Dylan Redwine Case: Are There Any Persons of Interest?

My brother would not withhold information that would help to find his son. He has been just as upset as everyone else that his son is missing. His ex-wife Elaine and his other son Cory have been in the media, but he is himself just as distraught as they are over the disappearance of Dylan.

As far as the custody dispute, a lot of couples go through bitter and angry divorces, and as I have said before, children sometimes hear things that they were not meant to hear and interpret them as something entirely different than what it was meant to be. I do know that Dylan loved both his parents and his brother and his brothers from a prior marriage.

Unfortunately, in situations like this, they are going to look at my brother as having something to do with this, but they should be looking at both parents and or anyone involved or related to their divorce proceedings. As mothers and siblings have in the past had involvement in cases like this to get back at the other parent or parents if it is a sibling. Sad, but true.

In any case, that is all I have to say at the time. As now it is going on the 8th day of Dylan’s disappearance, and I am just praying to hear some news soon. Hopefully we will hear something from my brother soon hear on our end. Until then, all I have is hope that Dylan will be found.

@Bridget Redwine-Simmers

Has your brother taken a polygraph test or done anything else?


I am only asking so as to have the facts. I can write up a piece, and mention your quote if you want to get in touch with me privately as well. (Chelsea.hoffman@chelseahoffman.com)

@ Bridget Redwine-Simmers.....Are you for real? Because if you are, I would like to know exactly what you meant by "I do know that Dylan LOVED both parents......"! Why the past tense?

@Chelsea Hoffman, Regarding a Poly, IDK. However I have run voice-stress-analysis on all comments made by Mom and Dad that I've been able to find thus far.

how did they go?

yes i am for real, i am mark redwine's sister and with everything going on, i think i am entitled to a type o. the entire family is living this ordeal, not just my brother and his ex-wife. so give an aunt the benefit of the doubt and allow a type o. so yes i am very real, and do take offense at you looking at me like i am some crazy person over a type o!

I don't think it was a typo. You used a verb in the past tense.

I looked at your profile. There are no pictures of Dylan. You do not have the number for anyone who sights him to call and report it. Not even a plea for his safe return. Why?

Lady, I don't know who you are, but I am 1 of Dylan's aunts and yes it was a typo! All of us have been upset over what is going on with Dylan, we all have hardly slept and he is constantly on our minds and I make a simple typographical error and you want to accuse me of doing it on purpose. I am sorry for the mistake... excuse me for not being perfect.

as far as a profile on here, no I don't have any pictures. I just signed up for this site to respond to the posts I found in a search on my nephew for any news other than what I already know from my family. I have a face book page where my photo has been changed to my nephew, where my cover photo is of his missing banner, I have been posting left and right to my friends to spread the word and to call the number that is listed if anyone has any information or if friends of friends have any information. I don't plan on staying on this site. It is a way for me to keep up with Chelsea Hoffman's posts as we have been in contact with each other via emails. If you want to see my face book page all you have to do is go to: http://www.facebook.com/bridget.redwinesimmers or do a search for me. You will find that our entire family that is on face book are posting for Dylan. So do a little bit more research other than just this site please.

Just making a point. Try putting up a poster of Dylan. Along with a phone number.

The rest of your spelling is almost impeccable. I don't believe you made a typo.

believe what you want... don't really care... it was a typo and that is that. I am not staying on this site, haven't even looked at how to put anything up. I post on my face book page as that is where my family and friends are. I only signed up for this page to read the post that were made about Dylan. I responded to a couple of them. I have talked to Chelsea via email and that is all that matters to me. Not what you think or anyone else.

Woah there, li'l lady.
So many dropped pronouns making your statement sensitive.
if you can't take ownership of what you say, we can't do it for you.
Anything in the negative is sensitive.
I see you do care about what is being said about your alleged typo. It's is interesting to note that out of your whole statement you managed to 'mistype' one single word, a very important word at that, a word which speaks to tense, past as opposed to present. A word which is sensitive when is appears in association with a missing family member. When a subject says "that is all", "that's all i know" or "that is that" it indicates the topic is sensitive to the subject and they want to en the conversation. I note the dropped pronoun in relation to don't really care and also with having looked how to put anything up. If you can't take ownership on not having done these things we can't do it for you. the pronouns appear in relation to your facebook and signing up to this page to read posts about Dylan ( BTW I read the posts without having to sign up, I signed up in order to post a comment) Anything in the negative is sensitive which is why you tell us not what you think or anyone else. It seems clear you are acutely sensitive to what is being said not only about you, it includes family members as well. I have to ask what exactly do you know, suspect or believe happened to Dylan that has caused you to use the past tense ( i disagree it was a typo since it occured in only one word) the mouth (and fingers) speak or write a word a microsecond after it is thought in the brain, you had opportunity to spellcheck and didn't? Why are you so defensive in regards to your brother? He was the last person known to have seen Dylan alive, There was nothing of Dylan's in the house nor anything with his scent on (which you have to admit is strange since he apparantly slept in a bed and would have thus left his scent snd DNA on the bedding) Statemen analysis indicates sensitivity iin your statements, I cannot say why this is so at this current time, further comments from you may reveal more. In the mean time i would suggest your brother, Dylan's father take and pass a polygraph. If he refuses then we have our answer, if he fails then we have our answer, if he passes he can then be removed from the main investigation and LE can then look at other family members and friends and work the circle out till a conclusion is reached. In the meantime i would suggest you look at where your priorities lie, finding Dylan or covering and defending your brother and yourself.

