Had to report my son as a runaway a week ago friday.
I been divorced from his mother for 12 years now, he is 16. I took him for visits every weekend or every other weekend depending on schedules. Got to watch him grow up.
Good kid, very smart, almost too smart for his age. Youngest of three.
He ran away from his moms back in mid march, he was gone for a week. She found him while they were hanging wanted posters, in fact when they spotted him he took off running, my son in law jumped out of the van and chased him down and caught him.
The ex-wife had enough and brought him to live with me that night. (this is a story in its own). He arrived at our house, cold, tired and hungry. Not to mention drugged up on something, no idea! We fed him and let him sleep for a day and a half.
Fixed him up his own room, got him in school and he has been doing decent since moving in. Decent grades, C's a one D and an F in math. Gave him an allowance regulated by a chore list, got him a computer, airsoft stuff and a year pass to an airsoft field, a phone, maybe I spoiled him??? I know his mom did not do much for him.
Our trouble started the week of Halloween, Halloween night gave him a curfew, he blew it by an hour and a half, I thought not that big of a deal, we stayed out late when we were kids on that night. Next night he wanted to go to a friends house after school, gave him a curfew and he blew that by 2 hours, we even checked the freinds house that night and he was not there! Ugh! That was a long night after he got home, went to bed thinking we had it under control.
Friday night he texted the wife saying he missed the bus at school and would take the late bus home. Sounded odd but ok. I went to meet the late bus and he never got off the bus, he wasn't even on it. Called, texted and even messaged him on FB and no answer, another long night and he never came home.
We reported him as a runaway Saturday afternoon.
I had a gunshow Saturday and Sunday (vender) only did half the show Saturday way too tired.
Sunday morning I got in my car to go to the show and my son contacted me saying he was ok, told him the door was open and he needed to come home, that was it no responce. Got to the show and the wife called said the boy texted her and said he wanted to come home and was stranded at wal mart, another town 6 miles away, she told him she would come get him,, she did but he was not there, she texted him and he said he was inside looking around, so she went in looking for him, no luck. She texted him again and he replied he was in the bathroom and would be a bit. She called me right away and the bells went off in my head, I told her to get home he's there and to call the police and tell them whats going on. 20 minutes later wife gets home finds front door unlocked, fridge door wide open and back door wide open. The kid grapped his winter clothes, coat,phone charger, 2 peices of fried chicken and his sneakers and bailed out the back door. The boy played us good!
During this past week I've been sending him messages just to let him know the doors open, some times he replys some times not, when he dose its always short responces.
Least I know he is ok I guess.
Yesterday about noon my wife came home from doing errands and was welcomed home by a small fleet of local cops and 2 from the next town over and one police detective. They wanted to know the wereabouts of my boy, wifes a firecracker so she told the local PD, you know $&@? well he is a runaway and that we have been hounding you about finding him all week. The out of town pd and detective did not know this for some reason?? Anyway the non local pd and detective told my wife that my boy has been running with another kid thats 16 and is wanted for armed robbery and wanted to know if they or him was hiding here. My wife went into panic mode. I came home from work and talked with the pd and asked lots of questions and just got "this kids a minor and we cannot divuldge that info" speel. Yet they gave us that boys name but would not tell us what our boys involment might be???
So now were totally dumbfounded!!! Lost!! worried and at the edge of our seats with this. Been trying to live a somewhat normal life all week but it's been aweful hard for us.
Guess I just venting or babbling? Kind of on our own with this as his siblings have ther own familys and busy lives. His mother told me yesterday she's concerned but cannot be troubled with it so good luck. (like I said another story here)
Me and the wife are all alone with this, really no family left between us other than the kids. Been a hard week and now with this new info, what you do???
Still trying to live, still trying to smile, just soo hard.
Been lucky I guess, five kids and three grandchildren and so far so good, till now.
Sorry its soo long! Talking (writing) helps some.
Trying to keep our heads up in Colo!
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