The Tragic Case of Sky Metalwala by Talk Murder With Me

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🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Hi everyone, this is Natalie from Talk Murder With Me. Thanks so much to Joe for featuring one of my episodes on his podcast. I hope you enjoy it.
The Tragic Case of Sky Metalwala
Bellevue, Washington. November 6, 2011. Sky Metalwala's short life was tragically sad. At just 2-years-old, he had already been through a lot. His parents, Julia Biryukova and Solomon Metalwala, were going through a bitter divorce and custody battle over him and his 4-year-old sister Maile. One morning in early November 2011, Sky woke up feeling unwell, so Julia decided to take him to the doctor. On the way there, she ran out of gas. She parked on the side of the road and walked to a nearby gas station, leaving Sky in the car. When she got back to her car, Sky was nowhere to be found. When Julia told the police her story, however, it didn't add up. They had a lot of questions, but Julia refused to talk. Eventually people began to wonder whether Sky had ever been in that car at all that morning...
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Sources
Sky Metalwala’s disappearance still an active investigation after 3 years
Police: Missing boy not seen for 2 weeks
Sky Elijah Metalwala - The Charley Project
The Disappearance of Sky Metalwala
Missing Washington toddler Sky Metalwala
Police say they have new information in Metalwala case
Sky Metalwala Missing: Dad Thinks Boy's Mother, Julia Biryukova, May Be Involved in Disappearance
Kirkland resident Solomon Metalwala granted custody of daughter, son still missing
Mother of missing child has new baby, declared unfit mother
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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute murder, brief and bingeable true crime. I'm Joe, the host, and thank you for joining today.
0:24.3	And of course, if you were listening to the previous episode, and you've just popped over to this one,
0:29.0	or if you have not listened to the previous one, let me surprise you, I'm not hosting this episode.
0:33.7	This is a special guest host episode while I'm away on a work trip, I contacted a few of the podcast creators that I personally listened to and asked them to do a podcast for 10-minute murder.
0:45.7	No stipulations on time or topic they can talk about any case, any story they want to, and they're not constrained to the 10 minutes that I normally try to keep myself to.
0:54.9	Now, keep in mind that these podcasts that are guest hosting 10-minute murder are podcasts that I
1:00.5	listen to. I enjoy these podcasts, and I hope that you do too. If you'd like to find where to
1:05.1	subscribe and connect with this show, you can find that in the show notes of this episode.
1:10.3	The one today is by Natalie from Talk Murder with me.
1:17.4	This episode discusses mental illness and suicide and a crime committed against a child.
1:23.7	Listener discretion is advised.
1:46.0	I'm your host, Natalie, and this is Talk Murder with me, episode 20, The Disappearance of Sky Meta Walla.
1:51.9	I always try to be objective when discussing cases, but it's more difficult with some more than others. Let's just say there are cases where it doesn't take a genius to make a good guess of who's
1:56.8	responsible for what happened. The following is Julia Beryuka's account of what happened on November 6, 2011.
2:05.6	This is what she would tell the police.
2:08.0	Julia's two-year-old son, Sky, woke up not feeling well, so she decided to take him to the doctor.
2:14.0	I believe this was sometime around 8 or 8.30 in the morning.
2:23.3	She put Sky and her 4-year-old daughter, Miley, in the car, a silver 1998, Accura, and Tegra.
2:24.3	She drove in the direction of Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue, Washington.
2:29.3	At some point on the drive, around the 2,600 block of 112th Street northeast, she supposedly
2:36.6	ran out of gas.
2:38.5	Julia parked on the side of the road and got out of the car with Miley.
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