**my apologies for being way behind and that some of the posts I'm replying to are possibly not in numeric order**
Well, she certainly gave him more freedom than a lot of 13 year olds have, he was accustomed to wandering around all day and then calling her to tell her where he was "landing" at night. I can't see her being all that concerned with knowing what t.v. channels he was watching. She makes it sound like MTV was the ONLY thing he ever watched, but I've seen several parents on here saying it's way too explicit and they don't let their own kids that age watch it. I have no idea because I've never watched it myself. Was she with him 24/7? Can she absolutely swear that he NEVER watched Nick channels? NO, she can't. I'm not bashing her one bit, but that is just unrealistic to make that kind of claim.
I could sit here and say that none of my boys ever looked at *advertiser censored*, but in truth, I never SAW them do it, but I can't say they NEVER did.
Regarding the opinion of Elaine just not being all that concerned about what her son's activities were..and using the COMPLETELY TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT paraphrasing of Dylan's "landing" randomly somewhere for the night and calling to let her know..
IMO the fact that this is TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT is IMO altering and changing the entire meaning of the "paraphrased" statement that Elaine Redwine made on NG..
THE CONTEXT FOR WHICH THIS STATEMENT WAS MADE WAS SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSING ELAINE'S COMMUNICATION WITH HER SON, DYLAN WHILE IN HIS FATHER'S CARE/CUSTODY..
She is stating what her "regular/normal" pattern of communication was with her son, Dylan WHILE HE WAS NOT IN HER CARE/CUSTODY(therefor very literally NOT EVEN IN THE SAME TOWN/CITY as her at that time), BUT RATHER WAS IN THE CARE/CUSTODY OF STAYING WITH HIS FATHER, MARK REDWINE. This IMO is important due to the fact that when TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT as in above post it is assigned completely different and IMO therefor INACCURATE MEANING to the statement that Elaine Redwine made on NG.
Regarding statements made about her child's likes and dislikes.. IMO comparing it to your child watching *advertiser censored* is IMO likening apples to baked potatoes..IOW not even up for comparison, IMO.. While kids watching *advertiser censored* has negative conotations, kids watching Nick does NOT.. Its not a claim originating from a form of denial due to shame..its a claim simply based upon knowing what her own son's likes/dislikes are and what are his regular viewing preferances..jmo
My son is very near Dylan in age and I can say with certainty that my son does not watch Nick due to it not being a preferance of his .. instead there are other channels that my son ALWAYS WATCHES. I know this due to the fact that as his mother who resides with him in the home sees on a day to day basis, I can state that Nick is not a channel he'd be interested in watching.
Now does that all alone and by itself make anything for absolute certainty NEGATED WRT what MR alleges that Dylan was watching that morning?..NO, it does not. It simply shows that Nick was not a channel that Dylan Redwine preferred to watch. Imo a mother is absolutely qualified to make such a statement about her son..
In the grand scheme of things its just yet another issue that to many people raises yet another possible red flag where Mark and his accounts are concerned..
But.. IMO taking Elaine's words completely out of context alters/changes the meaning assigned to those words.. therefor giving an inaccurate meaning to her statements.jmo
No it is not common for the judge to speak with the child.
When ER was asked about it by MB ER stated she did not know.
Thus I must ask who brought the concerns to the attention of the Court.
The judge, if they are looking for the truth from the child, would appoint legal representation for the child, separate of both parents.
I was that child, and my deal with the judge was that no one, including lawyers and CPS would ever see what I said.
More so jumping off from the points discussed in the above posts regarding Dylan's sealed testimony.. imo a (GAL)guardian ad litem(legal representation SOLELY for the minor child, completely seperate from either parent) is not assigned to a child when a judge is looking to get the truth from the child. A GAL is assigned to a child when the courts believe that the minor child's best interest is being compromised by their parents(AS IN BOTH, meaning neither parent is acting in that child's best interest)..that is not the case here..
