On Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010, seven-year-old Alexander William Skelton was last seen playing in his father’s backyard in Morenci, Michigan, along with his brothers Andrew and Tanner. The boys were with their father, John Russell Skelton, for a court-ordered holiday visit; they did not return to their mother the next day as expected and were reported missing with an official missing date of November 26, 2010.

Investigators say John Skelton gave varying accounts. He first said he had handed the children to a woman named Joann Taylor, a claim that produced no evidence of such a person. He later said an unnamed group had taken the boys for protection; investigators found no proof of any transfer. Cellphone records place his phone leaving Morenci and traveling into northwest Ohio early on November 26 before returning about two hours later. Extensive searches across Michigan and Ohio, including an old schoolhouse and a dumpster in Holiday City, turned up no trace of the boys.

No confirmed sightings of Alexander or his brothers have emerged since that Thanksgiving weekend. If anyone knew Alexander, where he spent time, or saw the boys around late November 2010, please share what you remember.