Post by Scumhunter on Feb 17, 2014 8:46:38 GMT -5
Missing Child Profile as of December 9th, 2017: (Based on Charley Project and missingkids.org website profiles)
Missing Since: November 6, 2011 from Bellevue, Washington
Date Of Birth: September 6, 2009
Age (at time of disappearance): 2 years old
Height and Weight: 2'10, 28 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Black hair, brown eyes. Some agencies give Sky's date of birth as October 6, 2009. He is of Ukrainian and Pakistani descent.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A gray or green hooded sweatshirt, aqua and black striped Carter sweatpants with an elastic waistband, and white socks. A photo of the pants is posted below this case summary.
TIPS: Anyone having information should call 1-800-THE-LOST or the Bellevue Police Department (Washington) at 1-425-577-5656
UPDATE: As of February 2020 anyone with information on Sky's case can also call or text "In Pursuit" on the Investigation Discovery channel at 833-378-7783 and/or submit a tip at the show's website: www.InPursuitTips.com
The case of Sky Elijah Metalwala is a pretty strange one.
The 2-year old toddler went missing on November 6th, 2011. His mother, Julia Biryukova, told police she was driving with her two children to Overlake Medical Center that Sunday morning when the car, her brother’s two-door Acura, ran out of gas and stalled in the 2600 block of 112th Avenue Northeast in Bellevue, Washington.
Biryukova claims she left Sky in the seat, walked a mile to a gas station with her 4-year old daughter Maile, and when she returned an hour later, he had vanished.
Obviously, there would be begin to be a lot of speculation, especially considering Biryukova and Sky's father, Solomon, were in a bitter divorce and custody battle.
Biryukova's story had holes in it a mile wide. For one thing, police say the car had plenty of gas and was in good working condition. No gas can was found in the car. Biryukova declined to take a polygraph test and invoked her 5th Amendment rights.
However, this apparently WASN'T the first time Sky was left in the car alone.
As the Associated Press reported on Nov. 8, 2011, “When he was just 3 months old, court records revealed, his parents left him in their sport utility vehicle in a Target parking lot for 55 minutes on a 27-degree day. They only came out of the store to get him after police arrived and asked for the vehicle’s owner to be paged.”
Theories abound as to what may have happened to Sky. At one point, Metalwala, who says his son was last seen in April 2011, when there’s a record of him seeing a doctor. He’s also speculated in the past that Sky’s disappearance might be connected to a visit from his estranged wife’s foreign father who visited from Ukraine that spring. Perhaps, the grandfather brought him back to Ukraine.
Solomon Metalwala's attorney, Clay Terry, who is working the case pro-bono, is pessimistic and believes Biryukova is a vindictive person. He doesn't think he's alive, despite Solomon obviously not liking when he says it. Solomon of course still holds out hope sky is alive.
John Walsh, when interviewed about this case for its airing on AMW on its' first ever episode on Lifetime, stated, "The best outcome would be that this woman did something stupid and gave this child to somebody to protect so that she could prevent her ex-husband from seeing him"
Thoughts? This case is complicated by the fact Sky was apparently ACTUALLY left in the backseat in the past. Of course, even if you believe Biryukova's story, it's still neglect. But despite that, a lot of things don't sit right with me. The story of needing to get gas makes no sense considering it was said to have plenty and no gas was found. My fear is let's just assume she did give Metalwala to the ex-husband from the Ukraine. The U.S. doesn't have the best relationship with them, and I fear a complicated battle if that scenario happened. Although sadly, I'm leaning more toward's the lawyers thinking.
www.seattleweekly.com/home/944912-129/sky-biryukova-metalwala-months-police-terry
mynorthwest.com/11/586630/Americas-Most-Wanted-to-feature-Sky-Metalwala-case
www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/metalwala_sky.html
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