I just dont understand why everyone is pointing their fingers at Bridget for writing loved instead of loves. She has already said that she accidentaly pushed the d key instead of the s, which are right next to each other on the keyboard. She also said she uses spell check. So, when she was done typing out her comment she clicked on submit, because she didnt see any of those red squiggly lines under any of her words. Indicating that nothing is miss spelled. You people are reading way too much into a TYPO. But instead of letting it go you all insist on pointing out all the ways in which she is wrong. Mark is her brother, I am his niece. I love my cousins, and my uncle and even Elaine, even though they may be divorced I still consider her family and so does Bridget. Bridget and I live several states away and are doing what we can from our homes. Because believe me, if we could afford to fly out to colorado, we would have been there from day 1 instead of sitting here searching the internet for news updates on Dylan. Yes she knew she didnt have to be a member to read the comment, again, as she has already said, she signed up so she could make a comment on an article she came across that was about her missing nephew and give some insight to the author about her brother.

First of all, nothing else was mispelled or badly worded. We just don't believe that it was a typo. Secondly, you two just don't sound like you care much about Dylan. You sound like you care what people are saying about Dylan's father; and those are two very different things to care about. Third, you two got nasty and defensive, even to the point of abusive language. Fourth, Dylan's father, himself, also used past tense verbs to describe his son. Sixth, if it were only one type, you might have a leg to stand on, but you guys seem to do it every time you type. So.......I think there's a reason why it keeps happening. That's all.

Oh...and fifth.....why was Dylan's father meeting with his attorney while he was allegedly visiting with Dylan?

lady you need to get a life and not tell us who we do and dont care about. to us family is family and we love them all.. how many times have we said we care about dylan and we hope and pray for his safe return? but you dont seem to keep bringing that part of what we write u p again. you only see what you want and hear what you want. you take things out of context and and wont leave things alone. you are a sorry excuse for a human and i wish to god that it was you that was missing instead of dylan. at least then the world wouldnt have to listen to your ignorance.

Instead of defending Dylan's father - perhaps you need to be the ones asking him the questions we all have! Quit supporting him. I know the police and FBI are desperate for answers - and the only one that has answers are Dylan's father. In 97% of cases like this - it is the father. Many many red flags and all you can do is defend him. That makes me sick to my stomach. I close my eyes and see Dylan's face and wonder where he is all the time. Being a family sometimes means making tough decisions - and the tough decision is usually the right one.

Why didn't the dogs find Dylan's scent at his fathers house? Why was Dylan's last text message to his Mom, upset he had to visit with his dad? Dad had many hours to account for the day of Dylan's disappearance, and his story seems to keep changing, why is that? Has he taken a polygraph? Can Dylan's father's attorney confirm that he met with him on that day? Why is your first priority to defend the father and all relatives, instead of the outrage at what has possibly happened to Dylan? On, and On, OPEN YOUR EYES, pull your heads out of the sand, and be angry for whatever happened to Dylan! Where is your upset for Dylan? Where is your outrage for Dylan? Where is your anger for Dylan? I don't get the self-defense attitude out of all of Dylan's supposed relatives here. I am upset, angry and outraged for Dylan.

Tobi we are not stupid, we are not defending my uncle purely on blind faith. Our heads are not in the sand. We said we dont believe he had anything to do with it and that there are other POSSIBILITIES. Yes in 97% of these cases it is the father, trust me I watch my fair share of the ID channel too and read all kinds of statistics. But there still is that 3% Do you not think that we are not outraged for Dylan? That we dont care and that we dont think about him every minute of every day? because that is simply not true. that is all my mother, my aunt and i talk about is where is dylan, where could he be?

