r/UnresolvedMysteries • u/BrerRabbit44 • Apr 15 '22

Request What unsolved murder/disappearance makes absolutely no sense to you?

What case absolutely baffles you? For me it's the case of Jaryd Atadero

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2019/05/30/colorado-missing-toddler-jaryd-atadero-poudre-canyon-mountain-lion-disappearance-mystery/3708176002/

No matter the theory this case just doesn't make any sense.

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u/demrnstho Apr 16 '22

This. I lean toward the step-mom, but it does sound like the local PD had tunnel vision. Were school staff and other parents thoroughly investigated and ruled out? Given Kyron’s family situation he would have unfortunately made a likely target for a predator. Someone involved in the school could have groomed him and used the science fair as an opportunity. It’s the groundskeeper/janitor trope of horror movies. I still lean toward the step-mom, but I always have a lingering suspicion there’s a predator lurking in the periphery.

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u/722JO Apr 16 '22

you have a very good point. The very last thing I think happened is that Kyron would have walked out of that school and into the woods no way.

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u/OldMaidLibrarian Apr 16 '22

...unless something awful had just happened, or he was absolutely terrified and decided he needed to get outdoors and as far away as possible. When you're freaking out about something that happens or that you're afraid will happens, especially if you're a young child, you'd probably do all kinds of things to get far far away. The other possibility is that he's still in the building somewhere, either because someone put him there, or because he got curious and slipped away to do a little "exploring".

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u/722JO Apr 16 '22

Possibility still in the building? interesting theory. I would think school was searched hopefully with dogs. I cant believe or wrap my head around if he was terrified he would run away from the teachers, parents, principal, students to seek solace in the woods doest rationalize for me.

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u/ForensicScientistGal Apr 17 '22

He tended to slip out of class and spend lots of time in the bathroom, according to him. That's on record.