11-12-2011, 01:29 PM
the sad truth
Seattle Times
Up until Thursday, Solomon Metalwala had been clinging to the idea his 2-year-old son was alive.
He made TV appearances, went to court and made plans to hand out fliers with photos of his missing son.
He was convinced his estranged wife, Julia Biryukova, had hidden the boy with a relative or friend to spite him because of their ongoing custody battle.
"She has done something with him to hurt me," he said earlier this week.
Police, too, have been operating on the presumption Sky Elijah Metalwala is alive.
But with the passage of time, Metalwala is beginning to fear his son may no longer be alive, and he sobbed inconsolably for three hours Thursday night, his attorney, Leslie Clay Terry III, said Friday.
Police, too, say hopes dim as time passes.
Bellevue police Maj. Mike Johnson said the child's death "is a real possibility," given the amount of time that's passed.
"The reality of this is that Sky may have fallen into some very unfortunate circumstances," he said Friday. "As much as we don't like to think about it or talk about it, it's a reality."
Johnson reiterated that police are "baffled" by Biryukova's story and "frustrated with the lack of information coming from her."
Seattle Times
Up until Thursday, Solomon Metalwala had been clinging to the idea his 2-year-old son was alive.
He made TV appearances, went to court and made plans to hand out fliers with photos of his missing son.
He was convinced his estranged wife, Julia Biryukova, had hidden the boy with a relative or friend to spite him because of their ongoing custody battle.
"She has done something with him to hurt me," he said earlier this week.
Police, too, have been operating on the presumption Sky Elijah Metalwala is alive.
But with the passage of time, Metalwala is beginning to fear his son may no longer be alive, and he sobbed inconsolably for three hours Thursday night, his attorney, Leslie Clay Terry III, said Friday.
Police, too, say hopes dim as time passes.
Bellevue police Maj. Mike Johnson said the child's death "is a real possibility," given the amount of time that's passed.
"The reality of this is that Sky may have fallen into some very unfortunate circumstances," he said Friday. "As much as we don't like to think about it or talk about it, it's a reality."
Johnson reiterated that police are "baffled" by Biryukova's story and "frustrated with the lack of information coming from her."