a minor. So as far as I'm concerned, a 29 year old man can leave on his own accord.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Well, technically, that's the law.

[Brittany Davis]

Yeah, no, it is the law. But it's like, I feel like. And even since I've been going through this, there are so many when it comes to missing people. It is such like a broad area. Like, there's not really a place to start. Like, they literally are like, well, 72 hours, we'll let you know type deal thing. And I was like, are you. Are you kidding me?

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Well, in the missing persons unit, there's eight detectives. They did roughly 8,000 cases last year. So they're kind of crunched for time anyways. And I think anytime that it is an adult that goes missing, they have to start with the idea that they could have went missing because they wanted to.

[Brittany Davis]

Right. Well. And you know, I understand people that hear my story and people that see this, they're like half of them are like, oh, he probably just walked away. And I can put this on my whole. Like, I know that man so well. He's literally my best friend. Like, we were really good friends before we ever even got together, you know, I mean, like, I know everything about him. Seriously, everything. And I know he would never. He wouldn't just, like, if Tyler didn't want to be with me, okay, he would tell me that he doesn't play games. He's not childish. Like, he's a very, very blunt person. He's very upfront. He loves his son more than anything in the whole world. He literally named my son after a freaking football quarterback. Like, I'm being dead serious. Him and his parents are. Him and his mom are so close. I've never seen a relationship between like a son and a mother like that before in my life.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

So even if he left you and didn't tell you, he would still be contacting his mother?

[Brittany Davis]

Oh, definitely. Definitely. Like, you take me, you take me and my son. Like, you take us completely out of this equation. He would not do this to his mom. Or sad, but not his mom, not his family, like, not his friends. He's a really, like, he was. His job alone, he has so many responsibilities. He never missed a day of work. I'm talking like, he has never missed a day of work.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

How was the first conversation with law enforcement?

[Brittany Davis]

It was not good. I had. So I filed a police report. He had like, got it in the system around like 1pm and you know, me and Adam, we still drove around and we were looking in all these places and we've met up with Kevin a couple times and it was about five and Kevin's like, brittany, I think, I think you need to go get Aaron. I think it's. I think you need to go back to the house and get Aaron. And I was, I can't, like, I can't leave him up here by himself. Like we, you know what I mean? Like, I can't, I can't leave him. But I had to. Like, I needed to go get my son and so I did. So Adam took me back to my in laws house in Circleville. I had literally just got there. So this is probably around like 5, 6 o'. Clock. And he, the detective called me and I mean, he wasn't very nice. But at the same time, like, I understand that your job's not to be nice to me. You know what I mean? Like, your job is to find my husband. That's what your, that's what your duty is. It's not to call me 27 times a day to tell me what you've heard and what you haven't heard. It's not to. You know what I mean? Like, your job is to find my husband. So. But the first. Now, I know this, like, literally, like, 46 days later, I know this. But that day when he called me, this is, like, super new. Like, I didn't go to sleep. I still hadn't been in bed at this time.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Have you been trying to call Tyler's phone?

[Brittany Davis]

Oh, yeah. I was calling it all day. All day.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

The cops did a pretty extensive search from what I've heard. When did that search take place?

[Brittany Davis]

Technically, he went missing on the 24th. They didn't do their first search until Tuesday. They're telling me they've been doing everything.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Yeah, when I talked to detectives, they. They explained to me the search, and it seemed very extensive. They also pulled a lot of security footage from the mall.

[Brittany Davis]

Yes. So the first day. So this was Monday. And I'll tell you again, I didn't. I didn't go to bed until Tuesday. I didn't sleep. I didn't go to sleep until Tuesday. Sunday night, after I actually got back to Rhonda's that night, I had put. I put Aaron to bed, and I told her. I asked her if it was okay for me to leave, if she would mind. Like, Aaron was asleep, and she was completely fine with it. And me and a couple of Tyler's friends went back up to Easton and we searched all those woods by ourselves. And this was before. So this was like, Sunday night, going into early hours of Monday. So we. We were there.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Who went with you guys?

