WHAT HAPPENED TO KEVIN JAY AYOTTE? | He vanished with his dog...but his dog came back...
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In today's video we discuss the unsolved disappearance of 3 year old Kevin Jay Ayotte.
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When I was a child our family dog went missing in the wilderness. She was a 45 lbs Norwegian Elkhound, who went camping with my brother and my dad in a very remote area, she found a bear track and off she went. My brother and dad searched for her for days but eventually had to return home. We thought we would never see her again. After 2 weeks she found people and was returned to us because she had our phone number on her collar. She was EXTREMELY skinny, and very weak when we got her back, but it goes to show that dogs can survive in the wilderness even if they are not good hunters. The dog in this story could have been alone the entire time and possibly walked a long distance to get home
I have two Elkies, the most beautiful loyal dogs. I’m so glad she found her way back to you ❤
@@georgiareid2638 Elkhounds are my favorite breed. Going back to the 1940s someone in my family have always had one.or two. Couch potatos indoor, and the best hiking buddy outdoor
I don't think you have covered the case of Melissa Highsmith, but she was abducted by her babysitter 51 years ago. They just reunited her with her family 😀 She would have normally qualified for No Trace November, but now she's been found!
That case is crazy! I'm so glad she was alive. 💞
Poor baby. I think he wandered off with the dog, maybe he was chasing after the dog, and they got lost. Possibly got separated and Kevin died somehow or Kevin died and then the dog wandered off and couldn't find it's way home for a while. Very sad but I don't see this being an abduction.
Maybe. I think the first half is a highly possible explanation - chased after the puppy. However, this area up here is pretty high in tourism, fishing, hunting, camping, in the summer and fall so there are more people around that what the census would indicate. To me it is just as likely that if he chased the puppy, he could have easily run into someone who abducted him. He was a very small child who could not have gotten that far away before they notice him missing, and no sign of him ever turned up. No clothing, no body in the nearby lake, just nothing. I think it is highly likely he was taken by someone and dumped in one of our bogs up here, then the puppy found his way back home.
He was my cousin there was a big search party looking everywhere I think they would’ve came across his body if they had found him he was probably kidnapped and killed I never got to meet him I wasn’t even born yet but still sad to know this
Dog had swamp grass in its belly.Were there swamps in the area ? Searched ?
There are lakes and bogs up here in this area.
Oh, what a sad case!
Well, having a younger brother who is autistic, I can say even though he isn’t hearing impaired, he was basically non verbal until about age 10. Being much older, I often was a caretaker as well as a big sister. That kid could take off before you knew it, even when he was that young. Most kids can and do. It’s tough. So I definitely wanted to share that if it helps to reassure his family and everyone connected to this case that this is definitely not out of the ordinary at all. Kids will be kids.
It’s the non verbal part that is one of the most scary aspects, because non verbal can mean a lot of things. This boy might not have been able to even make any sort of noise vocally to alert to distress. Add to that his being hearing impaired, which means he wasn’t able to hear anyone calling out to him. But the dog...
Poor thing. I would think if the dog had been in any of the areas being searched, the dog would have heard them. Given the dog’s determination to get home and stay home, that does make me think this might have been an abduction. I wonder where in the area the dog might have found swamp grass to eat?
Thermal equipment...
Here in Oregon, we have places like Mt Hood. It’s where the Timberline Lodge is. A lot of people come to Oregon to climb Mt Hood, and many have gone missing. Even experienced mountain climbers have gone missing. Many are still missing to this day. Mt Hood’s summit is about 11,000 feet. Skiers also go there, but they’re only allowed to go to 8,000 feet, and that’s only the most experienced skiers who can go that far up.
Oregon has sent Blackhawk helicopters up to search for missing people on Mt. Hood. They have that thermal scanning that looks for anything producing heat-hopefully living humans. Unfortunately, even now, people aren’t always found despite the best technology. The difference between Mt Hood and where this boy went missing, though, is that on Mt Hood, there are a lot less options for what could possibly have happened to those who have gone missing.
