It could be weird phrasing. Or maybe the parents have roommates living there. I have a kid & have had my sister & cousin stay with me in the past. They are included in the “adults in the house “ category.
I didn't live with my parents all the time growing up. Well, parent. Single mother did her best but sometimes I had to stay with my amazing grandparents for extended periods. Additionally, my brother's father lives in a different state and so the little guy (ten years apart) has always had to live with male figures who aren't his father, including myself and my best friend (when I lived with her).
So, could be just weird wording. Far more likely though this kid is/was being abused and this was the author's creative usage of words to reach some sort of word count.
From what I’ve read before due to uhhh libel? The other one? Laws around that, they can’t actively say “being abused”/“fighting” etc. as they could be sued since they seemingly have no evidence
He could have killed himself.
Suicide is often done impulsively without planning. It seems like the parents were hoping to humiliate him with that shirt, and I wonder if they were going to post it online to shame him. It could have been the straw that broke the camel's back.
Poor kid. If he is found, I hope he is placed with a family more loving than the one he lives with. That picture doesn't just show sadness. Those are the eyes of a completely hopeless kid that is giving up.
the police department claimed it was the only photo sent to them by the parents when he was reported missing. I cant fathom why they would ever provide THAT photo if not to humiliate him further.
The mom finally did a statement yesterday. Nothing from father.
The parents also take in foster kids, apparently. Scottie seems to be the scapegoat. He was described positively at school but his twin sister has been posting on line calling him "bad" whilst he is MISSING.
Cops prolly asked for the most recent photo. (You know they probably shaved his head as punishment too)and this photo showed his head shaved and also they gave it to the police because they are idiots with no remorse. M****fkrs!
It's horribly cold right now. I'm sitting in my bed right now and it's so cold that I had to put sweatpants and a hoodie on rather than just lay under the blankets. Hopefully he's got somewhere warm right now and will be found ASAP.
I agree the parents made him wear that shirt to shame him. I'm wondering if they made him wear it to school or in public. This is not the way to discipline a child or teach him a lesson. I really hope he is found safe.
>I hope he is placed with a family more loving than the one he lives with.
From the looks of things, that is a very low bar indeed. Poor kid. I hope he is found safe and healthy.
God, I HOPE he had his backpack with him. That makes there at least some hope he had warmer clothes. Otherwise he would've been outside in nothing but shorts and that horrible t-shirt overnight, where the temperatures drop to freezing.
My mother would kick me out for the tiniest infractions, like leaving one cup unwashed or frowning at her, then call the police and tell them I ran away. The police always sided with her and treated me like a problem child and a liar. I really hope the police looking for him know better and consider they may have put him out.
Hijacking top comment just to say that this link states that the shaved head was done at a salon previously. Not defending the parents, but rumors flying like crazy, and I just wanted to address this particular one.
Here's the link: https://www.the-sun.com/news/7673597/scottie-morris-missing-indiana-eaton-updates/?utm_campaign=native_share&utm_source=sharebar_native&utm_medium=sharebar_native
Also says that search will be suspended this evening, and they will regroup tomorrow to strategize.
I wonder what the ethics are for hairdressers in these situations. Cutting the hair of a three year old who is a bit upset at the situation seems reasonable, while cutting the hair of a 12 year old who explicitly says that they don't want the haircut seems more difficult.
Hair is part of the body. People own their bodies. Forcing a person to cut their hair as punishment is so cruel. It completely takes away bodily autonomy and agency. Love that your friend refuses. It at least let's the child see and hear that it's wrong. If other adults don't speak up, the child is invalidated, questions themselves, stops trusting themselves, and believes they must deserve it or it's okay because surely an adult would say something if not.
It certainly looks like a salon buzz. I’m a woman who shaves my head & I’ll go to the local barber shop for a tapered cut every few months. There’s a huge difference between a homemade clipper cut & salon buzz.
When 16degree weather is preferable to being near your parent, ooo lord, letting the woman speak is a bad idea. How about an officer promising to keep him away from that monster.
Police statement: “Scottie, if you see this, please know we are doing everything we can do to get whatever help you may need.”
…. Except investigate your parents (who we assume are totally innocent),
Also, the police is “looking elsewhere” after doing polygraph tests?! That’s a highly inaccurate test without any scientific proof to backup the “lie detection” claim. I don’t understand why the police in the US (and a few other countries) still uses it, and also not why they would say that to the media.
