WA WA - Sky Metalwala, 2, Bellevue, 6 Nov 2011 - # 2

[vasportsmom]

I don't think he did either, and I'm not sure it's not a good thing he doesn't know where he is. IMO

I don't think he set her up in this instance, I think he set her up to look like a maniac and she hid her son. IMO

Ah, gotcha now and I agree. Well, I think it is very possible that he set her up or at the very least exagerated her mental state in the divorce and custody proceedings for his own benefit but I'm not certain they aren't both responsible of playing very dirty there. I'm really hoping that she has their son hid away somewhere but if so she created a pretty bad cover story. MOO.

 

[Sparklin]

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it's little discrepancies in reporting that ticks me off -- grey sweater is NOT green. both parents where charged re Target. Dad or mom filed for divorce?? I know it's not major things, but it sometimes makes a difference ... ESPECIALLY the colour of the childs clothing when he went missing.

 

[daisy7]

I'm not understanding why people are saying mom is "obsessed" with daughter but not son? Are we all looking at the same Flicker stream? I have 11 children, lots of photos and videos of all of them, but even more videos of my 4 year old doing things like- eating. I'm not obsessed with her, she's just pretty hilarious. IMO

I am waiting for something substantial to show that this woman would harm her son, I'm just not seeing it. IMO

I've seen the FB and Flickr photos, and don't understand why some peeps think she is obsessed with her daughter, based on the photos?

 

[BritsKate]

Quite truthfully though if mom was so concerned about dad removing either child from the country she could have requested their names be added to the CPIAP. In the event that either child has already received a passport she could have requested the court mandate the children not be allowed to travel with their father and even have their passports surrendered.

JMO

 

[~n/t~]

I don't think that means much, at least not in my opinion. They aren't POI --- at this point. I think LE knows more than we do (obviously) and they have their suspicions of who did this, I'm sure. But I don't think they're ready to name a POI yet. If the mom has refused a poly, then that means they're still looking at her or they wouldn't want to give her one. JMHO

Like in the Lisa Irwin case? That didn't work well.

 

[MEM2010]

Does this woman have a family who is also bitter towards Dad? Are they local? When was this child last seen by anyone else? Who would put themselves in a position of facing felony charges for her?

bbm

very good point

 

[pdxmama]

Bullcrap. This guy set his wife up. I'll eat dirt if I'm wrong.

I think she's brilliant to find a picture of her son, taken in March 2011 on a family trip wearing that outfit. I have several pics of my children wearing the same outfits!!! If that outfit was loose in March, it would still fit him on Sunday. IMO



Why? Because he was abusing her and she had social workers who deemed her "sane". This man has a HUGE family network, my guess is that he terrifies her and gets away with it. IMO

If he were a "fit" father, and she was as crazy as he claims, social services would have put those children in his care. Why doesn't he have them now? Because they are not certain... IMO

This is sheer craziness, that woman did not hurt her son. He is either hidden from his father because he was threatened against, or her husband set her up. IMO

Regarding those FB/flicker pictures? Come on!! Her FB photos were all dated at least a year back, and because we are not "friends" with her (is anyone here?), you can't see all her photos. Her Flicker has a million pics of him AND he is younger than his sister, of course there are less pics! IMO

Good grief, I can't believe how many people are buying this man's story.

BBM - Not necessarily. I have a good friend who is an amazing father and has been in a custody battle with his very unstable ex for over a year. She has done many things which any normal person would realize are emotionally harmful to her child, including one incident of completely losing it in front of a sheriff's deputy. You would think that he could easily get custody of his son but it is VERY difficult to prove a parent is unfit and change the status quo regarding custody. This "mother" that I know will continue to have primary custody until they have completely finalized any new arrangement with the court which could be another year.

 

[belimom]

http://www.king5.com/news/cities/be...-to-take-second-polygraph-test-133433438.html


maybe not named a suspect... but you know what I mean ;-)

it's all semantics... moo

I remember in Hailey's case, LE said SA was not a POI for awhile - and then he was later named as one. I think LE is still gathering evidence and piecing it all together.

 

[dillysmom11]

She is not an "European mother" she has come to US as a child.

Doesn't make her family and upbringing any less European.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/bellevue-police-search-missing-2-year-old/nFXM6/

I really must be viewing something different than everyone else here. This man doesn't shed ONE tear, he does NOT look very upset and he sounds like he's full of it. IMO

 

[invictus]

Absolutely no police activity around the mother's residence and the mobile police unit that was set up at the transit station is now gone. Not sure if that means anything at all but thought I would post.