It sounds to me like there is still the real possibility the boy was abducted. Especially when the way the dog returned is taken into consideration. I don’t think his family had anything to do with it. I don’t think they were negligent in any way. I really hope this little boy’s case remains active and by some miracle, he is found and his family will have the answers they need and deserve.
I think the most likely explanation is an unfortunate accident. The boy & dog likely wandered off into the wilderness quite a ways from home where he sadly died in a manner in which there is no body to be found. The dog either stayed where it last knew he was until it finally accepted he wasn't coming back or got completely separated from the boy. Many domestic animals are completely dependent on people for food and it sounds like it found nothing to eat but grass until it returned.
I'm so sorry 🙏 for this family's loss I can't imagine losing a child so young!!! Maybe the dog was too upset to eat because of what he witnessed and too terrified to be away from home like he was traumatized. I love the foundation for exploited and missing children and I would like to donate. My condolences for the family God Bless 🙏🕊 🙏❤🙏
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Bit of a sad thought but i recall hearing that if your dog sees someone attacking or abusing you they won't eat the food that attacker gives them.
Plz keep sharing an researching this poor child's story
Impressed that you knew how to pronounce Bemidji. A lot of people have problems pronouncing towns in Minnesota.
Agree 100% Nobody ever gets Bemidji right.
Interesting story. I would rank the possibilities like this. #1 Kevin wandered off and do to lack of proper clothing passed from exposure....maybe no body to find because animals found him first. #2 he wandered off and an animal wolf/coyote/bear etc. basically hunted him and took him. That kind of attack could have frightened the dog a lot and it ran away and hid. #3 some type of abduction. In this case I really don't have a strong feeling for an abduction though. Just an opinion though.
#3 is not unlikely in my opinion. This area is a high tourism area.
I think he probably wandered off and maybe made it to the bridge again and fallen into the river only to get swept away.
🙏for Kevin and his family💙💙
God, as a mom to boys, these specific situations always hit harder. Just so heartbreaking 💔
The dog was only a puppy. I think he was with kevin until kevin died out there and then he found his way home.
Special needs kids can have a tendency to wander much more often than other kids. They are determined and like little escape artists. As a former teacher and a Mom of a spec. Needs kid; I cannot blame anyone when a child wanders. You want to think that you and your family would never let a child get away but they can slip away very easily. Also, this is also before any kind of home alarms and other devices.
Very sad story!!! If the little boy had wandered off before, wouldn't mom keep a better eye on him? Did they investigate Kevin's mother? She seems guilty to me. If not having a role in his disappearance, for neglect. She knew he liked to wander off.
Mystery eh
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This is just my opinion, but maybe somebody in the area noticed that this little disabled boy kept escaping from home and felt that Mom was not taking care of him "properly". They noticed that he had escaped again and they took him to raise him "properly". Maybe the cops should look into people in the area who moved away around the time the little boy went missing? Maybe he's still alive and he has absolutely no idea that his mom and brothers are still out there.
I am from MN and that area is very desolate - it is not a place to wander off into.
That area is not a high income area and has its share of drug vriminals,etc. - .e. There are some scary people and things going on there. If you guys look more into this case there is more there is more to it.
NIGERIAN AND NORTH AFRICAN!?! Omg girl, I NEED this family history!!!
This dude is my cousin I never got to meet him but we all are 100 percent sure he is dead by now
Sorry for my logical reality check. Poor baby disappeared from within. I'm no yoda but live in Minnesota. He would have been found ASAP period. 200 pop, no one took him. Minnesota folk are very protective, if ANYBODY not belong, it's noticed. RIP sweet boy 😪🙏🏽💔
The Mother is at fault for Kevin disappearance for letting the kid unattended, again, and he was deaf.
The mom is sus in both her negligence and her story.
He couldn't have had a worse breed of dog with him. I had a springer for 16 years and that was the dumbest dog I've ever had very sweet but dumb as a box of rocks.
