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I can break it down for you, though:
- This case took place in western Michigan.
- This boy Rowan was about six, I believe.
- The woman in the thumbnail above, Brandi Morey-Pols, was his biological mom. She was divorced from the dad, a man named Michael Winchell, and had since remarried. The guy sitting next to her in that video is her current husband, I.e. Rowan’s stepdad.
- Michael (the bio dad) got his scheduled visit on, I think, a Monday.
- He had not returned Rowan by the proper time.
- This is where it gets a little confusing, because I would assume Brandi had keys or access to Michael’s house, since they shared custodial duties on Rowan. Apparently she went over there but didn’t go in.
- She tried to get an Amber Alert on Rowan, but you cannot get an Amber in Michigan on a custodial parent.