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Subscribe to RSSAuthorities are searching for a 13-year-old boy who disappeared from his father's home during a court-ordered visitation over Thanksgiving in southwestern Colorado.
Dylan Redwine was reported missing Monday by his father, Mark, who said he left the house in Vallecito, La Plata County about 7:30 a.m. and returned a few hours later to find his son gone, NBC station KUSA of Denver reported on its website.
Dan Bender, La Plata County Sheriff's Department spokesman, said authorities had "few clues to work from. We have to consider everything from foul play to a runaway."
A person reported seeing Dylan walking along a county road in Vallecito, about 20 miles northeast of Durango, on Monday afternoon before it was known he was missing, KUSA reported.
See missing-persons poster for Dylan Redwine at KUSA
He was described as 5 feet tall, 105 pounds, blond hair, blue eyes with a fair complexion. He was last seen wearing a blue and white Duke Blue Devils baseball cap, a black Nike T-shirt, black basketball shorts, black Jordan tennis shoes and a black backpack.
Dylan, his mother and his brother had moved to Colorado Springs this summer, KUSA reported.
La Plata County Sheriff's Department
"Dylan's entire family and many friends are clearly heartbroken over his disappearance and are very passionately trying to share information about his whereabouts to assist authorities," a statement released from a family spokesperson read. "The family continues to accept help from all possible individuals and organizations to find Dylan and bring him home."
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On Saturday, about 200 volunteers and law enforcement officials went door to door in the region and searched hills near Vallecito Lake, the Denver Post said.
Vallecito is more than 7,000 feet above sea level in the middle of rugged terrain. The weather in the area in the past few days has been clear and cool, with highs in the 50s and lows below freezing.
Anyone with information on Dylan's whereabouts is asked to contact La Plata County Sheriff's Office investigators at 970-382-7015 or 970-382-7045.
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What a horribly written story, and what a bunch of stupid comments. I sincerely hope he is safe.
We can blame it all on inattention to details and poor reading comprehension skills. Can you say "the dumbing down of America"?
"I sincerely hope he is safe" seems like about the stupidest comment possible Rick. We ALL hope this, it goes without saying.
this is horrible ...how could a 13 year old boy walk away early in the morning all dressed up with a nike t shirt looks like the one above... his back pack , a full outfit but his father couldnt take him on his errand. how long was the father gone what was so important to leave so early? this is not a familiar place they just moved there... i feel much sympathy for his mother...i hope he is found intact...
I'd wager that the father DID take Dylan on his "errand" Nana.
For real??? How stupid are you? Maybe he didn't want to go with his father! he's 13 years old. He can stay home alone.The father ran an errand at 7:30 am. BFD!!! You hope he is found intact? Dumb!!!!!!!
I hope he is found safe and sound.!
Well, well, well, if it isn't my former friend Cmach! How are you former friend, miss me yet? Yes, for real, I'll bet you say $10,000 that the father did it. How about it?
I think everyone is making too much over the phrase "court ordered visitation". Even if the divorcing parents agree to visitation, like "kid goes to dad for thanksgiving, mom for Christmas", etc, the judge will say, "so ordered" and then it is "court ordered visitation". Also it is a way to make it known that he was legally at his dad's, not kidnapped by the non-custodial parent. For the rest of this, it is a pathetic piece of "reporting" that leaves more questions than answers. Like everyone else here, I hope the child is found safe and unharmed. This has got to be the most traumatic thing for any parent to go through.
I agree
PRAY for this kid. Maybe the mother set him up against the father and he didn't want to be with him and took off. Hope he's SAFE.Poor kids that have to suffer divorces because the parents can't stay committed.
Another interesting possibility Marilee, better watch out though, the "speculation police" may come down on you for daring to suggest a possible scenario! I still the think "the father did it" is the more likely story though.
@marilee
What you describe has a name. It is called Parental Alienation Syndrome. It is when one parent poisons the kid against the other parent for the reason of harming or totally destroying the targeted parents relationship with the child. To a degree, this is a problem regardless of the gender of the parent, but it happens more often that woman do this because woman are awarded custody more then 80% of the time.
Needless to say, this could be a factor, but we have no idea.
I hope Dylan is found safe soon. Our prayers to him and his family. I must give Colorado credit because they publicizie their missing chidren. This is like the third or fourth missing in the last three months. However, I wish other states would do likewise. I have yet to see a minority missing child to receive the national media attention as those given in Colorado. Its past the time we start giving all missing children the same level of attention regardless of their race.
OOPS!! December 18??
Dec 18? Huh? Nice editorial control NBC.
Assuming we're not talking about something that hasn't happened yet, the police need to be taking a very close look at daddy.
Also mommy.
