I think she left closer to 5 pm and stopped somewhere and called Robb at 6:45 pm. That would have been close to the right amount of time it would have taken her to get from her home in Silverdale to the Handy Pantry in Oly. This is what Robb wrote on his website: I stopped in Toldeo-Vader to make quick repair, when she called me at 6:45 from a phone. She asked me if I could grab her phone, because she had left. I let her know where I was at. She was in the Olympia area, but wasnt quite sure of where, Azriel was hungry, so she pulled off. She made complaint of being in the traffic. She gave me the destination address and told me she would be there shortly.
I think Shantina thought Robb would be getting home from his scout training around that time (6:45) so she called him - but he got out early and was already on the road, in fact he was actually ahead of her. He was about 15 mins or so from Castle Rock. I am not aware of him telling her he was leaving straight from training.
But now I am wondering where the part comes in about him asking her to bring his cell phone charger. Does anyone have the source of that info?
From Robb himself.
"As many of you may have heard, my Fiancé Shantina Kat Smiley and her son Azriel James Carver are currently missing, in the Olympia Area.
The past 36 hours have been nerve racking, and full of fear pain and sorrow. I just want my Fiancé and Azriel back home . I want to marry her, and spend the rest of my days by her side.
The media has been putting out mixed stories.
I am keeping updates via my facebook page, search for Robb Simmons. I have posted a lot of pictures of Shantina & Azriel
After several years, Shantina had made contact with her Step Father in Castle Rock. We had planned to go down and visit them.
I had Cub Scout Training that was planned to finish at 6:30
Shantina called me twice around 4:15 to let me know she was heading out.
I asked her grab my phone charger, since my phone was near dead.
My training wrapped up at 4:30, I figured that she was already on the road heading to Castle Rock, so I proceeds to Castle Rock as well
I stopped in Toldeo-Vader to make quick repair, when she called me at 6:45 from a phone. She asked me if I could grab her phone, because she had left. I let her know where I was at. She was in the Olympia area, but wasnt quite sure of where, Azriel was hungry, so she pulled off. She made complaint of being in the traffic. She gave me the destination address and told me she would be there shortly.
I arrived in Castle Rock around 7:40, and found her Step Fathers house. We started to get worried about 9:00pm, I began to check in with the WSP about accidents. Her step father and I drove around the area to see if we could spot her. I called her Grandparents house in Brinnon with her Step fathers phone. They had informed met hat she had stopped at a house in Olympia around 10:10, to use the phone, and ask for directions, and let them know she was ok. We went back to the Step Fathers home until 12:00 when we headed up I-5 to Olympia, we checked the two rest stops on the way back. We got a few hours sleeps, headed back up I-5 at day break, got a phone charger, recharged my phone, and went back up to Olympia and back to Castle Rock. During this time I was in vigilant contact with the authorities for any information.
We went to get a bit to eat, when I received a phone call from the Thurston County Sheriffs office. The had found the Van. In a follow up call, they informed me that they had to pull it out of the bay at the end of a dead end road. I immediately headed up there and say the van. As many of you know, I usually have a camera on hand, besides being waterlogged, the van did have some damage, but no broken windows. There was no sign of Shantina or Azriel.
I spent about 6 hours on the location talking to the detectives. I left there around 5:30, and had to make numerous stops to field phone calls from numerous sources, including the media. I stopped at my childrens mother house to sit with them around 8:00pm
Last night they brought blood hounds over, and took scent item.
I have no idea of why she would have ended up down that road. I know that our family want both her and Azriel back home safe and sound.
Please pray for their safe return. I already talked with Azriels Father in New York. That is a hard call to make."