If the ground is wet and your back yard or whatever is like dirt or clay I'd look for tracks but he could have just went too far and got lost
I had been trying to track him all day, following paths of broken branches and paw prints but the trails all end cold
Guys he's lying. He's looking for sympathy.
sympathy is the appropriate desire of one whom recently lost their only friend
I don't know how you would come to the conclusion of my lying but as my proof is the lack of a cat there doesn't really seem to be a way for me to state otherwise.