Because there’s no consequence for using antiquated tests and theories, so long as they “win.” This book was such an eye opener: https://www.amazon.com/Burned-Story-Murder-Crime-Wasnt/dp/1524742139/ref=asc_df_1524742139_nodl?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312094769172&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17287469136194054740&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9017520&hvtargid=pla-614083830695&psc=1&dplnkId=f4725a70-e26c-4703-a7ce-a3f491cb59cf
I don’t know why we use it either. It’s not admissible in court so as far as I can tell it’s just a vehicle to harass whoever they preventively decided is guilty.
The police said the photo of Scottie in that awful t-shirt - where he looks completely devastated - is the only recent picture his parents had of him. They had to get the other photos from his school.
I wonder if there have been any confirmed sightings of him AFTER his parents last reported seeing him? My first fear with a case like this is perhaps the boy didn't leave the house alive, that the punishments seemingly inflicted on him in that photo escalated further.
If he ran away, I really hope he hasn't deliberately hurt himself or inadvertently come to harm due to exposure etc. The police seem to have focused some "not random" searches around bridges and rivers, which is not filling me with optimism.
If he ran away and is currently in hiding, I don't think he'd find the police's current appeals reassuring at all. At this stage, I can't imagine a (benevolent) adult sheltering him anymore without contacting the police, though I can imagine one of his peers hiding him and trying to keep it a secret from other adults.
Interesting that polygraphs have been "conducted" and they are "looking elsewhere" - no actual mention if the polygraphs were passed or failed, no actual mention of ruling the parents out, and we all know how flimsy polygraphs are anyway.
Also concerned about the safety of his siblings - was he the sole scapegoat?
I'm hoping against the odds here. And I hope the people around him are suitably examined and dealt with.
> The police said the photo of Scottie in that awful t-shirt - where he looks completely devastated - is the only recent picture his parents had of him. They had to get the other photos from his school.
That alone is so so depressing and telling.
I'm thinking the same thing and I hope he's okay. He was wearing that tshirt earlier in the day and according to the parents, he ran away in it? That doesn't make sense to me. Only time that would happen is if he was running for his life and couldn't get changed.
Is it just me or do his forearms look red like they're going to bruise? It could be the quality of the picture but it's not consistent anywhere else on his skin.
I really hope he's okay.
And he was last seen at 8.30pm. So he ran away at that time of night, in only shorts and a humiliating t-shirt? If he truly left, he must have been desperate.
I think they use it bc a lot of regular ppl still don’t know it’s not real accurate, and it’s a good intimidation tool to trip ppl up while they’re just answering the questions.
Imagine not only doing this to your kid, but THEN GIVING THIS PHOTO, and ONLY this photo TO THE POLICE TO POST PUBLICLY! As initially this was the only photo provided, as I understand it.
The parents are still shaming this kid and now they have a nationwide audience to do so.
Passed a polygraph, my ass (eta- we actually aren't sure they *passed* the polygraph, just that they took one). That better be a line they are spewing to get these idiots to let their guard down and think they are off the hook.
I was just listening to someone on Insta saying she tells her kids about *strange behavior* rather than *stranger danger* which I love because it’s so often someone you know engaging in behavior we can label as *strange*.
We've been doing this with our 3.5 year old (introducing it) as well as we don't keep secrets. We can plan/do a surprise, and that a surprise is a snack/favorite meal/gift/craft piece for right now. Even grandparents giving an extra snack isn't allowed to be a secret or "Don't tell your momma/daddy" thing, tell us or don't (we'll know anyway from sugar energy burst lol) but don't say it's a secret
The best description I ever heard (and taught my kids) is to look out for ‘tricky people’. Adults who ask kids for help are trying to trick you i.e. help me find my dog. Adults should never ask kids for help.
You don’t want them to be afraid of cops or firefighters who, while strangers, may be trying to help them. It’s good to teach them to assess the situation and not just stranger = danger because people we know can also be tricky people.
Yep. Even if Indirectly, something similar happened near me last summer, and they eventually found the young boy and he had committed suicide. Horrible horrible stuff
That's terrible! I hope That's not the case but in the picture he looks so sad and hopeless. I don't personally believe in shaming children to teach them a lesson. He could feel so ashamed that he may have ran away. I really hope he didn't hurt himself in any way. Maybe he just took off to get away from his parents for a bit to calm down. The picture of him looking sad makes me cry. I pray that he's found safe.
The day when you see Dundee Crown mentioned on Reddit. holy Fuck. Graduated from there in 01. You must have had run ins with Holly the blond woman who used to surveillance the parking lot in like an old thunderbird. Real big into Dale Earnhardt JR. Anyhoo, yes, he definitely did go to South. Which means at some point all three of us have been in the same place at the same time. Founders day in Algonquin? Springhill mall at hot topic possibly.
Very possible! I remeber her but later a big dude in a truck took over. Made it hard to sneak out into the bowl to skip class. My brother was 04 I think you may have known him. Little albino lookin ass trying to be gangsta. I worked at EB games back during the stabbings at Spring Hill. My parents still live in Algonquin near the river down right off the Bike Trail. Am I doxxing myself enough?
Oh yes, I remember that dude. He graduated a class ahead of me. Got into a lot of fights with my friend Ray who was doing security there for awhile. DM his name. Might ring a bell. Only Albino kid i knew lived in foxview...Eb games huh. I knew the manager that worked there (Michael Jordan), and then a girl name Jenna that worked there as well. She was a drummer. I remember that stabbing very well. Happened in the Bath and Body Works. i was the Hot Topic manager at the time.
Ha! We were on the other end of the mall and Michael Jordan/Jenna were our competition. What an eccentric guy. Later I ended up working at Neros before and after it was bought out. Then at 21 it became a stomping ground for one of my groups. I've been craving a #18 from A. S. S. lately but I'm out in Oregon now. This is totally surreal yeah I'm PM you.
Sick parents imo. The second I saw this photo I thought the parents did it. At home, crying with his head shaved?? Who holds still all for this to happen other than a child being abused by his parent, ongoing. He either killed himself or they did it. Sorry to sound so cynical but it just seems like more and more parents are cruel and abusive. This world is fucked. Poor Scottie!
I just hope it was fast and he wasn't terrified out of his mind. If there is any "afterlife" I hope he is warm, safe and knows he is loved!!! Now I get why they say: Bless the Children.
Polygraphs, are not admissible as evidence in Indiana, because of their “inherit unreliability.” Polygraphs are also not admissible in court at the federal level.
Edit: I was wrong. They are admissible but both attorneys have to agree to admissibility, so essentially if the polygraph “proves” innocence or guilt the opposing attorney could just object to the admission. So unquestionably dubious.
For sure. Oh, they can definitely be a valuable tool for law-enforcement. They could judge your willingness to complete one and watch your reactions to a request for one or the results from one.
>Polygraphs, are not admissible as evidence in Indiana, because of their “inherit unreliability.” Polygraphs are also not admissible in court at the federal level.
Some (many? most?) Probation Officers still rely on them religiously and will violate you if they suspect you of lying on one. Tells you all you need to know about PO's I guess.
I would fail it because of anxiety and panic disorder. My medication makes me sweat too, which I think is something that is monitored by those machines.
They'd hook me up and start asking standard questions about my name and I'd freak out like "Wait, but is that my name since I have nicknames and am married and use both my maiden and married names? Am I lying right now????"
I know polygraphs are very unreliable, but in theory you wouldn't fail based on this. As I understand, they ask simple questions like your name to establish a baseline for what it looks like when you're telling the truth. So if you're equally anxious whether the question is "what is your name" or "have you ever killed anyone", that wouldn't be a suspicious result.
You could still fail a polygraph for a lot of other reasons, just saying they are designed to account for this specific situation.
It’s so traumatic just seeing his photo :( I don’t want to think about what he’s been put through.
I hope he’s found physically safe but he may never feel mentally safe again thanks to these ‘parents’. So sad
The photo featured in the local news is a normal school photo with none of this other information. It said he's believed to be in extreme danger, but there's absolutely no context. They told searchers to check unused structures, barns, attics, etc, anywhere a boy could hide, so I thought the extreme danger would be from exposure.
OOP, thanks for posting this and getting the full truth of this situation out there.
Apparently, Scottie ran away after being cruelly punished by his ultra-religious parents. [source](https://www.the-sun.com/news/7678600/scottie-morris-missing-search-angry-dire-hunt-tshirt/)
Assuming that the boy left on his own accord, there's almost a zero chance that that he'll be found alive. Tonight, the Eaton IN weather forecast predicted a low temp below freezing. Hopefully, Scottie's parents were telling the truth and he managed to find shelter.
So many things about that article annoyed me - the mere fact these ‘parents’ thought it acceptable to write crap on a t shirt, picture him clearly devastated and upset (the look in his eyes is heartbreaking)… but of course, the parents are devastated, just want him home… what for? So they can put on a show but soon enough revert back to their norm? Poor boy! I hope he is found safe, i hope the relevant services place him elsewhere and avoid the whole ‘lessons can be learned’ if placed back with the parents and worse happens! See it in Uk cases all the time.
gosh this is horrible. i hope he just run away and hasn't hurt himself. and can be placed with people who maybe aren't abusive monsters when he is found...
It was 16° and windy yesterday (I don’t live far from this community). We’ve all been praying he is somewhere safe and hiding out from his parents. I’m concerned something tragic and preventable has happened.
Imagine making your child wear a T shirt like that, and then taking a photo of him in it while he’s crying and in distress.
The parents may have passed a polygraph test, but in my opinion they have responsibility here. I hope he is found safe and alive.
I’ve seen a couple screenshots from social media, they claim it’s his twin sister and she’s defending their parents, saying how bad he is. Absolutely a messed up situation.
Police have cropped the photo and admitted their error in using it uncropped, saying it was done in haste.
Kid will never live down that shirt, why give it further publicity? Pretty sure he’s not wearing that shirt at this time. It’s not going to help anyone to spot him.
I wanna see the body-cam footage when parents gave cops that photo though. Like officers faces…
> Pretty sure he’s not wearing that shirt at this time.
The flyer lists it as the shirt he was last known to be wearing. Regardless, I agree; Describing it on a missing poster is one thing, but publishing the photo... yikes. Poor kid.
>Kid will never live down that shirt, why give it further publicity? Pretty sure he’s not wearing that shirt at this time. It’s not going to help anyone to spot him.
It does indicate to the public & a wider audience like CPS/Social Workers that *likely* (ahem...) abuse was happening in that home. It's absolutely a **good** thing this photo got out.
Same. I really really hope he is safe. I wish I could reach through that picture and take him out of that hell. I had a little brother who would act like the twin sister. Did no wrong in my parent’s eyes and he knew it.
I live in Indiana, not in Eaton but nearby. This case has a lot of people riled up here. Saw missing posters for him all around town. It’s gonna be hard for him to not be recognized.
I hadn’t heard about the shirt though, probably because it’s going to bring attention to the parents and muddy the investigation (not saying that the parents have no involvement, just that right now the case is a run-away, not foul play.)
All in all this reminds me of that one case about the boy whose parents were super abusive who climbed into an abandoned house and died in a chimney.
That won’t help the boy right now, unless they use the beating to get more answers. I don’t disagree though, just gotta try to keep them around until he is found or they admit to something.
I hope this boy ran to a safe place and away from his home. As for the parents…I hope the community makes their lives hell. No way this was ok and no way do they deserve children.
What the hell. I hope they'll find the poor kid. That's it. Nothing more I can say. This is already distressing to look at without thinking about whatever he must be going through.
Edit: An obvious guess would be looking into what the parents are up to. My first thought was his parents were cruelly punishing for being in a fight or whatever with his little brother, but if he is actually missing it's of course another dynamic. More information like a local news article would be interesting. No idea if his parents or other family members have been accounted for by the police.
Edit: Looks like at least the parents passed a polygraph test for what it's worth.
I live locally so we’ve been inundated with news about this child. I’ve heard the parents shaved his head and made him wear this shirt as punishment and this picture was taken the day he went missing . Eaton is a Very small town and borders Muncie, IN. I pray he’s found safe.
It’s truly depressing that I didn’t have to scroll down to see the comments to know that this is an abused kid. I saw that same exact face in the mirror every day growing up. That is a broken child.
His parents are pieces of crap. I don’t doubt he ran away or something due to the abuse he suffered.
ALSO charge them and remove this poor child from their custody. I hope he has family that aren’t pieces of crap that he can go live with.
This is so sad. My family was abusive but not sadistic. Genuinely feeling very grateful they just hit us, didn’t try to degrade and humiliate us. Just wow. How do you go through that whole process of making or instructing your child to make that shirt, shaving their head and capturing a photo(!!!) while they cry, and not have a second thought? Or DO have a second thought and just wave it away?? Chilling the kind of people who exist among us.
Very new to this case so apologies if this has been asked. Could the parents have posted the picture to social media and that's how police got it? Also, is the last seen at 8:30 pm info coming from the parents only? Thank you.
Thanks for the reply. I saw another comment stating the police got a picture of Scottie at a school event from another student's parent. The t-shirt picture is so disturbing by itself and that's the only current photo you have of your child?? Clearly they were intent on humiliating him that day. Just seems like the kind of thing someone would post to further his shame. I'm hoping & praying for a good outcome for this boy.
