Nels Wroe, the brother of Amy Wroe Bechtel, 25, who vanished July 24 in the Loop Road area of the Shoshone National Forest, told Wyoming Public Radio on Thursday that Steve Bechtel is the last hope for the relatives of his sister.
"Right now, the key to (finding Amy Bechtel) lies in his head," Wroe said. "And I don't mean that in some weird, dime-store novel kind of way. But he is the closest person that we have to Amy - physically, that he was the closest when she disappeared, and of the relationship for the past two years ... by being husband and wife."
Steve Bechtel in August stopped answering questions from authorities investigating the disappearance of his wife on the advice of his attorney.
It is critical that Bechtel allow himself to be interviewed by authorities, Wrote said.
"Without knowing his side, things look scary," Wroe said. "There is probably something there that even he doesn't realize, that unless he can help us get that information ... he's our last hope right now."
Wroe also wants Steve Bechtel to fill in some missing information and resolve a few major issues with law enforcement authorities who are searching for Amy Bechtel.
"There's some things the FBI has presented to our immediate family that are disturbing without getting to hear Steve's side of the story," he said. "Steve has to answer some of these questions for us so we can move on in the investigation."
Wroe said everyone - including Steve Bechtel - is working hard to stay together as a family as they work to solve this heartbreaking mystery.