And I for one, am not going to condemn my uncle until I have all the facts. I seem to remember innocent until PROVEN guilty being said somewhere.

All of you make me sick to my stomach!!!! Every last one of you!!! I think YOU DID IT!!! You go and confess to the police as you seem to know so much about my nephew. Let me refer them to you guys since you apparently know more than they do about the case!!!! I ACCUSE YOU ALL!!!! I am sick of this! You can't let a distraught family alone, you have to keep harping and harping on the subject!!! You all swear up and down it is my brother, my niece's uncle, well I say it is YOU who are GUILTY! Those are the facts! You know more about our family and not even met us! IT MUST BE YOU! IT HAS TO BE YOU! IF YOU HAD ANY CONSCIENCE AT ALL YOU WOULD GO TURN YOURSELF IN! OMG! People have no life and like to get their little itty bit of fame on a little bitty site! I tried to share a little bit about my brother and how he is feeling and doing and what I thought and it turned into this! Have you been to my brother's house? Were you there when the investigators searched it??? Where you there when he and his wife divorced? Were you in the court room with them when everything was all said and done? Were you there with Dylan on the plane, and ride home with him and my brother!!!??? WELLL??? I can understand following a case, I can understand having questions about it! But to accuse me or any of my family when you don't have the facts is totally out of order! You can have opinons, but to type there and tell me that me and my niece don't care about Dylan only what is being said about our family... you must have a guilty conscience over how you feel about your own family... I suggest you go looking through your own closets and relationships with your own family before you go pointing fingers at mine. I also suggest if you are a christian that if you are without sin then cast the stone at my family... but I don't think you are Jesus and have no sin either! So back up off my family! All we wanted to do is follow the post and put in a word here and there and all this started over a typo that wasn't caught because the word WASN'T SPELLED WRONG to be caught by the spell check! I said that before, but everyone wants to go on and on about past tense... you know... people do that when they are hurt and upset in a situation like this... but yet because they can point it out every single time.... and yet don't look at themselves is sad... we all do it... My brother is holding out hope that Dylan will come home... we know all to well Dyl has been gone far to long and the odds of that are astronomical, but that doesn't stop our prayers, it doesn't stop our hope. It is people like you that kick people when they are down that kill our hope... Thank you all for that so much... so yeah, thanks to you, I have very little hope left that my nephew will be found.... thank you for bring a woman to tears at watching you tear her family apart in words instead of offering encouragement until it is over and we all find out what really happened to my nephew. I hope you are all proud of yourselves in that.... (to Chelsea, I am sorry, I said I was not going to respond to anymore of this, but I could not take it any longer and I had to say my piece. I had stopped responding and yet people were talking to me as if I had kept putting input and messages on this post. My nieces and her friends felt the need to defend me and our family and I still remained quiet. This comment sent me over the top and I do apologize and have the utmost respect for you as you have done nothing but state the facts that are already out there and nothing more.)

Juli you need to calm down, typo or not, there is no reason for you to attack Bridget that way! I am Dylan's cousin and it pains me to say this but we are very aware of the odds that we face of Dylan being found unharmed. The more time that goes by the more unlikely his safe return becomes. Even knowing this, we all still hold on to hope. And as Bridget has already stated, do a little research in social networking before harping on her as you have! I didn't even know this website existed before she starting linking the news articles that Chelsea has been posting. That being said, it is safe to say that the word about my cousin's dissapearance has spread more quickly via social media than from news websites like this (no disrespect to the website itself). You should be ashamed of yourself! Whether my aunt made a type-o or not, it is IRRELEVANT! Furthermore, by attacking her as you did what are YOU trying to imply? That she had something to do with it? Get over yourself lady!

I didn't attack her, and I do NOT need to be ashamed of myself. Her posts and profile do NOT have any pictures of the missing child or a phone number to call if any of us happens to see him somewhere. Instead, her posts contain reams of dialogue explaining why various family members are not at fault for this!

Why does anyone need to calm down???? Your cousin, if that's really who you are, has been missing for almost two weeks! You should be frantic, yet you are not.

What part of "I just signed up for this site to respond to the posts I found in a search on my nephew" are you incapable of understanding? Of course Bridget wouldn't have any pictures or relevant content, just as I don't. Why? Simply because I joined just to inform you that you you're an ignorant ass who really should find more important things to do then sit on a computer harassing the family of a missing child. It is completely irrelevant whether she said loves or loved, but you're obviously so pathetic that you feel the need to try and feel superior by pointing it out. Get over yourself. You absolutely SHOULD be ashamed of yourself! You do not know these people or their state of mind and yet you feel entitled to give your opinion on whether or not they are frantic? You should probably wonder off and troll other sites now because you've only made a fool of yourself on this one. Good day to you.