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Yeah, your looks is more like swedish 😅 i wonder what the dog could tell ... 😞
Poor flash, having her tummy pumped and being taken away to help find Kevin. She must've been so confused . Although anything is worth it to find a child.
A stressed dog doesn’t eat from my experience.
There’s no mention of the dog being ‘skinnier’.
The dog may have been company for the boy even with an abductor kept each other calmer.
How long would the dog have to be without other food to have an empty stomach? (Aside from swamp grass)
Are there swamps nearby? Where did the swamp grass come from? How long does it take for swamp grass to digest to the state it was in?
That’s the Distance they need to locate. Using the dogs normal travel speed on its other trips and the state of the grass. The condition of the dog speaks more than they think.
I’d be taking that dog for walks to see if it gets triggered anywhere.
Yes ,I completely agree. Also was the dog hydrated ?
I think Kevin got stuck in a swamp and the dog tried to save him by eating away at the swamp grass.
I suspect he just fell into a fissure & died from the fall or of exposure. There is so much possibility for that in the countryside. The dog would likely have stood by until it realized he was dead, then made its way home. A springer is a hunting dog, but a puppy wouldn't be very good at tracking anything, so it probably couldn't even catch itself a mouse, let alone lead searchers to his body. It's interesting to me, Gabby, that you don't mention whether or not tracking dogs were used. There would have been plenty of items in the home to give them his scent. And assuming that he WASN'T picked up along the side of a road by an abductor in a car, the scent should have lead directly to him, or his remains. 🤔
I find myself wondering about small details. The boy had already made it to a bridge, which is scary to ponder. Was the yard gated and fenced?
This does not sound like a stranger abduction.
it sucks you don't have more subscribers :( I've seen all of your videos, you do a great job presenting these cases.
I happen to live in Minnesota and I have family in Bemidji. I've known about this case for years. My opinion is Kevin and the dog wandered off, Kevin succumbed to the elements and they just haven't located his remains. I don't believe he was kidnapped. Why would a kidnapper take the dog to? That wouldn't make sense.
I live in Beltrami County maybe 10 miles from where this happened. I personally think he wandered a short distance with the dog and encountered someone who took him. Sad to say, I think he was probably abused and dumped in a bog. Yes, the population is small. But there are WAY more people around in the summer and fall because of camping, fishing hunting and so forth at the lakes and in the state forest. I love that youtubers bring attention to this case, but they really do not understand the region and how many people are actually around here. It is not nearly as rural and remote as they all think it is.
Many kids, especially disabled ones, can “elope” run away for no reason. My family has to keep all the doors locked to stop some of my siblings from just walking out the door and wandering down the street. I’ve heard of some families having to install extra locks, and the security systems with verbal warnings. Some kids have to wear buddy walkers (basically leashes) on their wrists to make sure that they are close to their caretaker
I was raised near Bemidji and I will tell you that our farm had many trees and swamp land. And the swamp had mud that made it almost nearly impossible to get out of, if you stepped into it.
My brother got stuck in such a place while rounding up our cows for milking.
I think it’s possible this kind of thing could have happened to this young child.
My heart hurts for that family, to never know what happened!
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there is low swamp and river land on that property too. I suspect he fell in the river and was swept away.
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Couldn't they just use the scent of the family dog Flash to follow leading to the little boy? I don't know if you can do that or if it's something you can do..... just thinking outside of the box 🤔
As a mom with a disabled ( mentally and somewhat Physically) daughter I can say, They are Quick.. I couldn't fault the mom if this had been the FIRST time he wandered off.. example. When my daughter was 4ish I was switching the laundry over from the washer to the dryer, I came back into the liviningroom to find our patio open and one of the cats Sitting on the porch looking down the road, where my daughter was On her little riding car ( luckly it wasn't a Busy road and she wasn't far) now I took off like a Bat outta hell to catch up to her.
