Ok, I just read through the whole thread. I know almost less than before I read it. Nothing jives, nothing makes sense, no two stories are alike.
Just that very fact points to foul play.
There are three accounts of the last person to see him: the "babysitter" (whom of course does not exists a la Zanny the nanny), the stepfather who "stopped in" for what? why?, and lastly, from one account the mother who is stating that she last saw him at 1:45.
Either the media is totally screwing up their reports and mismatching their facts, or no one can get their stories straight. I believe both to be true.
Suddenly there is no more talk about the babysitter. Who the heck is "the woman with the raspy voice????" How do we know anything about a woman with the raspy voice? And one article states we do not know what vehicle she is driving. Are they describing someone known? Or making stuff up?
This story is a mess. I keep thinking of Ethan Stacy and there are several cases from here about step-parents associated with foul play against the children. Jonathan barely knew the SD, and surely had no loving relationship developed with him. Goodness, he must have barely know his mom - being she had not parented him for years, and only had him living with her for SIX WEEKS.
Poor child, he probably did not know which way was up being shuttled around between family and states, schools and neighborhood, along with unfortunately having ADD.
I, for one, will wait until we hear more info and can make some sort of intelligent conclusion. Sadly, I am afraid that news will be another senseless murder involving not strangers, but those people closest to the child.