"At some point between 12:30am and 2:00am Sunday morning my 12 year old son, Trevor, has left his mother's house in Mason, Mi. 

Trevor is not the type to just go off walking. 

He has his cell phone, which is turned off. He is wearing his coat and shoes, but not his glasses. 

His computer passwords were changed and logged out. He removed jingle bells from his door and the inside of the entry door. An alarm was set for 2:00am. 

I fear that he has been taken. He is not at his best friends house. 

The Mason Police were called. They will not release an amber alert because it does not meet the requirements."

This is a copy of my Facebook post early Sunday morning. Trevor, a bright, goofy, emotional and sincere boy was missing. 

We searched frantically for hours. Things just didn't add up. There were Christmas bells removed from the inside of the entry door and the bedroom door to not make noise. His shoes and coat were gone. His glasses remained. The passwords to his newly built gaming PC were all changed. An alarm was set for 2:00am and was what alerted his mother to a problem. And he was gone.

Leann, Lenny, Kelly and I along with Tanner and Leann's siblings all took to the task of coming together to find him.

We were able to hack the password for the Windows 10 box only to find that any messages, and there  were many, all were very age appropriate. 

3:30am became 5:30am then daybreak. All we could imagine was that our little baby boy was being transported across state lines! The last time he was seen was 11:30pm and it's almost 7:00am. That's enough time to get to Tennessee for crying out loud! 

Sitting at Leann's we decide to go load up again and go start knocking on doors. We start at his best friends who happens to live close by. His parents send Reese with us to point out the people's houses they are close with. One house, two, three, then the next street over and another two. Nothing. No one has seen him and the children are all helpful. Other parents are blanketing the neighborhoods too.

I ask Reese if there is anyone else he says the only two others are three streets over, one past Leanns house. We head that way. Every second passing is agonizing.

A lady walking her dog is coming toward us on the sidewalk just down from our next stop. We pull over and ask if she has seen the boy. "Yes! Wearing a black leather jacket?" "Really? Yes! Yes! Yes!" "He was walking from that house right there!" 

​​​​​​Now understand we went from search party to headhunters in a split second. That house was Violets house. Trevor likes Violet. 

That little sumbitch snuck out of the house at 1:30am to go chill with a girl at 12 years old!

​​​​​​Needless to say someone is grounded for 5 years, 11 months and 10 days which coincidentally is the day after his 18th birthday.

To all the people who were along for this ride in real time I appreciate your support. It was by far the worst day I've experienced as a father!

Dusterbd13-michael (Forum Supporter)
Dusterbd13-michael (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
11/23/20 2:12 p.m.

Im so very grateful that it wasn't way worse. Prayers answered. 

 

And im not sure grounding is enough. Add some mandatory infant babysitting for free in there to remind him.....

Brett_Murphy (Ex-Patrón)
Brett_Murphy (Ex-Patrón) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/23/20 2:44 p.m.

I'm glad this worked out well.

It's a shame he decided to sneak out- it sounds like there's going to be a few long conversations. 

Robbie (Forum Supporter)
Robbie (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/23/20 3:26 p.m.

Wait, he set his own alarm for 2:00 am?

 

In reply to Robbie (Forum Supporter) :

So he would not miss his date. Muhfukka thinks he's the Pixie Stick Pimp or something.

barefootskater (Shaun)
barefootskater (Shaun) UberDork
11/23/20 3:59 p.m.

Dude. I was 17 the first time I snuck out with a girl. Kids got game! 
 

Mandatory babysitting. At 3am. And again at 5. And 630. 
 

Good luck with that one!

John Welsh (Moderate Supporter)
John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) Mod Squad
11/23/20 6:41 p.m.

Wow.

I have a 6 yr old who can be a handful.  But, I am reminded of, "little kids, little problems; big kids, big problems."  

Hang in there Jmf'ingB !  

Stampie (FS)
Stampie (FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/23/20 7:08 p.m.

Oh Lil Stampie would be grounded until he's 30 while I silently giggled at his adventure.

glueguy (Forum Supporter)
glueguy (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand Dork
11/23/20 7:13 p.m.

I can't even imagine. I saw the FB post and the safe one at the same time so I knew it worked out better than other options.  It did make me think for a while and said a prayer for you - and me that I didn't have to go through that. Big man hugs, that must have sucked so much. 

captdownshift (Forum Supporter)
captdownshift (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
11/23/20 7:14 p.m.

Don't go too difficult on the punishment, if you end up making it that you don't trust to leave them alone in the house and get a sitter when you go out, then he'll have a 17-year-old girl at his disposal. He will then quietly be laughing, as he will have won. 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
11/23/20 7:26 p.m.

In reply to captdownshift (Forum Supporter) :

Beat me to it. 

ShawnG
ShawnG UltimaDork
11/23/20 8:02 p.m.

Glad everyone is safe and sound.

I hope Violet is getting a talking to as well.

It wasn't just your boy up to shenanigans.

Haha!! BTDT. 

It is terrifying at the moment but 7-8 years later you will be laughing about it. 

There are way worse things he could be sneaking out of the house to do. Don't be too hard on him. 

 

Javelin (Forum Supporter)
Javelin (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/23/20 8:29 p.m.

I nearly had a heart attack just reading your post! I am relieved that he is okay!

dropstep
dropstep UberDork
11/23/20 8:45 p.m.

I have 12 year old twins, without the headline claiming it turned out ok I probably wouldn't have been able to read it all. I'm not sure how one handles this because from 12+ my parents didn't care what I did 

RX Reven'
RX Reven' GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/23/20 9:06 p.m.

Hi John,

I'm so glad it turned out OK and thank you for giving us a heads up that it would.

I did something similar...started mid-day and ended an hour after dark but we were last seen walking across a dam that wasn't designed for pedestrians so about equal on the pucker factor spectrum.

One bright side to this is the display of how absolute parents' commitment is to protecting children (theirs, others, doesn't matter).

Rich / poor...left / right...threaten a kid and you will witness an immediate and pristine singularity of purpose among parents.

KyAllroad (Jeremy) (Forum Supporter)
KyAllroad (Jeremy) (Forum Supporter) UltimaDork
11/23/20 9:14 p.m.

Glad it was the call of the gonads and not a runaway situation.

 

It sounds like he covered his bases pretty well, I wonder if this was his first "midnight adventure"?

Mr_Asa
Mr_Asa SuperDork
11/23/20 9:18 p.m.

Just today one of my friends with a 3 year old boy was asking when he will stop being crazy.  "Maybe he will start to calm down around 12?" He said.

 

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
11/24/20 4:16 a.m.

pinchvalve (Forum Supporter)
pinchvalve (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
11/24/20 10:58 a.m.

That is horrible and I am so glad that it all worked out. I know you are pissed as hell, but admit it, some small part of you is saying...my man.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill MegaDork
11/24/20 12:35 p.m.

Really glad it worked out.  Little bugger may have a future as a double naught spy.  I have a 10YO  grandson that is going to be trouble.  

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