Wisconsin Boy, 13, Who Disappeared 1 Month Ago May Be Attempting to Live ‘Off the Grid’: Police

Search Bryan Singer's house.

Is he hardcore?

People suck, so, i can't blame him.

Sounds like somebody read My Side of the Mountain!

I was wondering when this would show up on here. Devil's Lake is one of the most beautiful parts of the state, but not that far from the Dells.

Don't eat wild mushrooms, James!

Probably with his friend Haywood Jablowmi

13? Without a cellphone?

Took a Wisconsin Death Trip

These stories about missing kids make me sad.

Wisconsin Boy.

He's not really missing, r10, in the usual sense. This is intentional.

I tried doing something like this when I ran away from home at 12.

Then I got hungry and came back home.

Kid's got guts if he took the family vehicle, though. I wasn't that bold.

[quote]Then I got hungry and came back home.

No squirrels around?

[quote] No squirrels around?

'Coon.

Ozempic!!!!!!!!!

Someone is making that child's normal life a living hell, if he'd rather go live in the woods than live with an abusive parent of school bullies.

If life at home was better than sleeping on the ground and eating raw squirrel or whatever he can steal, then he'd have gone home by now.

R17

[quote] Someone is making that child's normal life a living hell, if he'd rather go live in the woods than live with an abusive parent of school bullies.

Perhaps R13 can explain why he ran away from home and if his home life was so bad.

He looks like a young Leo di Caprio. Hope he's ok.

[quote] James' father told WKOW that he also bought his son “some off-grid books,”

That paid off.

[quote]Perhaps [R13] can explain why he ran away from home and if his home life was so bad.

r18 *She.

Pregnancy (with little brother) turned my mother into a fucking nightmare.

Tarzan!

[quote] Tarzan!

Tarzan boy.

He looks smug enough to think he can live on his own out there.

Future Unabomber.

R21, did she ever go back to “normal” sometime after he was born?

His family life must not be very good. I fantasized about running away as a kid but never did because I’d miss my mom too much

I wish my brother would have done this when we were kids.

I also fantasized about running away as a kid, but I knew damn well I had no place to go.

And there weren't any survivable woods nearby, not that the Wisconsin woods will be survivable come November.

He definitely must have an abusive home life if he went to this extreme for so long.

[quote][R21], did she ever go back to “normal” sometime after he was born?

r26 Not really. Her issue was with a bad temper that got dialed up to 100 when pregnant. According to witness reports, she was the same way when pregnant with me. She only "calmed down" as she aged. She's currently just neurotic, now.

This is a local story. Online commenters have been recently turning away from the "survivalist kid" angle and are pretty sure foul play was involved. I still think the kid is out there. There are a million places to hide out, this area is filled with wooded hills, caves, abandoned mines & farmsteads, Bluffs, outcroppings, hidden valleys. The area he was supposedly in is considered dangerous for hikers. He could have fallen. If the campsites they've been finding are actually his, that's a good sign. I say leave the kid alone though; he's probably trying to escape a shitty home life. I ran away as a teenager too.

I grew up in this area; in fact, one of my high school friend's family home is in the stretch of land they're searching. This kid will be in some real danger if he's still out there when deer season starts. We couldn't even hang out in the open yard around my friend's house then. Their house was hit several times by stray bullets, and you didn't want to be something moving around through the woods without a blaze jacket.

The parents probably killed him.

Yeah, I wouldn't be so quick to admit that i bought the survivalist books if I was the dad.

Dead.

I blame YouTube. There are thousands of military guys making videos of how to survive in the wilderness. They sometimes make me want to quit my job and sell my house, and go live in the mountains.

But there's no DoorDash or UberEats, so I snap out of it, and get back on the hamster wheel.

I agree that this is EXTREMELY suspicious, and the parents don't appear to be as distraught as they should be. Moreover, a 13-year-old is still a little child in many ways; it isn't normal AT ALL for him to have decided to leave his family home and attempt to survive in the wilderness, without at least trying to maintain a very basic line of communication with someone within the household, or the wider community.

I think that the parents will have to answer lots of intrusive questions from the authorities in the near future, because there is something seriously amiss in this story.

Exquisite eyebrows!

Reminds me of a young River Phoenix.

If he’s alive, future junkie.

The likeliest scenario is that the kid is dead, and that the campsites in the woods were made by other people living off the grid. And if the kid is dead and in a shallow grave somewhere, or in a deep grave in the back yard, the overwhelming odds are that he was killed by a parent.

And if the kid is alive and in the woods, the overwhelming odds are that he was driven there by an abusive parent.

Sad.

I hope the poor little shit is alive.

[QUOTE]"This is uncalled for, to do something like this and not to talk to anybody about it."

What a bizarre thing for they father to say. He expected the kid to check in before running away?

No 13 year old has the skills, judgment, or stamina to survive alone in the terrain posters have described. Unless the kid's holed up with a friend somewhere, I'm afraid they're going to find skeletal remains, if they ever find him.

[quote] This is a local story.

What a weird thing to say, r32. What does that even mean? Are you saying that you live in that area?

R45 the poster was just trying to explain he had local insight.

Mary Day disappeared at 13 only to reappear 20 years later.

R45 is a Redditor-- everything is so WEIRD and CREEPY he can't even think!

The dad accidentally killed him during a beating and came up with the runaway story for police. Why else would he mention that he bought his son an off-the-grid book and accuse him of taking the family car (which was conveniently abandoned a short time later)?

The kid is a dead ringer for a young Leo at his age. He looks like he could be a manipulative smart ass or a charming and intelligent young person. And/or a drama queen. Tough call. Either way, I hope he's OK. Kids run away for a reason.

