Elaine Redwine told NG “If Dylan didn’t keep in touch with her and respond to her messages she would take his phone away so he would definitely always get in touch with her”. In Mark’s interview with MB, he said after Dylan moved to CS he contacted his son at least once a week but Dylan didn’t respond to his messages because his environment wasn’t conductive for that. Shortly after Mark picked up Dylan at the airport, Dylan stopped texting on his cell phone and it disappeared along with Dylan. The only text Elaine received from Dylan was right after Mark picked Dylan up at the airport.
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Starting about noon on Sunday, Dylan and Ryan carried on a constant stream of banter as the boys made plans to hang out as soon as possible. Mark claims Dylan wasn’t responding to his texts after he moved to CS and they had no real plans for the holiday. Mark said he didn’t know Dylan’s flight was rescheduled. Dylan was excited about seeing his friends, not his father, and Elaine won primary custody of Dylan shortly before Dylan attended a court-ordered visitation in November. Mark seems to be saying he never or seldom heard from Dylan after he texted him in CS. Mark also said he didn’t see Dylan again after they returned from their vacation in August until the custody hearing on September 21st.
Dylan immediately responded to the texts Ryan sent at 6:43 pm and 7:09 pm so why did it take Dylan 16 minutes, until 8:01 pm, to respond to the text Ryan sent at 7:45 pm?
At 8:01 pm Mark and Dylan were in the truck and close to home and as far as we know,
a crime was not committed in Mark’s house. Dylan didn’t answer Ryan’s text message at 9:27 pm yet in Mark’s interview with MB, he said Dylan was texting Sunday night while they were watching the movie and when he ran upstairs to bed around 10 pm. Afaik, none of these texts from Dylan were released by LE so did Dylan have his cell phone and was he texting during the movie? Mark said he was pacing the floor and could not concentrate on the movie but he told MB it was a really bad movie and he didn't know the name of it.
When Ryan asked Dylan why they couldn’t meet Sunday evening, Dylan didn’t know so imo Mark wasn’t being open and forthcoming with Dylan about what was really going on inside his head when he picked Dylan up at the airport and frankly in the picture of Dylan at the airport, he appears tense so maybe he was afraid how his father would react when he saw him and he wasn't sure what to expect from him.
Mark mentioned Dylan wasn’t allowed to play football when his mother moved him to CS because he needed a physical examination and he has stated several times publicly that Elaine is an unfit mother so Mark was actively fighting for custody of Dylan when he disappeared in spite of the Court’s decision.
None of this proves Mark hurt Dylan but it is strong circumstantial evidence.
MO
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