Message from Twitter Admin

  I want to start off saying I am not trying to brag here, but I keep hearing people say if you do not have a blonde haired blue eyed kid you will not get attention by the media. My response to that is we have a blonde haired, blue eyed kid and we have fought very hard to get the medias attention, very hard All the attention we have got so far has come because of the very hard work of the very dedicated group of core volunteers that are working on behave of the family and more importantly Dylan. The internet campaign is  is being run by volunteers on FaceBook and Twitter that have spent 100s of hours making sure Dylan's name and face keeps getting out there. There has been nothing easy about this at all, we fight for attention everyday. My point is you have to stay very aggressive and reach out to everyone for support. Internet campaigns for missing children are still newer as there is no known guidelines or outlines that help show what you should be doing, we are pushing this campaign farther than I have ever personally seen. I hope as we go we can help others with missing children as far as what we have learned and done and be able to establish a basic outline of what has worked the best for us so others can have a successful campaign with out the growing pains of trying to figure out what to do.

As the Twitter admin I have reached out to many groups and individuals and I have got some amazing support in return. We have reached many professional  athletes from Denver rockies, Broncos to NewYork Knicks and Indiana Pacers players and many others have helped get our message out. Many local tv and newspaper news have kept up on our story and continue to do so today. We have been featured on Nacy Grace and Dr. Phil show. But our biggest supporters are our daily supporters, the ones who retweet almost everything I post, the ones that have really been my core supporters.
   We also have to mention the amazing  support we are getting from from some very powerful activist groups. Anonymous activist group has been our largest supporters as far as numbers and dedication go, they has been a huge boost in getting awareness. I couldn't thank them enough.
  We have also had a lot of support from women's rights groups anti bullying and anti child abuse groups NRA groups and conservative groups. Have all been a great help.

  So over all my point still is, as in life in general you have to fight for what you want what you believe in, nobody will hand you anything you have to work hard and never give up There is nothing easy about doing this, and there is no taking a break from it, like I have been saying it can be any min that the right person that seen something or seen Dylan sees one of the tweets or posts and we get Dylan back home.


  Thank You for your time and your amazing support so far, still need everyone of you til we get him home.



             Thanks
                         Twitter Admin


 

Full statement from Dylan's father Mark Redwine

I would like to take the opportunity to address the disappearance of my son Dylan as we are now at 6 months. Our community like many across the country are still missing one of our children. I like the many who know him miss his happy personality, smile as well as his outgoing and giving nature. I know Dylan is loved and missed by all those who know him and we owe it to him to continue our search to find him. Over the last several months the focus in finding Dylan seems to have changed to blaming and disrespect. I will be the first to say "I will never give up" and I am honored to have Dylan as my son.
There are many aspects of Dylan's disappearance, I like many in our communities across the country struggle with each day. I am asking that we stop and evaluate the process as a community, to come up with a more productive approach in the search for Dylan and missing
children across the country. I feel more should be done anytime a child goes missing. No child who is missing should have to wait for certain criteria to be met before the public is notified and an alert be sent out. I want to find my son and bring him home safe. I need the help of every single person out there to do this. Dylan could be anywhere out there so PLEASE look at his picture and the face of every child you see his age to see if it could be Dylan.
There have been many rumors started most of which are untrue and none that have been helpful in our search for Dylan. There are a few members of the community who continue to hamper the search efforts. It's not for me to judge these individuals nor do I believe Dylan would condone anyone else judging them. I thank the many individuals and businesses who have contributed in our search for Dylan. Although several attempts have been made, I would like to publicly invite Dylan's mother too mediation services being offered. I believe the more we all work together to bring Dylan home the more successful his safe return will be.
To Dylan: I know in my heart you are out there and can see all the things that are going on. "I want you to know I love you and will never give up to bring you home safe". Myself as well as
many in our community and across the nation have you in our thoughts and prayers everyday. Each day many including me, search for the truth and the person or persons responsible for your
disappearance. Speaking for myself, I will not rest until the truth comes out and justice has been served.
To Cory: Like Dylan I love you and will never give up on you. Regardless of the things you say or do I will always care. I feel the same pain, hurt and feeling of helplessness you and your
mother feel. I can't make this any more clear, I don't have Dylan, I have never had Dylan and I absolutely do not know where Dylan is.
To whom it may concern: I want you to live each day as it were your last. You can't run far enough or hide under any rock that can't be turned over. Dylan is loved by all who know him.
You may find his disappearance entertaining or even amusing. Regardless of who you are and why? All I want is Dylan returned safely. The truth always comes out and when it does may God
have pity on your soul.
I love you Dylan,
PaPa

