Pardon my post if I'm off a little. I am new to this site.
I've read each of your posts. Just want to say thank you for all the kind, heartfelt and compassionate words. This is truly maddening. I hope there is a huge public outcry when the bastards are found out!
Have a few things to get off my chest.
First, The house on Southdale looks like a landfill. If you check this address on google maps and look at the street level view, then move your green guy to the street behind the home. There is nothing around this place for miles and 3-4 houses in a row appear to have their backyard in common. This place is a trash hole and could easily be a meth lab or God knows what. Sad part is there are kids that live/lived here too. Perhaps they are already safe in CPS custody.
2nd, Not one of the adults in Roberts life has a clean record. Not even his Dad. Every single one of them has run afoul of the law. Ehrlick is the most consistent and delinquent, offender with a drug conviction, burglery, battery etc. and has been at it for some time, His rap sheet Dates back almost 20 years. Not to mention the sealed case that he and Melissa have and the most recent injury to a child that Ehrlick is clearly supporting Melissa on.
If my wife did that to my kid. I'm not certain of how I would deal with her. But we would not be together for one minute after I found out.
Melissa has 3 kids with 3 separate bio dads...has lost custody of all 3. Tried to kill her infant and may have finally been successful this time. She's also dragging collections and other little sordid details around.
The JW and M.A. Whi***** family have notorious rap sheets for a myriad of violations...good people....not surprised they are "friends" with the family.
The "legal system" has failed our community and these children for YEARS! Robert is 8. His mom and Ehrlick and his Dad Charles have had plenty of chances before him and since to get their act together. They've been ordered to go to parenting classes been through multiple divorces etc. Theses folks are habitual, chronic offenders. They don't pay bills, they don't maintain insurance, they don't pay child support or medicaid reimbursment when their kids are in "our" state custody. They don't obey traffic laws or really any laws for that matter. I'm guessing Ehrlick used "free health care" at St. Al's for his little visit. They live life on the fringe of society. They abuse kids and drugs and society in general.
Roberts Dad seems like the most stable of the group...but I don't know him.
I don't know any of these folks but there past precedes them here.
I hope I'm totally off base and this is all a big tragic accident. I've lived in Boise for a long time. I know a bunch of the cops working this case.
These things don't typically have a good ending or a good explanation.
This is beyond tragic.
I pray for Robert and his safe return and if it's not God's will then for his siblings, the infant and his toddler sister that God's grace is sufficient to watch over and protect them...
Sorry for Hijacking the thread. Just had to get some feelings and emotions out.
I'm happy to help and answer any questions. I live here in Boise.