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 . State Department officials have questioned the veracity of the video , which purports to show Tice in the custody of rebels fighting the Syrian government . He was reported missing by the US State Department on September 30 after he failed to return from a trip to Turkey. 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 . He was reported missing by the US State Department on September 30 after he failed to return from a trip to Turkey. The Syrian government has said it does n't know where the journalist is .