Tanner, Alexander, and Andrew Skelton -- Missing 11/26/2010

Well, at least he will be in prison while they continue to look for these boys. I wish they would be found safe and sound, but I think that is almost impossible.

Sean Michael Phillips, John Skelton cases have similarities: both fathers accused of abducting their missing children

Published: Thursday, September 15, 2011, 2:35 PM Updated: Friday, September 16, 2011, 5:08 PM

By Heather Lynn Peters | The Muskegon Chronicle
Muskegon, MI

(UPDATE) In a Michigan town nearly 250 miles away from Ludington — where a 5-month-old baby girl has been missing since June — another community is searching for answers in a case similar to that of Sean Michael Phillips.

John Skelton, of Morenci — like Phillips — has been charged with unlawful imprisonment in connection with the disappearance of his three young sons.

Skelton was sentenced Thursday in Lenawee Circuit Court to 10 to 15 years in prison.

Read more:

http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/09/ready_to_edit_sean_michael_phi_1.html

Search For Missing Brothers To Get National AttentionTeam Will Distribute Pictures of Skelton Brothers

Updated: Friday, 23 Sep 2011, 12:31 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 23 Sep 2011, 12:23 PM EDT

By: Amy Andrews| myFOXDetroit.com
WJBK - Detroit, MI

18 cities, 3,500 miles in 8 days all for the three little boys from Morenci, Michigan who went missing nearly one year ago.

Thanks to employees from General Motors the search for the Skelton brothers is going nationwide.

The employees will use a road rally competition to spread flyers of Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton who haven't been seen since last Thanksgiving.

Read more and view video:

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/search-for-missing-brothers-to-get-national-attention-20110922-spb

Search For Missing Brothers To Get National Attention: MyFoxDETROIT.com

Prayer vigil for Skelton brothers set for Oct. 9 in Morenci






Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI
Posted Sep 30, 2011 @ 03:18 PM

MORENCI, Mich. — A prayer vigil for the three Morenci boys who have been missing since November 2010 is planned for 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, in Morenci’s Wakefield Park.

Read more:

http://www.lenconnect.com/news/x824871114/Prayer-vigil-for-Skelton-brothers-set-for-Oct-9-in-Morenci

Event planned for one-year anniversary of Skelton boys’ disappearance

By Staff reports
Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI

Posted Nov 13, 2011 @ 04:12 PM

MORENCI, Mich. — The family of the missing Skelton boys is planning an observance for the one-year anniversary of their disappearance.

Snipped:

Herrera said the event’s program includes Morenci Mayor Keith Pennington giving an update on the reward fund, an update on the investigation from Morenci Police Chief Larry Weeks, music, a tribute to the boys from their cousin Ashlyn Timberman, a video about the boys made by Zuvers, the introduction of a website and prayers. Herrera said people are asked to bring flashlights instead of candles.

Read more:

http://www.lenconnect.com/news/x76464020/Event-planned-for-one-year-anniversary-of-Skelton-boys-disappearance

One year later, police planning road canvass for 3 missing Morenci boys

5:09 PM, Nov. 15, 2011

Detroit Free Press - Detroit, MI



John Skelton, top, is pictured with his three sons who
have been missing for nearly a year. Alexander (left),
Andrew (middle) and Tanner disappeared during the
Thanksgiving holiday weekend last year. / DFP/Family


It has been nearly a year since three Morenci brothers went missing and police officials are continuing to encourage the public to report anything unusual as farmers return to their crops and hunters return to the woods.

Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton went missing while in their father’s custody over the Thanksgiving holiday last year. John Skelton, who pleaded no contest to charges of unlawful imprisonment in their disappearance, was sentenced in September to 10-15 years in prison.

Read more:

http://www.freep.com/article/20111115/NEWS06/111115070/One-year-later-police-planning-road-canvass-3-missing-Morenci-boys?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE

Police to search for Skelton brothers Nov. 25

November 16, 2011

MSNBC




Police are planning an early morning search for three missing boys from Morenci, Mich. Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton have been missing for almost a year.

Read more:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45317096/ns/local_news-detroit_mi/

Police plan canvass in case of missing Morenci brothers

BLADE STAFF
Toledo Blade - Toledo, OH

Published: 11/15/2011


Andrew, Alexander, and Tanner Skelton went missing from their father's home last Thanksgiving.


MORENCI, Mich. — It’s been nearly one year since three young brothers went missing from their Lenawee County hometown.

To keep the public vigilant, the Morenci Police Department, Michigan State Police, and the FBI will conduct a “road canvass” to remind drivers about the missing Andrew, Alexander, and Tanner Skelton.

Read more:

http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2011/11/15/Police-plan-canvass-in-case-of-missing-Morenci-brothers.html

Missing boys' mom still hopeful they will return home alive

By Dan Cherry
Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI

Posted Nov 20, 2011 @ 06:14 PM




MORENCI, Mich. — One year ago, just before the Thanks­giving holiday, the mother of Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton said they were talking about going to Ford Field in Detroit to watch the Hudson Tigers play for the state football championship.

The boys never got to go to the game.

The three Skelton brothers have been missing since Thanksgiving, when their father failed to return them to their mother, Tanya Zuvers, after a scheduled visitation.

They were last seen with their father, John Skelton, who was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison after pleading no contest to unlawfully imprisoning his sons. He claims he gave them to an underground organization to prevent Zuvers from having custody. The two were estranged at the time and have since been divorced.

