CO - Dylan Redwine, 13, Vallecito, 19 Nov 2012 - #1

[Pensfan]

The last time dad saw Dylan was Labor Day. Mom mentions that Dylan wouldn't have gone this long without calling. In this article, dad isn't answering his cellphone if Dylan did call.


“He didn’t go on his own,” Elaine Redwine said of her son, Dylan, who was visiting his father, Mark Redwine, during Thanksgiving break.

The couple are divorced and she lives in Colorado Springs.

“Dylan wouldn’t have left willingly,” Redwine said during an interview at the home of a friend Friday afternoon. “If there was any way to communicate he would have called.”

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Dan Bender said Mark Redwine told investigators that he saw his son Monday about 7:30 a.m. but that the boy was gone when he returned about 11:30 a.m., after running errands.

A message left on Mark Redwine’s cellphone Friday was not returned.

The telephone at his residence at 2343 County Road 500 rang until it cut off.
http://durangoherald.com/article/20121123/NEWS01/121129810&template=mobileart

 

[Pensfan]

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...g-teen-dylan-redwine-who-disppeared-on-monday


Letter from Dylan's mother
She posted a letter to Dylan on Facebook that said:

Dear Dylan

I don't know if you can see this and I know your not a big reader so I will keep this short. We are all in Durango looking for you.

I AM HERE and I will never give up looking for you. You are my ray of sunshine and the best kid a mother could ever have. I miss your laugh and your smile so much. We will find you and bring you home with us!

We all love you so much son and hope you are safe. You are the glue in our family so come home and stick us back together!

Son...call your mother!

We love and miss you immensely and will never stop searching for you. Don't give up on us son we will NEVER give up on you.

Love Your Mommy.
and Big Brother and Mike!

red by me
Who is Mike?

Edit: Found it. Mike is mom's significant other.
http://durangoherald.com/article/20121123/NEWS01/121129810/-1/News

 

[LaborDayRN]

red by me
Who is Mike?

Edit: Found it. Mike is mom's significant other.
http://durangoherald.com/article/20121123/NEWS01/121129810/-1/News

Thanks for finding that. I wasn't sure who Mike was either.

 

[Money Girl]

Having some experience in the past with rebellious teens, I would think this boy is somewhere that he is very comfortable, safe, and doing what he likes (maybe playing lots of video games). On the other hand, I know nothing about his father, mother, or if he has been abudcted.

 

[ThePhantom]

I'm with Money Girl -- I have no basis for saying this, but -- just a gut feeling that he may be staying somewhere - perhaps with a friend - hiding out until the dust settles. He might be afraid of the consequences for running away, and may also be confused about what he should be doing/where he should be going. I continue to pray for his safe and expeditious return home.

 

[margarita25]

 

[LaborDayRN]

I'm with Money Girl -- I have no basis for saying this, but -- just a gut feeling that he may be staying somewhere - perhaps with a friend - hiding out until the dust settles. He might be afraid of the consequences for running away, and may also be confused about what he should be doing/where he should be going. I continue to pray for his safe and expeditious return home.

I sure hope you're right but 5 days is a very long time. He is unfamiliar with the area so unless someone picked him up (and his friends are probably about the same age and don't drive) I find it hard to believe he is with a friend. Also, with all of the media coverage, I would hope the friends parents would notify police or family after all this time. I'm very worried about Dylan

 

[LaborDayRN]

A new "find Dylan" page has been set up on facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/FindMissingDylanRedwine

 

[DylansMom34]

Do we have anyone close to this family on here? I'm trying to determine who the people are in this picture, I'm thinking Mom (Elaine), Mike (her boyfriend), the older brother and the older brother's girlfriend.

http://www.pinerivertimes.com/news.asp?artid=1091

I'm wondering again if the Dad has given any statements or anything? I am not sleuthing him, just curious...

 

[scorekeeper]

Do we have anyone close to this family on here? I'm trying to determine who the people are in this picture, I'm thinking Mom (Elaine), Mike (her boyfriend), the older brother and the older brother's girlfriend.

http://www.pinerivertimes.com/news.asp?artid=1091

I'm wondering again if the Dad has given any statements or anything? I am not sleuthing him, just curious...

also from article...

“I don’t believe he ran away,” Elaine Redwine said, and he isn’t evading people searching for him. “He isn’t just out there roaming the area. I believe he is being held (against his will) or is unable to contact us.”


I don't like the sounds of this article.

 

[LaborDayRN]

Do we have anyone close to this family on here? I'm trying to determine who the people are in this picture, I'm thinking Mom (Elaine), Mike (her boyfriend), the older brother and the older brother's girlfriend.

http://www.pinerivertimes.com/news.asp?artid=1091

I'm wondering again if the Dad has given any statements or anything? I am not sleuthing him, just curious...

I have not been able to find any quotes from Dad and apparently he is not answering his phone for MSM

 

[northwind]

I can't understand why he would run off into the woods when he saw searchers. He is not an avid camper or outdoorsman. He must be getting cold, hungry and lonely. Those sightings do not make sense, imo.

