OH OH - Harley Dilly, 14, enroute to Port Clinton High School, 20 Dec 2019

[osu]

Here’s the updated missing poster.

https://beesafesecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Missing-Poster-Harley-Dilly.pdf

 

[lonetraveler]

Have there been any searches of the water at all? Besides the shoreline? Why not??? Why turn down TES?

I'm sitting here scrolling, trying to catch up and I can not imagine a parent turning down TES's offer of assistance to find their missing son unless there is a reason they do not want him found. Did I misread this or did I read that he may be injured?

 

[bellesnwhistles]

I'm sitting here scrolling, trying to catch up and I can not imagine a parent turning down TES's offer of assistance to find their missing son unless there is a reason they do not want him found. Did I misread this or did I read that he may be injured?

Did the parents turn down TES or did LE? I also couldn’t imagine turning down ANY resource or assistance

 

[michmi]

I’m back to being at a loss as to what has happened to him and I’m pretty bothered by the fact that personal info about him (seeing a psychiatrist) is out there. His family situation disturbs me. I hope he’s hiding, I really do, but it’s been too long.

 

[bellesnwhistles]

Can I comment on a post mom made to a public town page? I don’t think I can since it’s not an official missing page.. just search Harley dilly on FB and it’s comes up. It’s interesting what she says about people letting Harley down..

 

[osu]

BBM

Heather Dilly, Harley’s mother, recently spoke out through various posts on social media, including a video shared on Facebook where she was visibly distraught.

“I just want him home. I need him, I love him so much; he is my little boy. I miss his hugs and him making me feel better,” Heather Dilly wrote in one of the posts she shared on her Facebook page.

She also addressed the devastating toll Harley’s disappearance has taken on her family.

While there has been an outpouring of support in spreading the word to help find Harley, as the case continues to garner national media attention, the Dilly family also has been subject to incessant online bullying. Many posts and comments made on various Facebook pages appear to target the Dilly family, especially Heather and her husband, Marcus Dilly.

“I don't know how to face some people. I was always a proud and secure person,” Heather continued in the Facebook post. “Now I just want to stay home and wait for Harley's return.”

'I just want him home' says mother of missing teen Harley Dilly

 

[osu]

Did the parents turn down TES or did LE? I also couldn’t imagine turning down ANY resource or assistance

It’s my understanding TES reached out offering their assistance and it was declined. One of our good members here on WS said she spoke with TES, offering her services to help with the search, but was told by TES they were declined but not by who.

JMO

 

[bellyup]

Has someone created a map with his house and the spot where he was seen walking and the school he attends and the house where he stayed on Thursday? I'm having a really hard time wrapping my brain around all of this.

I posted home / school maps earlier in the thread (search my name, I’ve only been active here recently so they should come up).

We do not know name / address or distance on the friends house.

 

[osu]

Harley’s videos cause concern

David Rader, director of the the Texas EquuSearch Midwest Chapter, said police likely are pouring over cellphone data and Harley’s social media accounts.

“I would definitely be looking at his phone heavy,” Rader said. “They’re likely getting subpoenas for Facebook and his phone.”

~snip

Police also need to work with family and friends of Harley’s in an attempt to find out where the boy’s head was at when he went missing Dec. 20.

“Some kids run away,” Rader said. “They’re angry at their family. You have to look at all facets of the diamond.”

Being so active on social media also might have created the opportunity for someone to exploit the boy, he said.

“Anytime you give personal information out, that’s a concern,” Rader said. “Did he meet someone? Did he get enticed?”

Police have to determine the circumstances as best as can be determined, according to Rader. They have to try understand if “there is foul play or did he want to stay away. There are so many variables.”

Texas EquuSearch sometimes assists police departments, but “nine times out of 10 the family contacts us,” he said. There was no confirmed contact from Harley’s family, he said.

~snip

More at link:
Sandusky Register

 

[LietKynes]

If Harley is actually not autistic or even mildly so, his mother shouldn't be saying he's not the 'high-functioning type'.
Somewhat insulting and alarming; imo.
Trying to understand the family dynamics.

And why does she need HIM to make her feel better ?
She's the adult. Just saying.
Parents are supposed to console and comfort their kids, not the other way around.

 

[Linda7NJ]

If law enforcement thinks he’s a runaway....I wonder if anyone has considered perhaps Harley simply does NOT want to go home? Ever.
Who knows what’s been going on inside that house? Perhaps the message shouldn’t be “come home” but instead “let’s get you back safe and figure out what YOU want to do”?

 

[MsFacetious]

If law enforcement thinks he’s a runaway....I wonder if anyone has considered perhaps Harley simply does NOT want to go home? Ever.
Who knows what’s been going on inside that house? Perhaps the message shouldn’t be “come home” but instead “let’s get you back safe and figure out what YOU want to do”?