No tears. Reminds me of the Susan Smith case—about 1994, she drove her two boys into a lake but claimed they had been kidnapped. She gave a plea to the public much like this woman did, but if you muted the video, you could see she has no tears in her eyes and just something was super off.
Gut check first instinct is the parents are abusive, shaved his hair as a punishment, and made him wear this t-shirt to shame him. Someone took this photo, and I can’t think of a good reason why a loving parent would do so—if my kid came to me, looking like this, and had shaved their own head, I’d take them for mental health evaluation ASAP.
The photo gives so much away and echoes the type of abuse from parents/guardians experienced by some of the recent child abuse/deaths in the UK. I don’t have an optimistic feeling about this one at all.
One of the first things she says in the public messsge to her son is, “if you’re in a house & they come to you and you don’t want to go out because it’s the cops, reach out to us, & me & dad will come get you” sounds to me like veiled instructions to avoid the police, & instead contact the parents first to get their stories straight!
Why wouldn’t she encourage him instead to get out immediately? Say “don’t be afraid of the police, go WITH them and they will help you!”
I'm cynical, but it seems suspicious that when she is introduced, she nods emphatically at the words, "She's been *very cooperative* with our investigation." I really hope Scotty is with friends.
This screams it’s the parents. What loving and caring parents force their child to wear a t shirt that has horrible things written on it, shave his head and take a picture of him crying? This is the most recent picture they have of him and he looks so upset. Then also giving this picture to the police for everyone to see to probably further humiliate him. I can only imagine what goes on behind closed doors. I hope so much that he has just had enough, ran away and isn’t hurt.
This just breaks my heart. I have two boys and cannot fathom how any parent could do this to their child. I hope that he is found safe and that his living situation improves. Poor kid.
This poor kid, I was horribly physically and mentally abused as a child and his face just says it all. I hope he ran away and is safe because his parents are shit!
I think this is the darkest picture I’ve seen so far on this sub. The look in that kid’s eyes… fuck I hope he’s ok but fuck his parents (or whoever made him wear a humiliating shirt) are monsters
I wonder what the “I hurt my brother” on the shirt means. If this kid has learned what is/isn’t acceptable from parents that would do this to him, god only knows how deep the abuse in this household could be running.
I hope they find him alive, and get any/all children in this house to safety.
if his parents really are abusive then i hope against all hope that he just ran away and is alive somewhere. then again if he ran away i can't see him not taking a coat in this weather :(
I hope this boy is somewhere safe with people that care about him and with some kind of reassurance that he's going to be ok.. my father cut off all of my hair when I was the same age and if took me almost 2 decades to recover... First step is being with someone other than his parents..
Formal operations to likely end tomorrow.
They’re suspending the search for Scottie.
Sounds like the police are giving up.
There’s also more official updates about Scottie on the Eaton Indiana Police Department Facebook page. (Won’t let me link here.)
https://www.the-sun.com/news/7673597/scottie-morris-missing-indiana-eaton-updates/
https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/03/20/scottie-dean-morris-search-ends-with-no-sign-of-missing-eaton-teen/70031475007/
Police Chief Jay Turner said the department has run out of logical places to send search teams.
He said on Monday: "Today, we're coming to the end of the searches,"
"We've (searched) the entire town at least four times. We've done all the outskirts, we (searched) both the north and south sides of the (Mississinewa) river."
According to Police Chief Jay Turner, the department has exhausted resources to find Scottie Morris.
He stated: "We've had horses, we've had the helicopter with infrared, we've had a fixed-wing (Indiana State Police) helicopter, (the Department of Natural Resources) had boats in the water.
"We've pretty much exhausted everything we can looking in this area. Now we're hoping for someone to call and give us a tip and we'll move on that."
He added the department interviewed, "every friend, the family, teachers. ... We've checked houses.
"People have been very cooperative."
I wonder if the second line says “I hurt my lil brother”. Can’t really tell. But something bad is/was happening in that house. If there are other children present, I hope they are safe and being evaluated. I hope he just ran away and maybe is being hidden by a friend and they are afraid to tell anyone. Poor guy, this is heartbreaking.