 

[nursebeeme]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45208406/ns/us_news-life/#.TrlpNXN9GXw

 

[CharlestonGal]

Does this woman have a family who is also bitter towards Dad? Are they local? When was this child last seen by anyone else? Who would put themselves in a position of facing felony charges for her?

I'm seriously starting to think she DID hide him; not with family, but with some kind of underground organization. I don't think she'll take a poly and I don't think she'll tell them where he is. Ever. On the exchange tapes, the daughter clearly and emphatically does not want to go with her father. Perhaps mom thinks that will be enough to curtail visitation with the daughter, which is why she's still here. The boy may already be in the Ukraine with other relatives. Maybe she plans to follow later with the daughter?

It is very clear that she absolutely does not want the father to have custody or even minimal visitation with those children. Some people will go to great lengths to keep their children from the other parent.

 

[JeannaT]

Does this woman have a family who is also bitter towards Dad? Are they local? When was this child last seen by anyone else? Who would put themselves in a position of facing felony charges for her?

Someone who thought he would leave with the kids.

I think we've all seen cases here where an aunt will hide a child who is suspected of being abused during a divorce/post divorce custody battle.

The difference here is the mothers just usually refuse to tell where the child is, and refuse to surrender the child.

I really think that could be what's happening here. I don't think we've heard one peep from her family - have we? And in my experience, family members are often willing to face felony charges of interfering with custody if they believe they're acting in the best interests of a beloved child.

 

[~n/t~]

OK so......

LE believes it's foul play.

LE says parents are not suspects.

LE says someone close to the family knows what happened to Sky.



Why would she make up the gas story? If she's not involved, who took him and why?

 

[pdxmama]

http://www.nwcn.com/news/Father-of-missing-toddler-to-take-second-polygraph-test-133433438.html

Johnson said police have not received any new clues in the past 24 hours. They do have a second polygraph test scheduled with the missing boy's father, Solomon Metalwala, Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, the boy's mother, Julie Biryukova, has declined to take a polygraph test.

Not that I was ever on the fence but if I was, that would knock me right off.

 

[MEM2010]

I would think if the mother has hidden Sky to protect him from his father, wouldn't that have come out by now?

Especially after her daughter has been placed into protective custody?

MOO

 

[belimom]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45208406/ns/us_news-life/#.TrlpNXN9GXw

From that link (bbm):

The social worker also said Sky had troubling bruises, but because the boy could not talk, it wasn't clear where he got them. However Metalwala's attorney, Leslie Clay Terry III, said Monday that the case worker had only interviewed the mother and that Child Protective Services later conducted an investigation that cleared Metalwala.

"He was exonerated completely," Terry said.

Okay, this scares me. ALOT. Someone bruised that child, and if the dad was cleared, that only leaves one other likely person... trying to build a case.

 

[nursebeeme]

Does this woman have a family who is also bitter towards Dad? Are they local? When was this child last seen by anyone else? Who would put themselves in a position of facing felony charges for her?

and why would she (the mother) leaven her child in the car unattended after she just paid a fine, did community service, etc over the same issue with the same child

why would this mother, who just had 11 hours of mediation over visitation (she got full custody), jeopardize that custody by leaving a child unattended in a car....

her actions make no sense... logically speaking of course:twocents:

 

[dillysmom11]

It's possible, too, depending on cultural background, that a father has little interest in a daughter, only in a son. I can't help but think, in cultures where girls are not valued, that this is more so in the fathers and not the mothers. Pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding make it a lot harder to detach from a child IMO.

and that's what I think happened here. She hid her son because whatever threats were made against him, not their daughter.

Just because this family lives in the US doesn't mean they don't have different family traditions/ cultural experiences and beliefs.

Being familiar with situations like this, sadly, I don't think he can. At this point I believe the CPS case worker should have the right, or the foster parent.

Nope, the state is the guardian when children are in foster care, but parents still make major decisions unless a judge determines otherwise. Foster parents have no rights.

 

[jjenny]

Someone who thought he would leave with the kids.

I think we've all seen cases here where an aunt will hide a child who is suspected of being abused during a divorce/post divorce custody battle.

The difference here is the mothers just usually refuse to tell where the child is, and refuse to surrender the child.

I really think that could be what's happening here. I don't think we've heard one peep from her family - have we? And in my experience, family members are often willing to face felony charges of interfering with custody if they believe they're acting in the best interests of a beloved child.

Yea, well she has two children. And only one is missing. Her daughter now is in foster care. So they idea that somebody is hiding the live child doesn't make much sense to me.