This is what I've been saying.
I think of the cases where the kids ran away to escape abuse.
I can only imagine if the message had been the one Harley is getting.
I mean come on, please let him know that he will be able to voice his issues.
Otherwise he may just remain gone until he is old enough to be emancipated. We've seen that before too.

 

[FindTheirTruth]

I don’t know, threatening to take my precious cell phone away and my lifeline to communicate with my friends made sure I did/didn’t do whatever my parents were telling me “It’s a privilege not a right!” My dad would always say.
Also social media and internet is so easily accessed by phone...so many apps can just be deleted with no trace for the parents of what the kid was getting into...
Just my opinion, I don’t have kids, just have been a kid, so I can’t really say I don’t know what his home life was like but I would have to imagine they were at a loss with the troubled teen. I don’t think we can judge their parenting style. I am sure they both wish he had his phone now

As a parent who’s son has a smart phone, I check his downloads once per week. You can access any app that has been downloaded in the App Store including apps associated with previous devices as long as the same log in is used. Maybe the apps could be something to look into? A hidden SM the parents were unaware of?

 

[FindTheirTruth]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=441144266790470

Press Conference - Friday, 3pm, December 27, 2019

• Press conferences everyday at 3pm until Harley is safely returned home
• "We recently had flyers put out with Harley's information. These are going out pretty much throughout the United States, I hope."
  
• Asking viewers and Ottawa County area, leave outside lights on at night, so "we can get out across to Harley: if you see a light on at a house at night, we don't want you to be scared, we want you to go knock on the door and have them call the authorities wherever they are at and they will in turn get someone headed your way so we can get you safely returned to mom and dad"
• Asking everyone in Port Clinton to check camera systems for anything that looks like Harley or anything possibly suspicious

Questions (reporters questions summarized in italics, direct quote answers)

• Can you talk about the federal involvement in this over the last 20 hours or so? - "They are involved."
• Are they to support you guys or is it because of a tip received? - "Everybody here is to try to find Harley. And that's our focus here. As you can tell, the command post has been open 24 hours and will remain open for 24 hours. We have local authorities, federal authorities, statewide authorities here assisting us to try to find Harley."
• Any leads at this point? - "I cannot comment at this time."
• Any reason to suspect he may have been abducted or not? - "I cannot comment at this time. I'm sorry folks, this is still an active investigation, so my answers are going to be real limited right now."
• Does he have a history of running away? - "I think I answered that. No, he does not. He has a history of staying over night at friends' houses and that's all we have at this point. Do we have any calls of him running away? No, we do not."
  
• Yesterday there was aviation and dogs involved, have you searched water yet? - "We have had the air units up all over Port Clinton. We had the group that I told you about yesterday that have covered the shoreline and pretty much covered the 150 acres prior to us and they are searching all over the city of Port Clinton and we have been actively searching for Harley within the city limits and outside as well."
• If anyone is harboring him, what would you say to them? - "Please give us a call, we'll work through this. The main focus here is to get Harley home to mom and dad. Thank you."
• Now that you have searched the 150 acres, have you expanded the search? - "Well, we've expanded the search throughout the United States at this point because we are looking for Harley."
• How far away are you getting leads from at this point? - "*long pause* I'm going to say we are getting leads from the national, I think just went out today, again Harley's national (holding up NCMEC poster), we are continuing to get tips from all over the United States and we are tracking them down with the help of the agencies in those jurisdictions."
• Do you still believe he is in the Port Clinton area or is that still up in the air? - "Harley is alive and I'm gonna believe that til I hear otherwise"
• Is there any chance he made his way to Canada? - "*shrugs* We're looking for Harley Dilly. I have no idea where Harley is at. But again, Harley, come home."
• Since Monday there has been 4 press conferences, why did it take 6 days for that to be the first press conference? - "I think I covered that yesterday. But basically, the call...at the time we got the call, it was almost 48 hours. We wanted to rule out all the video footage and everything we could. We're still going through that video footage again, and we're trying to find Harley."
• How prevalent is human trafficking in this area and do you suspect that may be a cause of his disappearance? - "No comment."
• What about his friends? Have any come forward from school? - "Again, we're searching every lead we get. At this point, I've got limited information I can give you at this time because it is an ongoing investigation."
• At this point, is it still an endangered runaway or is it starting to transition into a criminal investigation? - "Again, in my heart, Harley is still alive and we want Harley to come home."
• Will the press conferences continue through the weekend? - "Everyday at 3 o'clock until Harley is returned home, you will see me here if you would like to come here."
  