[Brittany Davis]

It was me, Alex, and Nick. And these are just, you know, friends of ours. So we got there probably around 11 in the morning, and we just. We just started searching. Like, we went everywhere. I'm talking, like, we didn't leave there until. Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, it was me, Alex, and Nick. And then two of Tyler's employees actually met us up there as well. Two younger kids that work for him. Soon as we got there, I went directly to the Hilton. I spoke with the night manager. I let him know the situation, showed him a picture of my husband, you know, talked to him for a minute, and he was like, yeah, let me. Let me see if I can start pulling footage. And I was like, okay, cool. Like, I really appreciate it. Then we walked down to Eastern security. I let them know the situation. I talked to them. I told them, you know, I'm going To be out here tonight. I just want you to know, like, these are my two friends. Like, we're gonna go and we're gonna search to see if we can. And they're completely cool with it. They're like, yeah, totally. Go ahead again. It's also like 1am so nobody's there. And, you know, we go out there and we're there for. For hours. And when I went and talked to Eastern Security, there was actually an officer for CPD in the area. And he was super nice. Speaking of me, you know, he told me, like, I just got on shift. He was like, I just learned about. About your husband, and we're still trying to get everything together. He was like, don't think we haven't started yet. He was like, but we literally just got there. We haven't even got. We just got the report, like, 12 hours ago. It's pretty much what he was saying. I was like, okay, well, I'm here, so I'm looking. That's what I'm doing. And the Eastern Security office, they told me they had already started pulling footage and that they saw Tyler walking back to the hotel at 4:15. They saw him walking to the hotel, 4:15. Which to me made perfect sense, because if we're on the phone at 4:10 and he says, I'll be there in a couple minutes, you know, I see the hotel, I'm walking. And they said they had him on camera walking towards. Towards the Hilton. That's what they told me. Come to find out, it wasn't Tyler. It was like, Tyler and his friend, they have the same body type. Like, same size and same height. You know what I mean? Like, and apparently with the way those cameras work at nighttime, I guess they're not the most perfect vision. So they. They assumed that it was Tyler and it wasn't.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

But it was his friend. But how could it be his friend when at the time of that call or at that moment, he's leaving or with you?

[Brittany Davis]

That's what I didn't understand, because when Tyler had called me around 4:10, you know, he was like. He was right beside me. And then I realized that when me and Cherie got off the phone, we both kind of like. But we didn't, like, walk up the street. Like, we walked to. Do you. Do you know the Easton area very well?

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Yeah.

[Brittany Davis]

Okay. So, like, we walked, like, if we were sitting on the corner right in front of Hilton, we walked to the left, and we both were kind of like on that main strip. And we both, like, walked down the street. But, like, he did one side and I did the other side. Like, I'm sorry, we were both on the same side of the street, but he went one direction and I went the other direction. And so I don't know if that was then, you know, because when we were like, he could have been turning around, it could have been that time, because we were. It's not like we both went out and, like, were, like, searching. It was kind of like we were just, like, walking down to see if we might see him somewhere.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Well, there's tons of shops around there and there's tons of cameras. It's surprising that he's not picked up on any of the footage anywhere. So back to the search that night.

[Brittany Davis]

So we go and we search a bunch of stuff. We don't stop until it was daylight, like 7, 7 or 8 in the morning. And we're trying to, like, at this point, like, me and Nick and Alex and the other two, we're just trying to, like, okay, trying to, like, pretty much think like Tyler thinks. I don't know, it probably sounds stupid, but we're like, okay, if he said that he's walking out of the woods and he sees the Hilton, and we went to every single patch of woods and, like, around to see, like, if you could see the Hilton in this patch of woods, we searched it.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Well, Tyler doesn't know this area. He's been drinking. He's exhausted. So is it. It's. It's possible that he's not even looking at the correct hotel.

