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

[GiantPickle]

I don't like that we haven't seen Mom at all. Even if she's in with the PoPo...she has the right to leave at any time and should step out in front of a camera and plead for her kid...that's very telling

 

[GingerRed]

I don't suspect the father at all, based on her story. He had no way of knowing she was going to leave the child alone in the car again.

I don't think he's parent of the year by any stretch, but at this point, I agree. He's going back in for a second polygraph after hopefully getting some sleep again. They searched his home as well, but well into the night they were still at the mother's apartment, and no word on her taking a polygraph. I'll give her credit for consenting to all the searches, but at the same time, if she knows they won't find anything, what's to lose? If it were my son, I would want them to eliminate me asap and get on the right trail. That would include a polygraph, heck, I'd ask them as soon as their questions took any kind of suspicious turn.

 

[dillysmom11]

"She began to have dreams about killing our children, even telling me of her dreams about strangling our youngest child," Metlawala said in a court document related to the couple's divorce that was filed in King County Superior Court and obtained by Patch.

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

And yet this father did nothing to protect his children? Did he not believe her? He hasn't seen the children since December, why not? It sounds like he had the upper hand in the divorce, maybe he didn't want the children full time.

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.

 

[belimom]

I also don't suspect the father at all - agreeing that he may not be 'father of the year' if any of those other allegations are true. But I don't think he did this. He had JUST settled a custody agreement - to get joint custody (or visitation). It seems that if either parent had a reason to stress and flip out, it was the mother rather than the father. JMHO

 

[nursebeeme]

So here is where I am leaning: (my opinion only)

1)the baby was never in the car

2)the mom drove around until she was almost out of gas with the daughter

3)she walks to the gas station and leaves some doors unlocked so it fits with her story

4)she calls a friend for a ride to make her 'gas story' have some legs

5)it is my further opinion that she *does* own a phone but conveniently left it at home

6)I think the whole thing was premeditated and related to the custody battle and the friday call that she wanted to back out of the agreement for visitation.

I further want to know who last saw Sky. I am sure her fancy digs have cameras... so was she seen carrying the baby at any time in or out of the apartment? I further hope they have interviewed the four year old. She will be key imhoo.



**all just theory on my part and moo**

 

[jjenny]

It's not the man's story, it's her story many here are not "buying." The man had no way of knowing she was going to leave her child alone in a car. And it's her story that she left her child alone in a car, not his.

 

[GingerRed]

So here is where I am leaning: (my opinion only)

1)the baby was never in the car

2)the mom drove around until she was almost out of gas with the daughter

3)she walks to the gas station and leaves some doors unlocked so it fits with her story

4)she calls a friend for a ride to make her 'gas story' have some legs

5)it is my further opinion that she *does* own a phone but conveniently left it at home

6)I think the whole thing was premeditated and related to the custody battle and the friday call that she wanted to back out of the agreement for visitation.

I further want to know who last saw Sky. I am sure her fancy digs have cameras... so was she seen carrying the baby at any time in or out of the apartment? I further hope they have interviewed the four year old. She will be key imhoo.



**all just theory on my part and moo**

I'm with ya. If she doesn't take her phone, no pings, right? And of course, the excuse to leave the car.

I really want the answer to when he was last seen as well, and by whom.

 

[belimom]

So here is where I am leaning: (my opinion only)

1)the baby was never in the car

2)the mom drove around until she was almost out of gas with the daughter

3)she walks to the gas station and leaves some doors unlocked so it fits with her story

4)she calls a friend for a ride to make her 'gas story' have some legs

5)it is my further opinion that she *does* own a phone but conveniently left it at home

6)I think the whole thing was premeditated and related to the custody battle and the friday call that she wanted to back out of the agreement for visitation.

I further want to know who last saw Sky. I am sure her fancy digs have cameras... so was she seen carrying the baby at any time in or out of the apartment? I further hope they have interviewed the four year old. She will be key imhoo.



**all just theory on my part and moo**

I agree 100%...

 

[belimom]

Something's been bugging me about the whole story regarding the dad on the verge of being deported when they married. He was (and is) here in the country with his entire family, it seems - at least many siblings. Did they all run off and get married to avoid deportation? I don't think so. I'm not buying that story and am wondering if it was a ruse to get married (by one or both of the parents). Just speculation on my part.

ETA: Okay, I've read up now on immigration/deportation laws. Apparently, even if the parents are permanent residents, adult children do not automatically qualify to stay once they turn 21. There are various avenues they can go through to stay but I didn't read that far. The story makes a little more sense now.

 

[MizStery]

So here is where I am leaning: (my opinion only)

1)the baby was never in the car

2)the mom drove around until she was almost out of gas with the daughter

3)she walks to the gas station and leaves some doors unlocked so it fits with her story

4)she calls a friend for a ride to make her 'gas story' have some legs

5)it is my further opinion that she *does* own a phone but conveniently left it
at home

6)I think the whole thing was premeditated and related to the custody battle and the friday call that she wanted to back out of the agreement for visitation.
I further want to know who last saw Sky. I am sure her fancy digs have cameras... so was she seen carrying the baby at any time in or out of the apartment? I further hope they have interviewed the four year old. She will
be key imhoo.
.**all just theory on my part and moo**

Excellent points. As to #4 I seem to remember somewhere in the first thread it stating she called her younger brother and the article gave his name. He said he drove her back to the car and she became hysterical when Sky was missing. Does anyone else remember reading this. I will try to retrieve the link but was hoping someone else remembered reading this also

