From your fingers to Mueller’s eyes, Mr. Trousers VII

Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix said in a Tuesday statement to news outlets that they wanted to arrange a reunion without sending Aubrey back into hiding, but their plan was spoiled by a family member who warned Aubrey.

:hugs: SAME. I “ran away” from home at 14 (to a boarding school) ostensibly because I was an academic high achiever, but actually because I knew if I spent another year in that house with my parents I would kill myself.

The sister came out and talked about how the father had two families for a long time and both of their parents were physically and emotionally abusive and narcissists. If you look at pictures of him with his parents, he’s never smiling. The sister had told the author about this but asked that he not delve into it…

Yeah, I am super disappointed by a lot of the comments here.

Making a lot of assumptions here, aren’t you? What do you know about what this kid was running from?

His sister wrote a book called The Wild Truth detailing the horrific abuse she and her brother Chris had to endure while living with their parents.

There’s an awful lot of people in these comments who obviously don’t know what it’s like to be afraid to go home, but still think they know what’s up. If I could have done what he did at his age, bet your ass I’d have done it. And I’d never speak to a single goddamn person who called me selfish for saving myself.

While I was reading the article I was thinking that the only way this really makes sense is if there’s a messed up home situation or if the group he was traveling with was actually a cult.

When I was a teenager I left my house without even shoes after an argument, because I thought I *didn’t deserve* my family anymore. When they caught up to me I got yelled at for being a drama queen (they thought I’d left in anger). I haven’t really talked to anyone in my family about how I was legitimately ready to…

This reminds me of the Chris McCandless (“Into the Wild”) story. Initially, there were so many questions about why an affluent kid would move to Alaska and try to live off of the land. Then, the real story emerged, and it was darker than anyone imagined. I’m afraid that might be the case here.

Yep, should just suck it up and live with an abusive parent...

Yup. A lot of people are trashing this kid, but, folks, some parents are not good.

Sounds like mom isn’t exactly a winner either, considering the kid’s insistence that any reunion with her be on his terms.

Did you...read the article?

The fact that his dad kept his mother in the dark about all of this, and the fact that he’s living with his mom now, does make me wonder what life was like at his dad’s place. But there weren’t really a lot of details to work with.

“According to an aunt on Carroll’s mother’s side, Michael—who had custody of Aubrey—ran a strict household and limited the amount of time he could spend with his friends. Michael told NBC News that he got into some trouble the weekend before he ran away, but that it “wasn’t that big a deal.”

WARNING! WARNING!…

mmm idk. I think there is probably a lot more to this story than just “a dumb ol’ teenager ran away ahah but he was just chillin’ it’s all good now!” Reading between the lines, it sounds like home life was a bad situation.

Sounds to me like he ran away from an abusive father.

Sounds like the father was abusive and should be investigated.