11-30-2010, 06:31 PM
TOLEDO, OHIO -- The father of three missing brothers from Morenci, Michigan has been charged with parental kidnapping.
John Skelton, 39, is being held in the Lucas County Jail after being charged in the case which has gripped communities across northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.
Crews continue to search for Skelton's three young sons, 5-year-old Tanner, 7-year-old Alexander, and 9-year-old Andrew. The boys were last seen in the backyard of Skelton's Morenci home on Thanksgiving Day. They were reported missing by their mother on Friday, the same say Skelton told authorities he gave the boys to a woman who was to take them back to their mother's home. Skelton told investigators that he did not want his sons in the house when he attempted to kill himself.
Skelton survived a suicide attempt and had been at a Toledo-area hopsital until his arrest by FBI agents Tuesday afternon. Meanwhile, a search for the young Skelton brothers continues in Morenci and across the Ohio border in Williams County.
According to sources, Morenci Police say John Skelton has admitted to FBI profilers that he killed his sons; however, authorities will only confirm that statements made my Skelton lead them to believe there will not be a positive outcome to the case.
Anyone who would harm a child should die a slow painful death.