CO- Dylan Redwine, 13, Vallecito, 19 November 2012 - #20

[aust amateur slueth]

Dylan's phone going off mid text Sunday night bothers me as well.

And, the fact that MR didn't make any public statements about Dylan's disappearance until 9 days later. That is just not typical of a parent whose child has disappeared into thin air. Add to that in the beginning he was evasive with ER & CR too. Definitely suspicious behavior IMO.

good points.

The other thing that makes me suspicious of MR is his interview saying that ER was making more of it than it need be - hello your son's missing and you think the other parent is making more of it than it need be??? Well excuse me but its a very big deal having your son missing and all in less than 24hrs after they have been entrusted to your care for a week.

 

[asyousay]

Dylan's phone going off mid text Sunday night bothers me as well.

And, the fact that MR didn't make any public statements about Dylan's disappearance until 9 days later. That is just not typical of a parent whose child has disappeared into thin air. Add to that in the beginning he was evasive with ER & CR too. Definitely suspicious behavior IMO.

Also the story changed from Dylan crashed Sunday night as he had been up until 4am i think it was said on here to " we throw around a ball" for awhile.

Well surely you should of remembered playing ball with your son off the bat as its kind of hard to forget one would of thought ???


MOO , IMO , IMHO & so on.

 

[cluciano63]

Wouldn't it have been nice if one of the last texts to his friend said ' well my battery's about to die, so i'll have to ttyl' . I think that simple line would give us all a lot of peace. And my experience with teens and texting is they know DARN well if they're about to lose battery and make that very clear in a message.

Apparently teens are very adept at keeping phones charged or chargers handy. Even if his battery was low, the idea that he would not charge it that night is hard to swallow.

As far as the 6:30am arrival time, I doubt that Dylan pulled that time out of the air. He knew it was very early and was very concerned that R would be awake. His father must have told him what time he would take him, IMO. Maybe he had a choice between 6:30 and closer to noon and wanted to go ASAP.

 

[i8mypaint]

I still can't get past why we have heard no explanation for why the phone was off. Even if it is an "I didn't know it died" something.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

After all this time I am of the same opinion I have held all along. I see nothing pointing me in Mark Redwine's direction as being involved in the disappearance of his son.

Until I see some conclusive evidence one way or the other I will continue to give my support to the entire family including Dylan's father, Mark Redwine.

IMO

 

[azgrandma]

At just Jeannie, the theory sounds good and i would almost agree, but after 41 days don't you think that pride would go by the wayside and mr would just say, hey i took the phone or broke the phone, just find my son because your opinion about what i did with the phone is not important, finding Dylan is.

 

[cattlekate]

That is incorrect, MR did NOT have a history of paying judgments, the judgments (3 previous judgments and all future child support obligations) were voluntarily dropped by me in 1999 so that he would give up his parental rights and allow the children to be adopted.

The ME is a judgment against me because tax refunds were given to me for two years, yes - I kept it simply because he never surrendered his parental rights. He took me to court in 2003 to get that portion back and he was awarded the refund.

The visitation was court ordered over Christmas, the one and only request in years. Yes, I faught it, he kept changing the dates, flights, etc and wouldn't provide an address. After an emergency hearing, the kids went to his house.

MR got out of paying back and future support but did not follow through with his end of the deal? He sought tax refunds, which I'm guessing had a child deduction component, after he was clear of back and future support? MR would not provide an address where the kids would be?

 

[Bravo]

I do believe MR stated he spent part of the aft. trying to call Dylan's cell. I wish LE had that phone at the very least. Sadly i think it is with Dylan.

 

[rebeccaeee]

Probably won't be a popular sentiment, but I have a strong feeling that MRs only mistake was not realizing how badly Dylan wanted to go to his friend's house when he left him there alone. I still, and probably always have, feel that Dylan took off on foot or bike or hitchiking while MR was gone, left for his friend's house and something happened on the way. Are there bike trails that lead roughly from one to the other or something? I would think those would've all been checked before the snow came though. This feels like (I know I've said it before) Elizabeth and Lyric, where our amazing powers of deduction here at WS are aimed so strongly at relatives that we completely miss the real situation. What we know for SURE is that he wanted to go see his friends badly. Even if there was a fight, argument, whatever... no matter HOW he ended up NOT with MR I would presume that he'd head for his friends, if he had any ability to do so whatsoever.

IMHO of course.

It would have to have been on foot. The kid sized bike is clearly leaning against the side of the house in pics of MR's place suring the search.

 

[rebeccaeee]

At just Jeannie, the theory sounds good and i would almost agree, but after 41 days don't you think that pride would go by the wayside and mr would just say, hey i took the phone or broke the phone, just find my son because your opinion about what i did with the phone is not important, finding Dylan is.

Except that if he admits to lying about the phone, it might make others in LE wonder what *else* he might not have been telling. After 41 days, I have thought alot of things might happen but, sadly, they haven't.