Timeline via FaceBook page

These are the facts as I know them to be. I know that it leaves a lot of unanswered questions and believe me - I have those same questions-I cannot post anything that I do not know to be truth. It is not my job here to come to conclusions and point fingers, it's my job to keep looking for Dylan in every nook and cranny until he comes home.again ~ I will try to be as precise and accurate as I possibly can.

Nov 17 Dylan is scheduled to fly into Durango.  His flight was canceled by the airlines, and rescheduled for the next day.  

Dylan made plans to spend the night with friends on Nov. 18

Nov. 18 Dylan Redwine flew to Durango Airport, landed and as was picked up by his father Sunday evening November 18, 2012 - verified by security cameras.

Nov 18 Dylan and his father go to Walmart after the airport - this has been verified through security cameras.

According to Mark Redwine (hereafter referred to as MR) they went to McDonald’s it has not been verified that Dylan was indeed there.

Through text messages Dylan reschedules plans to arrive at his friends house the next morning at 6:30 a.m. (Monday) to hang out.

Nov. 18 ~ All electronic messages from Dylan stops at 8:30 p.m.Dylan's father Mark Redwine told me he stirred around the house early in the morning  to wake Dylan but he didn't want to get up, so he went to town without him around 7:30 a.m.

Dylan’s friends attempt to contact him via text and calls to find out where he is.

MR stated he ran errands in Durango during the morning and returned home at 11:30 a.m. to find Dylan gone from the house. (His where abouts during this time has been confirmed by investigators)  Dylan's cell phone and all the belongings he brought from his mother’s are also missing.

MR stated in an interview that he took a nap when he returned home from his errands.  He said he thought Dylan may be out playing by himself or may have walked to a friends house.  The friend in reference lives 5.9 miles from MR’s house.

People reported seeing him walking but all of those reports turned out to be unsubstantiated. (There is another older boy at the lake who looks similar to Dylan) At 4:15 MR said he went to the friends house that Dylan was supposed to be hanging with to see if Dylan showed up there.  Finding 2 of Dylan's friends there they said they had been trying to contact him all day to no avail.  MR then said he went to the Marshal's office to express his concern that he couldn't find Dylan.

MR texts Dylan’s mother to see if she knows his where-abouts, she drove immediately from Colorado Springs to Durango to aid in the search. Dylan's brother and other family members accompanied her, she arrived Monday night.

La Plata County search and rescue searched for Dylan Monday night and all day Tuesday.MR said he was cooperative with the police and they were allowed to do a preliminary search of his home.Search dogs detected a scent on the road near Marks house, but it couldn't be verified that it was Dylan's because at the time there was nothing for the dog's to catch a scent from.

The family is subjected to polygraph tests.  MR's test was inclusive.   Elaine and Cory pass theirs.   The family and LE have begged him to retake it, and he has refused.

Dylan's cell phone records have been checked. And his phone activity is monitored at all times. His phone has been turned off since Sunday night. GPS is not available on his older phone.

All sex offenders in the area have been checked and accounted for.

The lake and surrounding areas have been searched and scoured by hundreds of volunteers, to include, abandoned buildings, houses, barns, sheds etc. 

2 cadaver dogs, separately catch a scent from a boat off of the dam.Divers were brought in but the altitude, depth of the lake and temperature of the lake prevent them from diving for more than 20 -30 mins at a time. And they can only dive once a day. They were unable to find anything the first day.

Boats with hi-tech sonar were brought in and the entire area in front of the dam was checked. Nothing was found.A task force was formed and house to house, business to business interviews are being conducted from the dam on the southend of the lake to the north end of the lake.Dylan is finally not considered to be a run away by authorities. (Family and friends have maintained this fact since day one.)