Before you call me a bad mom, keep in mind she had NEVER opened the patio before, the last time she had attempted she wasn't strong enough, I had no idea she figured out the ( easy) lock and opened it. I was gone 2 minutes. HOWEVER as soon as I learned she could do that I put precautions in place so she couldn't do it again. Had she done it multiple times I would say yeah Im a bad parent. That's why I say had this been the FIRST time he wandered off I could give the mom a Pass.... but it wasn't. ( and I'm one to usually give SN parents the benefit of the doubt, as I know first hand it's not easy).
I also wonder about the dog, he kept going back Home.. I wonder was he trying to tell them something? Had something happened to the boy at the house ( and Mom or Siblings covered it up make it LOOK like a Disappearance?) And the dog really WAS leading them to the last place he saw the boy/ where he was??
I wondered if they looked into the mom in this case. Maybe she didn’t want a disabled child, as awful as that sounds. Did they check the house, the basement? I would never leave a toddler unattended and yet he was able to wander off an entire mile to get to a bridge? That’s really far! My guesses are that either the mother had something to do with this or that maybe a woman who couldn’t have children saw him and took him for her own (he was an adorable child).
Yay, my favourite true crime professional has a video. Thanks so much. Missed listening to you doll. X
I'm not sure what the odds are for a stranger to come across a child in such an isolated area. More likely the boy had an accident or was taken by a local predator, who disposed of the body later. So terribly sad for his family to never know what happened to little Kevin. ❤☮ Thanks for posting another interesting old case, Gabby! Kevin deserves to be remembered.
I live in Beltrami County about 10 miles from where this happened. The odds are pretty high he would run into a stranger. This part of Minnesota is lakes vacation world for people from the Mpls area and from Fargo and Grand Forks ND. Tourism is huge here. People come up here to fish, camp and hunt, snowmobile and ice fish. There are strangers around here all the time. People go missing up here and are never found more often than you would think. We not only have lakes and woods, we have bogs.
It’s very suspicious that such a young child with multiple disabilities would have wandered off not once, but multiple times! I feel it’s negligence. He wandered off and the dog followed as knowing dogs do to protect. The boy then was at the mercy of the landscape and weather. After the dog lingered near the boys point of passing, it made its way back home.
Children with disabilities do wander. My youngest son is deaf and would wander every chance he got. It was extraordinary measures to keep him in the house.
@@hardtogetnamehere Exactly. Plus, in 1982 we didn't have any of the tech tools we have now to help with door alarms, monitors, cameras and gps watches. People love to judge what they do not understand and are always quick to blame the parents any time a tragedy happens with a child.
Hi Gabby this story is so sad. A young boy walking his dog and never coming is very tragic for his family. Hope these crimes will be sold. Cold cases are very sad. So glad you care and get this message out to families who lost loved ones tragically. I am also sad about the recent mysterious homicide of 4 Idaho university students. Stay well and safe 👍
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You mentioned how a 4 year old could go missing so many times I just wanted to offer some help, I have 2 kids that are neurodivergent and they are so smart! If it were years ago before door alarms and cameras that alarm me when someone tried to wander out the door I would have lost them within a few years. You can’t be awake all the time and you have to go pee every once in awhile. They are smart enough to move chairs to doors to unlock deadbolts.
My oldest child’s father did that when he was 2 and was found on a highway nearby by a trucker
Omy yes alarms an video tells every clue
@@joanmclean3380 yes! I don’t know how people did it before! Probably just lock their kids in rooms I guess
Actually yes locked in room mother sure new where we were even if she had to get laundry done,especially 4 years old
@@An84765I had to lock my youngest in his room at night for about a year. He would get up in the middle of the night and start rummaging the kitchen.
I tried to leave food out that would be acceptable for him, but then I got up one day and he had gotten out a huge knife, moved a stool to the counter, and climbed onto the counter with the knife. All while we slept. He was locked in between 11PM and 6AM when we were in bed.