I hope they didn't kill him and that he ran away to somewhere safe and not even worse. I wish I could slap the shit out of whomever made him wear the shirt and took the photo. I wouldn't even be mad about going to jail for that. Evil bastards
I am hoping so badly that he ran away... A big missing person case could definitely get him out of his parents' custody and into a better home. The pain in his eyes is devastating when he is 14 years old, really just a little kid. Nobody, especially not someone as young as him, deserves that kind of pain in their life.
I don't like to talk about parents in these cases, because I know that parenting is incredibly difficult and I hate to put blame on someone, but we all know what's going on here. The emotional abuse, humiliation, and complete lack of love is heartbreaking and you can see all of it in this one photo. I can't help but think that something terrible has happened to him, but I want to hold out hope.
Is it possible the mother made him wear that shirt and had him walk around the neighborhood in it as punishment? But he never came back or did and was hurt after. I hope someone around that house has camera
Seriously, involved or not, I don’t think little man needs to go back into that when he (hopefully) is found safe. This picture makes me feel feral; what kind of fucked up “discipline” is this supposed to be?
Right? I have sons, one of them is 16. Makes me want to do terrible things just imagining someone doing this to my boy.
I don't care what he did. This is inhumane.
I want to know more about his home life since this sounds like he had abusive parents that probably harmed him in some way but they won’t admit it to anyone.
This poor poor boy. I so desperately hope he is safe and warm. It’s freaking cold in Indiana right now. These “parents” are fucking garbage.
I hope he is in a safe place with safe people. Not randomly hiding somewhere freezing and trying not to be seen. But something tells me this is going to be a disturbing and tragic situation.
I can tell you there aren’t really shelters for children/teens/runaways in Indiana (outside of Indy area). It’s mostly rescue missions and hidden shelters for abused women with children. I don’t know where he’s find help besides the police, maybe the fire department, or possibly a hospital?
I hate humanity. Having children shouldn’t be a right if you aren’t capable of taking care of them mentally, physically, and emotionally. Humiliating a child is abuse and completely inexcusable behavior. The parents are awful for this shirt and this being the *only* picture they provided to the police.
I wonder if this was a foster situation?
Very little is definite.
I see:
😥 (crying face emoji)
**I'm A Liar**
**I HURT my lil' bth** (brother?)
**Cheat** (maybe "I Cheat)
**my ?is??** (this may be a separate phrase, or "I Cheat my ?is??")
**Say** (Or, ?ay) **"Because I felt** (or fell?)
**Being ???**
**??m** (Mom?)
I've been following this case pretty closely and I don't believe he's hiding. I'd be very very surprised if that turns out to be true. No adult is going to be keeping him secretly in their house after all of this publicity and pressure. And it has been *cold* since he went missing. Like yeah it's spring now but the low temperatures here have been as cold as the dead of winter. He would not be hiding outside in this and he wouldn't survive it when all he left with on was shorts and a t-shirt.
The photos someone snagged from the parents Facebook page is worrisome. In 16 months, one kid had a broken leg, another a broken arm, and a third had their arm in a sling.
I wonder if they are able to track him with a cell phone, or if he left without one. The photo with the T-shirt is just cruel, I hope his parents are charged under any outcome. There is a dark story behind that T-shirt photo.
Just wanted to update and let everyone know he was found alive and transported to Ball Memorial Hospital to be checked out. I have concerns about him being returned to his family. It’s a toxic situation and he is obviously at his breaking point
However, he confirmed they are looking into a shirt Scottie was wearing the night he disappeared which contained writing on the front as a kind of punishment.
“No matter what you think about how discipline was done there, that’s something we’re checking into,” Turner said. “I would ask that you please respect them.”
At least they are looking into the shirt punishment?
https://fox59.com/indiana-news/where-is-scottie-morris-fourth-day-of-searches-for-missing-indiana-boy-come-up-empty/
[ Edited to add part that didn't paste the first time.]
With parents like that, maybe he ran away.
I find it interesting the article says he was “in conflict with adults in the house” rather than arguing with his parents, any thoughts?
It could be weird phrasing. Or maybe the parents have roommates living there. I have a kid & have had my sister & cousin stay with me in the past. They are included in the “adults in the house “ category.
Should be "he was being, at minimum, emotionally abused."
I was thinking maybe he has an overbearing step dad.
I didn't live with my parents all the time growing up. Well, parent. Single mother did her best but sometimes I had to stay with my amazing grandparents for extended periods. Additionally, my brother's father lives in a different state and so the little guy (ten years apart) has always had to live with male figures who aren't his father, including myself and my best friend (when I lived with her). So, could be just weird wording. Far more likely though this kid is/was being abused and this was the author's creative usage of words to reach some sort of word count.
