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The Skelton Brothers | Missing From Michigan

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🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

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  • (9:39) - The Skelton Brothers
The marriage of Tanya and John Skelton was falling apart in 2010. The couple shared three sons, Andrew, Alexander, and Tanner Skelton who were aged 9, 7 and 5. John had left town with the children on multiple occasions that year, causing Tanya to file for divorce and obtain full custody of the boys.

By Thanksgiving 2010, the couple were amicable enough that Tanya agreed to let John have the boys for the holiday, on the condition that he would return them to her on Friday.

When John had not returned the boys by the afternoon, Tanya began to panic. She tracked John down at a hospital where he had been admitted following a failed suicide attempt. The boys were nowhere to be found.

November 2023 marked 13 years since the boys vanished. John has refused to give any information about their whereabouts and has always maintained he did not hurt his children. He said at one point they would ‘hibernate until they graduate.’ All of the boys would now be aged over 18 and none of them have been seen since Thanksgiving Day 2010.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the disappearance of the Skelton Brothers from Morenci, Michigan.

John is currently in prison on kidnapping charges and his prison term expires Nov. 29, 2025.

Read our blog for this case

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Thank you. What's up guys? Welcome back to another episode of the True Crime Society

0:34.0

podcast with Stephanie and Olivia. It is what's today December 7th so we're

0:39.8

really getting in the... Sorry I know no go because I just thought of something I want to add in yeah

0:46.7

just maybe to start a bit again because it will flow better or I could leave it in just

0:50.9

because it's funny because someone I'll just keep going and I'll explain.

0:55.3

It is December 7th right now so we're really getting in the mix of the holiday season.

1:03.0

So we did have a message from someone and they said, can we please also remember to say

1:06.8

the year when we say the date because they were listening and they weren't quite sure of what

1:10.9

year it was.

1:11.9

Like what year we had recorded not

1:13.2

obviously what year they are listening. But they're like can you please make

1:16.1

sure you add the year in so December 7th 2023. Well sorry I assumed everyone

1:21.2

listens very prompt as soon as we release because they're all such big fans.

1:26.1

So I actually meant to tell you about that and I just totally forgot.

1:28.4

So I said, yeah, we will try and remember so we have remembered first time since we got the

1:31.8

message so that's a win.

1:34.0

Ending off 2023 with a bang.

1:37.0

That's funny.

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So yeah, it is 2023 for those who are unsure listening years later as new fans as when

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