Dylan Redwine Case Discussion Thread/Dylan's Remains Found

[SCHMAE]

Yup, a road trip to Boston in August and then a visit in September. Selective memory is at play here. To those who forget think it's been a long time. His mother moved away in September and he was visiting his father in September. Then he visited his father in November.

So it seems he was visiting with his father pretty regularly. IMO.

Right Seajay. It is " MONTHS" ago now, but in November it was only two months ago !

 

[ShyViolet]

Yup, a road trip to Boston in August and then a visit in September. Selective memory is at play here. To those who forget think it's been a long time. His mother moved away in September and he was visiting his father in September. Then he visited his father in November.

So it seems he was visiting with his father pretty regularly. IMO.

Or different perspectives. I would call two months between visits a very long time for a parent and child. However, iirc that even MR has said he did not see Dylan as regularly the last couple of years due to his work schedule. moo

 

[coeurfragile]

Oh dear. I just came back from vacation to this sad news

Rest easy, Dylan. I am disheartened that it wasn't simply an accident, either. That may have made the news easier to swallow. All we can pray for now is an arrest, and justice.

 

[Ausgirl]

Not so much 'selective memory' or 'forgetting' - it's that a couple months between visits just seems like a fairly long time to me. A lot can change in two months, especially when there's tension in the family and teenagers involved.

Maybe Dylan was getting sick of playing 'peacemaker'...

What I don't know is how frequent visits were prior to that.

 

[cluciano63]

Can anyone offer some insight as far as why Dylan's remains were located/confirmed/tested/released(wait, have they?) so quickly, yet Hailey Dunn's took months and have yet to be released?

just curious, tia.

Who knows, except to say that when they found Dylan's remains, IMO, they knew at once it was him, due to whatever led them to that spot. And also. Since they found so little...they probably could not do much other than match the DNA. With Hailey, they may still be trying to determine a cause of death, tox, etc.

 

[Tink56]

BBM: I would do the same thing. I wouldn't be able to bear the thought of part of my child being out there still. I would want as much of him as possible found and put in one place, not scattered all over a mountainside and always wonder every time I looked at it how much more of my child there was out there. jmo

I can understand that desire. Probably every loving parent would what to protect his/her child regardless of the circumstances.

My criticism of Mark was related-IMO...MOO-to the implication that HE was going to find their child--not LE, not his wife. HE is concerned about a proper burial.

As I have read about similar discoveries of bodies left for long periods of time in the open, high elevations, rugged country...whatever physical description works...where there is wildlife...often there is little left for the families to bury. (Yes, shoes and clothing have been ripped apart, eaten, and destroyed by the elements.) It is extremely sad, but LE worked for a total of 5 days--at least 40 trained personnel--and they couldn't find anything else.

Perhaps it is Mark's initial shock or his way of reacting to the finality of the discovery, but..IMO...there was a implied criticism that others were not following his lead in this quest.

 

[vasportsmom]

Or different perspectives. I would call two months between visits a very long time for a parent and child. However, iirc that even MR has said he did not see Dylan as regularly the last couple of years due to his work schedule. moo

I also consider 2 months a very long time to go without having visitation with your child. That certainly isn't the norm. I have never went more than 2 days without seeing my youngest (my oldest has attended week long football camps and DECA trips).

 

[caffeinejean]

Can anyone, from all the pictures, all the video, show me one picture with Dylan having a cell phone in his hand?

I have sat here for 7 months listening to Dylan being tech savvy, generational, and in ONE interview, Cory stated he loved hiking, throwing the football, camping.

7 months of listening to this. Then in a 3 minute clip, from Cory's own mouth, he liked hiking, camping, throwing the football????????????

:stormingmad:

This is a late reply, but without a picture, I put together a real visual during Tricia's show. Mark said Dylan was on his cell phone in the truck on the drive home texting his friends about his plans. And then MR argued and argued and argued with LE that Dylan was on his cell phone, or iPod or computer texting friends, using Facebook, or playing games on these devices during the movie and after.
Sounds like a tech-savy kid that Mark witnessed himself. No picture needed.
I think he liked sports and the outdoors too, and especially these activities with his friends.