The "journalism" of Chelsea Hoffman is the lowest form of trash I have seen on this topic. Peddling in unsubtantiated rumors and acqusations is horrific. While the community is searching for Dylan to begin pandering to the more "national inquirer" type reader is appalling.

All I can do is shake my head at this... all over a typo. I use the spell checker. The problem is the word isn't spelled wrong, it is spelled correctly, but I hit the "d" instead of the "s" which is right beside each other on a standard keyboard... as far as you thinking we aren't frantic, until you come to our house and talk to us, you have no idea of how frantic we are, I came to this site to read the articles that were written about Dylan, and voice my opinion on what I saw at the time as I felt the people that do use this site, which is apparently a large amount, would know what I felt about my brother and how he was holding up. I didn't come here to add another social site in which I had to keep up with on a daily basis. I feel no need in putting up photos etc. I have been linking posts from this site to my face book so the rest of my family members and friends on face book could read them as well. After my comment on a post Chelsea contacted me and we have talked via email, but apparently I don't act the way the public thinks I need to act in text writing. I guess I didn't put in enough OMG and !!! and WTH or WTF to suit anyone... This will be my last comment on Chelsea's posts as my main concern is my family. Nor will I be linking any of them on my face book page anymore, because I don't need my family to see all this silly squabling over a typo. I love my nephew, my niece loves her cousin the rest of our family loves Dylan and still are trying to hold on in hopes that he will come home. I will continue to search the internet everyday for any news, I will however continue to link other news articles from the news stations that are relevant to Dylan's case and getting him home safely.

Well said Bridget -- and don't feel discouraged from being a part of this community. You've offered a lot of good insight on your nephew's case and have been a beacon of REASON during all of this (especially with all of the accusations).

I would like to point out that you can't really discern whether or not someone is "frantic" in mere text alone. So I don't understand why Bridget is being attacked. She has been nothing but polite and reasonable throughout this entire ordeal.

She's the aunt of the child, not the parents. She is only trying to find out the answers to the same questions all of us are asking.

you know what juli, my profile doesnt have any posts or pictures of my cousin...what do you have to say about that? what what the hell is your problem? accusing me of not being dylans cousin, or bridget his aunt? i dont need to post a f-ing family tree to appease the likes of you! we are all worried about dylan and his safe return and it is annoying, know nothings like you that make this situation that much more unbearable! I know exactly how long MY cousin has been missing, and of course we are frantic! everyone in my family is! we also, however, live several states away and are doing what we can from here. so cram it with walnuts lady! and to the other person that posted on here about chelsea's posts, i have been reading every article i have come across concerning the disappearance of my cousin dylan, and honestly, she hasnt said anything on here that all the other news articles are saying. i respect chelsea for what she does and i dont believe that what she has put on here is trash.

Okay, first of all. Any of you, who think that our family doesn't care. You OBVIOUSLY don't know us. Why do you have to be so negative all the time? We are ALL upset, and worried about Dylan. We are all praying that he comes home safely. I am Dylan's cousin. I've seen so much he said, she said on this. Seriously. Priorities. Mine are on my cousin's safety. Christie, Aunt Bridget. Love you guys. We gotta be strong.

Priorities? Which cousin? Rather than joining social networking sites to see what people are writing, why not join social networking sites to give us all pictures of Dylan and tell us all who to all when and if we see him? Or to find out if Dylan has an account here and posts here?

Why are the relatives of Dylan trolling and responding to comments they don't like? Their energy should be on finding Dylan - not defending their behavior. What a crying shame.

Toby, it's already been stated here that these are relatives from out of state. There isn't much they CAN do but try to add balance to the reports being written about their family. It's hardly "trolling."

If my nephew were missing - I would be doing everything in my power to look for him - or to aid in the search. Too many red flags come up for the father's behavior. Something here does not add up - and the relative's posts defending his and their behavior do not help.

Bridget doth protest too much, me thinks.

I understand you, Chelsea; and I disagree with the person who compared you to the Enquirer; but I do think that a relative of a missing child should post as many pictures of the child as possible, along with a phone number to call if he is seen. I also was quite disturbed to see her say "loved", rather than "loves" or "love", because that implies that this child is no longer in a position for the present tense to be used. If that were the case, I would feel terrible for Dylan. And relatives of missing children sometimes do prevaricate and cover.

Chelsea - did you ever find out if the father took a polygraph?

Did the father's alibi for the morning Dylan went missing get investigated.

Too many red flags point to the father. Spite is a powerful emotion.

