Stay up to date with what you want to know. The pump technician followed the tire tracks from Mr Robinsons car in the dirt road wet from rain and discovered that Mr Robinson had driven into the Sonoran Desert instead of going back to Phoenix. Most commonly, he was described as being "off.". Dan Hanger. Um, as in, for instance, they played video games. Authorities have asked anyone with information about Robinsons disappearance to call the Buckeye Police tip line at(623) 349-6411. He had black hair, brown eyes, and a portion of his right forearm missing, as well as his right hand. The hydro-geologist, Daniel Robinson, was last seen by a fellow worker and pump technician, Ken Elliot, whilst assessing a remote drill site in the Arizona desert on June 23, 2021, around 9.15-9.30 am. So Ill do whatever I -- whatever it takes to make it happen, it's gonna have to happen.. This could be due to driver attempts to restart the vehicle or use the electrical systems. Authorities say no foul play is suspected in the missing case of Daniel Robinson, a 24-year-old geologist who was last seen in the Arizona desert, but Arizona police officials say human remains were found Saturday during a search for Daniel Robinson, a geologist who disappeared after driving away from a desert worksite more than four months ago. 2/25/23: DULUTH, Minn. The pilot who died after the plane he was operating crashed into the St. Louis River Friday has been identified as David All rights reserved. But Daniel's extensive catalog of experience in remote desert areas, where he often worked in extreme conditions, has his family questioning the curious circumstances of the case. A rancher noticed the vehicle on July 19; it appeared to have rolled over and sustained significant damage before coming to rest on its side with its airbags deployed. The new arrivals are dressed for work: baseball caps to block out the sun, walking sticks, digital compasses on their cell phones. An investigative report released by Buckeye police in September said Robinson had met a woman while working a side hustle delivering food and told friends that he was in love with her. You wish you lived in a world where everything was equal, but its really not equal, Robinsons father, David Robinson, told CNN this week. Bolden Day has spoken out on social media and in interviews about the differences between her son's case and that of Petito, noting at one point that Petito's face was "plastered everywhere" and the FBI got involved after she had been missing for two days, but Day didn't get that same attention after being missing for longer. The family has said that they believe Buckeye police took too long to start searching for Daniel. She'd been hanging out with a friend and they had invited Daniel to stay. In July, Daniel's jeep was found two miles away from the worksite. The Buckeye Police though say the investigation is ongoing, adding that foul play is not suspected at this time. He said it's "hurtful" to see the case involving Petito, who was a young white woman, receive nationwide attention while he's been searching for his son for months. Its a November morning in the desert around Buckeye, Arizona. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. That same day at 5:45 a.m., David and volunteers will conduct a search in Buckeye. Law enforcement agencies are continuing their search in a Sarasota County, Fla., nature reserve for Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of Gabby Petito. Daniel, 24, was last seen on June 23 driving Chief Hall: We still go out there and do that job. Any sightings. The caravan passes the flat landscape dotted with low green shrubs until it pulls up to a cleared spot. He's right. "When I see it, I see a crime," David said. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. On July 31, police said, a human skull was located in an area south of where the Jeep had been recovered. BPD officer John Fermon told the station that while one detective is assigned to lead the case, other staff members are directed to help with the investigation as necessary. And she just simply, Hey Dad, um, one of Daniel's coworkers came by the house saying that they don't know where Daniel is.. All Hands-On Deck!! David Robinson is having a search on the 25th of February in Buckeye Arizona starting at 7:45am. And sometimes it's hard to tell them apart. Its been seven months since Daniel Robinson, a 25-year-old geologist, was last seen at his work site in Buckeye, Ariz., about 50 miles southwest of Phoenix. "He is not a nobody, he is somebody and I want him to come back home. The sunroof panel was kicked out, as if someone had used it as an emergency exit. And he believes Daniel's case only started getting attention after Gabby Petitos case went national. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Others are trying to help, but they're simply wrong. Her Great Dane has found something at the base of a bush. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider All rights reserved. Search group volunteer: You guys are gonna be on the north side. but wishes his son, who is Black, had as much national attention, while he's been searching for his son for months. Police later found a human skull near the site of the crash on July 31 but confirmed it did not belong to Robinson. They contacted Daniel's boss and started calling his friends and other family. And I said, We don't do missing persons. That's the channel that we'll be monitoring.. Josh Mankiewicz: Plausible that after that accident, Daniel was disoriented in some way and wandered off, not knowing really where he was going or believing that he was closer to civilization than maybe he really was?, Chief Hall: Yeah, it's absolutely plausible.. You know, even with the people that we have, it takes a lot of time, effort and money to, you know, keep things going. Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. He said it is his hope that another grieving family finds closure. "No additional human remains have been found, despite online reports claiming otherwise," the department said. David Robinson has also set up a website -- PleaseHelpFindDaniel.com -- with photos of Daniel, updates on the case and a form volunteers can use to sign up. Law Enforcement Are Invited. There are 13 species of rattlesnakes in Arizona, more than in any other state. David Robinson at a search: If you have FRS radios, get on channel 8. After that point, it goes straight to the voicemail," he toldThe Independent. But Mr Robinson has been left "upset" with the handling of the case and believes authorities could have began an extensive search much earlier. You would never know the difference.. We learned about Daniel from one of our Twitter followers and featured his case in our online series in July 2021. I feel like it was dumped. And that's how Jeff agreed to take his first missing persons case. Holding the phone to his ear, David listened as the detective explained how a Jeep had been spotted by a rancher who was out corralling his cattle. Katelyn said she believed Daniel was very nice and she and her female friend asked Daniel if he wanted to hang out with them, a police report stated. And I said, Well, when I get back into town, I'll take a look at what you've got. And so I met with him, he showed me a picture of the -- what the police took of the vehicle in the ravine. The Buckeye Police Department has confirmed that the remains found by the volunteers searching for 24-year-old Daniel Robinson were human. Still, that story of the last morning Daniel was seen provided David with important information. In an online petition, the elder Robinson writes that Buckeye police are "unwilling to move beyond their theory which leads to non-action on their part," and he urges signatories to hold the department accountable for continuing to pursue answers. That call did not come. I mean, because I don't have any evidence to say otherwise.. Robinson has created a separate online fundraising page to raise money for other efforts to locate his son, such printing flyers, hiring a private investigator, enlisting a desert search-and-rescue team and covering the cost of his Arizona hotel stay. Robinson's car was found abandoned in a desert ravine in July. "Since his disappearance, the Buckeye Police Department has worked with outside agencies to search more than 70 square miles in an effort to locate Daniel. "I will continue my searches for my son," said his father in a video posted to the Twitter page "Please Help Find Daniel. The human remains is not Daniel. David Robinson: It was a devastating moment for me to see from, uh, from that picture and seeing that damage.. It's fall in much of America, but during the day it's still summer here. Katelyns last name has been redacted in the police reports. What came next was almost more difficult. David Robinson is Daniel Robinson's father. Is this David's son? And no cash withdrawn from his bank account. WebUPCOMING PUBLIC SEARCH FOR DANIEL ROBINSON ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2023. So police contracted a company to prepare a collision report. Now that the milestone is sadly reached, they're continuing on, saying the desert is large and more of it needs to be searched. I feel like something happened there that we just dont know yet. David Robinson has been here before. On the same day, he had texted his sister that he had an emergency but neglected to answer any of her calls in response, according to the police report. Police located Day's car in a wooded area near the Illinois Valley YMCA in Peru on Aug. 26, with the clothing he was last seen wearing left inside. Of course, I couldn't keep myself together because it's a very emotional point.. Laundrie returned home without her, lawyered up and refused to speak to cops, before he himself disappeared after telling his family he was going hiking in Carlton Reserve. Less than a week later, Mr Robinson returned to Katelyns home unannounced. Buckeye Police say he was last seen by a coworker driving away in his Jeep Renegade. ", I'm shaking reading about the discovery of Gabby Petito's body in Wyoming. His clothes, phone, keys and wallet were all inside. David did tell police that lately his son had seemed a little off. "Just seeing all of a sudden movement, its a good feeling.". His father, along with dozens of volunteers, have scoured the area as the case has garnered a national following for the search for the 24-year-old. or redistributed. In Petitos case, the coverage prompted a flood of tips that eventually led authorities to her body. Robinson's father, however, has publicly alleged that he is doing more to find his son than law enforcement is. The first, a skull, was discovered on July 31, near where Daniels Jeep was found. Police also said that evidence found near the remains suggested that the bones may not be Mr Robinsons. I was hoping that the Buckeye Police Department, at times, was going to tell me something like that.. Elliott told police he remembered Daniel staring off into the desert and saying something strange. The families of two Black men who went missing in recent weeks and months Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson are drawing attention to this disparity and pleading for the public's help in finding answers. Legal Statement. David Robinson: He's always telling me he's going to live abroad. And he said that, uh, Daniel went west, uh, which is concerning, because there's nothing out there.. A huge search operation was launched, led by the Buckeye Police Department, covering an area of 70 square miles of the vast desert. While she exchanged phone numbers with Mr Robinson, she says nothing else happened between them. She said state police collected DNA samples from her family members on Sept. 6 but was told that the police lab does not have the chemical needed to process the samples. Robinson's vehicle was found in a ravine with significant damage on July 19, police said. Its unclear how many cycles occurred during tow recovery and when investigators downloaded data," the report added, according to FOX 10. The former military man maintains that the police department, as well as his own search team, had previously scoured the same area. The detective pointed to a spot on the photo. His father David has organized search parties for nearly five months and has found human remains on two separate occasions. They reported him missing on the day of his disappearance - but despite the quick actions of his family, the police investigation has continued to stall. We wake up every day, we are thinking about this. I will continue my searches for my son.. After finding the car, they conducted two more ground searches on July 21, according to NBC 12 News. David Robinson: A lot of times they make excuses about resources. And perhaps most ominously, he had left behind a whole case of bottled water in his Jeep. Robinson's sister also said one time he went over to her apartment and sat in silence for 30 minutes before getting up and leaving. David Robinson: He did, um, alerted me that my son's