The Skelton Brothers: A Heartbreaking Reality

Crime Salad

BLACKCAT | Realm

True Crime

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It’s been nearly fifteen years since Tanya Zuvers last saw her three sons—Andrew, Alexander, and Tanner Skelton. But instead of a long-awaited reunion, she’s now standing in a Lenawee County probate courtroom in Michigan, alongside her attorney, making a request that no parent should ever have to make: Tanya has come before the court to petition for her children, who would now be adults, to be declared legally unalived.

After years of searching, hoping, and fearing—it’s an acknowledgment of the unthinkable. A declaration that her children, who vanished under the care of their father in 2010, are never coming home.

This is the story of the Skelton brothers—a story of loss, unanswered questions, and a fight for justice.

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0:00.0	Did you know HGVs have four zones of limited vision around them?
0:06.0	If you're in one of these areas, you may not be seen by the driver.
0:10.0	These four limited vision zones are in front, behind and at both sides of the HGV.
0:18.0	So when you're driving around a HGV, don't linger around them.
0:21.6	Because they may not notice you're there.
0:25.6	Know the HGV zones. National Highways.
0:29.6	There are two types of drive you can have on the motorway.
0:31.6	One that feels like this.
0:33.6	Oh, one that feels...
0:36.6	Like this.
0:39.3	The difference is just a few little changes,
0:42.3	like giving more space to the car in front,
0:44.3	or not hogging the middle lane,
0:46.3	because being a little more considerate on the road
0:48.3	actually reduces congestion and collisions,
0:51.3	which transforms everyone's journey, so we all feel a little less
0:56.0	and a lot more national highways.
1:00.6	I just feel there.
1:04.6	They're going to come home.
1:07.0	I was panicked, scared, hopeful someone would pull up with my children.
1:15.4	As time went on it, I began to wonder, who has my children?
1:21.1	Are they safe? Are they scared?
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