Actually, I've read that this is very common behavior among people lost in the wilderness. After only a few days I think they kind of go into survival mode and everything and everyone becomes possibly dangerous. Even searchers scare them. If he lost his phone or his pack (another common thing that happens when they set it down for a moment to scout ahead and then can't find their way back) then he might be very much in self-defense mode and not trusting anyone.

It's one of those weird things in human behavior that shows how strange our brains really are. Wilderness searchers and park rangers have put together lots of data and trends about how people act when lost in the woods. I would think in Colorado they'd know a lot about it. I really hope they find this young man soon.

 

[Pensfan]

Do we have anyone close to this family on here? I'm trying to determine who the people are in this picture, I'm thinking Mom (Elaine), Mike (her boyfriend), the older brother and the older brother's girlfriend.

http://www.pinerivertimes.com/news.asp?artid=1091

I'm wondering again if the Dad has given any statements or anything? I am not sleuthing him, just curious...

There haven't been any statements given by dad.

I keep wondering when the press will sleuth him and release any crimes such as alcohol-related offenses or domestic violence.

 

[Pensfan]

Did anyone see Dylan alive at the dad's home?

 

[scorekeeper]

There haven't been any statements given by dad.

I keep wondering when the press will sleuth him and release any crimes such as alcohol-related offenses or domestic violence.

She said Dylan’s father Mark Redwine said he last saw his son at around 7:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19, noticed he wasn’t around at around 11 a.m., and reported him missing at around 4:30 p.m. that day. Mark Redwine lives at the north end of County Road 500 at Vallecito.

http://www.pinerivertimes.com/news.asp?artid=1091

why did he wait so long to report him missing? Where did he think his son was???

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

It was kind of you to take him in. But, I'm wondering how cold it was there Tues. night? It's been getting very cold here at night, and I don't live that far north. IMO, it's abusive to lock a child out of the house inappropriately dressed for the weather.

Did you or your son already know the boy? What if he had gone to the "wrong" house instead of yours and met up with a pedo or other unsavory character? IMO, the dad's form of punishment for his son was not appropriate. Where did he expect him to go? Not admonishing you for taking him in, but just some things to consider.

Even if Dylan is finding a warm place to stay at night, he could end up at the wrong house. I hope he is found soon and I hope his parents work together to help Dylan adjust to the new arrangements. The break-up of a home is a very difficult situation for children.

Lot's of great info in this article. It was 5 1/2 hours from the time Dad found him missing until he called police or Mom. Mom was awarded sole custody on Sept 21. Dylan is not familiar with the area that Dad lives. Please excuse the format....I haven't figured out how to quote from an article yet.

http://www.pinerivertimes.com/

Dylan's Mother, from the article: “If he could call, he would.” His cell phone and charger and various other items were in his backpack, which he supposedly had with him. It’s not at his father’s house, she said".

Also from the article, "The Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a representative there” when she was at the SO Friday morning. “They are looking at Dylan as endangered, possibly abducted.”

From the article, "She asked anyone who has any information that might possibly help find Dylan to call the Sheriff’s office.
“I can’t believe this is happening. I feel so helpless,” she said.

Can anyone identify the people in this photo?

I believe Elaine is third from left...

Is Mark (father) on the Right, facing her?

Is the young man on her left, Dylan's older brother?

Who is the girl on the far left? A sister of Dylan/relative?

TIA

Sorry if this questioning is not TOS... but since it was with an MSM article... I hoped it would be okay...

ETA... Sorry I got two quotes here... I just meant to respond to Labor DayRN's post with the article...

 

[Pensfan]

She said she was awarded sole custody of Dylan on Sept. 21. Previously she and Mark Redwine had shared custody.
http://www.pinerivertimes.com/news.asp?artid=1091

What happened that caused the family court to change Dylan's custody?

 

[Pensfan]

Can anyone identify the people in this photo?

I believe Elaine is third from left...

Is Mark (father) on the Right, facing her?

Is the young man on her left, Dylan's older brother?

Who is the girl on the far left? A sister of Dylan/relative?

TIA

Sorry if this questioning is not TOS... but since it was with an MSM article... I hoped it would be okay...

ETA... Sorry I got two quotes here... I just meant to respond to Labor DayRN's post with the article...

From looking at their photos on FB, it appears that the photo has Dylan's dad, mom, brother, and brother's girlfriend in it.

 

[DylansMom34]

I was looking at the photo on the new Find Missing Dylan Redwine facebook page and the older adult man on there seems to be the same man as the one in the photo from the newspaper picture. I think that man is Dylan's mom's significant other.

Not that it matters much, I just wonder why Dylan's dad isn't as visible as Dylan's mom....

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20121123/NEWS01/121129810/-He-would-have-called

From the above article: Dylan was picked up Sunday by his father at Durango-La Plata County Airport, his mother said Friday. Dylan announced his arrival in a text message and ended it with the emoticon that is interpreted as a scowl, she said.

She declined to talk about her former spouse except to say he rarely exercised his visitation rights.

“Dylan is a generational kid and tech savvy,” Redwine said. “He wouldn’t have gone off to the mountains to pitch a tent or build a fire.”

Am I reading this right that he last person to communicate with Dylan, outside of family, was Dylan's friend he was supposed to meet up with early Saturday morning?

Where were they planning on going?

How were they supposed to meet up, and where... IOW... what form of transportation?