What is it exactly that you expect Dylan's extended family, who lives nearly 1400 miles away, to do?! Post pictures and phone numbers? Done! Facebook is flooded with those things. This isn't a site that any of them use. It comes up when a search is done for Dylan and Bridget wanted to say some positive things about her brother. That's not trolling. What you incompetent morons are doing is trolling. Tobi you know nothing more about this case then any one else. There has been nothing from the authorities to even begin to suspect Mark. His ex wife gives her anger fueled opinion and that automatically means he did something? I think not. These red flags you speak of.... A father left his teenage son alone for a few hours to run errands. Oh my gosh!!! That's the biggest red flag I've ever seen!!!! I'm hoping you are at least intelligent enough to realize that was sarcasm. You people are pathetic and disgusting and should really question your morals for attacking this family. You down right sad. And FYI, I'm not a part of the family so you can spare me the ridiculous BS about doing more to find him.

Ya know.....whatever. If Dylan's extended family is 1400 miles away, then they do not know if Dylan "loved" both of his parents or not. The whole statement was rather unusual if auntie is looking...or not.....for a child who is still alive. I'll bet she DID want to say nice things about her brother.

I have not read a single thing stated by Dylan's mother. I didn't know that she gave anger fueled opinions. Now I do. But what does that have to do with Dylan? I must say, though; if I were in her position, I would also be angry.

you know what julie, just because we are 1400 miles away doesnt mean we NEVER talk to our family out of state. so yes we do KNOW that he loved both parents. you are ridiculous. how about you drop the act and try putting yourself in our shoes, or dylans mothers, or his fathers. you have no idea what our family dynamic is like so you have no room to voice your opinions on who loved who. honestly, your ignorance astounds me.

Another past tense reference.

Just find some more recent pictures of Dylan and post them, okay?

I have loads of experience with families going through divorce/custody issues. If a father petitioned the court for a Thanksgiving visitation - why leave this child you love so much for 4 hours? This sounded like a spite filled request to take the boy away from his mom on a holiday. I heard he went to work on the morning in question. Has his alibi been checked out? Has he taken a lie detector test?

Juli Henry is right - how do you know Dylan loved his dad - the family lived so far away? I have seen the family of an abuser show up to court time and again claiming they are there to support him, and that they saw no signs of abuse. The family of an abuser will say and do anything to protect the abuser, when Dylan is the one who needs protecting.

tobi, i dont agree with you but you seem to be able to carry on an intelligent conversation so i will answer your question. Dylan, his brother and mother moved so far away because his mom got a job in Colorado Springs. Mark didnt beat his kids. Im not going to tell you he was the perfect father, because no one is. hell i could go on and on about my father, who did some awful things. but he never beat me us and i still loved him. and i am using loved in the past tense because unlike dylan's situation where we dont know what has happened to him, my dad IS dead. I am just asking that people dont jump to conclusions when we dont have all the facts. anything is possible, but not everything is probable. there are many cases when people in the family arent involved in the terrible things that happen but we get so wrapped up in wanting to place the blame on someone that they lose sight of what is important. and right now that is finding dylan.

I've just read a news story that said Dylan's father left the morning in question to speak to his divorce lawyer. UNBELIEVABLE! This infuriates me. If the visit he petitioned the court for was so important, why leave for many hours - to run errands - with one of the errands to speak to your divorce lawyer. I'm guessing he did not like the fact that Dylan did not want to be there - and he was pursuing Parental Alienation Syndrome against his ex wife, and wanting more custody/visitation - this if his story checks out.

Where is his attorney in all of this? Again - another red flag.

Still have not heard if his alibis have checked out?
Still have not heard if he has taken a polygraph?

I don't think "placing the blame" is all-encompassing here, but if a person of interest is identified, that's person's testimony and that person's activities and alibis need to be checked. Especially when the statements of those around him or her contain so many red flags. Until I read the statements of self identified family members here, I did not think the father had anything to do with Dylan's disappearance, but now, I think the police should question him until Dylan is found.

I dont understand, just because my and and I said something on here you then started suspecting my uncle? I am not trying to pick a fight with you on this one juli i just want to understand. My aunt Bridget and I haven't said anything on here to raise suspicion against my uncle Mark. We are just trying to be supportive for the entire family in this difficult time. Elaine and my uncle may be estranged and divorced but I still consider her my aunt and part of the family. I hold no ill will towards her for accusing him, she is a mother in distress and I can only understand her thinking of every worse case scenario there is to be thought of. But since most of my uncles family are scattered across the country he doesnt have as much support as Elaine does. And since I cannot be there in person I am trying to do what I can here. I have posted recent pictures of my cousin, along with a contact number. again, all bridget and i are trying to do is be supportive the best way we can given our situation. i dont think we or my uncle should be condemned for that.

