The FBI arrested John Skelton upon his release from a mental health facility in Ohio last year and charged him with three counts of kidnapping. John's in-laws met with Action News this week, proclaiming they didn't think a joyful reunion would be occuring. And now John is insisting to Action News -- calling them from his jail cell -- that his sons are alive.
Morenci Police Chief Larry Weeks and his department, as well as other law enforcement entities and personnel committed themselves to searching for the three young missing boys--Alexander, Andrew and Tanner--as far as Ohio, where it is believed John Skelton drove to prior to his alleged suicide attempt.
FBI interrogators likely considered the possibility that if John Skelton did murder his children, his backyard--where the youth were last seen alive--could very well be the body burial site.
Additionally, FBI profilers would have considered the fact that although Skelton is no longer employed as a truck driver (having lost his job), but he is still cognizant--and could have made use of--the same trash bins and routes he used when previously on the road.
Truck stops are frequent places of rest, trash disposal and other activities for truck drivers traveling the interstate, and the last reported sightings of John Skelton between Morenci and Ohio lent credibility that he could have been frequenting familiar haunts.
Unfortunately, the youth remain missing and no evidence has ever been found to substantiate John Skelton's claim that he gave his three children to a woman named Joann Taylor or that they remain alive.
In a report last year, WTVB said that reports had surfaced that John Skelton confessed to an FBI interrogator that he killed his sons. Skelton's family recently released details of what was found in Skelton's home when police implemented a search warrant. The items -- a bullet, cleaning products and a noose -- were recovered from the scene. Skelton said, "The kids never even saw that noose."
Sources: WXYZ, WTVB
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