[Quite] Future Unabomber.

He was a Pollock too.

[quote]He looks like a young Leo di Caprio.

R19 I think he looks like River Phoenix.

I lean toward young Leo.

Who wouldn't? ^^

Search the cabins!

[quote]13? Without a cellphone?

I mean, like, crazy, right?

I have a friend who left home at 14. He lived off the grid/land for years. He’s good looking and super social. He ended up in Australia at one point. He just found people to hang with for afew years then decided to get a job and start having a normal life. However, meth entered the picture which is never good. He got his shit together around 24. He’s 43 now.

Well, then there's hope, r57!

I hope the ghost of Julian Sands is looking out for him.

Maybe someone will post daily weather updates for that area the way that they did for Julian Sands.

Let's hope not, r60!

Well, has the dad been arrested yet?

It's a matter of time, r62.

Just an update no they have a reward!

"I will do anything to get him and bring him home."

Dad still sounds "off" to me. "Get him"?

[quote] There are thousands of military guys making videos of how to survive in the wilderness

And they are fucking up the environment.

I think his father killed him. This sounds too made up.

All of this is from his family - which is designed to throw off the rightly-targeted suspicion on the family.

Total bullshit.

While the constant searches create an upheaval in his life, the elder Yoblonski said "it's not inconvenient if I find him."

Really, thanks Dad glad I'm not inconvenient - hate to take you away from your usual daily routine.

The dad is saying he believes it's an abduction. Yeah, the kid is mostly dead in the Wisconsin forests

Mostly dead?

He dead

I'm dead. I'm dead.

I knew someone who lived off the grid in her basement!

The dad is offering $10K because he knows no one is going to find him, alive.

I have been following this case since day 1 on Websleuths (ya I know). I became suspicious early on when Dad changed his story about the gun not missing from the home but from his workplace. If my 13 year took off into the woods I would be in the woods in front of the search teams, not doing interviews.

I'd lose my goddamned mind if my son went missing (sorry) like this. They'd have to tranq me with a rhino dart.

Yeah even if a little cousin went missing I’d be losing my shit. The dad seems way too calm

This 13 year old is 5'11 and 120lbs?

Well, Barron Trump is 6' 7" or whatever at 17. Genetics. It might have made him look more mature than he really is.

Maybe dad didn't want a competitor in the house?

Don't be sure WI state officials aren't looking at him.

Maybe this apparently grown man started receiving AARP literature and freaked out.

[quote]This 13 year old is 5'11 and 120lbs?

Yummo!

R79, yeah, but Barron’s height is extremely unusual.

I’m not saying this kid can’t be extremely tall, either, but a lot of these parents whose kids get lost or whatever have wildly inaccurate perceptions of their kids’ size— because they never paid attention/don’t give a shit about them to begin with.

When they find him, he'll be 7' and 230 lbs.

I’m not justifying the dads behavior, but this isn’t a young, small child. I have known of some parents who were very unconcerned when their teens disappeared. I knew a woman who announced “I hope he never comes back!” I never talked to her again after that, so I don’t know if her 16 year old son ever did come back.

r84 Kids become irritating once they hit preadolescence, yes. But that's still a weird response from a parent.

I don't know, r84

I have found that Mothers are quicker to sour on children than Fathers. Dad is more likely to kill you and wants to keep you under his thumb (unless you are gay) but Mom resents having given birth to you and would rather you just go away.

What kind of people do you know, r86?!

Hmm, what would be worse?

Mother’s “resentment” of me scrolling on my phone all day and playing video games for hours on end when she needed a hand with the groceries or the yard needed mowed, or Dad shooting me in the back of the head as I’m kneeling next to my brother and sister who are screaming in terror and begging for him not to kill us…

Oh that’s easy, Mother’s worse!

Twisted ones, r87 . Twisted ones.

R88 at least Dad has a passion for what he is doing instead of an icy indifference.

Please, get up, James Yoblonski,, we love you!

Yeah, I'm starting to believe dad killed him.

Some of the text in here is weird. "I cancelled our vacations...." Uh, duh.

That poor kid, he was really cute in a 1940s farmboy way.

I’m getting boy in the box vibes from his photo

Fraus can’t be pedos, r92?

These two lesbians and their son tried to live off the grid.

Three of them died of starvation? Wtf

Oh, get up, Wisconsin boy, we love you!

I'll go fetch him in five years when he's 18 and completely feral.

I like a challenge but not a legal one.

[quote] I'll go fetch him in five years when he's 18 and completely feral.

Long after his expiration date.

Usually school photos are done in the beginning of the year so this pic is at least 9 months old. Dad doesn't have any more recent pics? That's kind of suspicious in itself. Especially with everyone carrying a camera with them constantly.

There are zero other photos of this kid.

Reminds me of that one kid who ran away a year or so ago and it seemed like the only photos the family had of him were of him wearing that humiliating tshirt. They found him (then they probably sent him right back to that house).

I hope the cops are on to these fuckers. Doesn't sound like there's been much movement on the case.

R102, what was the humiliating t-shirt?

R103:

If this kid hasn’t been found yet, he’s dead.

Thank you, R104.

You're welcome, r106!

What if the kid never existed at all?

What if the “dad” was cleaning out an old shed when he ran across an old produce crate with an old-timey painted label of a farmer’s son smiling proudly and holding a bushel of potatoes in a red and white check shirt and overalls, and he just cut and pasted the face from the label onto a generic yearbook photo of a kid in a gray heather tee shirt and called 911 and made the whole thing up to get outpourings of sympathy that may lead to romance. That would also explain the “dad” saying he was 6’ tall and 110 lbs, he was making it up and doesn’t understand the average 13 year old’s proportions.

Look at the image in R91. You can see it probably come straight off an old watermelon crate label, “Billy’s Blue Ribbon Melons!” and it’s that kid, standing there beaming, as in the photo, but holding a prize melon.

shut up

My left center back-boob has been itchier than normal. So I know exactly what u talmbout, R108.

This case reminded me of the missing boy in Indiana at r104. Those parents were sketchy, too. Though we never got the details re his whereabouts when he was missing, it's pretty clear he was holed up at a friend's place and given food. I'm hoping that's the case with this boy. I wonder to what extent the authorities have questioned his friends.

It is weird that they only have one picture of that kid.

$10K? That's how much I'm worth?

Start a GoFundMe, you piece of shit.

I think the dad did something to the boy. The cops apparently do too. Set up the campsite as a "distraction" uhm yeah, you!:

William said the survivalist theory could be true, but also said he thinks someone kidnapped his son and may have set up a camp site to distract investigators.

On Friday, William said he believes police view him as a suspect.

-nbc15

Until he's found, he's both dead and alive.

[quote] Until he's found, he's both dead and alive.

Schrödinger's cat,

From r114

[Quote] William feels like a suspect because he heard that the sheriff’s office was contacting his distant and estranged relatives, including a daughter currently living in prison.

Man, this guy is looking worse by the minute.

He should get an attorney to monitor his comments.

But he has a kitten mousepad!

And a rubber cleaning glove casually wadded up on the desk by the pen caddy!

Maybe the kid did run away. Apparently, he did searches on running away to another state.

[quote] Apparently, he did searches on running away to another state.

California is a very welcoming state.

Check Kevin Spacey’s basement!

Some hunters will probably find his bones.

Maybe the dad didn't do it, maybe he just 'can't talk good' as my mother puts it (describing herself).

Speaking of mothers, does he have one? If she exists she's uncharacteristically silent. I haven't read one word from or about her.

Father totally creeps me out. He should be *complaining* if LE *isn't* questioning anyone associated with the family.

[QUOTE]Apparently, he did searches on running away to another state.

No, r121. He had access to those devices and there's no way to tell who within the household did the searches.

Teens DO run away and have for decades. Now, when any teen goes missing it’s automatically kidnappping, trafficking or murder in everyone’s head because that’s what the news reports on.

[quote]Teens DO run away and have for decades.

They usually come home when they get hungry, specially a 13-year-old.

[quote]Wisconsin Boy, 13, Who Disappeared 1 Month Ago May Be Attempting to Live ‘Off the Grid’

Some people's children.

The dad took a polygraph test and passed it. The kid is probably in Canada by now.

I planned my escape(s) a bit less efficiently than this kid.

For the first, at maybe about age 7, I went into the kitchen and notified my mom that I was running away and would need a fork and a spoon. She gave them to me and said she wanted them back. I agreed. And never got off the property.

For the second, I began hiding food in a seldom-used cupboard that I could reach. My cousins came over, discovered the stash, and ate it.

After that I settled for fantasizing.

Polygraph tests are bullshit.

I think if this kid was alive, someone would have spotted him by now.

I planed to run away to the Morgan Library or the Frick. Inspired by From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. I was meticulous about it and detailed plans. I guess common sense prevailed. Would have been a great experience to have done it, however.

I loved that book when I was a kid, R135!

Of course, now I wonder if museums had to put up with a spate of runaway children, in the sixties and seventies.

Once I ran away to meet Barbra! I actually got to visit her mall!

And then I woke up and realized I was gay!

Now his father thinks he was coerced to run away. Won't post the link because the only one I could find is to Fox News.

Did the father say who could have coerced his son?

The dad killed him and knows he's dead.

"Coerced" is just another distraction for the cops.

This dude did a Drew Peterson and probably put that poor kid in a vat of acid so there was no evidence.

Here's what the article says, r139:

Dad of missing Wisconsin boy, 13, who left home in family van believes he may have been coerced

James Yoblonski, 13, apparently left his Wisconsin home on June 12 in his family's van and possibly with his father's gun

The father of a missing 13-year-old Wisconsin boy said he believes his son drove away from home in a family van — potentially at the request or coercion of another person.

William Yoblonski reported his son, James Yoblonski, missing on June 12 to the Sauk County authorities, saying the 13-year-old fled their Reedsburg home in the family van overnight, possibly with William's handgun.

"It's not like him to do anything like this," Yoblonski, a single father with four children, told Fox News Digital. "I mean, he's never driven my vehicle on the streets or anything. He's moved my van around my shop a couple times. That was it."

Video footage caught James walking out of his home around midnight on June 12 and walking across the street to the family van. He sat inside the van for about an hour before taking off, his dad explained.

Investigators discovered searches on James' electronic devices "about being a minor on an airplane and crossing state lines," his dad said.

James also took his father's cell phone when he left home, which pinged on the western edge of Devil's Lake State Park on June 12, according to the Sauk County Sheriff's Office.

Detectives found a makeshift campsite inside the park that they believe the boy used, but William Yoblonski doesn't think his son spent the night at the camp because search dogs did not pick up his scent in the area.

"I think he left with somebody. I think he sat there and waited for a horn to honk and came out and got in the car with somebody," William explained.

William thinks James met someone online or in person who may have coerced and possibly instructed him on how to leave home. In a Snapchat video posted from William's phone, James apparently said something along the lines of, "'I'm sorry. I don't think I'll be back for school. I don't want to hurt anybody, but I might,'" William said.

He added that the "strange thing" about the video was the angle at which James recorded it in the family van he drove off in during the early morning hours of June 12.

"My cup holders in my van will not hold that cell phone," William said. "Somebody else was with him holding their cell phone" while recording the video of James, he added.

Authorities eventually found the Yoblonskis' family van unattended in Sumpter, Wisconsin — about a 30-minute drive southeast of Reedsburg.

William said he knows he is a suspect in his son's disappearance, but he recently passed a polygraph test from authorities that he said proves otherwise. He added that he is "very upset" with the sheriff's office for a lack of answers. William is also offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to his son's whereabouts.

"I just want my son back. That's why I put up a $10,000 reward. If I could afford to go more than that … but I just don't have that kind of money. Like I said, I'm a single father," he said.

Is the mother alive, dead, what?

[quote]"I just want my son back. That's why I put up a $10,000 reward. If I could afford to go more than that … but I just don't have that kind of money. Like I said, I'm a single father," he said.

Can't he start an OnlyFans?

WFT, I meant GoFundMe, not OnlyFans.****

Maybe the mom is going through her own "survivalist phase".

Well, the absent mother is somewhat explained. This is the first I've heard about three other siblings which is a little shocking because it wasn't mentioned in stories posted here. Older or younger siblings? Was he required to be their caretaker on mom's absence and got tired of it all?

Is dad keeping everything on a tight clamp or is it LE?

What's the mother's story? I missed it. I know there's an adult sister in prison, I didn't read about several other siblings.

But then I've read about this situation here in this thread.

I don't think anyone knows the mother's story. Is it just bring reported now? Like you, r147 what I know comes from this thread. Are you somewhat local? I hadn't heard about an imprisoned sister.

Does he know how to make acorn pancakes?

Only with powdered egg mix and safely boiled or treated water, r149!

Beaver fever!

The dad gives an interview. He seems really worried. I mean how is someone suppose to "act" when a child goes missing? He says the state is backed up with cellphone traces and will be a while to get that data back.

[QUOTE]I mean how is someone suppose to "act" when a child goes missing?

Like he lost a valuable farmland, duh.

So where IS the mother?

Because if the dad is a "single father", maybe the kid went back to his mother. Who could, presumably, drive a van and hold a cell phone.

farmHand, not land at r153. I nearly got autocorrected again despite the cap H. Argh...

Test

The story where the sister is mentioned is in the link at R114, R148. I’m not local— never been to Wisconsin. The Great Lakes accent is too much for my tender Texas ears.

R146, how’s the absent mother explained?

The father admits he’s super strict, so maybe James wanted to get the hell out of Dodge. The daughter being in prison is interesting. Perhaps dealing/using drugs to escape her life.

I hope this kid is OK. Anything can happen to a 13 yr old that runs off.

[quote] Anything can happen to a 13 yr old that runs off.

Anything.

r4 our sixth (I think?) grade teacher even screened the film

r157 - I meant that she was out of the children's lives, not hiding away in the family home and being kept quiet by a man who seems very domineering. That's what I had assumed. I didn't explain myself well.

According to the ancient prophecies on one website, he'll run into a kind loner who looks 15 years younger than his actual age, and who owns a large, secluded house with a pool, many spare bedrooms, and a massive entertainment system.

2 months in the woods?! Something is off here. Someone must be providing food and shelter to him or some "accident " befell that kid down on the farm.

Damn dingo!

Plus, how convenient that dad's gun is missing as well?! Uh huh. That state park is the most popular one in Wisconsin. Half of Chicago goes up there in these summer months. Someone must've seen that kid by now. All we have is the dad's word. I think he's been killed by a family member and somewhere Bryan Singer is struggling cuz that's another potential suitor that got away!

I think he's alive and loving the idea that his dad is a suspect. The dad admitted that he's strict.

Maybe he ran away to Detroit because he wanted to be near the auto in-duss-try

He’s dead.

I love that his Dad he’s “not in trouble.” Umm. His dad will be kisses when he comes home lol.

What, r170?

I'll have whatever r170 is having!

[quote] lol

LoL! :)

R170

In reading Websleuths there has been absolutely no mention of mom or other siblings except the jailbird sister. I'm leaning towards James having never been in the woods. Dad's theory is he met somebody at the spot the van was left. Another theory is that dad killed him.

Someone on WS pointed out we are only getting information from one source..Dad.

Somebody mentioned someone would have seen him by now. Assuming that the one image of him is a school picture. It would be almost a year old. If his hair has grown out he would not recognized by people that do not know him.

His eyes are very recognizable, r175.

What kind of bugs me is why did the boy take his dad's cell phone and not his own? If I ran away presumably I would take my own phone. I dunno.

Is that a reference to Th Last of Us R163?

Seriously, where IS the boy's mother?

JIMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

--Concerned mom that witnessed the scummy motherfucker murders

[quote]Until he's found, he's both dead and alive.

[quote]Schrödinger's cat,

I was thinking more of Richard Simmons

I have a feeling that Mom has been out of the picture for quite a while. Maybe not dead, but if Sissy is in jail maybe Ma is too? Just a guess.

Heaven needed another 13-year-old angel.

A gay angel.

Did they find him?

No yet, r185. I doubt he'll be found alive.

[quote] Maybe he ran away to Detroit because he wanted to be near the auto in-duss-try

His name isn’t Gator Nelson, R168

Nor the guy who didn’t return home from the gym, or the killer of the woman and her dog in the park.

R177, about the father's missing phone: that's a mistake a murderer might make under pressure. You can imagine him grabbing what he thought was the son's phone and disposing of it, only to realize later that he'd accidentally disposed of his own phone and kept his son's.

Over 2 months and no one has seen this kid?

Dead.

Have they checked his mommy's basement?

Maybe the kid and his mother have started a new life in Costa Rica or Uruguay, somewhere the father can't find him.

Because if there's a "strict" asshole father, and the mother is nowhere to be found, there's reasonable odds that the father is abusive, and the mother either ran for her life, or he managed to get full custody to punish her for fleeing from the abuse. I've see that happen, sometimes a family court judge will side with a father who plays the devoted dad who wants full custody, and who tells the court no end of lies about his wife's cheating and drug use, and who will call his wife's flight from abuse "abandonment of her parental responsibilities". Now maybe she's dead, or off OD-ing on fentanyl somewhere or in prison, but well. It's a possibility.

He’s fine, he sends his love

Mommy was molesting him.

No word on this kid? Hopefully, he's alright.

Dead yet?

He’s living his best life in the Huron Mountains of Yooper country, with his pet bear 🐻. I could have had that life.

I guess we will have to wait for the Unsolved Mysteries episode.

Almost three months.

I previously thought he would turn up somewhere. I now think he’s dead.

I hope the boy is alright of course. But three months is a considerable amount of time.

But R4 mentioned "My Side of the Mountain", which is a movie I've been wanting to see for years but I am not giving YouTube a single cent for it. It is an old movie. But I love this old performance by Theodore Bikel, this song is simply gorgeous:

Seriously?

Which is more plausible - that a 13 year old boy is living in the wilderness on his own or that someone in his family murdered him?

Sadly, it's the latter that is by far the most plausible explanation. At best, he ran away, then had an accident, died, and animals ate the remains.

"Which is more plausible - that a 13 year old boy is living in the wilderness on his own or that someone in his family murdered him?"

The third possibility is that he ran off with an adult, hopefully a relative who wanted to get him away from his abusive father, and not a predator.

But you're right, murder is far likelier than either of the other possibilities.

R201, I kept expecting John Belushi to walk into the scene and smash his guitar against the tree.

Maybe he’s at Dollywood

R205 that sounds plausible

I live in the area and the only time I've seen it mentioned on the news is on the monthly anniversaries of him missing.

Is there a gay park in this area? Search there. Call it a hunch.

No there isn't, sorry Rhonda! Disneyland is in your state.

This kid this thread is about looks like Leonardo DiCaprio.

Too bad I'm dead, or I could tell you where the kid is.

Fine, he's dead - now make a donation to my church!

I'm sure that the father is the primary suspect, and the cops are surveilling his every move.

Oh my, you're funny R211

This is a heartbreaking story.

Just the fact that Dad had living off the grid book laying around not buried on some shelf says he was probably a doomsday prepper nut job at the very least. Grown men who think like that are not functioning well in society. It's one thing to watch videos on the interest, it's a whole different ball of wax spending hard earned money on all that gear without a serious intent to use it some day. It's basically and escape plan. My hunch is he murdered the kid, and since he was in so deep to the survivalist fantasies, it made "logical" sense to him that it was a plausible excuse why his son is missing.

Yes, R215. I used to work with a doomsday prepper. She would spend all kinds of money stockpiling dried goods and canned food as well as supplies preparing for the end of the world. Complete nutcase who insisted everyone else was wrong and she was right.

This probably happened to that missing boy

No news is good news?

I don't think there's any good news, R218.

Poor kid.

Four months today.

Never forget Wisconsin Boy!

When is opening day of deer hunting season?

Any aging progressing picture, so we can know what he looks like now?

This thread has been depressing. There are still no answers, and I think the biological father killed him. Gut feeling, Could be wrong.

I can't believe there wasn't a bigger deal made about it, even locally.

R33 here. I asked my mom about this recently, and the local gossip is that no one believes the kid was ever out in the woods. Search parties were called off early because of that, and the investigation has been focused outside of the area since then.

There's a chance hunters will turn up something now, but the sentiment is that either the kid was murdered by his dad or ran away or was lured away from home. There's an article linked earlier in the thread that shows some evidence that the kid may have been communicating with someone else just before disappearing. Human trafficking, perhaps?

You'd think Qanon freaks would boost this story. They'd say it was Gov Evers and that judge eating his organs, but DL is the only place I'm hearing about this poor kid

Bry needs an update! Right now!!!!!

R222

Honestly, Mr. Yablonski isn't very smart.

All you needed was two simple words, sir: foreign factions.

Live and let die. The kid wants to live his life a feral urchin, let him. It’ll put hair on his chest. Or leave him rotting in a shallow grave. We all have the right to self determination.

I hope he just ran off to have an adventure and comes back

R231 = One of the Bryans - Singer or Fuller!

Has his creepy dad been silent lately?

R232 Singer is out looking for him in his Rescue Ice Cream truck.

How can this be a non-issue to the police?

[quote]How can this be a non-issue to the police?

Because he doesn't have a vagina.

He was such a good, delicious boy!

Ahead of gun deer season in Wisconsin, hunters should look out for Yoblonski evidence.

Deceased?

Most certainly, r239.

Sad that he's only "worth" 10k. I mean, look at Mary Lou Restroom's GoFundMe.

[quote]'I just feel that in my heart that he’s alive,' says father of Wisconsin boy missing since June

Sure you do.

Pennywise strikes again!

I'm sure he's just fine.

He sends his regards, bad dad he ran away from. ….or you killed him.

R238 Some dumbass deer hunter will shoot him near his tree fort.

He’s probably been dead from the day he went missing.

R247 My money is on the father accidentally killing him and panicking.

If the father killed him, he's getting away with it.

Psychics!!!!!!!!

It's like a law of some sort that psychics enter the picture at one point or another with all of these cold cases.

The poor little gay angel, I get sad every time I see this thread bumped.

He's dead, near some jagged boulders!

He’s with his real dad Leonardo De Caprio

Too bad Sylvia Browne is no longer with us only she could solve this case

R254 Fuck that lying bitch!

Latest from a local who has posted on here before. These billboards are up in the area now. The guy in the lower section was stabbed to death back 2020 in Devils Lake State Park, same area this kid was supposedly camping this year. This area is gorgeous, but it's an absolutely wild, hilly terrain covered in trees. Getting lost on accident or on purpose, falling off a bluff, someone killing you in a chance encounter in the woods... there's forever to hide in. I love hiking these parks but you have to be careful.

253 Leo trots him out to scare off the golddiggers.

The article in r242 has James recording in the truck by himself and saying some odd things.

[quote] "For everyone who cares about me, it's not their fault. It's no one's fault. It's my fault."

I am rooting so hard (MARY!) for this kid to be found alive, but...well, it's not looking good at this point. Come on, you off the gridster, do it! Prove everyone wrong. Hope you made it to Mexico because it is going to get a wee bit fucking chilly sooner than later in Wisconsin.

The guy on the bottom of that billboard is good looking. Are there a lot of hot guys in Wisconsin?

R260, No.

All the jot ones are missing, r260!

hot*

Suicide, no?

That motherfucker killed him!

Wisconsin and Minnesota are full of hot guys. Nice Scandi, German, Italian and Polish mutts. A few natives too

Six months today.

R129 = Dawn

Portrait of a teenage runaway

I thought this said live off the gold. Like he was trying alchemy.

This poor little cutie. 😢

The Daily Fail says the father passed a lie detector test 2 months into it.

His little alchemical soul just felt the call of the road. He’s on his way to making a philosopher’s stone for THIS generation. It’s gonna be hip, it’ll have street cred, and it’ll contain the transmuted souls of 4-5k people within it 👍

Will he end up in Hollywood doing tricks? Remember when that was an actual thing with run away teens. I lived there at the time. I am sure it's all on line now.

Beautiful little gay angel, it breaks my heart that he'll never see another Christmas again.

No worries! He's with me.

Like magic tricks r273?

He's dead.

What's the consensus, DL?

Maybe he never existed!

Boys like that need to be protected and cared for.

That motherfucker isn’t real!

......

I check this thread periodically when it pops up. It's hunting season and I keep expecting that his remains will be found.

My father-in-law was an amateur pilot. Had a plane. Took off during a snowstorm. Never made it to the next airport on his registered flight plan. Missing for over a month. Hard feeling your hope evaporate. He wasn’t found til spring when grazing began at a huge ranch. Wreckage obscured by trees and snow. Wishing everyone who loves this kid well.

Dad looks like the kind of Wisconsin drunk who flies into violent rages

Maybe Satan Claus will bring him back!

I assume the father took a polygraph test?

He’s with Julian Sands now

I think he has a job playing an elf making cash tips.

Come on, there has to be another pic of this kid!

Yet another peculiarity about this kid in the days of cell phones. No mother, no other pictures, and a haggard angry-looking father who appears to imbibe too much. I wonder how much authorities really know and just can't prove. Yet.

R290 I'm bed dad has quite a few, somewhere.

Stop asking me! I don't know where the fuck this kid is!

R292 Bed=betting

R293 At least he'd still be alive, if you had him.

Poor kid. Did they find the gun? He may have killed himself. He looks just like Mark Harmon at that age.

Same, R10. I have a feeling daddio or someone else close to him may have played a role in his disappearance. Hope he is alive and safe.

Is it just me, or does the sole photo of him look AI-generated? Very weird picture.

They airbrush kids school pictures nowadays

R93, same.

There is mention of his mom in this article

Besides the sister in jail, how many other kids are there? Older? Younger? Dad seems so sketch. Polygraphs are not all that.

Lots of details thar were new to me at link. Mentions of his mom, sister, 2 other brothers and that he had been suspended from school twice. The divorce happened in 2018.

Dad looks like he's bordering on skid row, yet in r303's preview, he's sitting in an office chair with a bunch of mailing supplies behind him. What does he do for a living?

He owns a golf cart dealer

Dang kid is a giant, 5' 11" at 13.

I'm getting Balloon Boy vibes.

Would be a better outcome, R307, what ever happened to that family?

Unfortunately this kid is probably dead.

He's either dead or he's the next Shawn Hornbeck.

It's definitely a red flag to have no other photos. I mentioned it at r100 but had some real life experience this Christmas Eve at a party where I took pics of everyone and everything. Except this asshole who bullied 20 years ago. Even tho he looks like shit now. I just couldn't be bothered

Finally new pics and video have been released. It is TRULY strange how few pics there seem to be of this kid.

Vid of him leaving

Wow, Thanks r311 and r312. that kid looks like he's seen some things. He's also giving me (forgive the woo woo) old soul vibes. Unfortunately, his dad is giving me "I killed him" vibes.

Go, James, go!

^You saw the kid leave in the van with the father's phone? The father looks devastated, there's a sister, brother, house, nice dog a small business, I don't think he's responsible. The kid has crazy eyes, I'd bet early onset schizophrenia or a pedo on picked him up on the road. Sad. Yeah, the retouched photo gives me baby drag queen vibes but the other photos make him seem off.

We're in the midst of a blizzard in Wisconsin. Over 8" of snow and then three straight days of freezing or below temperatures. If he's really outside, he won't make it.

Julian Sands was his hero.

Poor boy.

Why would he take his dad's phone? Most kids have their own these days. Did his father not allow him to have one? Which smells like a good way to hid abuse. Or was the kid intent of stopping dad from calling the police?

He took a car and a backpack of stuff; he was done with life there for whatever reason. This was somewhat planned out, and in this day and age, you don't just sling a stick over your back with a bag and declare you're running away. He took a CAR! And some things that he thought would help (backpack).

I'm not convinced he's crazy or schizo. That all seems some higher functioning rationale. Not ruling it out though. Many schizos are highly intelligent and have bouts of intense focus/planning.

But I weigh heavily on the family component of him not fitting in, being a scapegoat, being unruly and no one liked him or his ideas/thoughts.

He seems to have wanted to break free of whatever was going on in his life/head.

I hope he's still alive.

The dad's reaction on video when he realizes the kid took the car and his phone seems odd to me. Most parents would be worried sick more than angry. Plus odd he mentioned both in the same sentence. Did dad store his phone in the truck? Not likely. And how did he know the kid took his phone in the first place? Wouldn't your first assumption be in a panic that you misplaced it? It feels like a setup for the video.

My guess is that he realized the car and James was missing and then he went to find his phone to call 911, and realized that was gone too.

You guys want the dad to be a killer so much. Look, at first, I thought he might be involved, too. But we just watched the kid jump in the truck and leave. What more do you want?

James does not want to be found for whatever reason. I wonder why he stopped twice at his Dad's business though was money missing? They aren't giving any details about that.

So the dad runs back outside to tell on cam that his son took his phone?

Exactly, r322. When i first read this thread several months ago, i thought the same: family, dad probably offed him. with the vid of him with the backpack leaving in the truck and he left of his own accord; that puts several things in question.

HOWEVER, that doesn't exclude a possibility of the kid and the parents subsequently meeting up after the kid took off. I don't rule that out. There was clearly some huge disconnect between the kid and parents/family for whatever reason. it could be mental health, it could be something middle of the road, or it could be he felt the need to GTFO (abuse, misunderstanding, MAGAT stuff, sexual shit). Who the fuck knows?

This kid felt like he needed to leave. There's the real way to find out where he is.

Yep, I am not saying the Dad was the killer, I am saying the way he is acting, there's a reason the kids was out of there. Stopping at his dad office is curious. Maybe to rob it of money? Maybe to ditch the car and make it look like the father left it there but changed his mind? I wonder id the dad's wallet or cash was missing? Why would he ditch the car right off the road where it would be easily found? Did he set up that camping site 100 yards away as a diversion for when the police would come looking for him?

Being that we have video of him stealing the vehicle, and under age to drive it, means he's capable and willing to break the law or do unethical things. Would not be surprised if he tricked some desperate gay guy to come meet him there for a hookup, take him home, then bail on that guy later.

r326 I kind of don't think he tried to "trick" anyone. If you are fleeing, you generally don't let anyone know you're fleeing - that's the point.

I DO believe he was trying to get out of a (perceived or real) situation and did the things he needed to do to do it. Stole a vehicle, took things he thought were important to get away.

Which again takes you back to the motivation behind that (whether home or mental) reason(s). That would take you to the next place -- where he would go to leave his situation that would help him elude detection. It's a roadmap.

When I was 16 is was very common for parents, usually the father to teach you how to drive a care BEFORE taking driving lessons. Illegal but everyone did it. But that was 15 not 13. That's a big age difference for that skill. That means the kid was driving even before that which someone must have taught him to do. I wonder if dad regrets that. In today's world, teaching a 12 or 13 year old how to drive is very risky not to mention illegal. So apparently respect for the law was not something his father was trying to impress upon him.

Most of the boys/girls living in rural areas and especially on farms learn how to drive tractors, etc. when they are around his age.

r328

r328 yet it maybe a way for him to leave an unhealthy situation for him - at least in his mind. That's happened for years on end - underage kids have set out on their own for reasons real or perceived because they just couldn't stand it anymore, and let's hope he did this to save himself and not because of a mental health issue that wasn't under control for whatever reason.

That said, i'm sure there's something in the family where he just didn't fit with their family ideal (for whatever reason) and they let him know it. just my thought.

I know R329, my mom grew up on a farm, that that was decades ago when the law was different. If a cop saw you swerving on the highway he would pull you over, tell you to be safe and fallow you home not arrest you for a DUI. But things are a lot different now. Kids these days cant even drive alone in a car legally at 16 without another adult over 21 in the car etc. With that in mind I would think most parents have cut way back on the idea of teaching kids to drive tractors or other vehicles at the age of 13. Really stiff penalties if that kid ever gets caught driving on the freeway. Which the parents would have to pay for. Plus loss of license etc.

His father has malformed psychopath ears.

My guess is the dad killed his femmy son. He could've been masquerading as some rando on the kid's socials and got him to leave his house and then whacked him in the woods.

I no longer think dad is involved. I am the poster way back who had a male friend who left home at 14 because he was tired of fighting with his parents and wanted to live by his own rules. He made it work and is in his 40’s now. If you are street savvy and can network, you can do it.

Whether the dad was involved or not, I don't think the kid had a good home life. Just look at the state of that kitchen in the interview. Moreover dear ol' dad has a daughter in prison. He was never up for any dad of the year awards. And as a poster upthread stated, his anger at the realization of his kid missing is suspect. That's not the reaction of a caring parent.

R336 if I woke up in the morning and saw that my car and 13 year old were missing I think I would be pissed too.

Fair point, r337. I just feel the dad is not a good dude. I don't have much to base that on besides some conscious bias and my gut. Hope I'm wrong.

And the ears^^

Seriously though, where the fuck is this kid? No body found, hasn’t turned up. Was he abducted by aliens?

[quote]if I woke up in the morning and saw that my car and 13 year old were missing I think I would be pissed too.

Are you an actual parent? Most parents I know would be sick to their stomach that their child is missing not pissed off that their phone is gone.

[quote] Seriously though, where the fuck is this kid?

Who can say? Best thing for him really. His therapy was going nowhere.

R341 I have raised two kids and have been working with teens for 25 years. Long enough to know that some teens won't hesitate to do stupid reckless shit no matter what the consequence is.

R343 irrelevant, we’re talking about the psycho reaction not what shit kids get up to

"Clothing, bags, hygiene items and the cell phone belonging to Bill were all found at the campsite. " The father's theory is that his son had a second burner phone.

My theory is maybe he met some guy online who was willing to help him leave his abusive father by meeting him at the side of the road where he parked the van. Kid would be smart enough to leave all his stuff behind so that the trail for a search would end there. There is also a mention of a missing gun but the father says he doesn't know how long it's been missing. In other words, the kid probably took the gun but it was probably not registered so dear old dad cant remember.

The fact that the kid left a social media post that it's no one fault, just his own seems to play into some guilt. Maybe closet and gay, he just could not face it, parents not the type to accept it and left home. Gay men used to run away all the time before it was as socially acceptable as it is today. He lived a rural lifestyle so things like that still linger in that type of environment.

I was thinking this way too^^^. Kid set the scene up but was already long gone

I remember at 14 I thought I knew everything. I am sure if I wanted to run away from home, I could have done so and not be found UNTIL I ran out of money which is why I never did it. Today someone close to that age has 100 times more chances to get away with in. Not just books, but a whole cottage industry online as well as experts on YouTube who could show you all the ins and outs of living off the grid for a while. Even something as simple as access to Google Maps is a game changer.

Getting a job somewhere under the age of 16 would be pretty tricky. I suppose looking much older like this boy does would work to his advantage if he had a fake id. Assuming he had a computer, I wonder how much they have searched that to see what he was up to before leaving. Why did he steal his dad's phone? Did he not have one of his own? He had access to social media we know that.

Thank you for being more reasonable R347. Kids can find under the table work. Or an exchange type living situation also.

[quote] Or an exchange type living situation also.

Exchange what precisely?

R349 Like you don't know, asshole!

He dead …or living with an older gay man.

9 months today!

R352 Time enough for him to have had a child of his own!

I'll kill em!

R354 Enjoy your jail time, Dad.

Maybe in 20 years this kid will reappear and tell his story…

Viola Davis will play him in the Lifetime movie!

R357 I'm sure I can find someone better to cast!

Wisconsin DNR investigating after person found dead at Devil's Lake State Park.

Wow. Could be him.

I wonder if it's true you can spend the night in a store like Walmart or maybe a department store? I've read that they have guards with dogs roaming around during the night so maybe not, but if I were living off the grid I'd sneak in to a store like maybe Target where I could get a sleeping bag and a pillow to snuggle up at night, get washcloth towel and soap to bath in the restroom, and then go to the grocery section to eat. Oh. And they sell microwaves so I could heat up a can of soup. I'd tidy up afterwards. Maybe put everything in a back pack so I wouldn't be discovered.

He's with Naya Rivera now.

The father confirmed the body is not his.

R363 Probably checked his freezer first, just to be sure.

R361 Sounds like something an eccentric rich person might do - have a store of their own, complete with staff who never "catch" them.

10 months today!

Poor kid was murdered, likely by someone in the family, so the rest of the family is covering.

He might be the next Elizabeth Smart!

Dead, he’s dead.

Unless his plan was to go to another state to start a new life, or was taken in my someone, there is no way he could have survived a Wisconsin winter living off the grid.

He's living happily on a private island as some rich guy's houseboy.

Yum yum eatum up.

For the last time, he's not my kid and I don't know where he is!

He’s up there yonder, under a tree, with a knife stuck in his ribs. He’s dead, Mr. Finch.

11 months today.

The case got a very passing mention on this week’s Law and Order SVU. One of the recurring characters, who’s affiliated with the FBI, mentioned her bosses sending her to Wisconsin to work on the case of a missing boy.

Is he 14 yet?

I hope he didn't suffer.

I hope someone is baking a cak for the one year anniversary.

Check the chimney!

Omg, leave this precious angel alone already, he's busy skipping rope with JonBenét up there.

We solve crimes, r381. it's just a matter of years!

Exactly, R382. Let us cook, folks.

It's the one year anniversary. His parents haven't given up hope.

It will be interesting to see if he ended up surviving and going off somewhere else. But odds aren’t good.

Local news update

If he's alive, he'll eventually resurface. If not, it could be decades before they find him - or never.

I am not at ALL an optimist, but I really think this kid is somewhere safe and well. I know that sounds Frauey (I am clearly not a Frau). I hope he's found a place where he can live quietly until he is 18, and then come busting out with his story. Seriously, I hope he is having one hell of an adventure, writes a book about it, and gets enough sweet coins to live a good life.

The kid is dead. His body is in the Wisconsin woods.

I have to say, it isn't looking good.

According to public divorce records, the missing kid's parents are over 17½ years apart in age. Dad was born in February 1970 while mom was born in October 1987. They divorced around 2018, and apparently it was the father who filed.

According to this paywalled article (from less than a week ago), the kid's two older siblings are 17 and 16, while the youngest is 11.

If mom is currently 36, that means she was EXTREMELY young when she first got knocked up.

It seems like the dad was granted full custody of the kids in the divorce while their mom is completely out of the picture, which is pretty rare/unusual.

It could just be that she wanted "freedom" after birthing four kids within a span of ~6 years starting from a young age, but mothers who aren't involved in their childrens' lives are facing a LOT of social stigma that fathers simply don't.

I'm wondering if the mom is willingly choosing to not have contact, or if she's being pressured/intimidated into staying away by her significantly older ex-husband.