Sky Metalwala

And Then They Were Gone

Little Monster Productions

Documentary, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 747 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

A troubled marriage leads to divorce and a bitter custody battle, with two young children caught in the middle. In 2011 Julia Birukova and her two children, 4-year-old Maile and 2-year-old Sky were living in an apartment in Redmond, Washington. On November 6, 2011, Julia and her children were up early. Sky was sick, and she needed to take him to the hospital. She bundled the children into her brother’s car that she was borrowing, and headed to the Overlake Medical Center. But they never arrived.

According to Julia, the car ran out of gas on the way. She left Sky strapped in his car seat as she and Maile went to go get help, but when she returned, her son was gone. Sky’s father, Solomon Metalwala was immediately suspicious of his estranged wife’s story, as were Bellevue Police. However, it’s been over a decade since Sky was last seen, and there have been no arrests in his case, or answers as to what happened to the little boy on that November morning.

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1:34.3	Darkcast Network. Welcome to the dark side of podcasting.
1:41.4	A troubled marriage leads to divorce and a bitter custody battle with two young children caught in the middle.
1:48.6	In 2011, Julia Bericova and her two children, four-year-old Miley and two-year-old Sky were living in an apartment in Redmond, Washington.
1:59.0	On November 6, 2011, Julia and her children were up early.
2:03.2	Sky was sick and she needed to take him to the hospital.
2:06.5	She bundled the children into a brother's car that she was borrowing and headed to the
2:10.7	Overlake Medical Center.
2:12.6	But they never arrived.
2:14.4	According to Julia, the car ran out of gas on the way. She left Sky strapped in his car
2:20.3	seat as she and Miley went to go get help. But when she returned, her son was gone. Sky's father,
2:27.2	Solomon Medawala, was immediately suspicious of his estranged wife's story, as were Bellevue Police.
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