Cody would be 21 now, wouldn't he? That makes me sad. When he disappeared, he was just old enough to be resourceful, and that's definitely old enough to remember where you came from nine years after the fact.
I was abused as a child and often thought of running away, but didn't. I couldn't leave my brothers. I don't think Cody ran away; he would likely have stayed to help his sisters.his dad driving around at 2:30 AM to find car parts until dawn is a load of crap - my husband is a mechanic and he can't source out parts past 5 pm on the weekdays.
Everyone knows what happened to this kid. Bring in his dad and his dad's new wife. I think MDI. She was the last one who actually admits to seeing him alive.
I can't get over the fact that dad picked up his kids from Lisa's house one day and just drove off; isn't that kidnapping?! Why was all this allowed to happen?
In my experience as an abused child my dad never hit me until he met his now-wife, who also abused me. I was 19(!!) when the abuse started, first with her and then my dad. I wonder if it was the case with Cody.
Just trying to offer my perspective of things from an abused kid's standpoint. I was in a similar situation.
ETA I was abused by my mom from age 5-15 because my dad abused HER. From age 16-19 I lived on my own and then my dad offered to let me stay with him when I started attending college. I left the night he pulled a gun on me. Just added this bc I realized my story didn't make a lot of sense, saying I was abused as a child and then saying my dad starting abusing me when I was 19.
