ER stated that he has a landline and internet. Now could he have not paid his bill and both had been shut off? That's certainly a possibility. That or the lines were down....sure it's possible. BUT again that would mean so many odd coincidences when a little boy goes missing. His phone battery or phone dies AND MR's internet is not working AND his landline is not working? Way too many coincidences for me...and honestly IMO absolutely absurd to imagine all these things happening when Dylan goes missing.
Thanks for the info. I am still stuck on possible reasons for Dylan to have ventured out of the house after dad left that morning (other than boredom which is my gut instinct).
I have a land line at my home mainly for my alarm system. When my cordless phone bit the dust 18 months ago I never bothered buying a new one because I primarily use my cell phone for all communication. I'm weird so I won't lump anyone else into that potential scenario.
However - I will state that my internet, cable tv and land line are a bundled package. If one of the service features goes out then the other two do as well.
It isn't too hard to imagine that maybe Dylan's phone/battery died and wouldn't re-charge and that he may not have even been aware that it wasn't recharging until he work up the next morning after dad left.
Dad leaves, Dylan gets up perhaps not long after... picks up his phone and discovers it is inoperable. Dang... can't remember R's phone number so I guess I'll have some cereal and watch some tv for a bit... cable goes out. Now there is nothing to watch on tv and because the cable is out the internet isn't working and neither is the land line.
A wild coincidence? Perhaps... or perhaps not. How often does the service go out in a rural area? I'm not rural but mine goes out at random more often than I like and it is ALWAYS when I am in the middle of watching something or on-line. The point is that it may not be an isolated incident and would provide a reason for a bored 13 year old to go out to play and/or possibly walk to a neighbors house to ask to use their phone... of course a 13 year old boy could develop cabin fever or boredom within 5 minutes regardless of what is on tv.
Some weirdo drives by who knows Dylan and/or dad (or claims to) and offers him a ride into town or to use his phone - "
Go grab your things and I'll take you. You can use my phone to call your dad to tell him or I'll call him while you run inside to get your things, I've got his number in my phone."
It also isn't too difficult to theorize that Dylan could have dropped his phone by accident that morning and broke it (I hate to count how many phones I've done this to). No phone = no ability to look up phone numbers.
Dylan's primary contact with his friend was through texting. If the friend was at his grandma's Dylan probably would not know who to ask for through 411 directory assistance from the land line. Maybe he tried and we just don't know.
FWIW... I change my wifi and computer passwords fairly often but again I'm weird but I doubt I am the only person on the planet that does this.
Assuming we can take the word of the FMDR FB page posted by the admin that dad's trucks were returned to him within a day or two tells me that there was zero forensic evidence found to indicate blood, struggle or that a body was transported in it. If they had any inkling or potential evidence no matter how tiny it may have been they would absolutely NOT return them.
JMO...
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