[Brittany Davis]

Right? Exactly. Like, he's looking at the wrong place. And that's something we also considered. So there is a. I think it's a Marriott a little bit down from. It's like, on the other side of the actual town center, like the shopping center. And it looks like they're all made by, like, all these hotels in the area. It's same company that owns them. It looks just like the Hilton. It's a little smaller, but it looks just like the Hilton puts out the same amount of light at nighttime. So we went around there as well.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

So you guys are searching everywhere. You don't know when the cops are going to search or if they're going to search, but they end up searching on that Tuesday. And then they contact you after they.

[Brittany Davis]

Called me and pretty much said, I just want to let you know that we searched the pond behind Costco, and we've been working on pinging his phone, and we pinged his phone around Costco, but I guess what it was is, like, I mistook it because there's a cell tower back there, and if you ping a cell, it automatically goes to, like, that cell phone tower. But that Radius is, like, 2 miles, so his phone could be anywhere in that 2 miles. It doesn't necessarily have to be, like, at the tower.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

So they subpoenaed his phone records.

[Brittany Davis]

They subpoenaed his phone records. Like, they still don't have them. And it's like, over a month ago. It was, like, all the beginning of March.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Have they subpoenaed your phone records yet?

[Brittany Davis]

Not that I know of. But, I mean, I've been more than welcome to, like, you know, here's my cell phone. You can look through it, do whatever you need to do to it. Type deal thing.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Have you thought about taking screenshots of your call log?

[Brittany Davis]

I went to, like, my. Because I have Verizon. So I got on, like, my Verizon, and we did this with Tyler because Tyler is on a phone plan with his parents, and I'm online with mine. So I literally got online and I took a picture of my call log and I sent it to the detectives, and then I did the same thing for Tyler. This is, like. I know it's not everything you need, but this is what I can give you. As of right now. This is, like, Monday, I think Monday or Tuesday that I got that to them.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

And law enforcement during the search were. They were using dogs. They searched the woods. Did they search the ponds?

[Brittany Davis]

Search the ponds? I guess they have dogs out. And they said that the dogs actually hit on one of the ponds, so they drug it completely sonar. They had, like, a dive team, and there was nothing in there. And then they actually searched that same pond again. Like, the ponds in that area have been searched multiple times. They have had multiple different searches, like grid searches and different. Like, I know there are, like, wooded areas there, and he did say, like, words on the phone the last time. They've been pushing towards the woods more. You know, like, when they do search, which is understandable, and they just don't have. It's like, there's, like. There's literally nothing there. Like, there's no, like, not a shoe, not a wallet, not literally nothing at all.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

And Tyler doesn't have a transportation app like Uber on his phone that you know of?

[Brittany Davis]

That I know of, no.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Do you guys share social media accounts or do you have access to Tyler's social media accounts?

[Brittany Davis]

We don't share any notes. We do not share any. I don't have access. I mean, I think I know what his password is, but I was told not to try it type deal thing. I think that the detectives are actually like looking into his Facebook and stuff. But as far as like I know he has like a Snapchat, I don't know his password. That is, I know like the password to his Gmail and I had actually contacted the detectives to make sure that I could continuously check his Gmail because like our friend that was with us that night, he's super like techie and he's like told me like a lot of things about like apparently if you have a Galaxy, you can and like you're signed up with Gmail, like Gmail like literally tracks your phone. And that was something that was the detectives also ended up finding and that caught him down by Abbott lab. And then that's why they did another search on. I think that was the south part of Easton.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Right. So they get a hit at Abbott Labs. That's pretty far from Easton walking wise, if I'm correct.

[Brittany Davis]

I think it's about half a mile and that's where it stopped.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Do you have access to his financial records?

[Brittany Davis]

Oh yeah. So I basically like it's just flagged and we have a lady at the bank who just checks on it constantly and like anytime there's any type of notice that comes on there, like she literally called me to tell me that my Netflix came out like type stuff, you know what I mean? Like anything that pops up on there.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

But there hasn't been any activity from Tyler, like nothing.

