'He said......that Biryukova's uncle had visited from the Ukraine the previous April, and may have taken the child home with him at his wife's request'
http://m.upi.com/story/UPI-62831332360782/
I've been reading through the media links and saw this. I also saw in another article that before Sky disappeared, Julia had been trying to take him to the Ukraine.
If Uncle returned to the Ukraine on a plane, it would have been easy enough for LE to check records to see if he was travelling with a child or not. I'm guessing this has been done? In order to fly with a child living parents must both give their permission, or a death certificate must be produced. Entering Europe on a plane from the US will definitely have produced records, as well.
The intricate details of how children may be taken from the US to Europe without one parent's permission are being discussed on Jennifer Ramsaran's thread. I'll just link the post because someone's explained a lot better than I can. The children in question there are of Dutch-Indian and US heritage.
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Europe has just issued its first, Europe-wide Amber Alert by the way and it worked, spreading the news quickly from country to country. The bad news is it doesn't exist in the Ukraine.
This article here in the English language Ukrainian newspaper seems to be discussing the problems families with missing loved ones have there (can't see it all as I'm not a subscriber). Finding this has made me wonder if we could submit a story about Sky to them though. It might make it out into the wider press then, and might result in a bit of pressure coming from the homeland for Julia and her family to help more with the investigation? What do others think?
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/a-message-board-missing-people-and-broken-hearts-115393.html
This brings me to another little point; many of the articles we have say Sky is of Indian heritage, and others say Pakistani. How did that mix up happen? These two countries are not interchangeable at all. It seems to me it should be Pakistani, but does anyone know for certain?
The reason I think it's important to be clear is that people can often feel a special affinity with a missing person with the same heritage as themselves. They might do something to publicize the case, when otherwise they wouldn't......Well, to be honest, I don't really see how anyone in the world could look at this little chap and not want to do everything they can to help, but sadly mom has shown it's possible.
Did Julia ever take her trip back to the Ukraine, or did her reason for returning disappear along with Sky?
There's a bump and a half for you, little boy, all the way from Germany. Let's bring you home.