Some of you people need to try reading and comprehending a little bit better, it doesnt say that the boy was seen 20 miles away from his fathers home, says that he was seen near Vallecito, which is 20 miles from Durango. And we dont even know that that was the boy that was seen!
There is way to much info that is not in this article but that sure hasnt stoped the speculation.
I hope that everything turns out OK for this young man and his family.
No Doug, what's stupid are pointless platitudes hoping everything is ok. We ALL hope this.
leroy,
Were you born with that nasty attitude, or did you take lessons to be that way?
Doug is expressing what we all hope... you are correct. And there is nothing wrong with expressing it here on the Vine, as many others have done.
No, I guess there isn't Screamin', and there is also nothing wrong with giving your honest take on the situation and speculating a little on what you think happened. The "speculation police" started it like they always do with their holier than thou attitude, I'm just pushing back a little. There are only two possiblities here; either the father did it, or the kid wandered off on his own without saying anything to anybody. The latter seems much less likely to me, especially since the kid is still missing.
Scremin... I have Leroy on ignore. He is always nasty
Seen this movie before...
The perverted catholic did it...
Now we just have to figure out which one of the perverted catholics...
Not a movie.
pbshort...your a real thinker
Since they are considering he may be a runaway, it's likely he didn't want to spend the court ordered visit with his father.
Don't know how old the other brother is, but if my sister had ever asked me to hide her for a few days until school started again and she couldn't be made to go where she didn't want to go, I would have done it in a heartbeat.
Hope the authorities have considered he may have made it home and might be hiding under his mother's nose with friends or even other family members.
Sincerely hope he is safe, wherever he is.
And I pray his reluctance to be with his Dad is an emotional thing he will resolve as he matures, and not something the judge is refusing to acknowledge, like the fool who sent those children on a "court ordered" visit to be slaughtered by their father, even after ample evidence had shown he was a pedophile and his own father had probably killed their mother.
Don't know how old the other brother is, but if my sister had ever asked me to hide her for a few days until school started again and she couldn't be made to go where she didn't want to go, I would have done it in a heartbeat.
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Yes, and if you are found to be doing that, you could be brought up on charges up to and including kidnapping by the NCP and you could also be sued. You do not get involved in this way in custody unless you fear harm to the child involved.
The problem I have with saying this kid did not want to be on the court ordered visit is that courts do NOT generally ignore the wishes of a 13 year old child. The kid would only have had to make that known to the judge and he would not have had to go.
Not 40-50 yrs ago, you wouldn't. Which is the reference pt.
(Learn to use the blockquote, BTW.)
Well, isn't that what she just implied?
Happens every day.
Plus, y'all can't have it both ways....either the kid is old enough to make his own decisions, & therefore not a helpless infant who can't be left home alone for a few hrs, or he's not old enough to do anything w/o a umbilical cord attached, therefore incapable of making decisions at 13 & his father should have forced him to get out of bed & go out.
(See kid w/ CPS on speed-dial complain to authorities that father won't let him stay home alone & sleep in, OR that father is treating him like a baby& shoved him out of bed. Conundrum.)
Besides, all custody agreements are *court-ordered*. It indicates naught sinister.
Sure, b/c RL is just like a TV show.
scar_tissue
I think it is funny that you give me a lecture about this subject. I have had a lot of contact with this type of thing. Indeed a 13 year old is not helpless and I never suggested otherwise. Also, I am aware that all custody is court ordered, but a 13 year old CAN make his wishes known to the judge and the judge will abide by them absent compelling reason not to. There needs not be any TV show involved.
As to your word police action... We are on a forum, I am not constructing legal briefs or other important documents here.
What is going on in Colorado with the teens there? 2 or 3 have come up missing since the theater shootings and end up murdered by some sick sadistic idiots. Parents need to talk with their children and connect with them. Find out what is on their minds, keep the lines of communication open with them so they feel comfortable talking with you as their parents. This should begin when they are toddlers. Not every one is successful but do it, feel confident that you tried and you might be proud of them for making the right choices instead of wondering if they are dead or alive or if you will ever see them again. Tell them what is out there that is dangerous and how vulnerable they are. TALK WITH YOUR CHILDREN, be their parent, teacher, friend, protector. Don't shelter them! Don't put off what can be done today as tomorrow can be to late.
I sure hope he is found safe. I know whoever ordered the visit has got to be feeling good.
The judge who ordered the visit isn't feeling anything.
Just think of the juvenile court judges in Pennsylvania who got $3million in kickbacks from the private prison owners to keep their juvenile prison beds full so they could rack up millions in payments from the state. Remember the "Kids for Cash" story?
Some of those kids committed suicide because they didn't do anything to deserve incarceration. Over 5,000 cases had to be vacated upon review because they didn't warrant the sentences by those judges. Only one of the two judges showed remorse.