[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

This is just weird hearing this from Brittany's perspective, hearing it directly from somebody that was there, somebody that was searching for their loved one for, you know, as she says, her best friend. The weight to this story, it's. It's just got a certain heaviness to it that's really like got my head spinning right now. Captain. I, I'm kind of like questioning a lot of different things here. I'm trying to think through a lot of things as I visualize the story as she tells it. One thing that I, that I was thinking about along the way is kind of going back to their night out. They go out around 8:30 and she was very detailed in their timeline and what they were doing. And then he goes missing. I'm calling it 4:10, 4:11am Is when he goes missing. That seems to be when he's truly unaccounted for and communication drops off.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

But you wander the call before at 3:37. Is he lost and he just doesn't know it yet.

[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

Right. And how far could he be from the actual hotel? The thing is, and I know this is kind of really out of the box and very likely not super important, but she keeps talking about how exhausted he would have been or she thinks that he is right. The last time she sees him. I didn't hear any mention of, you know, we. We had. We had food at this place. You know, I'm factoring all these things in how tired this guy could be, how. How drunk Tyler may have been. One just disoriented from waking up in an Uber. And now you're in front of your hotel in an area that you do not know well, you know, and so I'm factoring in all these things here. He's not super. You know, he's not super equipped or dressed well for that temperature at that hour. There's a lot of things factoring into the. To the thought that I have a hard time believing that if he were on foot, I don't know how far he would have made it until he would have just hit the wall to be completely exhausted.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Right. This is an area that has had its ups and down as far as reputation. So the more he travels, the more likely he is to run into somebody. But this makes it very unique in this case because she has the records of when they paid for things and roughly what the bill was. So when she's saying, I think he had three drinks, that's based off of also looking at the bill and just knowing the total and going, well, I had a couple, so he must have had a few. And in most missing person cases, take Brian Schaefers, for example. We don't know how much he drank. We don't know what he drank. We don't have a clue. With Maura Murray, we don't know if she was drinking or not. I mean, this. We have detailed accounts of what he was doing hours before he went missing.

[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

Yeah. And the thing though, too, is, you know, and this is why they say, hey, obviously, don't drink and drive. Don't drive drunk. But, you know, there's also that big movement has been for years about don't do buzzed driving either. And I think all that's very important to keep in mind when we try to analyze this stuff from the outside looking in, when you talk about alcohol. I know my personal experience with drinking is it's. You can't always figure out how intoxicated you might be in one specific setting. I know there are times where I'll have two or three drinks and I'm sober as a Judge. There's other times I'll have two or three drinks and I feel like I've been drinking all night. There's a lot of factors that go into that. Exhaustion. How much have you ate?

[Brittany Davis]

What.

[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

What have you been doing that day? And I just kind of keep going back to the thought and the feeling that I feel like this guy. I feel like Tyler got disoriented. I feel like he's in a place that he doesn't know very well.

[Brittany Davis]

He.

[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

And at some point, I just picture him, you know, thinking he is in a certain location, getting slightly turned around and going, I know it's right up here. I'll just keep walking this way. And then we've done this before. Everybody out there has done this before where you get a little bit turned around in an unfamiliar area. Next thing you know, you've walked a quite a distance away from where you thought you were going or where you were trying to get to. And regarding that Abbott Foods. Abbott Nutrition is actually what I. I think she called it, Abbott Labs.

[Brittany Davis]

Right.

[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

But there is an area. There's a. There's a building and a business over there. I think it could be a distribution center or like their home office. But there's a place called Abbott Nutrition that is over there, and that would be 1.1 miles from the Hilton. And at that location, it's. If he made it there on foot, that's a difficult location. That would be about 20 to 25 minutes of walking distance, depending on. That's according to my phone. All right. I was looking that up. But in that area, there are plenty of buildings in that area that are not hotels, that one might think in a disoriented state that they see it and go, yeah, I'm right by the hotel. Yeah, I'm very close to the hotel. I can see it from here. And I'll be there shortly.

[Brittany Davis]

Right.

