The Skeleton Key Chronicles

11 hours ago

A trail camera in western Kentucky recently captured an image of a young man walking through the woods wearing a bright green work jacket. His name is Skyler Sweeney, and his family has been looking for him since he disappeared from Muhlenberg County on November 4th. The photograph has become an important part of their efforts to find him, although it's unclear exactly when or where the image was taken.

Skyler apparently has been traveling on foot, and his family believes he may be hitchhiking. They've received reports of possible sightings near Interstate 24 in Paducah, Kentucky, and as far away as Haubstadt, Indiana. In the Indiana sighting, someone matching his description was apparently seen near an interstate exit with a sign mentioning St. Louis. Neither sighting has been confirmed, but his family is concerned he may already have crossed state lines. He has no phone or money, and with the colder weather, they're anxious to find him and make sure he's okay.

Skyler has dark hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing a bright green and navy work jacket, black sweatpants, and brown work boots. His family says he wasn't wearing a shirt underneath the jacket. He currently has no facial hair and has two distinctive tattoos, a red ruby near his thumb and the numbers 808 across his stomach.

If you've been traveling through western Kentucky, southern Indiana, or along the interstate toward St. Louis, please take a good look at Skyler's photographs. Anyone who believes they may have seen him is asked to contact local law enforcement with the location and details of the possible sighting.

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The Skeleton Key Chronicles

16 hours ago

Authorities in northwest Indiana are searching for a missing 16-year-old girl who was last seen more than 20 miles from her home.

Anberlin Brown left her family's home in Winfield, Indiana, for a walk around 3:30 p.m. on November 3rd. Six hours later, she was seen in Lake Station, where surveillance footage captured her at a Dollar General store on Central Avenue, where she picked up several items and walked out toward the road. There was no indication on that particular footage that she got into a vehicle, but she hasn't been seen since.

According to her mother, Sara Brown, Anberlin left home without her phone or computer. Her family is especially concerned because she is also without medication she needs, and they believe she may be with a man they consider dangerous. As of this morning, his identity has not been released.

Volunteers have been searching around Lake Station, Porter and Burns Harbor, while Anberlin's mother has asked residents to check their home security cameras for anything that might help establish where her daughter went.

Indiana has issued a statewide Silver Alert for Anberlin. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall, with red hair and blue eyes, and was last seen wearing black clothing. The Winfield and Lake Station police departments are working together to locate her. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Winfield Police or your local authorities. … See MoreSee Less

The Skeleton Key Chronicles

2 days ago

Andrew, Alexander, and Tanner Skelton disappeared from Morenci, Michigan, the day after Thanksgiving in 2010. The brothers were just 9, 7, and 5 years old, and nearly sixteen years later, no trace of them has ever been found. Their disappearance has been one of Michigan's most troubling unsolved cases, but a major development in the investigation last year has finally brought their father, John Skelton, back before a judge.

The boys had spent Thanksgiving Day with their father and were supposed to return to their mother, Tanya Zuvers, the following day. Instead, they vanished. Skelton was later located at a nearby hospital with an ankle injury, and investigators found his home in disarray. Over the years, he has offered different explanations for what happened, including claims that he entrusted the boys to an underground organization that would keep them safe. Investigators have never found evidence to support that account. In March 2025, a judge granted their mother's request to have all three boys legally declared deceased.

John Skelton was serving a prison sentence for taking the children without permission and was scheduled to be released on November 29th, 2025. Just two weeks before his release, prosecutors charged him with three counts of murder and three counts of tampering with evidence. During seven days of preliminary hearings this summer, prosecutors presented testimony about his movements and statements following the disappearance, including a recorded conversation in which he told his daughter she was now the youngest Skelton. His defense emphasized that the boys have never been located and that investigators have no physical evidence establishing what happened to them.

In September, a judge ruled there was sufficient circumstantial evidence for Skelton to stand trial. His next pretrial hearing is scheduled for December 16th, 2026, although the actual trial date has not yet been set.

As the sixteenth anniversary of their disappearance approaches, Andrew, Alexander, and Tanner have still never been found. Whatever happens in court, the unanswered question at the center of this case is what happened to those three little boys.

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