MI TANNER, ALEXANDER, & ANDREW SKELTON: Missing from Morenci, MI - 26 Nov 2010 - Age 5, 7, & 9

Alexander's photo is shown age-progressed to 15 years, Andrew's photo is shown age-progressed to 17 years, and Tanner's photo is shown age-progressed to 13 years. They were last seen on November 26, 2010. Alexander was last seen wearing black pajama pants and a grey shirt. Andrew was last seen wearing brown pajamas with orange trim. Tanner was last seen wearing camouflage pajama pants and a Scooby-Doo shirt.
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Tanner is missing with his brothers, Alexander and Andrew. Their mother, Tanya Lynn Zuvers Skelton, had filed for divorce from their father, John Russell Skelton, in September 2010 and had custody of the boys.

John took them for a court-ordered visitation over Thanksgiving, and never returned them. That last time anyone besides John saw them was at 5:00 p.m. on November 25, the day before their disappearances were reported.

John stated he gave the boys to a woman named Joann Taylor, whom he had met on the internet several years before, and asked her to return them to their mother. He said he did this because he planned to commit suicide and didn't want the boys to see it. He stated Joann was married to a pastor named Mark, drove a white or silver minivan and lived in either Hillsdale, Michigan or Jackson County, Michigan.

John attempted to hang himself later that day, but survived and was hospitalized, first at a general hospital and then at a psychiatric facility in Ohio.

Authorities issued an Amber Alert for the Skelton brothers, but they could find no sign of them and no indication that Joann Taylor even existed. Police said they believed the boys were in "grave danger." They said they believed John's story about Joann Taylor was fictitious and something else caused the Skelton children's disappearances.

Investigators stated they were investigating the disappearances as homicides, and John was the prime suspect. They said John's blue Dodge Caravan was on the Ohio Turnpike, along the Michigan-Ohio border, between 4:00 and 7:00 a.m. on November 26, and asked anyone who saw it to come forward. It has the Michigan license plate number 9JQ H93.

John has stated his children are still alive but will never be returned as long as their mother has custody of them. His relatives and Tanya don't believe he would have harmed them.

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Missing From: MORENCI, MI. Missing Date: 11/26/2010. Alexander's photo is shown age-progressed to 15 years, Andrew's photo is shown age-progressed to 17 years, and Tanner's photo is shown age-progressed to 13 years. They were last seen on November 26, 2010. Alexander was last seen wearing...

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TANNER, ALEXANDER, & ANDREW SKELTON are still missing from Morenci, MI since 26 Nov 2010. They were last seen with their father!

Tanner is missing with his brothers, Alexander and Andrew. Their mother, Tanya Lynn Zuvers Skelton, had filed for divorce from their father, John Russell Skelton, in September 2010 and had custody of the boys. John took them for a court-ordered...

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https://www.wlns.com/news/michigan/john-skeltons-three-sons-are-still-alive-attorney-believes/

The attorney for John Skelton, who was charged with three counts of open murder 16 years after his three sons disappeared, says he believes the boys are still alive.

In an exclusive interview with 6 News, attorney Bill Amadeo says no bodies have been discovered, and no one has found a murder weapon — which he believes means the prosecutors don’t have a case.

“In my opinion, there’s no motive,” Amadeo said. “But most importantly, we don’t have to prove anything. They’re going to have to show, at the very least, intent that he killed his kids. I understand that there have been many cases that have been convicted without bodies. I don’t see how you do it in this situation.”

“I’m absolutely calling for them (the three boys) to come forward,” he later said. “He tells me he believes they’re alive. He tells us they were alive last time he saw them.”

When asked if he shares that belief, he said he does.

“I do,” he said. “I don’t believe my client killed his children. I don’t care who that upsets. I don’t think you have a killer.”


Skelton’s attorney also argues the murder charges themselves may fall under double jeopardy, as he already pleaded no contest to unlawful imprisonment in the same case.

The preliminary examination will continue Monday.

So the attorney thinks those three little boys were able to fend for themselves and they’re still out there alive? Give me a break.

 

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So the attorney thinks those three little boys were able to fend for themselves and they’re still out there alive? Give me a break.

I'm sure the attorney doesn't believe it but that he's hoping just one juror might.

 

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https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2026/08/secret-service-searched-dark-web-50-databases-for-missing-skelton-boys-found-nothing.html

Secret Service searched dark web, 50 databases for missing Skelton boys, found nothing​

A U.S. Secret Service investigator said that he searched more than 50 databases and several unsavory corners of the dark web looking for any sign the three missing Skelton boys could still be alive, but found nothing.

Ryan Heethuis, who works in the agency’s cybercrimes division, testified Monday, Aug. 31, that in his extensive digital search for the boys, Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton, he found no proof of life for them spanning the 15 years they have been missing as their father, John Skelton, stands accused of killing them.

“I used about 50 databases, facial recognition and scrubbed social media platforms across the world and found no proof of life,” Heethuis said. “I also searched the deep web for them and I searched a lot of known sites on the dark web that involve child exploitation and found nothing.”

 

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Skelton preliminary hearing enters second week as FBI examiner details laptop searches

The sixth day of testimony in the John Skelton preliminary hearing featured just two witnesses.

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Skelton preliminary hearing enters second week as FBI examiner details laptop searches​

The prosecution called Walker Sharp, a master digital forensic examiner with the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team assigned to the Detroit Division.

Sharp said he reviewed three devices: a computer belonging to Tanya Zuvers, a desktop belonging to Skelton, and a laptop belonging to Skelton.

He testified he found nothing of concern on Zuvers’s computer or on Skelton’s desktop, which he said was used primarily for gaming.

On Skelton’s laptop, however, Sharp said he found several items of concern.

Sharp testified the laptop contained searches logged on Nov. 13, 2010, including “is rat poison tasteless and odorless?” and “can rat poison kill a person?”

Sharp also testified that on Nov. 20, 2010, someone used the laptop to search “how to snap a neck with bare hands,” along with other general references to breaking a neck.

Sharp testified he also discovered evidence on the laptop connecting it to a CafeMom account created under the name “Joanne Taylor” — the same woman Skelton claimed took his children in 2010.

The account was registered Nov. 6, 2010, with the password “husband1.”

Sharp said the IP address used to access the “Joanne Taylor” account matched the IP address associated with the Skelton residence.

He also testified that Skelton’s laptop accessed the CafeMom website 53 times.

Under cross-examination, defense counsel asked whether the IP addresses would match if a real person named Joanne Taylor had simply been visiting the Skelton home and using his computer.

“If Joanne Taylor hypothetically lived or was hanging out with John Skelton and she used his laptop, would that come up with the same IP?” defense counsel asked.

“Yes,” Sharp replied.

On redirect, prosecutors asked Sharp whether the IP addresses would also match if Skelton himself was posing online as “Joanne Taylor” from his own home. Sharp again said yes.


There will be no court Wednesday. The hearing resumes Thursday morning. Prosecutors are expected to call their final witnesses and could rest as early as Thursday or Friday.