Read more:

http://www.lenconnect.com/features/x1425132058/Missing-boys-mom-still-hopeful-they-will-return-home-alive

Morenci keeps hopes alive

Doug Guthrie/ The Detroit News
Last Updated: November 23. 2011 1:00AM

Morenci — Tanya Zuvers refuses to speak of her three missing sons in the past tense.

In the year since the Thanksgiving disappearance of Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton, hundreds of volunteers launched a futile search of this Michigan-Ohio border town and its vast surrounding farms, woods and waters.

Ten months later, their father, John Skelton, was sentenced to 10-15 years in prison after pleading no contest to unlawful imprisonment and steadfastly refusing to tell of their whereabouts.

Skelton said he gave his sons to a secret child-protection group, dreamed of them dead and did Internet research about neck-breaking. Because of those statements, Morenci Police Chief Larry Weeks switched his missing-person search to a homicide investigation.

Read more: http://www.detnews.com/article/20111123/METRO/111230358/1409/Morenci-keeps-hopes-alive

A year later mother of missing Morenci brothers believes they are alive

Posted: 11/23/2011
By: Tom Wait By: Tom Wait



MORENCI, Mich. (WXYZ) - It was one year ago on Thanksgiving-eve that Tanya Zuvers last saw her sons Alexander, Tanner and Andrew alive. She hugged and kissed them as she dropped the boys off at their grandmother’s house.

Two days later her life changed forever.

“I said I love you and I said I’ll see you on Friday,” Tanya said.

It was a reunion that still hasn’t happened.

Read more: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/a-year-later-mother-of-missing-morenci-brothers-believes-they-are-alive

Morenci police seek tips on 3 missing brothers at 1-year anniversary

1:42 AM, Nov. 26, 2011

Detroit Free Press - Detroit, MI

Morenci police canvassed an intersection Friday, hoping to get new tips about three missing brothers who disappeared a year ago and to give information about the boys.

Police Chief Larry Weeks said officers made contact with about 129 vehicles early in the morning at the intersection of U.S.-127 and Morenci Road -- an area police believe the boys' father, John Skelton, was driving during the same hours a year earlier.

Read more:

http://www.freep.com/article/20111126/NEWS06/111260401/Morenci-police-seek-tips-3-missing-brothers-1-year-anniversary

Vigilance urged on anniversary of Skelton boys’ disappearance

By David Panian
Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI

Posted Nov 28, 2011 @ 10:01 AM

MORENCI, Mich. — One year ago, the search for the missing Skelton boys was just starting in Morenci. On Sunday afternoon, Andrew, Alexander and Tanner’s family and friends and scores of community members gathered to remind everyone to keep looking.

The event in the Morenci High School gym was a look back at the past year, a call to people to remain vigilant in the hope that the boys can be returned home and a public thank-you from the boys’ family to the community. Relatives and friends played roles in the hour-long program, which featured the reading of a poem written by one of the boys’ cousins and a song sung by a family friend. People were also directed to a new website, skeltonbrothers.org, to learn more about the search for the boys. T-shirts, car magnets and window clings were sold at cost to try to raise awareness and maybe find someone who has information about the boys.

“If you keep the word out, it’s just going to take the right person to see it, and that’s what it’s all about,” family friend Kathye Herrera said after the event.

Read more, view pictures and video (9:01):

http://www.lenconnect.com/news/x301776457/Vigilance-urged-on-anniversary-of-Skelton-boys-disappearance


Photo courtesy: Lad Strayer
Tanya Zuvers, mother of the missing Skelton
boys, and Brittany Derby, a sister of the boys,
take part in the closing of a tribute to the
brothers Sunday at Morenci High School.

RE: Investigation Discovery - Disappeared

Julie of Reality Chatter and the The Hinky Meter brought the following to my attention.

Erin Browne of NBC NEWS - Peacock Productions - Associate Producer is looking for families and close friends of people who have disappeared for possible inclusion in the Investigation Discovery show, Disappeared, in its 5th season.

If you know of any one that has some one missing or an unresolved case, please forward the Link to them. It is an avenue they might be interested in pursuing to bring attention to the case of their loved one.

Erin Browne details the required criteria in the e-mail. The e-mail address of Erwin Browne is included. Your submission would be direct to Erwin Browne.

The following is an e-mail Erin Browne sent to "Help Find the Missing.org".
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http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?p=932091
Help Find the Missing.org - Investigation Discovery - 1-26-12

Subject: Investigation Discovery - Disappeared
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Also, Julie started a thread here at Reality Chatter in this regard. It can be found in the Forum - Missing.

http://www.realitychatter.com/t3733-investigation-discovery-disappeared-looking-for-cases-for-season-5
Reality Chatter - Investigation Discovery - Disappeared (Looking for cases for Season 5)


Special thanks to Julie for posting this info and alerting families of the missing or unresolved cases. ♥

Tanner, Alexander and Andrew Skelton have been missing since 11-26-10.

I check for updates ever so often but no news of them being found.

As the snow melts once again and spring emerges, I pray that some one will discover these three precious boys. It's past time to bring them home.



Photo courtesy: The Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI

Photo source: http://www.lenconnect.com/features/x1425132058/Missing-boys-mom-still-hopeful-they-will-return-home-alive