> didn't fit the pattern for matt. >> reporter: something innocent would explain matt's absence. >> i still had hope that it was something crazy. it was something, you know -- he'll show up. >> yes. something that we would laugh about. >> reporter: but just in case it wasn't that, matt's mother and girlfriend, after waiting the required 24 hours, went to matt's hometown police in chesterfield to get an official missing person case going. >> in the state here, just in case, we wanted to make sure someone was always here at the house. >> reporter: at first, chesterfield p.d. told the landrys it wasn't their case. they would need to go to the Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies."> > didn't fit the pattern for matt. >> reporter: something innocent would explain matt's absence. >> i still had hope that it was something crazy. it was something, you know -- he'll show up. >> yes. something that we would laugh about. >> reporter: but just in case it wasn't that, matt's mother and girlfriend, after waiting the required 24 hours, went to matt's hometown police in chesterfield to get an official missing person case going. >> in the state here, just in case, we wanted to make sure someone was always here at the house. >> reporter: at first, chesterfield p.d. told the landrys it wasn't their case. they would need to go to the Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies." property="og:description"> > didn't fit the pattern for matt. >> reporter: something innocent would explain matt's absence. >> i still had hope that it was something crazy. it was something, you know -- he'll show up. >> yes. something that we would laugh about. >> reporter: but just in case it wasn't that, matt's mother and girlfriend, after waiting the required 24 hours, went to matt's hometown police in chesterfield to get an official missing person case going. >> in the state here, just in case, we wanted to make sure someone was always here at the house. >> reporter: at first, chesterfield p.d. told the landrys it wasn't their case. they would need to go to the Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies.">