[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

And it's. I just see the situation of this guy maybe getting further and further of where he wanted to be. And I'm. By this point in the story, I'm terribly fearful of what could have happened to him after he got a good distance from that hotel.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Well, let's be very clear, because it was misreported. In one of the interviews Brittany gave, the report states that he called at 4:10 and said, you know, I'm. I see the hotel and I'll be there shortly. And I'm sorry. And it's reported that she said that he sounded confused. And that's not what she said at all. She actually thought he sounded pretty coherent on the phone call.

[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

Okay.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

What she was saying in that interview was when he got out of the car, when he got out of the Uber, when they got back to the hotel, she thought he seemed a little confused and rightfully so. He just fell asleep and woke up. And maybe he was confused because he was like, wait, Hilton, are we staying here? I thought we're staying somewhere else, right? I mean, who knows? They just checked in a couple hours ago. It's not a place that they go frequent. So let's be very clear that she didn't think he was confused on the phone call. She thought he was confused getting out of the Uber car.

[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

And one thing that I think is missing from her story and what I feel like is it's a part of the story that she likely just does not know. But the one part that I kind of question here, Captain, is I know it's only like what she say 318 when the Uber pulls up and by 3:37 he's kind of missing and there's a phone call.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Right.

[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

Okay, so we, we have less than 20 minutes takes place, so not a very large window of time. But it also seems to me like she doesn't fully know exactly when Tyler and his friend got separated or where the friend left or went in a different direction than Tyler.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Well, right, because one, she went back up to the hotel room, charge her phone. But also she's been drinking at this point and, and quite a bit. I mean, she said she had three drinks at one place and a few drinks at another place. So there's a lot of question marks here.

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[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

So since that search on that Tuesday, what's been happening with the investigation?

[Brittany Davis]

Thursday on on February 28, one of the detectives called me asking me to meet two detectives at me and Tyler's house because they wanted to get into our WI FI router to try to establish an imac id. Apparently, it can trace the phone even if it's dead, or get a better location on the cell phone at any time. But the thing about doing that is that if you're hooked up to your wifi router, it has, like, an expiration date if you're gone. So if we leave on a Saturday, it's only going to be in there for, like, four or five days. And they literally got here, like, one day too late to get this number out of my router. So the next day, Friday, they weren't able to retrieve the router, so they called me again, and they said, we need Tyler's box for a cell phone. Like, what? We need the box, and I save everything. I knew it was in here somewhere. So I came back, and I like my whole house. And I found, like, three. Until I realized that Tyler's current phone that he has is actually a refurbished phone that he got a couple months ago, and that didn't come in a box. Taylor sent it to us in bubble wrap, you know, and then that Friday, I just stopped because, like I said, we're from Wilmington. There's, like, three different law enforcement agencies in this town. There's like, a Sadie's office, sheriff department, police department. I let them all know the situation, and I was like, really? I've been really, like, on edge also, because the night that we went out, I didn't take my purse, so I gave Tyler my ID to hold his wallet. So my ID is in there.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

So what do you think was on Tyler at the time he went missing? Cigarettes. Lighter.

[Brittany Davis]

Yeah, he had cigarettes. He had a lighter. He had on his wedding ring. He had his wallet.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

And also your credit card and your id.

[Brittany Davis]

He didn't have my bank card. He just had, like, the bank card. Well, because, like, his. His bank account is. Our bank accounts got, like, the most money in it, but, like, the bit. The one with all of our, you know, just money. He's got the credit card. He's got my id. He's got his id. Yeah.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

So back to the night that he goes missing. You know, you said that you went up to the hotel. So he's out of sight. His friend's out of sight. Is there any way that while you're not there, there was a confrontation between the two?

[Brittany Davis]

No.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

When his friend came back without Tyler, how was he acting? Was he acting funny?