Then there was the judge who court ordered the three little children to visit their father last year... they were living with their grandparents because their mother had disappeared. Heavy evidence that the husband's father had been obsessed with her and had probably kidnapped and killed her... heavy evidence that the father was a pedophile and may have sexually abused his children... but the judge court ordered the visit at the father's home.
He hacked the kids to pieces and blew up the home.
Nope, don't believe the judge who ordered this boy to visit his dad is doing anything but enjoying his Thanksgiving holiday.
A half smile in the photo. This was not a happy child.
O, please. Kids have a hard time sitting still for *real* (film) photos, & photographers that visit schls to take pix can be inexperienced & horrible (that's why the same company rarely gets the contract to do the HS senior pix). I recall being irritated that I was sent a packet of proofs in which my then-11 yo had his eyes closed, in both poses!
Looks like this kid got snapped just as he was about to smile, & the parents didn't realize that such a thing as *schl pix re-take day* existed, so bought a packet w/o trying for a better shot.
You're just rdg into the whole thing.
Seriously? I hated school pictures. I often did not smile at them.
Careful scar, all of this logic... it might hurt them.
Another assinine comment Nancy...
I lived in that area years ago and to go grocery shopping it is about forty five minutes to an hour away, so that might be where the dad went. If he returned and his son was not there it wouldn't be a big shock as most of the teenagers in this area run around in the community. I hope thier son is safe and healthy and will be reunited with them soon. Praying for the family and community.
the kid just wakes up and decides to leave his fathers house on thanksgiving and is seen 20 miles away..come on theres more to this story..hope he is found safe !!....
The father likely knows where Dylan is, the mother probably fears that to near the point of knowledge. Where did the father go at 7:30 am for a few hours? Obviously, not to work, there'd be a mention and an exact time when dad was accounted for while at work, it's pertinent, wouldn't the writer note this. Was he out for a hike, a run, biking - wouldn't the boy also enjoy the same - was he trying to knock our shopping errands early? Why does the article not say where dad went? I never aimlessly leave my home and leave my children behind at an time of day.
Or mom came and picked him and and now dad is the one in fear.. We simply have no idea.
Judging from the kid's eyes, he'd better lay off his dad's pot stash!
may g-d al-mighty bring home dylan redwine safely to family and may he and his family be blessed with a year of good and happy things. amen,and amen.
Reread the story. The boy was spotted in the same town as the dads home, the writer seems to have used a reference town and that reference town was 20 miles away.
You are working incredibly hard to make this about the father. Could things have happened the way that you say? Sure, but it is just as likely that the boy called his mom while his dad was gone, the mom came over and picked him up and is now hiding him.
Given that we don't know what happened, working so hard to make this whole thing the dad's fault is just pointless. Even I did not go that far in my original post eluding to the POSSIBILITY that mom has him. Also, as i said before, I would rather the boy be found safe with his mom then be found dead in a field.
I'm sure they have outsourced their proofreading dept... We all know by now that learning the English language is quite different than comprehending it. How many times do you use the words 'revert' and 'needful' in every single email you write? It's just creepy.
YEAH Heeeeeellllloooo! Court Ordered Visit?There's your Clue! The bottom line,this kid didn't really want to be with his father! This kid took off on his own.
Nobody killed him, nobody kidnapped him,and he just took OFF!He didn't want to be there for a real good reason!
Gee I wonder what the reason was?
Any divorce where one parent has custody has "court ordered visits" Thats what they are called. And you don't know whether the kid wanted to be there or not. My step brother is technically in custody of his mother, and my step dad pays her child support. But my step brother spends 95% of his time at his dads.
I have to question the wisdom of court ordered visits.
So you would prefer if the parent who has custody be given the power to keep the child away from the other parent entirely?
No I would not recommend that however it is evident the boy did not want to be there. And the question is why? We may never get the answer to the question. Most 13 year old boys want to be with their fathers, why didn't Dylan want to spend Thanksgiving with his father?
Stevie, where does it say that he didn't want to?
I think the fact that it was a court-ordered visit is a petty good indication the child did not want to be there.
Not so, If the child was 13 and he did not want to go, the court will listen to a 13 year old and act on his wishes absent a good reason to override the 13 year old's decision.
Others have mentioned that court orders are always issued in situations where the parents are separated and do not have an out of court agreement. Court orders can also be used to cure a reoccurring pattern of custodial interference, such as when a mother repeatedly blocks a father from already ordered visitation time.
Your assertion may be correct, but there is certainly nothing in the story to suggest this.
Stevie. I'm guessing you don't have divorced parents or have been divorced. So you apparently don't know what "Court ordered" means. Please do some research.
Get serious here folks, THE FATHER DID IT, and you know it! Lol, sorry, I just HAD to say that...