• A family member has told me that they didn't want to talk on camera because police had told them not to, is there any message you could give us on behalf of the family? - "I can't talk for the family members, I'm not going to talk for your source. Again, we want Harley to be returned safely home."
• Is there a reason you don't want family members speaking with us? - "Again, I've got no comment on that. I don't know what that person told you."
• Does he have any medical conditions? - "Again, I can't respond to that question. I'm sorry."
• Has the reward been changed again? - "It's going to be changing. I haven't been able to get to Facebook. I've got messages that people have already got checks. So yes, the reward will be increasing and as soon as I am able, that will be posted on our Facebook page."
• Did he take anything from his home that you are looking into? - "Again, I have no comment on that. I'm sorry."
• Are the parents still cooperating with police? - "I have no comment."

Some of the questions he refused to comment on makes it seem as though they don’t think this is a runaway and they have more information than they are releasing to the media. Especially the last two.

 

[FindTheirTruth]

Transcript of now deleted YouTube video on Harley's channel titled "Im scared..." from October 2018:

"What’s up? It is Harley Dilly. Probably one of the worst day of my life.

So, basically, I, um, was at school and I had a science test and I finished it and my computer says 1% battery left so I get to the next class and I put it on the charger as quick as possible but it didn’t charge. None of the computers would take a charge. So, I took it back and I had to fill out a complaint and that’s one of the most expensive parts of the computer and my mom said she’s not paying anything. That’s when I got home. So then, my mom wanted to go with her to go get a friend and I said “I don’t wanna, I have work to do so I wanna go home and stay.” She said no, we argued for about a good five minutes and then she snapped. She said she was gonna call the police and she said she already did. She said “who do you think that first call was to?” and she said it was the police, but I knew it wasn’t because she wouldn’t do that because I went to my school, I went to talk to my assistant principal because he’s like the only person I can really trust in this. So, I went to talk to him and he told me that my mom never called the police, so she lied to me to get me scared.

She locked me out of the house, so right now I’m outside, the house is locked. Um, it is 3:30pm, I haven’t ate anything and I still haven’t got to get my work done. My mom is gone, she won’t answer the phone. So right now, I’m the only one outside. I got nothin better to do, so what’s the point? So I thought I would stream this because I’m not doing a video of this.

I legit was scared because I thought I was gonna have to go to DH for 30 days because if I get another complaint to the police, I’m going to DH for 30 days. I mean, I’ve already took a YouTube leave, but I’m tryin to do stuff guys. If you knew what was going on in my life…

It’s just been a horrible week. I wish I could cram it all up and throw it in the trash can of eternity and just start writing a new story. But gotta stick with the story until tomorrow.

But not everything has been bad, school has been going great. But now I’m behind in grades. It’s too hard. Basketball is coming up, so. I don’t even know what to do anymore. I just wish I wasn’t outside. I wish I didn’t make all of these decisions.

I literally was balling out in tears because I thought I was about to have to go to the police station. And get taken away for 30 days, missing out on all my friends, my mentor, my teachers, school. I know a lot of people don’t like school but my opinion is school is the only place you can really be during the week, so you should use that time wisely.

I wish I was at my friends but my mom told me if I’m not here when she gets back there will be consequences. So, I’m hoping nothing bad happens. But I’m still going to stay on until my mom gets back. But guys…this is a very serious moment. I’m not even going to ask for likes and subscribes. I just want you guys to wish me good luck because the future could hold bad things for me. And I don’t want to find out what that can mean. That could mean me not going to Washington DC for my field trip. Which by the way, I was going to vlog that whole trip, so if you wanna have that happen…nah, I’m not gonna do it, I’m not gonna do it. I’ll do it at a later date but. I’m just so sad. Christmas is coming up and I’m trying to earn myself an Xbox 1, so I can play Fortnite with my friend James. You remember James, from that basketball video. Yeah.

*long pause and sigh*

You’re not going to see a lot of gameplay of games anymore. I saw those weren’t doing very good, so I stopped. But if you do want me to play a mobile game that you think would be fun to watch, leave a comment down below what you want because I’ll do it.

My mom is calling me, see you guys. Sorry. Bye."

Do we know anything about his “mentor” I know some schools have programs but does his? In some cases kids will open up to their “mentor” more than others.

 

[FindTheirTruth]

Transcript of now deleted YouTube video on Harley's channel titled "Im scared..." from October 2018:

"What’s up? It is Harley Dilly. Probably one of the worst day of my life.

