11-29-2010, 07:13 AM
my notes, the mom is a registered sex offender (post #5), offense took place 12 years ago, involved 13-year-old boy.
skelton was an unemployed trucker.
their house is in foreclosure.
they were divorcing.
as far as the mystery woman and the police "don't know whether she exists"---baloney. if they have checked his computer, emails, etc. they KNOW and have been in contact. nobody in their right mind is hiding the children for this nutjob father in the face of a major news story and Amber Alert.
Detroit Free Press early this monday morning:
MORENCI -- The soft sounds of music filled the United Methodist Church.
"God," the prayer began, "bring us a sense of hope and a sense of peace and a sense of comfort."
People who filled the pews and folding chairs Sunday night bowed their heads, ever so slightly, hoping for a safe return of three missing brothers, as Christmas lights dotted the church like tiny lanterns.
"We thank you," the prayer continued, "for community and what it means."
What it means in the rural town of Morenci on the southern border of Michigan was clear Sunday, as neighbors and friends fought back prickly bushes and stomped through brush in the woods, sloshed through creeks and drove four-wheelers down trails in search of the boys.
"Bonds of a small town," explained Buffy Nash, 33, as she walked with other volunteers by a field near Lime Creek Road.
The Skelton boys -- Andrew, 9, Alexander, 7, and Tanner, 5 -- went to their dad's house Wednesday and, by Friday, had disappeared. That day, their father, John Skelton, attempted suicide, survived and told police he had handed over his boys to a woman, officials said. But police say they have no information that the woman exists.
The community, still recovering from the death of a teen in a hunting accident last month, has come together again.
The support and willingness to give is no shock in this small town where pizza shops, an ice cream parlor and family-run businesses dot the downtown. It's a place where everyone knows everyone.
But as the search for the Skelton brothers draws out and questions linger, family members are left hoping and praying.
"In my heart I know my grandchildren are safe somewhere," Roxann Skelton, John Skelton's mother, said from her home in Jax. Florida. "I know those children are ... still with us."
volunteers sunday:
skelton was an unemployed trucker.
their house is in foreclosure.
they were divorcing.
as far as the mystery woman and the police "don't know whether she exists"---baloney. if they have checked his computer, emails, etc. they KNOW and have been in contact. nobody in their right mind is hiding the children for this nutjob father in the face of a major news story and Amber Alert.
Detroit Free Press early this monday morning:
MORENCI -- The soft sounds of music filled the United Methodist Church.
"God," the prayer began, "bring us a sense of hope and a sense of peace and a sense of comfort."
People who filled the pews and folding chairs Sunday night bowed their heads, ever so slightly, hoping for a safe return of three missing brothers, as Christmas lights dotted the church like tiny lanterns.
"We thank you," the prayer continued, "for community and what it means."
What it means in the rural town of Morenci on the southern border of Michigan was clear Sunday, as neighbors and friends fought back prickly bushes and stomped through brush in the woods, sloshed through creeks and drove four-wheelers down trails in search of the boys.
"Bonds of a small town," explained Buffy Nash, 33, as she walked with other volunteers by a field near Lime Creek Road.
The Skelton boys -- Andrew, 9, Alexander, 7, and Tanner, 5 -- went to their dad's house Wednesday and, by Friday, had disappeared. That day, their father, John Skelton, attempted suicide, survived and told police he had handed over his boys to a woman, officials said. But police say they have no information that the woman exists.
The community, still recovering from the death of a teen in a hunting accident last month, has come together again.
The support and willingness to give is no shock in this small town where pizza shops, an ice cream parlor and family-run businesses dot the downtown. It's a place where everyone knows everyone.
But as the search for the Skelton brothers draws out and questions linger, family members are left hoping and praying.
"In my heart I know my grandchildren are safe somewhere," Roxann Skelton, John Skelton's mother, said from her home in Jax. Florida. "I know those children are ... still with us."
volunteers sunday: