What do the Skelton brothers look like now? If he is not granted parole, he will be released in 2025. This means that he will likely have to wait another year to try to be paroled. Last year, he was denied parole, and this year he did not appear at a parole hearing.Ĭorrections Department Spokesman Chris Gautz says Skelton didn't give a reason for skipping the hearing. John Skelton pleaded no contest to three unlawful imprisonment charges and was sentenced to prison in 2011. John Skelton and Zuvers divorced after this, and Zuvers was granted custody of the boys, just before they disappeared. It is alleged that he said he was taking them on a trip to Florida, where his parents live. John Skelton was accused of taking the boys out of school two months before their disappearance. However, he was sentenced to 10-15 years in prison for unlawful imprisonment.Īccording to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Thanksgiving Day 2010 wasn't the first time John Skelton took the boys from Zuvers. He has not been charged in connection with the disappearance of his sons. John Skelton is currently in prison at the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia, Mich. Search parties looked for the boys, but they haven't been found and John Skelton hasn't told anyone where they actually are or if they are even still alive, aside from his stories of giving them to unknown people. His phone pinged him in Ohio about 20 miles from his home, was shut off, then pinged him back in Morenci about 2 hours and fifteen minutes after he left Michigan. According to Michigan State Police, he went to Ohio. Phone records helped police place John Skelton the day after his boys were last seen. He also told police that he gave them to an underground group that would keep them safe.
He said they were with friends before telling investigators that the boys were given to an unknown woman. John Skelton is accused of changing the story of where they were while he was at the hospital.