John Skelton’s Sister Reacts To Investigations
December 2nd, 2010 - 2:57 am ICT by GDBy Madhuri Dey
Dec 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) 39 year old John Skelton, who has been arrested on charges of parental kidnapping is under going through severe mental depression. This is what his sister, the 40 year old Linda Ford has said of his brother John Skelton. According to the sister of the accused the police investigators are harassing his brother who is not well as per his psychological condition is concerned. She refutes to the claim of the police that John Skelton has made a fantasy tale of a woman named Joann Taylor, to whom the children were handed before John Skelton made an suicide attempt.
John Skelton has been convicted of having kidnapped his three sons - Andrew, 9, Alexander, 7 and Tanner, 5 who have gone missing since last Thursday. According to sources, the three children were last seen on Thanksgiving day in their father’s backyard. John Skelton who is said to have attempted suicide on Friday was taken to a mental hospital in Ohio. Following his release from there he has been arrested. He told the police that he did not want his children to witness his act of homicide, as a result of which he had handed his three sons to a woman named Joann Taylor, who was supposed to take them to their mother Tanya Skelton on Friday afternoon. Police has declared that John Skelton has asked for a lawyer.
John Skelton’s sister said that his brother was suffering from depression and had lost his job after he got fired from his work place. Reportedly Tanya Skelton had asked for separation a few months back. The accused said that he had met the woman Joann Taylor online and had seeked for her help. However, there has been no trace of the so called Joann Taylor.
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