More than two years after her son\u2019s disappearance, Elaine Hatfield blames his death on her ex-husband and Dylan\u2019s father, Mark Redwine.<\/p>\n
And she is discouraged and angry that he has not been charged with his murder.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know he killed Dylan,\u201d she said in a phone interview from her home in Monument, where she and her two sons had moved in 2012, before her son\u2019s disappearance. \u201cIt amazes me that he (Mark Redwine) can just leave, and we will not know where he is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dylan was on a court-ordered visit to see his father in Vallecito over Thanksgiving when he disappeared in 2012. A few of his bones were found on Middle Mountain in June of 2013.<\/p>\n
Mark Redwine has steadfastedly maintained his innocence, saying he left his son at home on the Monday before Thanksgiving to do errands in Durango.<\/p>\n
Hatfield said she is concerned about her and her family\u2019s safety, including that of her eldest son, Cory Redwine, and his new son.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just at a level of frustration,\u201d she said. \u201cWhere is Dylan\u2019s case?\u201d<\/p>\n
She says she\u2019s been told by investigators with the La Plata County Sheriff\u2019s Office that they have handed the case to District Attorney Todd Risberg. She has not heard from anyone in the district attorney\u2019s office, or from the county\u2019s new sheriff, Sean Smith, who was elected in 2014.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was the murder of my son,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re minimizing it. And I fear for our safety. I don\u2019t understand where it (the case) went. It seems like the perpetrator has all the rights.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Friday, Feb. 6, her son\u2019s 16th birthday, she received calls and messages from friends and from reporters who have been covering the case since Dylan disappeared, but she did not hear anything from law enforcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like we\u2019re all by ourselves,\u201d she said. \u201cI know there\u2019s a process. I\u2019m not naive. But when does the process work for the victim?\u201d<\/p>\n
The investigation of her son\u2019s disappearance and death \u201cneeds some attention now,\u201d she said. \u201cThe day he went missing, it didn\u2019t get the attention then. They kept insisting he was a runaway. I told them he was not a runaway.\u201d<\/p>\n
All of the evidence points to her ex-husband, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo years later, he\u2019s gotten rid of everything in the house,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to spur La Plata County to get going, but I\u2019m not sure what it will take.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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