vehicle was found. I will continue my searches for my son. The investigation found that the Jeep accelerated right before impact, which indicated an attempt to drive up the other side of the ravine where the vehicle was found abandoned and badly damaged. Daniel had bagged a job with Matrix New World Engineering and was last seen by a co-worker leaving a well site behind the wheel of his Jeep Renegade. Anyone with information relating to Robinson is urged to call Buckeye PD at 623-349-6400. We heard from worried children and frantic parents, even from some who were total strangers -- all of them seeking answers about someone who wasn't where they were supposed to be. David Robinson: I get a call from my daughter. David heard these stories and says they should not be taken as evidence of some kind of mental break. Robinson's family has called for more attention from the public to help find their son. "It has been over two months with no leads or evidence towards Daniel's disappearance as well as failed tracking of his vehicle and phone GPS location that could determine exactly what happened that day," Robinson II said on a websitededicated to finding Daniel. Octavio Jones/Getty Images Josh Mankiewicz: When did you realize that something was wrong?, David Robinson: Well, you know, I was sitting back in my back porch.. Daniel's case is somewhat harder to understand. Josh Mankiewicz: You didn't find anything at that crash site that suggests that Daniel Robinson was the victim of a crime?, Chief Hall: Yeah, we didn't -- we didn't find anything that would make us believe that his disappearance was at the hands of another individual.. (Buckeye Police Department), ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUMAN REMAINS MAY BE THOSE OF HIKER MISSING SINCE 1983. Chief Halls detectives couldn't hang their case on some off-handed comment. He is described as a 58 black man, weighing 165 pounds with black hair, brown eyes and is missing part of his right forearm, including his hand. Family also told police that some photos Robinson posted to Instagram appear to have been deleted since he went missing. Pump technician Ken Elliott told police that Mr Robinson was saying things that did not make sense as they prepared to work on a well. Mr Robinson, who was born without a right hand, was reportedly infatuated with a woman, identified only as Katelyn, before he disappeared, but his emotions were not returned. MSNBC host Joy Reid controversially slammed the coverage of Petito's case as "missing white woman syndrome" - insinuating there is an imbalance in resources, depending on the color of a missing person's skin. And we'll take any leads that are out there.. And, uh, he often beat them in the games, you know, so --., Josh Mankiewicz: It sounds like not having a right hand didn't really hold him back., David Robinson: Oh, no, not at all. Human remains found in search for missing geologist Daniel Robinson; family says remains are not his Buckeye Police Department Picture of missing geologist But I also haven't found any evidence that -- that dismisses that, also.. On that June day, Daniel was scheduled to spend the morning doing field work at a development wellsite out in the desert. The car was reportedly then driven another 11 miles after the initial crash, with the ignition turned on at least another 46 times, Mr Robinson said. Less than that, if it's very hot. Daniel Robinson, 24, was last seen driving away from his job site in the Arizona desert on June 23. Daniel and David Robinson David Robinson David was home in South Carolina. His cell phone -- which at first would ring and ring -- now went straight to voicemail. He is convinced he and his son will be reunited. Police spent hours doing a ground search where Daniel was last seen -- a wellsite out in the middle of the desert. Detectives tracked down the last person they believe saw Daniel alive: a co-worker named Ken Elliott. I'm Josh Mankiewicz and this is Missing in America -- a new podcast from Dateline and NBC News. Their efforts include collecting and analyzing digital and physical evidence, locating and interviewing witnesses and searching for other leads, the department added. Daniel played football, weight-trained. "Just trying to do everything I can to find my son," he said. Daniel is a geologist and was working on a remote site near Cactus Road and Sun Valley Parkway the day he went missing. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. "Daniel would not disappear. He learned the trumpet and the French horn. "It was returned to an area near where we were searching my theory would be maybe to try to throw us off," he added. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. It was an eyewitness account that changed the timeline of the day Daniel went missing. "However, he always communicates with friends and family about his travel plans.". The Jeep had been found tipped on the passenger side at the bottom of a ravine. Some are drawn to publicity. On Sunday, his father said that during his weekly search for his son, they uncovered human remains. In Arizona, Daniel and his dad were separated by 2,000 miles. And he wants to visit all these countries, you know, that's his mindset.. Media coverage of the case is intense and, as some people have pointed out, disproportionate to the kind of attention typically given to missing Indigenous women and people of color. One month later, the Jeep was His Jeep was later found in July in a ravine about three miles from the worksite. "It didn't sit right with me," his dad, David Robinson II, told CNN's Brianna Keilar. Then, the woman told police, Daniel started showing up to her house uninvited and she had to ask him to stay away. Of course, Daniel's family never wanted to reach the one-year mark, June 23, still not having enough answers to piece together what happened to him. David Robinson: Daniel never had a diagnosis for mental health. David Robinson: I called him immediately to try to get him on the phone to find out what's going on. A new national spotlight has been brought to Robinsons strange disappearance amid efforts to find out what happened to Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old van life blogger who disappeared on a road trip with her fianc and was later found dead in rural Wyoming. Daniel, 24, was last seen on June 23 driving away from his location of work in the Buckeye, Arizona desert - presumably heading to the main road. David Aaro is a Reporter at Fox News Digital. 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