I felt awful doing it, but I was so scared he was going to hurt himself in the middle of the night. He was barely 3 years old.
@@anonymoose116 that’s scary!! I don’t blame you!
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It sounds like he passed away in with the forest or the water and the dog stayed with him as long as he could before he went home. I would have tried to track the dogs back from where he came with other canine units but I’m sure they tried that.
Good job Gabby :) I think he is passed away. He wondered off and got hurt somehow. The dog probably stayed until he died, and then came back home. Sad.
I wound HOPE that authorities who analyzed the dog’s fur also covered the paws, and would have therefore noted signs obvious signs of unusually extensive foot travel. Also, I’m no canine expert, but a dog staying away that long despite knowing its way home showing up with a near empty stomach sounds like one who stood lengthy, very loyal vigil until there was no longer a need to. 😢 As does his lack of interest in taking anyone back to where that might have been - there is sadly no need. (I do hope I’m overestimating dogs, tho)
I think your correct, dogs are so unconditional loyal
I think Kevin wandered off with Flash and probably walked about 3 miles or so from home. When Keven started to get tired and the temperature started to drop, I think he found a protected nook or cranny to crawl into to keep warm with Flash and spend the night. He may have continued to wander the next day if he'd found a sufficiently snug place to rest--a dog is a really effective personal heating device. At some point, Kevin became too weak and/or discouraged to keep going, found a snug place to curl up in with Flash and died there. After that, local predators (anything from coyote and fox down to insects) scavenged his body. Winter was coming on, fall is the season when animals are particularly driven to eat to prepare for winter, etc.
I think Flash stayed with Kevin until his body no longer smelled of Kevin--which takes about 4 hours after death, maximum (every living human has a unique scent but every human loses that unique scent within 2 to 4 hours after death and all human cadavers smell the same). Dogs do recognise the difference between living dogs and dead dogs--I've seen it in my own dogs. I think Flash knew that Kevin had died, so after she came back home, the last thing she wanted to do was return to Kevin's body with the grief and sorrow she associated with it.
Springer spaniels with enough working instinct to be used for hunting (for instance, who come from hunting lines) are highly unlikely to kill animals on their own--over the centuries, hunters have bred hunting dogs in part for not eating their prey. What good to a hunter would a duck retriever be if it swam out, retrieved the duck, then retired under the truck to enjoy some duck tartare? Since an adult dog in normal health can go for 30 days without food without suffering permanent harm, going 5 or 6 days without food is not a particularly significant period of time.
Additionally, some grieving dogs will not eat. For instance, when I was hospitalised for a week, my darling Bidge refused to eat for the entire 7 days. Odd since he was usually greed walking on 4 legs. My (now ex) husband couldn't cope and my mom was about to take Bidge home with her because my mam had no qualms about force feeding a dog but I was unexpectedly released earlier than predicted from the hospital and Bidge celebrated by resuming eating.
Hi, Gabby. Tragic but frustrating story. I wonder if they used tracker dogs to try to find Kevin. That at least would have clarified whether he just wandered off or if his trail just ended meaning he was abducted. With so little (or no) evidence, either of the two could have happened. But then again, I don't know if dogs track in the rain.
When dogs run off with children, if the child becomes stuck, taken, or dead the dog will come home for help. The fact that the dog kept returning home says the boy was already gone or dead. When my 3 year old went missing the dog came home. Luckily for me, he was wet. So I knew right where my son was. My heart goes out to his family.
I don’t care when you post I just know I get soooo excited when you do!!! Fav true crime baaabe! Love you Gabby!!! ❤
Little kids and water are a bad mix.
Oh my gosh! This is close to me. Sugarbush is one of the fire patrol checkpoints, my other half has flown over the area for years and years, on the regular. I had never even heard about this story before this. Thank you.
Thank you for the work you put into your videos Gabby. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, please take care!
Poor little man, my heart breaks for him, his Momma and both brothers.