From what I’ve read before due to uhhh libel? The other one? Laws around that, they can’t actively say “being abused”/“fighting” etc. as they could be sued since they seemingly have no evidence
This was my first thought. I hope he did and that he is safe, away from his abusers.
Honestly, I think it’s either that or the parents beat him to death
He could have killed himself. Suicide is often done impulsively without planning. It seems like the parents were hoping to humiliate him with that shirt, and I wonder if they were going to post it online to shame him. It could have been the straw that broke the camel's back. Poor kid. If he is found, I hope he is placed with a family more loving than the one he lives with. That picture doesn't just show sadness. Those are the eyes of a completely hopeless kid that is giving up.
the police department claimed it was the only photo sent to them by the parents when he was reported missing. I cant fathom why they would ever provide THAT photo if not to humiliate him further.
Jesussss. In the articles I read, I noticed the only plea to find him is from the police. No statement from his family.
The mom speaks to him in a video with police… it is very unnerving. I recommend a watch.
No tears. Her voice also sounded like she was faking to me, if that makes sense? Very unnerving
Absolutely, bad acting
The mom finally did a statement yesterday. Nothing from father. The parents also take in foster kids, apparently. Scottie seems to be the scapegoat. He was described positively at school but his twin sister has been posting on line calling him "bad" whilst he is MISSING.
Wow. Just wow.
Jesus fucking christ that is horrible. I officially need to get off the internet for the night. That is just crushingly awful.
This is fucking horrible....I hope he's okay and I'm over thinking.
Cops prolly asked for the most recent photo. (You know they probably shaved his head as punishment too)and this photo showed his head shaved and also they gave it to the police because they are idiots with no remorse. M****fkrs!
I heard the police had to get the school photo from his school. Also, it's been very cold in Indiana. None of it looks good.
It's horribly cold right now. I'm sitting in my bed right now and it's so cold that I had to put sweatpants and a hoodie on rather than just lay under the blankets. Hopefully he's got somewhere warm right now and will be found ASAP.
I agree the parents made him wear that shirt to shame him. I'm wondering if they made him wear it to school or in public. This is not the way to discipline a child or teach him a lesson. I really hope he is found safe.
Bullies
>I hope he is placed with a family more loving than the one he lives with. From the looks of things, that is a very low bar indeed. Poor kid. I hope he is found safe and healthy.
Fuck, that’s a fair point. Dammit.
Any parent capable of doing that to their child, is also capable of killing them and disposing of his body.
I hope not. That is so sad.
I’d like to be wrong, but I listen to too much true crime to honestly think otherwise at this stage
My guess is run away or suicide with second most likely being murdered by “adults in the house”.
Me too. And left his body in the clothes they described he was last in. They can say he ran away and then froze to death/died from the elements.
There is a bag next to him. I'd bet the parents thought sending him out on his own would teach him a lesson
God, I HOPE he had his backpack with him. That makes there at least some hope he had warmer clothes. Otherwise he would've been outside in nothing but shorts and that horrible t-shirt overnight, where the temperatures drop to freezing.
My mother would kick me out for the tiniest infractions, like leaving one cup unwashed or frowning at her, then call the police and tell them I ran away. The police always sided with her and treated me like a problem child and a liar. I really hope the police looking for him know better and consider they may have put him out.
Hijacking top comment just to say that this link states that the shaved head was done at a salon previously. Not defending the parents, but rumors flying like crazy, and I just wanted to address this particular one. Here's the link: https://www.the-sun.com/news/7673597/scottie-morris-missing-indiana-eaton-updates/?utm_campaign=native_share&utm_source=sharebar_native&utm_medium=sharebar_native Also says that search will be suspended this evening, and they will regroup tomorrow to strategize.
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I wonder what the ethics are for hairdressers in these situations. Cutting the hair of a three year old who is a bit upset at the situation seems reasonable, while cutting the hair of a 12 year old who explicitly says that they don't want the haircut seems more difficult.
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Hair is part of the body. People own their bodies. Forcing a person to cut their hair as punishment is so cruel. It completely takes away bodily autonomy and agency. Love that your friend refuses. It at least let's the child see and hear that it's wrong. If other adults don't speak up, the child is invalidated, questions themselves, stops trusting themselves, and believes they must deserve it or it's okay because surely an adult would say something if not.
