Hi I'm Linda with it's a crime and today we're gonna be talking about the Harley
dilly case I did do a video before on that you can see it right here but I did
promise that I will do an update so here is that updated video now as you most
likely know 14-year old and fellow youtuber Harley dilly of Port Clinton
Ohio was found deceased on January 14 2020 Harley was found in a vacant house
across from his own home now the coroner ruled Harley's cause of death as
compressive asphyxia and that is when respiration is prevented by external
pressure on the body so police believe that Harley climbed up on an antenna
tower and then went down the chimney they believed that Harley pushed his
coat and glasses through the chimney flue on the second floor now the chief
said during a news conference that the chimney was blocked between the first
and second floors and that's what led him to getting stuck and they also
believe the boy was able to push his coat and glasses through a chimney flew
into the second floor room like I mentioned although the chief did not
detail how exactly that would have happened or why investigators believe he
took this action I'd be interesting to know but I saw the live footage the
night that they found him and they went in at around four o'clock on January
13th and then they did a bunch of investigation obviously they went and
searched the house now I saw them through the window in the live feed and
they were showing them climbing up ladders they had masks on they were it
look like they were scraping walls I'm not too sure and you could see the
jacket that looked like Harley's which it end up being it is Harley's jacket it
was hanging right in front of that window so you could see it right there
now about the owners of this house they are in their 80s and it said they lived
in Avon now they said and I quote our family is heartbroken over this not just
because it's in our house but because of the the outcome is not what everybody
had hoped for and this is his name was Jim and he
asked that we not use his last name so Jim said that the home belonged to his
family since the house was built in 1852 but no one has really lived it in full
time for many years the family occasionally uses it as a weekend
vacation home during the summer and it was under renovation he said no one had
been in it since mid-november now he also says and I quote I was quite
confident that there was no way anybody got in that house or they would have
been able to tell because it was pretty secure and the owners were stunned when
Clinton police contacted them asking for keys to get inside and information about
the homes layout and renovation details he said it would be extremely difficult
to enter the home through the chimney as police believe Harley tried to do and
this is what he also says in quotes there was no openings in that chimney
other than like 8 inch diameter openings in different places throughout you know
on the first floor and the second floor for a stove pipe to get into it he also
said that the home does not have a fireplace and he says the chimney hasn't
been used in years so there used to be a gas stove that went into it and there's
been nothing since now police said the opening was nine by
thirteen and they stated that Harley was only hundred pounds and was four foot
nine and I wondered you know I wondered I mean maybe it's possible to get in and
when you're super skinny right and obviously and I wondered if anybody
could hear him screaming but I was talking it over with my hubby and he
said well if he's screaming it might make him more stuck you know cuz it's
just as compressing so it's just awful to think about the family who owns the
home said they didn't have plans to return to it until early part of spring
and although the home was across the street the Jim says that the family does
not know Harley or the Dilli family now there is a petition going around and
people are upset at the entire situation because the area was searched and it was
day 25 that police went back into the area and requested to go into the house
the police did say that they went first there there was no signs of entering the
house they said that the windows were locked and the doors were locked no
signs of entry etc now there is a petition at change.org for negligence
charges for Harley Dilly's parents they state that Harley disappeared Friday
December 20th on his way to school and was not reported missing to police by
parents for 41 hours it also says we believe the parents are
negligent in their failure to report him missing and need to be charged under
Ohio's child neglect laws we believe it is clear negligence to not report your
child missing for such a long time now so far at the time of this video there
has been 26,000 769 signatures out of the requested 35,000 what's interesting
is that apparently this petition had a different name on it and she was
claiming that she worked for Equusearch which Tim Miller who is the director and
founder went to the Port Clinton Facebook page and has on there that she
has never been an employee and that he doesn't and will not support this
petition so I found that really interesting there's also when I was
reading the petition there's also what I believe is an error on it it states that
Harley is low functioning autistic but in the police report Harley's dad Marcus
says that he's high functioning and has ADHD I did see one video mentioning
about Harley having autism but they didn't but they said they didn't have it
medically confirmed now I want to point this out Harley was found in that space
and it was said that it was 9 by 13 inches in that chimney and people who
are on the autism spectrum might also have spatial awareness issues I'm not