Hello Gabby, Great video...... I eagerly wait for any videos You put out. You are the best presenter of true crime !
Keep it up, and I will always be your fan.
Take care of yourself 🙂
Kevin's Mother or brothers should have said to the dog when it returned. FIND KEVIN GO FIND KEVIN and it might have led them to where he was. I think he went wandering off and the dog followed him and quite possibly Kevin got stuck in swamp. Maybe that is why swamp grass was eaten by the dog because it tried to save him.
There are a couple of other children in the surrounding area that also vanished. I think he was abducted and I think there is connection to at least 2 other little boys in the surrounding areas who went missing in the 80s with similar circumstances. The two other cases that seem odd and lead me to this justification are: Aaron Mitchell Anderson he is missing from Pine City, MN. Last date seen was 04/07/1989. He went missing from his back yard. They believe he was either abducted or fell into the river but they checked the river very extensively and came up with nothing. He was born June 23rd, 1987. Kyle David Jansen went missing from Mankato, MN, this is farther away from Kevin and Aaron’s locations where they were last seen but the disappearance is almost like Kevin and Aaron’s. Kyle’s footprints were followed down to Maple River where there was open water but they were unable to ever locate him. They did find his mittens and hat and the police stated that it was almost like somebody placed his mittens and hats intentionally for some reason. He was last seen December 22, 1991. His birthday is August 17th, 1989. I am currently researching Kevin Ayotte’s case and I have been finding out that there were more than just these 3 little boys taken under similar circumstances in the 80s in the surrounding areas of Bemidji, and Pine City. I also don’t understand how Kevin would have been so far away to the point where his mom couldn’t see him or find him if she went back inside after a couple minutes like what she stated. My head I would rush out the door the minute I couldn’t find my kid and id be looking everywhere a 3 year old wouldn’t have gotten far after only a couple of minutes like the mother claims. Im not saying she did anything. I don’t think she did. I think he was abducted but I just don’t understand how the mom didn’t hear him or the dog or see them if she was outside herself and her house wasn’t very big so i just don’t understand how she herself didn’t see or hear anything if she was outside when he went missing from there yard.
I don’t think Kevin or Kyle were abducted. I also do not really see much of a connection since all the boys disappeared hours from each other. I live right in the middle of all 3 of them and had never heard of these cases until I started doing my own research
This case is tremendously sad, but also very shocking becuase the child was so young who went missing. Just listening to this case is deeply heart wrenching. Without a doubt, this was earth shattering to the family. I greatly hope somehow, I know it's easier said than done, they can find peace in their lives. Being strong and thrive I think honors the missing baby.
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You did another video about a kid with a cleft pallet or something… was the kid’s name Kelly? The woman’s mom had her other two children and this one played in the snow all day and disappeared. Makes me wonder if there’s a group of researchers performing experimental surgery on kids back then and offered cash for children willing to have the experimental surgery. Back in olden times, surgeons would pay for bodies to research on after the death penalty stopped getting yet so much. Just a creepy thought.
i think he's still on the property just in a small hole
the dog stayed with him until he couldn't and looked for a way home
or he wondered so far like last time ...if the dog's stomach was swamp grass that means there's a swamp which means the body will never be found
I’m thinking that because the dog was just 6 months old it might not have grasped how to get anything else than swamp grass to eat.
Many of us who actually live here in Beltrami County think he was possibly abducted and then probably put into one of the bogs. This area is littered with resorts and campgrounds and cabins with people coming and going year round to fish, camp, hunt, snowmobile etc. There are always strangers around. It isn't nearly as remote as people not from around here think it is. It is only 18 mikes from Bemidji, which has a state university, tech college and private college, it is the hub for the whole region in the middle of vacation world. It is also near Cass Lake, and Lake Winnie, more vacation hell. He could have walked a few minutes and run into someone who abducted him and the dog who eventually found his way home. People go missing up here. We had a teenager go missing on halloween a few years ago and never turn up. Anyway, that is what most of us locals think.
