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“How to break a neck”
was one of John Skeltons final Google searches leading up to the disappearance
of his three sons (9, 7 and 5 years old) in 2010.
Thanksgiving should
have been a happy occasion spent with family, but for one Michigan mother, Tanya
Zuvers, it would prove to be the worst day of her life.
She and her husband
were no longer living together as they were going through a divorce, so the
children split their time between parents.
When Zuvers called
Skelton to request she get the boys back early for the holidays, he informed
her that it wasn’t possible, relaying various excuses about how they were out
of town or that the kids were with a friend of his. The children’s mother
pushed for answers, until John Skelton finally admitted that he was making the
phone call from a local hospital bed. He had attempted suicide by hanging, he
said.
He then went on to say
the friend he had left the boys with, was a woman he’d met online named Joann
Taylor. Despite investigation, no Joann Taylor was ever located, and neither
were the three boys.
Skelton’s house was
searched by local police and found to be in a chaotic state of disarray. The
place had been trashed. The local area was searched but turned up nothing.
Skelton claims that
Zuvers had been abusing the children and that he had handed them over to an organization
called “United Foster Outreach and Underground Sanctuaries” to protect them
from their mother. No organization was ever located. Sources do indicate that
Zuvers is registered on a sex offenders list due to time served for having a
sexual relationship with a 14 year boy from her neighborhood in the late
nineties.
She denies abusing her
own children.
Skelton
served as his own lawyer in court, directing questions about himself to his
wife who refused to look him in the eye. Although he wasn’t charged with the
murder of his sons, he was sentenced to between 10-15 years behind bars.
Where are the missing
skelton boys?
If you have any information please use the details provided on the above poster to contact the relevant departments.
For anyone who ends up on this page, WDIV-TV put out a podcast on this case. "Shattered: Black Friday" dives into the evidence and revisits crime scenes trying to unearth new clues to resolve this case. Tied to the podcast, reporter Sandra Ali interviewed John Skelton in February 2018 -- his first interview in 6 years. You can find it on any podcast service.
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