This case makes me so sad, and I hate to post anything publicly that points to a negative conclusion, because I want to allow the family to keep some hope and remain optimistic always, but that being said, I just feel like the case is going in the wrong direction due to understandable denial and the wish for James to somehow still be okay, even though he's now been missing for something like a year and a half.
And one critical piece of evidence that was reported on fairly early by MSM, so not just a rumor, continues to be overlooked, forgotten, ignored or misinterpreted imo, and to me, that evidence is the one thing that explains it all. The problem is that it points to a bad outcome for James, which I realize is not what the family wants or is ready to admit, imo.
So I hate to bring it up, but it's been this long, and this piece of evidence to me is so clear, that I really feel it's time to give it its due, despite its negative connotations. Because James did leave behind what can only be called, in my opinion, a suicide note. It's not written though; it's audio. But other than it not being in the traditional form that that kind of note is usually left in, it otherwise says pretty much what you would expect a note of that type to say, traditionally. It's really very clear, imo, heartbreakingly so.
James was only 13, IIRC, which is younger than the average age of teens who take their own lives, but it's certainly something we do sometimes see unfortunately. It happens to some children even as young as James. And when you have this kind of message left behind, I just don't know what else to interpret it as. So, here's part of an MSM report that includes part of that final message that James left behind the day he disappeared:
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A video James is believed to have posted on social media the night he left home began circulating online. He's heard making comments about being scared and sad.
He says, "For everyone who cares about me, it's not their fault. It's no one's fault. It's my fault."
James added, "I’m not processing anything. My brain is... something happened to it."
What James was trying to explain in the video is still unclear.
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OK so... yeah, very sad. I seem to recall reading more of it than that, long time ago, so that may not be all there was, but I'll have to look and see if I can find it. But even just from that small part, I feel like that can't really be interpreted any other way, and we may not know where his body is, but imo, we know what likely happened to him. And he just hasn't been found yet, which we know can happen even after extensive, diligent searching. His dad said there was a gun missing from his work, and LE reported that James visited dad's work twice by himself the night he went missing.
There's more in this article, which is also where the excerpt above came from, but I'll look for the rest of his message elsewhere now and post if found:
In video 27 News is sharing with the public for the very first time, 13-year-old James Yoblonski is seen, alone, leaving his family's Reedsburg home roughly seven months ago.
www.wkow.com