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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ed White

The case of three missing children has long haunted this town. 15 years on a mother wants closure

Nearly 15 years after their disappearance, a mother is petitioning a judge to declare her three sons legally dead. The boys vanished after a Thanksgiving visit with their father, a case that has haunted the small town of Morenci in Michigan near the Ohio border and remains unsolved.

Authorities suspect the father, John Skelton, is responsible for the boys' disappearance, though he has never been charged with their deaths. He is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for failing to return the children to their mother, Tanya Zuvers. This conviction represents the sole legal action stemming from the tragic saga.

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