you wonder where you wonder though who
would he be what does he look like
all of them we continue can continue now
with our coverage of unsolved Michigan
with the missing boys from Morenci that
was Tanya's lovers the mother of Andrew
Alexander and Tanner Skelton three boys
who went missing back in November of
2010 well Karin Devon we have been
covering this case very closely here
with us now is detective lieutenant
Jeremy brewer with Michigan State Police
he has been the lead investigator on
this case and Jeremy we worked with you
extensively last year for our TV
coverage and also our podcast shattered
it talk to us a little bit about how how
does putting a spotlight on a case like
this help investigators working on a
case you know I think it really benefits
because you know the police you know we
have a wide presence especially with the
State Police we cover the state of
Michigan but we can't be everywhere in
cases like this especially cold cases we
really rely on the citizens of Michigan
and northern Ohio to help us and we've
gotten so many tips on this case and all
of them have been greatly appreciated
have been investigated thoroughly
they're still coming in and you know we
really need the eyes and ears of the
public to help us and I know this was
covered extensively in the podcast we
know the boy's father john skelton said
you know he gave the boys to this group
an underground group but that claim you
have never been able to verify that
right absolutely correct there's been
nothing that we've uncovered and we have
went to the ends of the earth to
investigate anything related to this
underground organization and there's
been no validity to what he told us in
that regard and we've also talked about
how John's family has pretty much up
until this point stuck by him but
recently we've seen a little bit of a
change in their approach to him in their
dealings with him here's what John
Skelton's father William had to tell us
in our most recent contact with him take
a lesson hate hate hate hate an
information was I kind of got a
speculated idea what it is and basically
it's it's time to put the whole story
out there not just bits and pieces that
are probably the truth perceived to be
the truth but you've got to put the
whole story out there and until that
happens and mr. Brewer and I are up
to see you make that you know heaven I
probably won't see
and again that was John Skelton's father
William John's family has really
supported him but as you can even hear
there that's changing that's correct the
family has really gone from not paying
the police most attention and giving us
any time of day when we've tried to you
know speak with them about this and over
the course of the past year and I think
a lot of that was due to the to the
press we got from the podcast that
really helped and I think they're
realizing that you know John has not
been telling the truth and it's hard for
them to come to grips with that that
being their son but it's wearing on them
as well you know they're getting older
and they have just so much pressure and
tension put on them because of what
their son has done and I think that has
really caused them to help us a little
bit more along the way all right and you
mentioned the podcast we have much more
to talk about so we're going to go ahead
and continue our conversation on
clickondetroit.com
and our Facebook page so if you want to
hear more you can head there Devin Karen
yeah exactly right sander if you do want
to hear the story of Tanner Alexander
Andrew Skelton we do recommend you
listen to our podcast shattered season 1
which is called Black Friday we also
have a new season out that is all about
the Oakland County child killer and you
can find it wherever you listen to
podcasts subscribe today and also don't
forget our unsolved Michigan phonebank
is open right now with members of the
State Police missing persons unit and
they are taking your tips on some of
these cases also getting information on
new reports the number to call on your
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there until 6:30