1. "Court ordered" just means as a part of the divorce decree, there were particular dates/holidays set out for each person to have visitation - nothing ominous, the writer just wanted to make it sound like it is.
2. An earlier poster said Dad rarely exercised visitation. If this is the case, I doubt Dad did something to the boy, and the fact that he left for several hours doesn't seem odd. Dad sounds more like a self-absorbed, uninvolved parent than someone trying to get back at an ex-spouse.
3. If this is the case, then understandably Dylan resents Dad and having to "do time" at Dad's, and either called Mom to come get him, called someone else to come get him, or set off on his own to go somewhere else. I hope for Dylan's sake that is what happened and he is safe somewhere.
Seems to me that if dad did not even visit with his son, that he didn't really care about him, and would be MORE likely to do something to him to hurt his ex.
Stats on neglected, abused, exploited and murdered children in the US is staggering. There is minimal reporting in the case. There is no report that mentions if dad checked on Dylan before he left to run errands. It does not mention if dad left a note if Dylan was sleeping to let him know he was running *errands.* Dad does not report Dylan missing until 6pm. It does not mention if he notified mom immediately that Dylan is missing. It does not mention if dad called his son's cell # and if he did, records will confirm that. It does not mention who he notified in the time frame when he returned home-only that dad reported his son missing to authorities at 6pm It is unknown what clothing Dyan was wearing-it was a witness that claimed to see Dylan that provided that. One article states Dylan MAY have been carrying a black harley backpack. If Dylan had such a backpack and it's not in dad's home why write that he may have been carrying it? Have detectives formally brought in dad to give his version of events? Have detectives searched the dad's home, dads vehicle? Have detectives verified *the errands* dad was running? No article states dad was working-all the articles state dad was *running errands.* Have detectives searched Dylan's cell phone records since his cell phone and charger *are missing* to discover calls made/received? Has dad been questioned if there were any *issues* or arguments the night before the disappearance of Dylan? No article states that dad was brought in for formal questioning-dad just reported his son missing and that was that. Assuming Dylan is a run-away and probably met up with foul play. The last person to see Dylan was his dad assuming he even checked on him before he left on his errands. This is what detectives would consider a person of interest in an investigation. So yes, I too, am assuming dad is hiding the facts and like I wrote before: You can all point fingers at me for my assumptions but I still contend it is a very poor investigation/ reporting and my instincts tell me that Dylan will not be found anytime soon and will become, sadly, another unsolved case. Karma will find me when I am proved wrong.
It's ok if you're wrong Katy, nothing bad will happen to you, unlees one of the "speculation police" who post here decide to take action that is! Much of the info you want is not being released by the police, but you can rest assured that dad is their #1 suspect, probably their only one. Unless the body is found, however, dad is likely to escape punishment. Then, perhaps, he can hook up with Casey Anthony and start a new family!
The article that was linked earlier to fill in the gaps of NBCs atrocious *journalism* says he didn't want to get up & go out at 7:30am.
Well, why would he, if the father woke the kid & the kid said nope, not getting up?
What would it prove if there was a note?
The police can't carbon-date it to 7:30am.
Not seeing the pt of bringing it up.
Seriously, ppl now have been brainwashed to think a cell phone is a must-have accessory for kids? Good grief.
Even at 27 my youngest loses more cell phones than he retains (which is annoying as he also sees no need for a landline & has an ever-changing #). When a kid can pay for it themselves & replace it when they lose it is when they should have one. There's no need for it w/ this helicopter attachment parenting.
It didn't mention he had a cell phone, either.
And really, do you think police release every last little crumb in a case to the speculative public? I don't.
4:30pm.
But who's counting?
The imaginary threads at which ppl grasp to spin a good story is astonishing.
Maybe that's b/c most parents would check w/ the other one b4 calling police if they can't track down their mutual kid, so most ppl would *get* that w/o a mention?
Again, what's the pt? Does it help any to know when the mother was contacted or by whom?
Um, yeah, it does. It said he returned home at 11:30am & reported the kid missing at 4:30pm.
Pajamas? Since he was in bed when the father last saw him?
How is the father supposed to know that? The mother would know what clothes were packed & taken to the father's & might be missing as well, not the father.
B/c it was an alleged *sighting*, not a *fact*?
Are you serious?
Nah, the cops just logged in the call & ignored it. Everyone knows that's SOP.
WTF do you *think* cops do in a missing kid case?
I'm sure they verified every family member's movements & motives, not just the father's.
They just don't want to tell you.
Good grief.
Back away from the CSI marathon.
You know what they say about *assume*.
ROLFMFAO
Were you there for every min of the investigation that you can confidently assert such?
Maybe you should call the cops there & tell them that. I'm sure they'll be happy to know you've cracked the case.
(Right after you figure out what the *reply* button is for.)
Tru dat :-D