saying everybody because once you meet one person with autism you meet one
person with autism which means that everybody is different
one person has this the other person had could have that it all differs I'm
saying he could have now I'm going to read you this okay an individual with
autism might also experience difficulties with spatial
awareness and with balance this means that rules might feel smaller or larger
than they actually are it also can explain why some people with
autism might rock swayed or spin so he may have miscalculated
the opening and went in and unfortunately got stuck so now people
have taken up protesting right where Harley was found and there were 12
people according to what I read who were protesting two people have been arrested
in the in trespassing apparently they waved signs at people passing in cars
and called out justice for Harley one protester who was holding an 9 by 13
frames said we aren't here to hurt anyone or cause problems we are just
here to get answers so we have a community that is at ease and at peace
now Port Clinton police chief rob him in was there and sat in his vehicle and he
declined to comment on the investigation but said he was near the house Sunday to
ensure things were peaceful he did say though that their theory is we screwed
up the investigation people are entitled to their opinion but there is only so
much we can say right now he said I feel the worst for the family right now they
aren't allowed to grieve Harley now I watched chief Hickman and he put out an
update each day and he was visibly upset when they found Harley and I don't doubt
that people searched high and low for him I mean how is somebody gonna know
he's in the chimney right so I understand there's there's emotions are
running high now I can say what the effect has on first responders because I
have people close to me that are in this field of work now it is traumatic for
them to see what they see especially when it comes to children so people
supporting the daily family and Port Clinton police also showed up holding up
signs criticizing the protesters and again I could see how people are upset I
mean he was found right across the street and and it's just super tragic
chief Hickman stated that the officers had searched the area around the
residence multiple times in recent weeks but initially did not go inside
because the home was locked and shown signs of no forced entry
he said officers and the home at 4 p.m. January 13 as part of
efforts to recanvass the neighborhood initially no one was found inside but
officers found the youths glasses and maroon jacket he was last seen wearing
on the second floor next to a brick chimney and police in Port Clinton
released the police report it was made by Hartley's father Marcus so on Friday
December 20th in the morning is when Harley was last seen and December 21st
that Saturday evening close to midnight is when it was reported now I do want to
mention that the parents did say that it was not unlike Harley to leave for a
night when he's angry but he always typically comes back in the morning and
on it it was stated that Harley was first reported missing by his father at
the Port Clinton Police Department at 11:50 p.m. Saturday night over one day
after he was last seen Harley's father reported him missing because he was
concerned about the length of time his son had been gone from home Harley was
with several of his friends Thursday night it also says on the morning of the
day Harley was last seen he tried to stay home from school and told his
mother he didn't feel well before Harley went missing he had broken his phone and
was angry because his parents would not get him a new one
Harley was living with ADHD and autism according to his father he said Harley
is high functioning and very smart and we can see this in his videos that he's
super smart kid I can go more into this report if you'd like just let me know in
the comments below now there was almost 20,000 dollars raised in the search for
Harley and some of that money went to the funeral expenses and the rest went
to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children a business owner and
a volunteer search organizer are also creating a scholarship fund called
Harley's project 236 and it says it will try to bring light to so many things are
wrong in this world and beat back the darkness little by little
now Harley's visitation is on January 25th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and funeral
services will be private at a later date I read his obituary it really struck me
I hope it can read this without choking up but it's it's beautiful it says
Harley was a freshman at Port Clinton high school and enjoyed various sports
gaming robotics making YouTube videos and singing he always felt like he was
the underdog and as a result he had a very giving heart and became very brave
he hated to make mistakes and was inspired to become a counselor or a
leader in the future and then it says and this just warms my heart did you
ever find a penny while walking through town Harley would drop pennies while
walking as pennies from heaven for other people he had a soft heart and wanted to
be a blessing to other people every year during Christmas holiday season he would
volunteer to ring the bell for the Salvation Army he was a loving son
brother and grandson and will be deeply missed by his family and friends I am
going to leave some of the links below to the articles his obituary and that
kind of thing funeral arrangements were announced and visitation is January 25th
from 11 to 3 like I mentioned and his funeral will be held at a later date and
will be private let me know in the comments below what you think thank you
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