I also want to add that in my heart, I truly believe that Mark did not do anything to Dylan. I know how much he loved his son, and I just don't believe he is capable of doing such a terrible thing as you people do.

How many times have we heard from the families, neighbors, and friends of murderers, that they are "really nice guys"? How many times have we heard from the family members of murderers that they really loved the person they murdered. Too many times is the answer.

And you know what Tobi, thats never going to change. There are always people out there that say yeah they were nice until they found out they were murderers. but you make it sound like this happens 100% of the time. and if you were in our situation i bet you would be so quick to jump on the opinion that he is guilty. you can state statistics all you want but there are lots of other cases where the parents werent involved in the awful things that happened to their children or their families. what about them? you cant completely write them off. sometimes bad things do happen to good people and good families. this is my family and there isnt anything you can say to me to change my mind.

We are not talking about those known cases wherein the family was innocent. We are talking about this case. And Dylan is still missing.

Every time you discuss Dylan, you use the word "love" in the past tense. What's up with that?

damn it juli will you please get off the tense subject? i am tired of arguing with you about what tense is being used. as i have said before, which you obviously totally disregarded, is the more time that goes by the more unlikely it is that Dylan will be found unharmed. any law enforcement person will tell you that. but we still hope for the best and that he will be found alright. and i know we arent talking about cases where families are innocent, but tobi it talking about all the cases where families are guilty. i feel like if you guys are going to be looking at all the cases where the families were involved then you should also consider the other options. not every terrible thing that happens to a family is caused by the hands of a family member.

wtf do you think ive been doing skunt? stop nit picking at shit jesus christ

I have never nitpicked at "sh*t Jesus Christ". "Wtf" I think you have been doing is surfing the internet.

Just another observation. Do you remember the Josh Powell case. Josh killed his wife - disposed of the body - was getting supervised visitation with his two young boys who he took an ax to them before blowing them up?

His family STILL supports him and defends him.

The "Best Interest of the Child" statute needs to go away and be replaced by a statute that puts the child's safety above all other needs. Only one state that I know of was looking at making this change - after the Josh Powell story.

My point in all my posts here is to get the people who order children into visitations - to do some soul searching and information gathering. The priority of Family Court needs to be the safety of the children. This is not happening. The Best Interest of the Child Statute is misleading - if you read the statute, it is all about the parent's rights - not the children's safety. This statute is based on old studies that have been proven untrue. If one of the children's parents is a loser, if they don't want to see them - the child is NOT better off being forced into a relationship with them. The opposite is true. Read any studies by Lundy Bankroft for proof of this.

JUDGES - Please educate yourself, please base your decisions on the safety of the child, not the rights of the parent. Do not dismiss one parent's claims because of the custody dispute.

Am I right to assume the Father was the petitioner?

I would like to know from the aunt Bridget if Dylan would not have had cell phone use at her brother's residence.

Delora, Dylan sent a text message letting her know he arrived - he ended the text message with a scowl - as he did not want to go to the visitation. Same story said Dylan's father rarely exercised his visitation rights. Are we surprised Dylan did not want to be there? I sure hope the Judge that ordered this visitation is watching this story closely.

From Dylan's Mom: She continued, “If he could call, he would.” His cell phone and charger and various other items were in his backpack, which he supposedly had with him. It’s not at his father’s house, she said. She said she was awarded sole custody of Dylan on Sept. 21. Previously she and Mark Redwine had shared custody. On Nov. 18, Dylan flew here for his first visit with his father since that court decision, Elaine said.

Thanks Toby but I was referring to the dad living in the boonies. I know some places don't get reception and I figured Mark's sister would know the answer to that question. It definitely isn't normal for a teen to cut their phone off at 8pm. This was on the day he arrived and was said to have been picked up at the airport around 6:30pm but if his phone didn't work there, then that would make sense. I am not sure how far the airport is from Mark's house but they grocery shopped according to Mark after Dylan got off the plane, could Dylan's phone which I think was verizon show not being on after 8 because maybe that's the time they arrived at Mark's house. I'm sure the police have these answers and that's why Mark is not a suspect. I guess they're only going to tell the general public so much. I hope and pray this child will be found safe. I also wonder if his family thinks he would hitch hike like his friends are saying. God Bless him.

Delora, I am a family friend and had the same question about the cell phone and it has been mentioned that cell service at the home is very poor. I definitely agree that the authorities aren't telling the media everything. I'm willing to say they are only sharing about 25% of the info they have.