A search warrant was issued to search Mark's property, to include his house and his vehicles. The Sheriff's office maintains that Mark is not a suspect. The search of his home by the task force is because that was the last area that Dylan was presumably in and they have to start somewhere. This is standard in missing cases.

A few days after the search MR does another interview with media and has rumbled blanket and pillow on the couch.  (These were never there before).  There is also a cereal bowl on the counter that he says Dylan ate out of.  (The task force would have taken anything with Dylan’s DNA)   He also states that the TV was tuned to Nickalodean.  Nickalodean on Monday morning is geared for 4 year olds.

Helicopters were in the air again on Day 15, boats on the lake again as well. Nothing was found that we are aware of.

There are currently 45-50 officials made up of the FBI, CBI, La Plata County sheriff's personal and other agencies assigned to the Dylan Redwine Task Force.

Over 320 people made up of volunteers and law enforcement search almost 60 miles of roads and back country terrain for Dylan. Several things were tagged and 10 items picked up for further examining, but LE has said nothing about whether they were valid clues or not.

Volunteers return again to the lake and walk the shoreline looking for clues.A helicopter spent about an hour over the Vallecito lake area again.

 Over 1000 people turn out for a benefit to raise money towards the Find Dylan Redwine Fund.

We are able to increase the reward to 11,000 dollars with funds made at the benefit dinner.

Blood hounds were brought in to see if they could pick up any scent of Dylan.

They were taken around to the same areas that had been covered before and no scent was found.

A team of bloodhounds have been brought back in for 10 days and detected a possible scent when holes were opened in the ice in the same vicinity as earlier hits.

The family flew to LA to appear on the Dr. Phil Show and beg the Nation to look for Dylan.

Dr. Phil shows aired Feb. 26 and Feb 27.

Law Enforcement and the family has been actively researching, searching and following up on anything they can to help find Dylan.

The reward is now $50,500 with no new leads. SOMEONE knows something.We still have no leads, no clues. Nothing to find Dylan.Please keep posting and sharing and praying. Dylan is out there somewhere! We want to bring him home.We are constantly doing fundraisers to raise money for a larger reward and will continue to do so until the right person sees and comes forward with information to bring Dylan home.

Dylan Redwine's grandmother has passed away message via Facebook page

Good morning Warriors,

The strong, graceful woman you see in Elaine Redwine Hatfield, Dylan's mother, has navigated this nightmare better than I could even have hoped to. Many have come to know her through this humbling journey that you have become a part of. Elaine is the person she is today because she herself had an amazing mother. A mother that herself took an incredible journey when she migrated to this country and the raised 5 amazing daughters.

Lainie's Mutti, Dylan's Oma, passed away on Monday morning after a long battle with cancer. A battle that she bravely prolonged in the hopes that she would be with us to see her grandson come home. She is at rest now, another angel to assist us in the search for Dylan from the other side.

Her services will be today at 3 p.m. in Florence Colorado at the Elks lodge. Please take some time today to pray for Dylan's family as they honor the beautiful, strong woman that taught Lainie and her sisters to be the strong women that they are.

All of our thoughts and prayers are with them today.

Love and light Katt

Official FaceBook page
www.facebook.com/FindMissingDylanRedwine

Info on Stickers and wristbands

For anyone who is interested in getting a sticker $1 or wristband $5 please follow the directions below:

You can go to www.finddylan.com and donate through PayPal and then send me an email to td_ritt@yahoo.com If I do not receive an email letting me know what you ordered and your mailing address I can not send them out.

If you want to send a check or money order send it to:

Hope For Dylan
PO Box 1633
Aztec, NM 87410

Please make sure to have your mailing address so I can mail it out, I pay for shipping and its always first class.

Thank you to all who have sent money in or donated through PayPal, I have one order I am shipping out tomorrow and apologize for mailing it off late.

Right now I have no t-shirts but you can purchase a t-shirt and iron on letters to make your own. If and when t-shirts are made available I will let you know.

Again, thank you so much. ♥ <

Much Love,

Tara


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