[Brittany Davis]

No, he didn't. Well, and that's the thing, because obviously the situation is super crazy, and people are going to look at me, and they're going to look at our friend just because of the situation. But first off, neither of them are. They're not very confident. They're not confrontational people, you know what I mean? Like, they don't like, even raise their voice, really. They just don't. I've never seen any of them, like, again, I don't know his friend as well as he does, but I've never even seen Tyler get into any type of like, disagreement or like fight. You know what I mean? They've been, they've known each other for 10 plus years. They went to college together. They're really good friends. Tyler talks to him every day. They play a lot of online video games together. Like, he literally helped design my wedding ring. They've always been really close. You know, he's come over to our house multiple times. I don't think that it was. That he had any part in. I think it just was really a wrong time, this wrong situation. And at that time, like when we were doing it, like when all this was happening, obviously we didn't think it would be too, almost like, you know, over well over a month and we still wouldn't. We didn't think that was going to be the last time we saw him.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Well, and like we said, we're not saying the friend's name, but because you guys were the last to see him, there is going to be some suspicious. And you're putting out this information. Are you getting any backlash or harassment online?

[Brittany Davis]

It's been really bad because so when I didn't, I wasn't even able to do my first. I didn't even, even wasn't even able to get it out there until like March 13, you know, and by this point, we had already went and we'd passed out over 2,000 flyers. We went to so many different places and just there were so many people that are asking for stories, like, and I would. And I always tell, I always tell the same story, but it's like it doesn't matter what I tell the news or the media. It's like however the hell they want to spin it. Which isn't fair because I talked to like three or four different people and three or four different media pages have three or four different stories. So everybody looks at me like, why aren't you telling the fool? And I'm like, I am telling the fool. I am not writing these articles. Like, I'm not telling. I'm just trying to tell everybody what happened. Like, I'm trying to be honest. I'm trying to. I'M doing everything and anything I can to get my husband home.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

And while you're searching for clues and talking with the police, how has this been on you?

[Brittany Davis]

It's been awful on so many levels. Like, Tyler is my best friend and it sucks really bad when you're with somebody for so long and like, you're like, you get into a routine, you know what I mean? Like, you're used to coming home and being there. Like, you're used to them coming home to you every day. And it's just like, awful because I have, like, we have a really young son who asks for him every day. And for the first week and a half, he literally woke up every night at the time Tyler's supposed to get off work. And he would sit there and he would ask for his dad and he would be like, dad, dad, for hours. Last night he literally brought me. Aaron has like a, like an old PlayStation controller that Tyler gave him. It's broken. He would always sit there with Tyler while he would play his games and Aaron would have his little controller and he, like, brought me his controller and he was like, dada. Like, it's really hard because he's so young and it's not like I can't explain any of this to him. And then I go from being like a stay at home mom and a stay at home life to it's just me. So, like, I am a single parent. I am trying to be an advocate for my husband and I'm trying to like your story as public as I possibly can. And I'm trying to figure out. I've never had to pay all the bills before by myself. Like, I literally this, like last month was the first time I ever paid any of the bills, like, actually sat down. Like, I had things that I was responsible for, but I never sat down and paid the rent. You know what I mean? Like, he did all of that. And it's just, it's been a learning process. It's been really hard.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Yeah. And it just doesn't make any sense for somebody to up and vanish.

[Brittany Davis]

No. And that's the thing. And I keep. I'm like, trying so hard to like, let people know because I understand, like from the outside looking in, if I was just somebody that scrolled by and read this story, I'd be like, that's not right. Like something's wrong. Like, you know what I mean? But he's not. This is not the type of. He's not the type of person. He is a very responsible person. Like, he knows his Responsibilities. Like, he has always been such a wonderful husband. Like, I am spoiled. His. Aaron gets anything and everything. Like you. He's just a really good. He's a really good dad. My kid's not even two, and he knows there's. Like, he knows how to spell words. Like, there's words that he knows how to spell. Tyler has literally taught him so much stuff, and. And it just makes me feel like a bad mom because I genuinely feel like he, like, out of the two of us, like, he is a better parent. Like, he spends so much time with our son, and you can tell that he genuinely, like, enjoys to play with him for hours. Like, I'm not talking about somebody who gets down and, like, throws the ball with her kid for 15 minutes. Like, this is somebody who spends all of his time that he can with Aaron, and he loves every minute of it. Like, he's always told me he wanted to be a dad. He was so excited when he found out that Aaron was going to be a boy. He literally named my son after the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. Like, it's just mechanics, explain anything. I can't explain this stuff to anybody. You know what I mean? Like, it's like, yeah, you hear the story, but they don't know me. Like, they don't know my husband. Like, they don't know the type of life that we live. You know, it's like, we're not very exciting people. We don't go out and do stuff ever. And it just. It sucks to try to constantly, like, defend yourself and, like, defend everybody and. Because, you know, that's not what happened.