Delora, I am Mark's niece, my mother is one of his sisters. A few years ago my mom went to visit with Mark in and she almost never had service at his house. Nearly every time she contacted me it was from his land line phone from the house. On the rare occasion that her cell phone did work long enough to place a call, it never lasted for very long.

Thanks Brandy and Christie! Does Mark still have a landline phone? My thing is if he has a landline, Dylan (who may not know the number of his friends by heart) could have gotten the number off his phone and dialed it from the landline to ask his friend to ask their parents for a ride. Without cell service, he could have still been able to look at his contacts. I was wondering if because Mark lives in such a rural area if he left the door unlocked. Does Mark have any enemies that might want to get back at him by hurting his son? I cannot imagine how upset you all must be. I have a 13 year old boy myself. Praying everyday that he makes it home safe.

My cell phone does not work at my place which is down the street and I rely on my land line. Up until this incident I have left my doors unlocked.

Thank you Delora, we are all praying and still holding on to what hope we have left that Dylan will make it home safe and unharmed. Mark does still have an active phone line at home. It wouldn't surprise me at all if vallecito is a community were doors are commonly left unlocked but as far as my uncle's house specifically I cannot answer that with certainty. As far as enemies my uncle might have, I can't think of any that would go to this extent to get back at him. My mom would know more about that and I will be sure to ask her about it and get you some more accurate information.

The police served a search warrant on Father's house today. The police know a lot more than we do - and guess where they are pointing their finger as well?

No one wants to hear what a great guy the father is.

Tobi, no one ever said he was a great guy, just that I dont believe he did anything to Dylan. I've been keeping up with the articles as well and I know that his house was searched today, but you seemed to have skipped the part where they said that he is NOT a suspect.

Josh Powell was never named a suspect in his wife's disappearance either.

Trust me - If Dylan turns up 3 states away as a runaway, or with another abductor - I will be the first one to apologize to his family - I am just tired of all of them sticking their heads in the sand.

Terri Horman is not a suspect in her stepson's disappearance, either, but she's being sued for ten mil becuse of it. I agree, family members need to get their heads out of the sand.

It is of interest to see comments from family membrs saying they know in their hearts mark is innocent. The heart is the seat of emotions, they are emoting he is is innocent.
The head, which is the seat of logic, gets no mention. Emotionally he is innocent logically he may not be. I would ask do you think, given the acrimonious split up, the forced court vsitation, the poor relationship between Dylan and his father, mark's lifestyle, the anger at Dylan's mom that mark could in fact do something to Dylan?
The act could be out of anger that Dylan prefers his mom, anger at court involvement, anger at his ex including lashing out, anger at the expense of child support, anger ar something Dylan said or did.
Has mark made any comments ever about hating his ex, resentment about Dylan even in passing. Does he have a history of anger management problems, drinking, drugs? is violence a part of who he is either actual or threatened?
You know the man better than we do, your heart may say he is innocent, your nead may say he could have done something if he was mad enough, drunk enough. It might have been lashing out as he said in his comment to media in relation to his ex. Act in haste, repent at leisure so to speak. Regardless of how you feel emotionally, and a missing child is an emotional experience none of us want to have, thinking clearly and logically who would benefit from a missing Dylan? who could cause harm to him, who isn't doing everthing they can to find him? Who isn't calling out to him to reassure him he will be found, who isn't begging him to come home?. Where missing children are involved, even innocent parents who have had an acrimonious divorce will come togeather to make pleas for their child, to call out to them. Look and listen for the expected, what you yourself would do if it were your child. Anything other than the expected is a redflag. This includes hiding away, avoiding the media, refusing polygrpahs, limited co-operation to none, hiring of attornies and so on. Guilty people tell us of their guilt, we simply have to listen for it.

You know what, I would also like to point out that people at the candle light vigil that was held for Dylan on Tuesday was filled of talk about Dylan both in the past, and present tense. How about all you fucks go track everyone single one of those individuals down and harass them for a while.

Because not every single one of those individuals was involved or has a motive to be involved. We do find it rather unusual when we run into folks who want to write off possibilities and people with motive before they have been investigated, though. BTW, aiding and abetting a criminal is unlawful, so it being an accessory after the fact. Not that I am saying anyone did those things.....

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Okay, guys. Listen. I've been watching this argument for the past couple of days, and I don't want anyone to lose their accounts -- and I certainly don't want to have to remove this article because of the arguing. I don't want to, but i'll have to report it according to the rules if we continue the name calling and direct attacks.

