I think we're getting mixed messages by LE/MSM:
Lt. Ed Phippen said
all of the local registered sex offenders had been checked out and had alibis for the 48-hour period from when Dylan arrived at the airport to the time he was reported missing. Phippen wanted to reassure residents that the Sheriffs Office
does not believe there is a sex offender abducting children from the area.
http://durangoherald.com/article/20121208/NEWS01/121209618/Volunteers-search-for-Dylan--
And then you have this statement:
Dylan's disappearance is as rare as it is mysterious.
It has been more than 25 years in the Four Corners since a child of Dylan's age disappeared without a trace and was never found. It's not something any of us could forget, said San Juan County sheriff's Lt. Cory Tanner.
The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children keeps records of all missing children in each state. The only minor from San Juan County who vanished and has not been found was Tiffany Reid, who was 17 when she disappeared on her way to school in Shiprock in May 2004. Reid had a history of running away from home, according to the website.
The only southwestern Colorado child who disappeared and was never found was Christopher James Harvey. He was 14 when he vanished in 1984 from his family's summer home in Hinsdale County, which is 17 miles northwest of Pagosa Springs.
Never has a missing child not been accounted for in the Four Corners region of Arizona and Utah. Children run away from home on a regular basis and are sometimes gone for long stretches, Tanner said. But the cases have always been resolved.
http://www.daily-times.com/ci_22134254/sheriff-missing-redwine-boys-disappearance-believed-foul-play
and then more recently:
Bender:
He
either left the house and someone abducted him or something happened while he was still at the house.
http://www.9news.com/video/2133148201001/1/What-happened-to-Dylan-Redwine
JMO