On Nov. 26, 2010, the day after Thanksgiving, the boys' mother told Morenci policethat her husband, John Skelton, was supposed to bring the children back to her. But he never did.
An Amber Alert was issued, and the FBI came to town as massive searches spanning down through Ohio began.
John Skelton's original story was that he gave the boys to a group. This part of the case is still a mystery.
The boys are missing and a group has never been found or come forward. Since then, the father's stories have changed.
John Skelton is currently sitting in a jail cell at Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia, Michigan, on an unlawful imprisonment charge.
John Skelton claimed he was trying to keep his boys out of harm's way. The boys' mother was charged with fourth-degree criminal misconduct in the late 1990s for having sex with a 14-year-old boy. John Skelton said she was abusing her own sons, but she said that's not true.
https://www.clickondetroit.com/miss...s-7-years-after-father-says-he-gave-them-away