Besides hoping and praying with all my might that they find Dylan, who has absolutely captured my heart, I am finding many of the peripheral aspects of this case fascinating, albeit puzzling. And this perception of Dylan's mother baffles me.
Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems to me that Elaine Redwine sent her beautiful, 13-year old son to spend Thanksgiving with his father. It was a trip he did _not_ want to take; a fact confirmed today by Dylan's aunt, with his brother also confirming that he wasn't an outdoorsy kind of kid.
From what I have read, Ms. Redwine has a good job, one in which a healthy sense of responsibility and good interpersonal relationships would be mandatory, and has been employed steadily for years. Further, if her elder son is any indication, she has raised two lovely, well-mannered boys who seem very bonded with her.
So, back to the story: Dylan's mom did what the court said she must do, and put her son on an airplane. Less than two hours after landing, she received a text that was to be her last communication with him (assuming it was indeed written by him).
Dylan's father _chose_ to spend the first day of his son's short visit tending to errands, including visiting his divorce attorney, which was certainly his prerogative. Somehow, some way, however, something happened during the first 24 hours of Dylan's visit to his father, and that beautiful child was disappeared.
And while Dylan's mother and his brother drove up to help in the search, his father _chose_ not to communicate -- not even with his son.
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How sad.
''.............see?