Juli, I think you're being too tough on this family. I saw the tense she used and it didn't send up any red flags for me. This is a family who isn't even in the same state as what's going on. Let's please try to be sensitive to what they are going through. It's hard to be in this situation for everyone involved.

Christie.. please consider deleting your comment and rewording it without the name calling and the foul language. While I really could just let this argument last for days and days, I can't ignore blatant attacks. Please understand that I sympathize with what you're going through right now, so I understand that you are upset, but let's please try to not violate the TOS....

I am sorry Chealsea, it just really gets to me that these people that dont know, me or my aunt or anyone else in my family can sit here and be so ignorant and quick to judge. anyone can rattle of statistics and the statistics arent always right. that being said i apologize for my language and will re-word my previous comment: We never wrote off anything. we gave our opinions and you gave yours. you can stick it where the sun dont shine juli for even implying that my aunt and i had anything to do with dylans dissapearance. once again your ignorance shines thru.

It's okay, Christie, I understand.

I would like to know how many children we have to lose before we are all outraged!!! Didn't the Josh Powell story get you up off the couch to do something? It did for me! I contacted Barry Goildstein - author of "Scared to Leave, Afraid to Stay" to ask how to help. He let me know of some legislation he drafted - changing the Family Court's focus on the safety of the child. He wrote this in response to all the children who have died because of a custody dispute. He is working with the New Jersey legislature to help get this passed into law. There are literally HUNDREDS of children who die at the hands of their parents (usually the father) related to custody/divorce/failed relationship - and it appears we just added one more. I sent this legislation to the Governor in my state and all the State Senators and Legislators that I know. No one was interested in doing anything further - but I will not give up. This issue is too important. The comments of Dylan's family on this blog are all self-defending. If you look at their posts 75% of the post is defending their actions or the actions of Dylan's father, 25% of the post is related to care/concern for Dylan. It should be the opposite. And there are too many red flags to ignore.

lynch mobs seldom do anything but harm

Chelsea - you should write an article related to Judge David Dickinson's history on this case. Why he ordered this visitation. Why Dylan's voice was not heard regarding this visitation (most courts will allow children over 13 to testify to the Judge). What the circumstances regarding mom having custody and dad having visitation. Was it true that dad did not exercise his visitations on a regular basis. Is the Judge aware that Dylan did not want to go. Too many questions . . . not enough answers.

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The main thing we all wanna hear is that Dylan is alive and safe. Sooner or later the truth will emerge. I get upset just looking at this child's picture, how sweet and innocent he looks. 13 year olds don't make the best decisions, it is possible that he did hitchhike and got picked up by the wrong person, it is possible that Dylan and his Dad got into it and things got out of control. I don't want to upset an already distraught family even more. LE knows more than we do and they have not named Mark a suspect. It's frustrating but I'm sure everything we've thought of they thought of too. This child has to be alive, he has to come home, he has to. I cannot accept any other outcome. Christie is right, Mark isn't the only one to refer to Dylan in the past tense. Please Lord let TODAY be the day Dylan comes home safe. Remember the Shawn Hornbeck story, abducted at age 11, stayed with the monster for 4 and a half years. He was found along with another boy named Ben. Shawn's parents consulted physics who said he was deceased, they were wrong. They need to really check out men who live alone in that area. There's so many possibilities here and Mark may very well be innocent although I know if it were my husband he would be out there looking until his legs fell off. Nothing is important right now, not work, not sleep, not food, nothing but finding this child safe.

Delora, I really hope you are right. Way too many children are disappearing these days.

Having been in the unfortunate position of having had my children abducted I don't see any red flags in Mark's behaviour. I, too, spoke of my kids in the past tense, as I do now when they are not physically with me. As for the search warrant, normal SOP. The cops, by their own admission had been granted access to Mark's home previously. Mark, very well, may not be out and about because he's staying close to the phone hoping Dylan will find a way to call him. To the Redwine family, you're all in my prayers for strength to weather this awful situation as well as Dylan, for a safe and speedy return home.

I do hope the convicted sex offender living within less than a quarter mile from his dad's home has been fully investigated. Had Dylan been walking done the road he would have walked right by that house

Harold, it is my understanding that all the registered sex offenders in the area have been questioned at the very least, whether they have done more than question I dont know. To Leanne: thank you for your prayers and sympathies. I hope that your children are home safe with you now, and also that Dylan returns to his.

WHERE is Dylan's scent at his father's house? Did Dylan get out of the car before the father and he reached the house?? Is this a terrible accident/cover up?? Was there an amber alert for Dylan? Who picked Dylan up at the airport?? Too many questions. Hope and pray that Dylan is alive and well.