 

[asiapyn]

I don't think the father had anything to do with Sky's disappearance, and I don't think he knows where he is.
I think his poly was "inconclusive" because perhaps there were questions regarding incidents that happened between he and the mother in the past. I'd guess that if there were any questions about domestic violence, he may not have passed those so well.
Maybe there were physical fights between the two of them, but maybe they BOTH got physical towards each other. I've been a volunteer with our local Women's Center for years, and I've seen so many instances where BOTH the mother and the father are equally as abusive towards each other.
Rational thought completely flies out the window, and both sides truly believe that the other parent is the aggressor. Its a very strange phenomenon. Two completely rational, kind, and otherwise intelligent people can become completely different people in these cases of divorce and custody. They will fight their point to the bitter end, and refuse to see the other person's side, and more importantly, they just refuse to consider what their combined behavior is doing to the children involved.
Its just the most frustrating thing to watch.
But if one side gives up, or gives in, they can truly lose so much. So they just keep fighting.
I think the father will pass the second poly. If there was any deception indicated, I'll bet it involved his conflicting thoughts about past incidents with the mother.

 

[~n/t~]

I don't like that we haven't seen Mom at all. Even if she's in with the PoPo...she has the right to leave at any time and should step out in front of a camera and plead for her kid...that's very telling

Maybe she committed herself to a mental institution?

 

[vasportsmom]

Going off of DillysMom's post, how did he set her up? Everything we know about the circumstances surrounding the disappearance came from her so for him to have set her up we would have to believe that he followed her around and created or waited for her to 1) break down/run out of gas 2) leave the car for an extended period of time and 3) leave a/the child in the car alone.

I'm not buying everything that he says but I'm having trouble seeing how he could be involved here unless she knows he did something to the child and created her story to cover for him. That seems highly unlikely given the nature of their divorce and custody case though.

I hope the mom has this little boy hidden away somewhere but if that is not the case I can't see how any parent but her could be responsible. The dad may be a jerk, even an outright liar when it comes to the things he has said about his STBX but I don't believe he had anything to do with his son going missing. MOO.

 

[nursebeeme]

someone posted last night that the bus station (which is right up the block from her apartment) was searched...

I put it on the case map...

I am wondering why they would search there???? I am thinking they could have perhaps had something on video???


the apartments where she lives are *very nice* and have on site composting as well as underground parking... (per the link posted on them) you would think they also have good security which means cameras..... if she parked in the underground parking they should have her on video most likely with both kids...

what is interesting about the bus station is that it has a very large parking area (so you can park and than ride the bus) could she have parked her car there???? just thinking out loud

http://g.co/maps/3sau4


redmond transit center:
http://www.soundtransit.org/Rider-Guide/Redmond-Transit-Center.xml


apartments (parking info)
http://www.liveatveloce.com/

 

[jjenny]

Something's been bugging me about the whole story regarding the dad on the verge of being deported when they married. He was (and is) here in the country with his entire family, it seems - at least many siblings. Did they all run off and get married to avoid deportation? I don't think so. I'm not buying that story and am wondering if it was a ruse to get married (by one or both of the parents). Just speculation on my part.

Why would they need a ruse? They were both over 18 at that point. And considering they produced 2 children this clearly was a real marriage and not a sham one just so he could stay in the country.

 

[Miziree]

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.

 

[dillysmom11]

I don't think the father had anything to do with Sky's disappearance, and I don't think he knows where he is.

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

Going off of DillysMom's post, how did he set her up? Everything we know about the circumstances surrounding the disappearance came from her so for him to have set her up we would have to believe that he followed her around and created or waited for her to 1) break down/run out of gas 2) leave the car for an extended period of time and 3) leave a/the child in the car alone.

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

 

[nursebeeme]

also from her apartment website:

Immediately adjacent to the Downtown Redmond Transit Center with express connections to Seattle, Bellevue, Overlake (Microsoft campus) and other popular destinations within the Puget Sound region

http://www.liveatveloce.com/p/apartments/neighborhood/redmond-wa-98052/veloce-3441

 

[tlcya]

This whole story mom tells stinks. I pray this child is alive and well somewhere and simply caught up in teh middle of a custodial battle. I fear this child has been harmed. I get a really bad feel from this one and it centers around mom.

Some of the things I have read about dad are not terribly flattering, but I do not get the sense he knows anything about where Sky is or what has happened to him.

I am without puter so unable to follow the threads that hold my heart right now.

Fervent prayers that I am mistaken and this child is alive and safe somewhere out there.

 

[asiapyn]

**In regards to questions about why the mother may have ended up getting full custody, and the father only visitation;

In my experience (with friends and family members who have gone through divorce and custody battles) - when joint custody is granted, neither parent has to pay child support because they generally both physically care for the children an equal amount of time.
Oftentimes, fathers may WANT joint custody, but end up having to settle on visitation only because they can't stay home during the day with the children. If they have to work full-time, and especially if they have unconventional hours, its very difficult to arrange childcare. Sometimes, fathers don't want their children to be sent to daycare. And sometimes, its simply too overwhelming for fathers to suddenly be responsible for their children 85% of the time (15% time spent visiting mothers). In this case, the mother has obviously stayed home with the children since they were born, and the father has worked. The father might have no idea how to parent full-time without the mother.
In addition, she has listed only a high school education on her fb page. If she hasn't had any college education and very little work experience, its likely that she may not be able to support herself and the children if they were to have joint custody. By having full custody, the father pays child support which will support her and the children.