In November 2010, what should have been a routine holiday visitation turned into one of Michigan’s most haunting missing children cases.

When Tanya Zuvers dropped off her three sons — Andrew, Alexander, and Tanner — for Thanksgiving with their father, John Skelton, she expected to see them again the next day.

She never did.

The boys were scheduled to be returned at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, November 26, 2010. That morning, Tanya called to ask if she could pick them up earlier. John told her he had taken the children to Jackson, Michigan, and wasn’t sure when they’d be back. As the hours passed, his explanations shifted. Eventually, he admitted he was home — but claimed he had given the boys to a man he met online to keep them from their mother.

That story immediately raised alarms.

Law enforcement launched a massive search effort across southern Michigan and into neighboring states. Ground searches, dive teams, interviews, digital forensics — investigators pursued every possible lead. Despite years of investigation, no verified evidence has ever supported the claim that the boys were handed off to someone else.

Police have publicly stated they believe the children are deceased. However, their bodies have never been found, and no one has been charged with their murders.

In 2011, John Skelton was convicted of unlawful imprisonment and sentenced to prison for failing to return the boys. He has maintained that he gave them away and has not provided verifiable information about their location.

More than a decade later, Andrew, Alexander, and Tanner remain officially missing.

For Tanya and the Michigan community, the uncertainty is its own kind of torment. There is no closure. No gravesite. No definitive answers. Just questions suspended in time.

What truly happened that Thanksgiving weekend?

Until evidence brings clarity, the case remains open — and the hope for answers, however small, remains with it.