 

[cluciano63]

Whether they got along or not, saw each other a lot or not...does not rule in or out the chances of something having happened on that Sunday night, IMO. There is a reason Dylan stopped all communications. I can only think he had no choice.

 

[Janeumayer]

This young man R, was Dylan's friend. What does Dylan's friend state about Dylan's relationship with his father? One has to love kids. This young man has NO agenda.

Take the time to listen to what he states.

http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico/alb ... index.html

Cannot play the video! I am sure its just mine, can someone transcribe what he said re. MR's and Dylan's relationship? TIA

 

[ColdHands]

I also consider 2 months a very long time to go without having visitation with your child. That certainly isn't the norm. I have never went more than 2 days without seeing my youngest (my oldest has attended week long football camps and DECA trips).

Your ex probably didn't move away with your children. Many kids spend school year with one parent and summers with the other.

 

[Seajay]

Cannot play the video! I am sure its just mine, can someone transcribe what he said re. MR's and Dylan's relationship? TIA

RN said that he has spent the night with Dylan at his father's before and they had fun, that Dylan and his Dad got along well, you could tell they were close. Paraphased, of course.

 

[katydid23]

Make an arrest already! :waiting: :banghead: :banghead:
Dylan needs justice. We also need some kind of "peace" here in this forum.
lease:

How is your beautiful baby with the chubby cheeks? :baby: :heartbeat:

 

[Seajay]

Your ex probably didn't move away with your children. Many kids spend school year with one parent and summers with the other.

When parents live in different parts of the state and they both work, and the kids go to school, it's not always feasible to see the kids regularly. When my grandkids were small, their parents each lived in two different states. Their father saw them about once every 4 or 5 months, that's all they could afford to do at the time.

 

[cluciano63]

MR may have been one person sober and another when drinking, like so many people are. So perhaps when he was sober, they got along great? And not great at other times?

 

[katydid23]

“What I want her to know is that I’m feeling the same pain that she is and I’m trying to reach out to her for the benefit of my son,” Mark Redwine said. “To be able to try to put apart our differences aside long enough to ensure that he’s given a proper memorial and we plan what to do with his remains so he can have a proper resting place.”


He is beginning to sound like a broken record, imo, with his needing to reach out to his ex 'for his son's benefit.' Sorry to break it to you Mark, but NOTHING you can do anymore will materially benefit your son, Dylan. Too late for that manipulation. JMO

 

[ColdHands]

Cannot play the video! I am sure its just mine, can someone transcribe what he said re. MR's and Dylan's relationship? TIA

Reporter: RN, who stayed overnight at Redwine's house says he never sensed any tension between father and son.

R: when I was around with Dylan and his father, uh, when I was around them they seemed like, uh, best friends, I mean they were really close.

 

[katydid23]

Also, from reading D's texts to his friend R, it sounds like Dylan AVOIDED complaining about his father. He texted R that he wasn't coming over that night, but he never said " "Cant come tonight-my dad's a jerk." R had to ask him if his dad said no, and he confirmed, but just said he didnt know why, when R asked for the reason.

So that makes me think he might have painted a rosier picture of the relationship to his friends, just to make things simple. JMO

 

[Ronso]

It's very possible that in mixed company, they got along great. My mother, for example, is a hateful, miserable woman. Her family knows, because it's full-on around us. However, when our friends came over, they always thought my mom was so nice and wonderful, and so great. And her and I just seemed to get along SOOOOO well... and some people I told the truth to. The ones that didn't know thought I had a shining relationship with my mother.

It could be one, or it could be the other. It could be neither scenario. Unfortunately we just don't know.

 

[katydid23]

Reporter: Nava, who stayed overnight at Redwine's house says he never sensed any tension between father and son.

R: when I was around with Dylan and his father, uh, when I was around them they seemed like, uh, best friends, I mean they were really close.

But we know that was not the case in the most recent visits. Mark himself admitted there was tension and Dylan was acting sullen and distant, and they disagreed on most of the night's decisions.