So, basically, I, um, was at school and I had a science test and I finished it and my computer says 1% battery left so I get to the next class and I put it on the charger as quick as possible but it didn’t charge. None of the computers would take a charge. So, I took it back and I had to fill out a complaint and that’s one of the most expensive parts of the computer and my mom said she’s not paying anything. That’s when I got home. So then, my mom wanted to go with her to go get a friend and I said “I don’t wanna, I have work to do so I wanna go home and stay.” She said no, we argued for about a good five minutes and then she snapped. She said she was gonna call the police and she said she already did. She said “who do you think that first call was to?” and she said it was the police, but I knew it wasn’t because she wouldn’t do that because I went to my school, I went to talk to my assistant principal because he’s like the only person I can really trust in this. So, I went to talk to him and he told me that my mom never called the police, so she lied to me to get me scared.

She locked me out of the house, so right now I’m outside, the house is locked. Um, it is 3:30pm, I haven’t ate anything and I still haven’t got to get my work done. My mom is gone, she won’t answer the phone. So right now, I’m the only one outside. I got nothin better to do, so what’s the point? So I thought I would stream this because I’m not doing a video of this.

I legit was scared because I thought I was gonna have to go to DH for 30 days because if I get another complaint to the police, I’m going to DH for 30 days. I mean, I’ve already took a YouTube leave, but I’m tryin to do stuff guys. If you knew what was going on in my life…

It’s just been a horrible week. I wish I could cram it all up and throw it in the trash can of eternity and just start writing a new story. But gotta stick with the story until tomorrow.

But not everything has been bad, school has been going great. But now I’m behind in grades. It’s too hard. Basketball is coming up, so. I don’t even know what to do anymore. I just wish I wasn’t outside. I wish I didn’t make all of these decisions.

I literally was balling out in tears because I thought I was about to have to go to the police station. And get taken away for 30 days, missing out on all my friends, my mentor, my teachers, school. I know a lot of people don’t like school but my opinion is school is the only place you can really be during the week, so you should use that time wisely.

I wish I was at my friends but my mom told me if I’m not here when she gets back there will be consequences. So, I’m hoping nothing bad happens. But I’m still going to stay on until my mom gets back. But guys…this is a very serious moment. I’m not even going to ask for likes and subscribes. I just want you guys to wish me good luck because the future could hold bad things for me. And I don’t want to find out what that can mean. That could mean me not going to Washington DC for my field trip. Which by the way, I was going to vlog that whole trip, so if you wanna have that happen…nah, I’m not gonna do it, I’m not gonna do it. I’ll do it at a later date but. I’m just so sad. Christmas is coming up and I’m trying to earn myself an Xbox 1, so I can play Fortnite with my friend James. You remember James, from that basketball video. Yeah.

*long pause and sigh*

You’re not going to see a lot of gameplay of games anymore. I saw those weren’t doing very good, so I stopped. But if you do want me to play a mobile game that you think would be fun to watch, leave a comment down below what you want because I’ll do it.

My mom is calling me, see you guys. Sorry. Bye."

Do we know anything about his “mentor” I know some schools have programs but does his? In some cases kids will open up to their “mentor” more than others.

 

[bkgregg5]

I’ve read this thread and tried to stay quiet. But his mom’s postings make it difficult. I’m a special ed teacher who has worked 20 years with kids with “severe” disabilities to include autism (all spectrums) all the way to what is called (in our district) the emotional support program (for kids diagnosed with ED). In my very humble opinion, this kid is very socially awkward. But even worse, his home life seems to be disorganized. While his social awkwardness might make some think he’s on the spectrum, I’m sort of caught in the middle. I’ve watched his YouTube videos. He clearly is desiring to belong to a social circle and is completely naive. But I also question his motivations behind his more aggressive behaviors (like selling tickets to a fight). Either way, despite whatever his unconfirmed diagnosis, it doesn’t appear in my professional
opinion that he has the support systems in place at home to help him. Best case scenario is he left and is in hiding. Worst case is he met an online predator who took advantage of him.

On a complete side note, I would never ever turn down TES if they offered to search for my child. So until someone can explain that to me, I remain skeptical.

 

[LietKynes]

After he left or was told to go home by a friend's dad; did he make it home ?
Is there proof that he called anyone or sent a text after he arrived at his house ?
Did he upload anything or contact anyone later on Thurs. ?

 

[iQuill]

I’ve been following...and hoping for answers soon. Harley needs to be found and provided with whatever kindness and sensitivity he needs to support his healing and recovery. I too have some strong feelings about this case but want to remind everyone of our WS TOS. Please be reminded that all members of Harley’s family are considered victims and negative and derogatory comments can quickly shut down our thread. MOO

 

[mommadukes]

I fell down the Websleuths rabbit hole this past summer, but some really difficult recent cases (Cupcake, Aniah, Heidi, and Harley, among others) have compelled me to seek active participation.

Harley is really hurting my heart. That poor boy seemingly lost the chance to be a carefree kid long ago. I pray for his safe return, and that counseling can help the entire family find a healthy way to move forward. MOO.