I'm thinking a lot of AZgrandma and her family this morning. She was so very close to this situation and we understandably have not heard from her.
Prayers for you and your family, AZgrandma.
I saw some posts by her after the announcement.
One thing that really struck me in listening to the last Tricia interview with Mark prior to Dylan being found was what a bit of a different story seemed to now be emerging per Mark Redwine's account of November 18.. did anyone else come away with a very different sense of what the atmosphere was like between he and Dylan that evening??.. whereas prior to that interview with Tricia Mark's account of that evening was a painting of everything being a-okay, hunky-dory, and chummy pals with Dylan in their time spent together.. hitting the WalMart, grabbing the quick drive thru bite to eat on their way home back to dad's house..tossing around the nerf football..the father-son talk about Dylan's expressing his disappointment in not getting to play football at the new school and Mark's stating that if he'd had any say in it he would have ensured his boy got on that team.. the watching the movie together..etc..etc..
IMO the above is a quick summation of what the picture was of that evening as painted for us by Mark Redwine for the longest time..IMO literally up until that last interview with Tricia it had been illustrated as such by Mark..IMO the account of that evening that emerged from that last interview was IMO seemingly very, very different than what we had thus far, all along been told..<<---in MOO!
But again IMO if you've not yet heard the interview IMO its definitely worth a listen as IMO what emerges is a very different..very strained, and IMO very uncomfortable atmosphere between father and son on that last night, November 18.. all jmo, tho!
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I agree. IMO, he was already angry when he picked Dylan up from the airport. He was furious because of whatever Dylan said in chambers to the judge that caused him not to see Dylan after that except for Thanksgiving. He was furious because Dylan refused to communicate much with him after the hearing (according to his radio interview).
And Dylan was no longer a compliant child who could be distracted by a game of catch. He was a teen who knew what he wanted, where he was comfortable and who loved him.m
I think this dad's anger grew after he picked up Dylan and could not break through the sullenness of the child who did not want to be there. To him, it was likely a rejection and proof that Elaine had "won".
I think they had words, dad's anger got the best of him and he lashed out fatally.
In his radio interview he keeps repeating how he tried to wake Dylan, "made coffee, sat around, you know, tried to make as much noise as I can to kind of gently stir Dylan and wake him up...you know, Dylan isnt responding to any of that, so, you know, Im hollering his name, Im, you know, whistling, doing all the things that I would normally do when Im trying to get him awake. You know, again, and you know I do it in a gentle manner, and Im not gonna go startle him by any means and
and have him wake up and be all alarmed. So, I spent probably 35-45 minutes maybe even close to an hour trying to get his attention and I couldnt get through to him...and Ill pace around the floor, Ill turn the music on, you know, Ill holler his name..."
I think that happened. I think that really happened. I think he realized there was a big problem but tried not to admit to himself that Dylan wasn't going to "wake up". So he kept trying. Until an hour had passed. Then, knowing he was in big trouble, he began putting together a plausible story, IMO.
He thought he really lucked out with the mail carrier's statement. There's always someone in these cases with that kind of statement (i.e. Caylee Anthony at an airport, or a strange man running from Leila Fowler's home, etc.), but clearly, he was not walking down the street with another kid that day and dad remains the last person to have seen Dylan alive. And then, his post-disappearance behavior has been a dead giveaway, IMO.
This is a horrible case. It may be hard to crack a guy like MR. I have the impression (perhaps I'm wrong), that he has little conscience and is used to lying. If he has no guilt feelings due to what he may have done, then he will never fess up.
Like I said on the radio thread, a boy like Dylan is a special gift to those lucky enough to be his parents. My opinion is that one of those parents did not treasure that beautiful gift.
