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Long time lurker, but wanted to post as this one hits closer to home. I have a 13yo with OCD and have been following this case hoping for a positive outcome.
Few things that stand out:
- His constant presence on SM. As others here have pointed out, the fact he has not posted at all since his disappearance does not bode well. If he was hiding out somewhere, wether at a friend's house or on his own he most likely would not be able to resist posting somewhere.
- His reaction in the past when his devices were taken - very angry if the cops had to be called. I find it interesting he went missing when he didn't have his phone. Too coincidental. IMO they are linked. SM was his lifeline.
- leaving so early for school. Did he usually leave at that time? We live too close for bus service and usually kids are out walking around the same time, 30 - 45 minutes before school starts. Were other kids walking around the same time HD was?
- His size. As a 9th grades at 4'9", he would be quite small compared to the average 9th grader. This fact and also that no trail can be found can lean towards abduction.
- His dad's explosive temper as referenced in one of the YouTube videos. If they had fights in the past about revoking devices as punishment, where the police were actually called, maybe something similar happened this time around.
My kid will ask to stay home a lot. School is tough when battling OCD. I wonder if being denied his request to stay home, coupled with not having his devices, had him leaving for school pretty angry that morning. Maybe he made an impulsive decision to get back at his parents somehow, wether by sabotage or running away. And since he is young and probably didn't have the best judgment, it turned out tragic. His clothing choice to me doesn't play into it much, as most teen boys seem to be clueless as to what they should wear in certain weather. I am constantly reminding mine to bring gloves/hat.
I do remember that story in Cleavand I think, where those poor women where held hostage for 10 years!! So there is hope that perhaps his size tricked an abductor into thinking he was younger and grabbed him. But I am more inclined to believe he left angry that morning and either made a choice in anger or had a confrontation that turned tragic. The closeby landfill makes me feel uneasy.
JMO - thanks for reading!
There are certain types of personalities that thrive on reigning over chaos. They stir things up, get everyone around them riled up and battling with others in the family or workplace, and then lord over all that chaos as Boss Omnipresence. Those personalities also tend to fabricate and/or embellish things to add to the drama and they always place themselves in the center of it all in the hero or victim role. My late sister was such a person.
There are some signs that we are dealing with some of these personality factors here:
Harley speaks in one of his YouTube videos about an episode at home where he was really worried because his mom said she called the police. Harley says that he spoke to his mentor or the VP of the school (I can't remember which) and that person said that Harley's mom was not being truthful; she hadn't really called the police. It was as though that person was subtly informing Harley, "Your mom says whatever works to manipulate you and in this case it was that she called the police." It's unlikely a person in that position would venture such an evaluation if that person hadn't themselves observed that kind of manipulation.
In the argument between his parents that occurs in the background of one of Harley's livestreams, an accident happens involving a spilled soda. Dad explodes in anger about the mess all over the table, including the electronics. Mom tells him to just clean it up and reprimands Dad, reminding him he's dealing with someone only 4-years old and Dad responds by claiming that the 4-year old who caused it "knew what he was doing." The argument continues for several minutes, with much profanity back and forth, some indication that Dad grabs what he believes to be Mom's phone, presumably to do something with it (she tells him it belongs to a friend), and then she says something about getting some doctor involved to get Dad out of the house. So, a small accident and mess turns into a big argument, with Mom threatening to involve third parties to discipline Dad. Harley apologizes to his livestream followers and says, "My dad's being an a**hole," and signs out, saying he has to deal with his family. Minor accident, huge blowup, ONLY Dad is the problem, and Harley to the rescue.
Police have been called to the home at least five times, twice involving an "unruly juvenile." Each time the family is settled down and the police leave.
A child disappears from the home and his absence is not reported for at least 41 hours (if the parent's story and the video shot truly evidence HD was home Friday morning) and when the disappearance is reported, it is nearly midnight (so searching is hindered by darkness). So, a long delay from disappearance to report despite the school attempting to reach Mom early Friday and despite the fact that she says her son claimed to be ill that morning. She claims she missed the calls because her phone is broken and her voicemail is full, a story which could plausibly explain why a notification of a missed school call did not reach her to raise alarms, but which does not explain her complete lack of concern for a child who had claimed to be ill the morning he went missing.
Missing child report is made on Facebook and MISSTATES a critical fact (time of disappearance and location last seen) Misstatement moves both the time and the location further away from the family and home than independent evidence does. Misstatement cannot plausibly be checked out by calling school or others at midnight.
See how this all works? One example of bended truth, okay. Two, maybe. But, at some point all the chaos and truth-bending just doesn't make any logical sense.