Dylan's situation is NOT AT ALL UNCOMMON as far as his being taken into chambers and discussing WITH THE JUDGE PRIVATELY what his personal wishes are, and why or why not he believes those expressed wishes are in his best interest.. At Dylan's age many judges take great consideration into the words of the older child whose custody is being determined by that judge.. AGAIN THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON.
WRT to the above stating that Elaine did not know and questioning then who was it that brought these concerns before the court.. <---this IMO is not accurate..
Elaine did not know what?..There is nothing indicating that Elaine was unaware of concerns brought to the judge, IMO nothing whatsoever indicating such..in fact when Melissa Blasius was so badly wanting to know what it was that Dylan said in those chambers to the judge and asking Elaine wasn't she dying to know as well, Elaine very simply replied that she knew what was said by Dylan to the judge.. IMO she knew due to her being an involved mom who in fact did have a very close, open relationship AND dialogue with her youngest son, Dylan..she knew that her son was speaking privately with the judge and she knew exactly why her son was speaking privately with the judge..
The fact that it was private, as well as the fact that these private statements would be sealed is what allows the child to speak with such open honesty without any fear of negative consequences from either parent, period! Protecting the child from speaking any truth that one of the parents would find displeasing and therefor the possible negative consequences for the child's honesty to the judge. The sealing of these private statements made are necessary.
She told Melissa Blasius that the judge sealed them, yet LE had full, open access to them therefor whatever Dylan stated was fully known to LE in case anything stated could be of any assistance in the investigation into what has happened to him.
Everything stated by Elaine Redwine WRT the sealed statements made by Dylan to the judge IMO were upfront, honest, and IMO extremely difficult to be misconstrued into her being unaware of anything related to the sealed statements of her youngest son, Dylan. Jmo.
Oh DEE ! Nice find ! Here we have batted around dozens of times the mail lady sighting ! and MR thinking ER took DR from inside his house ! and the two cannot be done at the same time right ?
Genius ! Thank you .
ETA IF MR believes ER took Dylan, then the mail lady's sighting is null and void because Dylan would be gone by that time with ER back to wherever she stashed him. If MR believes the mail lady saw him, then ER could not have taken him as he was still in the area at 2:30 pm ! Again DEE,, thanks for being alert !
*I am posting the ^above^ for reference with the post below being a direct reply to it*
In my opinion, maybe if he thinks Dylan went with someone at Elaine's behest both scenarios could still be true.
While I can see that this in theory may seem plausible, but IMO the actual facts of the mail person's acct IMO make it not possible.
Just the logistics of the sighting mean that this person in theory that is abducting Dylan at Elaine's behest just happened to come by at this exact time of him taking this walk.. but most importantly its the fact that the mail person's acct includes his WALKING WITH ANOTHER BOY OF A SIMILAR AGE...
IMO that not only discounts the possibility that someone at Elaine's behest abducted Dylan due to that leaving behind an extremely credible witness of Dylan getting in the car and leaving with someone who had driven up while they were out walking.. IMO that fact also IMO negates the mail person's acct in full..
IMO its quite likely why LE discredited the mail person's acct due to it involving another Individual that would have been able to corroborate the mail person's acct that Dylan was alive and well out walking the afternoon of Monday, 11/19.. Along with the fact that this other individual, the boy walking alongside "Dylan" would have thereby been the last to have been verifiably seen with Dylan prior to his disappearance..
IMO had that been the case it would be well documented and known publicly due to it being a main staple of the facts of the disappearance..
The mail person's acct involving another kid IMO was likely to have also assisted in LE being able to discredit the sighting as having been DYLAN.. LE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EASILY LOCATE ONE, OR BOTH OF THESE KIDS TO LEARN THE ACTUAL IDENTITY OF THE BOYS.. THEREFOR RULING OUT THAT IT WAS DYLAN THAT THE MAIL PERSON SAW THAT AFTERNOON OF 11/19.
IMO there is more than enough known about this sighting that makes the sighting quite easily corroborated or discredited as having been Dylan Redwine..and IMO its exactly why LE were very early on able to discredit it as having been an actual sighting of Dylan..jmo, tho.