Cops: Mom of missing Wash. toddler had gas in car, despite what she said

[The Northerner]

(CBS/AP) BELLEVUE, Wash. - Police say the mother of missing Washington State toddler Sky Metalwala didn't run out of gas on the day the boy disappeared, as she had previously told investigators.

Julia Biryukova told police her 2-year-old son vanished on Sunday in Bellevue, Wash. when she left him sleeping alone in her unlocked car after it ran out of gas. She said she and her 4-year-old daughter went to get gas and when they returned an hour later, the boy was gone.

But Investigators found that there was enough gas in the car to run a considerable distance, Bellevue police Maj. Mike Johnson said on Wednesday. Police have not yet ruled out some other mechanical problem with the car.

Johnson says Biryukova's story has become less and less plausible as police have tried and failed to find any evidence that supports the facts as she presented them.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57322370-504083/cops-mom-of-missing-wash-toddler-had-gas-in-car-despite-what-she-said/

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. sad.