 

[cattlekate]

The reason it was the first one in years is because he moved to NC and I moved to AZ. For years I tried to get CS and even enlisted the states help. He didn't ask so he didn't see them. He never went through me or the courts for any visitation.

Then he showed up one day at their school out of the blue. I can't remember if he saw them at that time, it was scary though so I'm thinking I didn't let him. We went to court, he got visitation, I think it was twice and then that was it. Never saw them again. Even in 2003 he didn't ask to see them.

MR just popped up at the school without telling Mom or the kids? This sounds similar to MR removing Cory and Dylan without telling her in advance, and then making an accusation about drinking and driving.

All this, with Elaine's comment about not knowing where MR worked, makes me think he tries to be incredibly evasive and likes to surprise people, IMHO.

 

[JustJeannie]

At just Jeannie, the theory sounds good and i would almost agree, but after 41 days don't you think that pride would go by the wayside and mr would just say, hey i took the phone or broke the phone, just find my son because your opinion about what i did with the phone is not important, finding Dylan is.

I would hope that he would, and that's why I said it's a stretch.

But I have known chronic liars (I have a niece who is one,) and they sometimes truly seem to believe their stories after they tell them often enough. Or they at least never seem to tell the truth, even when confronted with facts that discount their story. Could MR be that way? You would know him far better than I.

Or would he be afraid that if he admits he lied about the phone, no one will believe any of his story? That telling the truth about it would make him seem guilty of something else?

 

[mijamawi]

After all this time I am of the same opinion I have held all along. I see nothing pointing me in Mark Redwine's direction as being involved in the disappearance of his son.

Until I see some conclusive evidence one way or the other I will continue to give my support to the entire family including Dylan's father, Mark Redwine.

IMO

Welcome back. I have been wondering where your voice of reason has been.

 

[jjenny]

I am sorry, but the broken phone theory doesn't work. MR says he was texting Dylan. Why would he be texting Dylan if he knew the phone was broken?

 

[asyousay]

I have seen nothing that indicates that MR is innocent here .

Nobody can simply explain away the lack of Dylan using his mobile after 8pm and the fact only one person after 8pm can claim to have seen Dylan up until now.

MOO , IMHO!

 

[MissJ]

MOO. The first thing that sounded hinky to me is when MR was being interviewed once and he said "my problem is my ex-wife". Who says that when their kid is missing?

 

[white rabbit]

MR just popped up at the school without telling Mom or the kids? This sounds similar to MR removing Cory and Dylan without telling her in advance, and then making an accusation about drinking and driving.

All this, with Elaine's comment about not knowing where MR worked, makes me think he tries to be incredibly evasive and likes to surprise people, IMHO.

i don't disagree...my original point to azg's response was that it was elaine (as reported by MSM, possibly innacurately) who at the last minute changed the flight to sunday vs saturday. mark didn't know until he got home on the 17th that dylan was being delayed a day by 'mechanical problems' with the plane.

think maybe he was annoyed by this 'surprise' change in plans? or was it he who changed the flight and elaine doesn't want to say so?

i don't know, i'm just pointing out that this isn't the first time during a custody exchange that one of his children's travel plans changed abruptly.

(and another thanks to azg for her contributions).

 

[JustJeannie]

I am sorry, but the broken phone theory doesn't work. MR says he was texting Dylan. Why would he be texting Dylan if he knew the phone was broken?

Well, if he was lying about breaking it, he could have been texting it anyway to try and keep his story seeming realistic. (I'm assuming he would actually have been texting, as that would be easy to check just by looking at his phone.)

Again, it's just a theory to consider. I'm still on the fence.

 

[MissJ]

I would really love to know what DR usual routine was at his Dads. This I feel is THE major clue. Ie Did he have his own room? Own bed? Any belongings or toys of his own there? Did he have a toothbrush there...or bring his own? Did he ever use the dads computer or telephone? Did the dad use the phone or computer much? Was it used that evening or not (ie if it is usually connected to Internet every evening but was not at all on that Sunday night)

I think what is really bothering me is that to be able to have access to your child you have to provide them with a bed and certain items. Why then did DR sleep on the couch, in his clothes, no shower and leaving none of his items there? Does not make sense! The only reason I can see that dad had to say this is because the sheets on DRs bed were prob washed after last visit and they were not slept on because DR never made it there that night! The blanket that was on the couch probably hadn't been washed so he could presume there may be a bit of DR smell left on it from previous visit! Safer therefore to say he slept there!

I also do not believe that a kid would not have unpacked somewhat and that some of the things would not have been left behind! He would at most only needed 1 change of clothes not his entire backpack.

I really can not see any evidence that DR made it there that night. To know his usual routine and sleeping place would be very helpful:banghead:

My thoughts exactly! Thanks:moo:

 

[imamaze]

MOO. The first thing that sounded hinky to me is when MR was being interviewed once and he said "my problem is my ex-wife". Who says that when their kid is missing?

Not trying to defend MR but I think he and his ex both had problems with each other imo. E had already said it was MR's fault Dylan is gone at this point so I'm sure he had bad feelings about her right or not.

Ima