Yahoo Gabby! So glad you posted another video. You are amazing and I love your videos. I have watched them all at least once ❤
My main theory is he wandered outside, someone saw him and took him, Flash saw this and ran after the abductor, not wanting the dog to cause attention the abductor took Flash as well and eventually dumped the dog, probably a ways away and drove off. Flash probably started to make its way home, maybe ate something that made it sick and continued to vomit it and anything else in it's stomach up. However I also think it likely Kevin wandered off with Flash (maybe Kevin went after Flash or vice versa) and Kevin got stuck somewhere or injured and died. Flash probably stayed with Kevin until it realized he had passed and left to go home. I believe it's also possible that at any point, Flash was separate from Kevin and someone found Flash and kept the dog until they realized it was linked to a missing child and let Flash go so as not to cause suspicion on themselves.
Maybe a possibility that happened is both the boy and dog got stuck somehow out in the bush but only the dog was able to get itself out of trouble while the boy was not.
Did they drag the water where he had been located once before? An entire mile away by the bridge?
as a mom of 2 kids, I can tell you that child “wandering off” multiple times - is complete negligence on parents’ side. a child can easily “disappear” in minutes, but, if that happened multiple times, wouldn’t you look after them better?
Agree
As the parent of a deaf child, I can tell you no matter what you do, they get away. They lack an understanding of directions and rules, not being able to hear, is hard. To keep my son in the home we had to put dead bolts on the inside of the house. All outside doors had inside deadbolts with a key lock. If I lost or misplaced my keys, or he took them, we could be in trouble.
I’m a mom of 3. My older 2, both hearing, were easy compared my youngest deaf child. You literally can not use the bathroom without worry. You truly have no idea how hard it is. He’s 15 now, has hearing aids, and it’s still hard.
@@hardtogetnamehere I have so much empathy for you. And you were very carefully looking after your child, and parents in this care did not.
It wouldn't be an abduction/missing persons video without someone blaming the parents in order to make themselves feel better about their own parenting skills, would it?
What you have failed to consider is that single parents often don't have the f**king luxury of constantly keeping an eye on their children or affording childcare services while they are working to support their families. Sometimes older children or neighbors are the only babysitting service these parents have. Instead, you just launched straight into accusations that the mother was neglectful without knowing all of the circumstances.
@@miaomiaochan Fr, either ignorant /narrow-minded to understand that it's harder and different based on the child and the circumstances or has the need to show off her ego. Sounds like a Karen mom that brags about how good she is at parenting.
maybe a local snatched him and His dog, The dog escaped
If the dog had run across or along the street to chase something the kid could have ran after him and got hit by a car and a panicked person may have just dumped the body somewhere and the dog may have just gotten lost after that and eventually wandered back home
What a sad case. Kids are sneaky and fast and as crazy as it sounds Autistic children are known for kind of running off because they just don’t recognize the dangers of doing so like a typically developing person would. It’s possible he could have died due to the elements or maybe he was kidnapped and someone dropped the dog off near the home. Idk it all seems strange.
Gabby, this is a very interesting and yet puzzling case about the disappearance of, Kevin Jay Ayotte. I'm wondering why this little boy was constantly wandering off from the family home? The fact that he was a special needs child with hearing loss, I would think that his family would have been watching him more closely, period! Inregards to the dog, he may have been with Kevin, but somehow they lost track of each other. I hope that this case can eventually be solved. Great investigating, presentation and backstory information, too. Have a fantastic week. Take care 🦋
A friend Of mine had a little boy who was constantly wandering off, they turn their heads and he'd be gone. They put latches on the doors, out his reach and he'd still manage to get out. Local babysitters refused to watch him, because he'd disappear on them, even family members refused. He stopped when he was older. Growing up his nickname was Houdini. Some kids are amazing and terrifying.
Special needs kids often are prone to wandering. Before we had electronic monitors, cameras and such it was harder to prevent short of locking a child in a room constantly. Even with that, it still happens.