[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

Now.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Has Tyler's friend been cooperative with everybody?

[Brittany Davis]

Definitely. He's, you know, he's checked on me and Aaron multiple times. You know, we've been passing out flyers. Like, I've had a lot, a lot of help from all of our friends and all of our family, just, like, helping pass out flyers. We actually just did another round on what is today? Today is. We were on Saturday, so on Saturday, we did, like, another thousand flyers, and he's actually the closest one, you know, because he lives in Columbus. So there have been multiple times where I've called him, like, hey, I need you to go here. I've had a lot of people, like, donate flyers and stuff or, you know, stuff that he can do during the week. Such as? Like, there's a lot of homeless shelters in the area, and we've had all of them, but a lot of them have really weird hours. And he's super cool about dropping off Flyers at all of them. And then that one day we found that stuff out about Abbott Labs. And he left work immediately as soon as we found out and went directly there to just see what it looked like and what it looked like type stuff.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

In a lot of missing person cases, we don't have identifiers on somebody's body to identify them quickly. But with Tyler, he has kind of a unique birthmark.

[Brittany Davis]

Okay. Yeah. So Tyler has a really big birthmark on his right arm. It actually goes. It starts at the tips. Like, it starts on his hand, on the right hand, on his fingers. And it goes all the way up his arm, goes up to his shoulder. It goes to the top right of his chest and the top right of his back as well. It looks very large and it's red. So when he uses cold, it, like, changes to purple. Like, it changes colors, but it's very, very noticeable. So even if, like, you would. If he had. If you had to cover that up, you would have to wear, like, gloves, a long sleeve shirt, and, like, something around his neck.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

So what do you think happened to Tyler?

[Brittany Davis]

What do I think happened?

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

If you had to guess.

[Brittany Davis]

I mean, it's just this whole situation, it's really, really crazy to me. I really think my personal opinion, I think somebody took. There have been. Ohio is like, number four in human trafficking. There have been, like, five other men that went missing in Columbus around the same age as Tyler in the past, like, months, which blows my mind, because it's like, you don't see any of this stuff in the media. It's like I was asking one of the detectives, and he said something about, like, inducing panic. He was like, we don't want to induce panic. I'm like, we shouldn't be inducing panic. Like, people are literally getting taken. And I don't know why. It's like, all of a sudden, I think I'm just now really noticing it because I'm in this situation. But there are people that literally go missing every single day.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

If you could say something to Tyler right now and knew that he could hear you, what would you say to him?

[Brittany Davis]

I would tell him that I'm not ever giving up. Ever. Nobody can stop me trying to find him. I will find you. I really will find you. And I don't know what kind of situation you're in, but I just. I need you to get out of it, and I need you to be safe and I need you to get home. And I miss you so much. And I really. I really just. I'm just trying I'm just trying so hard to get you home. I miss my best friend and my son misses dad.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Again, we're very appreciative of Brittany Davis and her giving us a chance to talk with her and spread the word about her husband, Tyler Davis.

[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

And again, if you have any information regarding the missing persons case of Tyler Davis, please contact the Columbus Police Department at 614-645-4545 or contact the brain Tyler.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

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[Nick (True Crime Garage Host)]

And here's a little recommended reading for everybody out there. Please check out the book Anatomy of a False Confession. The interrogation and conviction of Brendan Dassey. And you don't have to write that title down. You can find that and all of our [e-mail] on the recommended page.

[Captain (True Crime Garage Co-host)]

Make sure you check out our old episodes on the Stitcher app and our show off the record on Stitcher Premium. Until next week, be good, be kind, and don't litter.

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