Marc and Austin : `` We urge you , whoever you are : Let Austin come home for Christmas '' Austin last contacted his family on Christmas while in U.S. . The State Department has said it believes he was detained by American officials . The Syrian government has said it does n't know where the journalist is .
Marc and Debra Tice : `` We urge you , whoever you are : Let Austin come home for Christmas '' Austin Tice last contacted his family on August 13 while in Syria . The State Department has said it believes he was detained by Syrian officials . The Syrian government has said it does n't know where the journalist is .