If only the dog could talk
I think abduction. The dog wasn't injured so I don't think an animal attack. I think someone nabbed both of them and then ditched the little pup. 💔
Yeah my favorite true crime channel! I love how Gab is always so respectful to the victims and their families 😊
I second that!!!
Parents did it
Shared as I live in Minnesota
A dog or a cat when far from home and determined to get back can do without eating for many days, it's very probable it was dropped off somewhere on the way from the area
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Unfortunately, if he was indeed abducted, the person wouldn't have hurt the dog because ... the dog didn't matter to him. It wasn't his ... type. Just this extraneous thing sort of buzzing around.
They found nothing in the dogs fur or nothing they thought was relevant?
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It’s not uncommon for children with ASD and other LDs to wonder despite adults best efforts, unless they have a constant companion. Many children also love water, and I think it’s likely that Kevin wanted to play in the swamp and was lost. There have been many cases like this. His dog returned when his owner was gone, surviving on swamp grass waiting for Kevin. It’s easy when we’re afraid or sad to judge parents, but this was a time when very little resources and support were available. For many people they still are.
September 30th 1982 was my 10th birthday....
I was there ,...10 yrs old ,..lived a mile away,..I was there sitting in the living room when the well groomed ABSOLUTELY clean no dirt ,grass ,spurs,. Nothing on this dog when it came running home from the south side of the property
@Irish-kx3jd Hello! Myself & another individual are attempting to look into Kevin’s disappearance & gather as much new & old information as we can so we can put all the details in one place. If it’s not too much of a bother, would you mind giving us a way to contact you so we can discuss what you remember from the time of Kevin’s disappearance? It wouldn’t have to be by phone. We could email you if you’re alright with that or contact you in whatever other way you feel comfortable. Either way, thank you for taking the time to read this message! :)
Sorry, just reaching out one more time to see if you got my message?
@@FaithNMBI’m from Minnesota and live like an hour from the area. I might not be too much help because I was born 10-15 years after this but I would love to try
one of your grandparents or earlier might've been born in Italy to Norwegian parents- making you both technically.
Never owned a dog but cats and if my cat was out all day deffo wouldn't have nothing in its stomach naturally a dog would savange if hungry I feel
Weird theory: Could Kevin have fallen into a stream or River and the dog followed the riverside until he couldn’t smell Kevin anymore? Stayed at riverside until he got too hungry and then went home. That would account for a lack of sighting of either in the early days.
Sorry folks dogs are wonderful but they can't protect you from evil depending on the breed especially that little boy.
it depends on the dogs hunting ability whether they'd be skinnier or starving in the wild for a few days. i know my dog for example, has killed rabbits before and has the instinct to stalk his 'prey' and goes into what i jokingly call 'incognito' mode where you cant hear him walking when he sees baby deer or a rabbit. my sisters dog on the other hand barks his head off and scares prey away. my dog has even leapt at, and nearly caught, birds in flight, i have no doubt he'd survive in the wild, my sisters dog on the other hand would starve and just want to go home.
I dont think the dog or the child in this case were taken, unfortunately it seems more likely to me that a wild animal could have been to blame, or the little boy wandered further than normal, passed from exposure and his remains weren't found, given the bodies of water, this is likely.
It’s more then likely that Kevin’s appearance has changed since he went missing. As he grew older, I believe his hair wouldn’t be the same
Let's face it, the kid was 2 years old. He could be alive and not know that he is Kevin.
In northern spain Galicia years ago a house in a remote area like this a mother was doing the dishes while looking through the window at her 2 year old son playing in the backyard when suddenly a big wolf came took a grip of the boys neck and ran into the forest , when the mother came out screaming they were gone.searching parties were sent several times but the boy was never found again.
The thing that makes this so sad is that my best friend is Jacob terry Ayotte’s son and he told me this story and I get tiered up every time
Don't know if you heard but they have finally identified the boy in the box