O.k. - O.k. Hello again everyone! I have been reading some post, and would like to thank those who are taking the time to read about my brother.
There does seem to be some confusion, so maybe I can help clarify.
Robert is not the type of person to run from paying his child support. Robert is not the type of person, who would go without seeing his children. I DO understand how 'dead beat' dad's think and act, being that I have children from just those types of people.
Robert LOVES children, and if you care to take a look at his MySpace page, and click on his pics, you will see, that just about EVERY photo of my brother, had if not his child, then one of mine in the photo with him.
His first ex wife, never pushed the whole CS thing. One reason why, is because, if she needed anything she just asked. ALSO, she got real sick, and therefore gave Robert custody of thier two children, so she could heal and recover. Being no CS was being paid, this actually helped both parties. A kinda you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours thing.
Ok,.....Now to what is the second ex wife. Robert had just signed the divorce papers. His divorce had not even been finalized yet, when he dissappeared. So, Robert was not behind on that child support, because it had not even started yet.
Another thing............the second ex-wife, has stated, (I'm not sure if it's true), that the divorce never went through due to him being reported missing. But then, there are other times she states that it did go through. Anyway,....that ex-wife does NOT have custody of ANY of her children now, due to HEAVY drug use. So, now Robert's two daughter's with ex #2 are living with thier grandmother in MO.
I really can't express enough how much Robert loved his children, and his family. LaChlynd was his little princess, and Cali was his baby girl. His boys, were his boys; he wrestled with them, and rode the go-cart around with them, flew kites, and played football with them. The last night that ANY of us saw Robert, he had just wired LaChlynd $70.00 for some tights she needed for dance class, and for her tee-ball uniform. This was not a man trying to get out of his 'obligations'. Robert IS NOT your dead'beat Dad. Oh my god, I just wish you could have seen him with all of those babies! There are pictures of him on his MySpace, with ALL of his children (including his adopted daughter, AND his two step-son's), playing on the beach, and building sand castles at Tybee Island.
Now, he wasn't perfect, he made mistakes, I believe we all do. But it's not a cut and dry case here. That "is not about it", and it wasn't about "'much less" or "CS". You are all entitled to your thoughts, and I am appreciative of your imput, thank you so much. BUT, there is a MUCH LARGER, BIGGER picture than what we can see.
BTW - - I feel like I need to let the people on here know something else that did happen a mere 6 days before he left. While he was outside playing football with my boys, I got a phone call, from the soon to be 2nd ex-wife. She told me that there was a 'hit' out on Robert, and these people would take out anyone in their way, including my children. She said, so, you might want to call the boys inside the house to keep them safe. She was MO at that time, and I had not told her Robert and them was outside, but everytime she did call me, she knew what we were doing, or if we had company. Anyway, I called Robert inside, to ask him about what she had said. Robert told me "naw, she's just trying to start , she wants our attention on her. Please sis, you know better, don't listen to that". With that, he went back out, and continued to play football. That happened on Sunday, March 6th, 2005. Sometime during that week, Robert got a phone call, of a job offering, in TN. They told him he would be paid $1800 for just four days of work. He was excited, but we told him something didn't sound right. That was alot of money to make in only four days of landscaping work. He just said, now it was cool, these guys said they would even pick him up, and take him there, and he would be back in 4 days. That Saturday night, (March 12, 2005), when he met with them, that was the last time ANYONE saw him, or heard from him. So, now, we continue our search for him, and are asking for everyones help, and opinion/thoughts/ideals/tips/leads.