This first time was brought on by Julia confessing to Solomon that she had had dreams of strangling their children. On June 4, , Solomon filed for divorce. The proceedings were extremely ugly. Julia accused Solomon of being controlling and having anger issues. She would tell the court that Solomon was emotionally and physically abusive towards her and the children. Solomon denied the accusations, asserting that Julia was lying in order to spite him.
Child Protective Services CPS launched an investigation into the alleged abuse by Solomon, during which time he was not allowed to see the children. Julia was granted full custody in September and Solomon had no visitation rights. He would go for months on end without seeing Maile or Sky. Solomon continued to press for visitation rights. It would not be until November , just days before Sky disappeared, that a court ordered mediation session took place. The session, which lasted between 11 and 13 hours, initially appeared to be a success.
Solomon would have visitation rights and Julia would still have custody. Several days later, however, Julia called to say she felt pressured into agreeing to the terms and wanted to call off the agreement.
Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, Julia had left Maile and Sky alone in the apartment during the mediation session. Yes, a 4-year-old and 2-year old left in the apartment for as long as 13 hours. Sky and Solomon source: Trace Evidence Podcast. On the day in question, Sky woke up sick and Julia decided to take him to the hospital. With Maile and Sky both in the car, a silver two-door Acura Integra which belonged to her brother but she was borrowing , Julia drove in the direction of Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue.
At some point on the drive, around the block of th Street N. Julia pulled over on the side of the road and got Maile out of the car. Claiming Sky was asleep in the backseat, she walked a mile to a gas station with Maile, leaving Sky in the car.
Julia did not have a gas can with her, nor did she buy one. On arriving at the gas station, she called a friend, as she did not have a cell phone or her purse with her yes, I smell bullshit too.
She asked the friend to pick her up and drive her back to her car. It had been about an hour by the time they arrived back at the car. Sky was nowhere to be found. A block radius around the car was searched, but no sign of Sky was found.
Police dogs were used in the search, but found the dogs did not pick up any scent of Sky outside of the car. First of all, there was nothing wrong with the car. It started as soon the key was put in the ignition. It was checked for any kind of mechanical problems and none were found. The gas tank had 2. It was soon discovered that no one other than Julia and Maile had seen Sky for two weeks a neighbor being the last person to report a sighting.
They reported that Julia would regularly go out and leave the children alone in the apartment. Solomon had not seen the children in months. Then investigators discovered another warning sign.
This was not the first time Sky had been left alone in a car in public. Sky was alone for 55 minutes before the couple were paged to the parking lot. As a result of the incident, both parents were required to take parenting classes and complete community service hours. While Julia agreed to let investigators search her car, her home and her computer, she refused to be questioned.
She pleaded the Fifth Amendment and refused to take a polygraph test. Letting her get off scot free is wrong. Sorry, I thought the father had been estranged from both kids and had only gotten a visitation.
I didn't realize he had gained custody. I do think the mother should be charged with something - she admitted to Child Endangerment by stating she abondoned her son alone in a car true or not then add other charges as evidence will support them. I have taken my son out of his car seat and brought him back inside the house when I have forgotten something and we were still in our drive way.
Even if it would only take me a couple minutes and was a hastle. I do not leave my child alone in a car no matter what. If i was not able to take him with me, I would wait in my car. Even if the child was taken from the car To Jazzie: I don't know that the attorney ever released any specific evidence, but he has stated that he believes Sky died in his mother's custody, probably from neglect. Police should look for answers with the mother I would say.
A mother who says to have been the last person to have seen her child who then disappeared after she left him alone in the car isnt cooperating to find her child should be considered a prime suspect So why is police searching while the answers probably are to find with the mother? A mother who doesn't actively do anything to find her child, seems like a red flag to me.
So why can't there be something done? Post a Comment. Sky Metalwala: Nov. By Venice Buhain Email the author November 2, Upload Photos and Videos. The father of Sky Metalwala--the boy whose mother said he disappeared from her car parked on a Bellevue street--and his supporters are organizing an event in downtown Redmond on Nov. The event will be at Redmond Downtown Park at 4 p. Saturday, Nov. Sky Metalwala has been missing for one year. We haven't forgotten.
Join us at the Downtown Park in Redmond as we mark one year without Sky, and wait for answers. Maile Metalwala, 4, has been in foster care after her two-year-old brother, Sky,. Biryukova, who lives with her children in the , told the Bellevue Police that she and Maile left Sky strapped in a car seat in the Aucra Integra she drove when it ran out of gas in the Northtowne neighborhood of Bellevue. When she, Maile and a friend returned to the car a few hours later, the friend noticed Sky missing and called Biryukova and her ex-husband, who lives in Kirkland, have been in a bitter custody dispute over their children,.
The couple have exchanged accusations of abuse at each other. Fathers and Families, a group that campaigns for gender equity in custody suits, has started an e-mail and fax campaign to reunite Maile with her father.
The group writes on its website:. It is a common but unjust practice for child welfare agencies to put children in foster care instead of giving them to their fathers.
Moreover, the Washington court separated Maile from Solomon based on spurious abuse allegations from a now thoroughly discredited accuser. While Fathers and Families states that courts often unfair to fathers based on undocumented allegations, the group also has campaigned on behalf of women in custody suits.
You can read about the campaign to reunite Maile and Solomon Metalwala in full on the Fathers and Families website. Department of Social and Health Services says that it has received hundreds of emails and faxes supporting the reunion.
The full statement is posted at the end of this story. DSHS said that unless there is a question of child safety, that priority is placed on placing children in state custody in the care of their parents or relatives. If the court gives Children's Administration temporary custody of a child, because of concerns regarding one of the child's parents, we look to the other parent as the first and best placement for the child.
If that other parent is not available or is not a safe placement, we then try to place the child with relatives when possible. We also work with the court to determine appropriate visitation with family. We are acting under these same standards in this case. Children's Administration is working cooperatively with the child's father, the court, law enforcement and others involved in this complex family situation. The Department agrees with the many writers' recommendations for the child welfare agency and the court to resolve this situation as soon as possible.
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