I am new to this case. I am from W. Bloomfield, MI but ended up in TN via Florida trying to make my way back home. I planned to stay 2 years, but have been here 17. Still trying to move home, but health issues have made selling my home impossible. I came to this site bc one of my best friends went missing from 12 Oaks Mall in Novi in 1983. She was 17. I miss her so much. I came across this case a couple weeks ago watching YouTube true crime stuff. I watched a WDIV documentary on these little boys disappearance and it just devastated me. So, I came to their page on Websleuths to see updates, and see if I could help with thoughts and ideas. I went to college for a degree in Law Enforcement. Just before finishing my 2nd year, I was violently assaulted by 3 men, and my injuries were bad enough, I could no longer follow my dream. But my want for justice in cases like this is as strong as ever. Since I am in TN, I am hoping if the boys were "given away" that whoever may have them may have come thru here, or even live here. Like I said before, I think truckers, or even truck stop working girls, may have seen them and not realized what was happening. It not hard to remember these 3 precious boys. I had just heard about these boys 2 weeks ago, and I'm a news hound. I think flyers need to be posted at truck stops, Waffle Houses and the like, along every major freeway from Mich to FL and across the country. I would gladly do the area from Chattanooga and Knoxville off I-75 and I-40. I will do anything I can to help find these boys. I had some questions though.
Has Mr. Skelton ever said who he gave the boys to? Or is it pretty much assumed he did something sinister or hired someone to do something sinister to the boys? I searched that area in Ohio via Google Earth and there are so many places they could be. His cell last pinged in that area and than it pinged at his house later? How long was his cellphone pinging away from the house? (i.e. how long was he, (his cell), in the Holiday City, OH area?
Also, were there any security cams along the way from Morenci to Holiday that captured anything? Somebody had to have seen something. Did they find any blood or shovels or anything like that at his residence? In his minivan? Were his tires muddy or any tireprints in muddy areas found anywhere that matched? Was his cell/computer confiscated and was anything found on the hard drive that was suspicious? How about his movements in the weeks leading up to their disappearance? Was he seen on any security cameras scouting areas or talking to people his ex didn't recognize? I still think our truckers and/or working girls at truck stops may have seen something. Not necessarily in MI or Holiday City, OH, but elsewhere. KY, IN, etc.
My questions may be redundant to stuff already posted, but like I said, this is all new to me. I wish we could get their story or a flyer to go national. Even at hospitals. Kids get sick. They would be almost adults now, but still.
What was Mr. Skelton found guilty of? How many years? I wonder why he won't open his trap and just tell investigators where the boys are? To punish his ex? Thats done. She has suffered more than he will ever understand. Heartless!!