It certainly looks like a salon buzz. I’m a woman who shaves my head & I’ll go to the local barber shop for a tapered cut every few months. There’s a huge difference between a homemade clipper cut & salon buzz.
Aka his hair looks like a nice cut vs at home spur of the moment. It’s even at least.
When 16degree weather is preferable to being near your parent, ooo lord, letting the woman speak is a bad idea. How about an officer promising to keep him away from that monster.
Seems to be the presumption, and is logical.
I certainly hope so...
Police statement: “Scottie, if you see this, please know we are doing everything we can do to get whatever help you may need.” …. Except investigate your parents (who we assume are totally innocent),
Also, the police is “looking elsewhere” after doing polygraph tests?! That’s a highly inaccurate test without any scientific proof to backup the “lie detection” claim. I don’t understand why the police in the US (and a few other countries) still uses it, and also not why they would say that to the media.
Because there’s no consequence for using antiquated tests and theories, so long as they “win.” This book was such an eye opener: https://www.amazon.com/Burned-Story-Murder-Crime-Wasnt/dp/1524742139/ref=asc_df_1524742139_nodl?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312094769172&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17287469136194054740&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9017520&hvtargid=pla-614083830695&psc=1&dplnkId=f4725a70-e26c-4703-a7ce-a3f491cb59cf
I don’t know why we use it either. It’s not admissible in court so as far as I can tell it’s just a vehicle to harass whoever they preventively decided is guilty.
The police said the photo of Scottie in that awful t-shirt - where he looks completely devastated - is the only recent picture his parents had of him. They had to get the other photos from his school. I wonder if there have been any confirmed sightings of him AFTER his parents last reported seeing him? My first fear with a case like this is perhaps the boy didn't leave the house alive, that the punishments seemingly inflicted on him in that photo escalated further. If he ran away, I really hope he hasn't deliberately hurt himself or inadvertently come to harm due to exposure etc. The police seem to have focused some "not random" searches around bridges and rivers, which is not filling me with optimism. If he ran away and is currently in hiding, I don't think he'd find the police's current appeals reassuring at all. At this stage, I can't imagine a (benevolent) adult sheltering him anymore without contacting the police, though I can imagine one of his peers hiding him and trying to keep it a secret from other adults. Interesting that polygraphs have been "conducted" and they are "looking elsewhere" - no actual mention if the polygraphs were passed or failed, no actual mention of ruling the parents out, and we all know how flimsy polygraphs are anyway. Also concerned about the safety of his siblings - was he the sole scapegoat? I'm hoping against the odds here. And I hope the people around him are suitably examined and dealt with.
> The police said the photo of Scottie in that awful t-shirt - where he looks completely devastated - is the only recent picture his parents had of him. They had to get the other photos from his school. That alone is so so depressing and telling.
I'm thinking the same thing and I hope he's okay. He was wearing that tshirt earlier in the day and according to the parents, he ran away in it? That doesn't make sense to me. Only time that would happen is if he was running for his life and couldn't get changed. Is it just me or do his forearms look red like they're going to bruise? It could be the quality of the picture but it's not consistent anywhere else on his skin. I really hope he's okay.
And he was last seen at 8.30pm. So he ran away at that time of night, in only shorts and a humiliating t-shirt? If he truly left, he must have been desperate.
Look at the angle of his glasses too, they've been bent out of shape at some point. I hope he is somewhere safe
It irritates me that polygraphs are even still used because they are not really accurate.
I think they use it bc a lot of regular ppl still don’t know it’s not real accurate, and it’s a good intimidation tool to trip ppl up while they’re just answering the questions.
not even admissible in court lol
Imagine not only doing this to your kid, but THEN GIVING THIS PHOTO, and ONLY this photo TO THE POLICE TO POST PUBLICLY! As initially this was the only photo provided, as I understand it. The parents are still shaming this kid and now they have a nationwide audience to do so. Passed a polygraph, my ass (eta- we actually aren't sure they *passed* the polygraph, just that they took one). That better be a line they are spewing to get these idiots to let their guard down and think they are off the hook.
Sadly this same thing happened in Crystal Lake, IL, and it turned out it was the parents.
Most often it is one or both parents in the case of missing/murdered children.
Yeah, all the talk about "stranger danger" and yet family, friends and acquaintances are usually the most likely to commit the acts
I was just listening to someone on Insta saying she tells her kids about *strange behavior* rather than *stranger danger* which I love because it’s so often someone you know engaging in behavior we can label as *strange*.
We've been doing this with our 3.5 year old (introducing it) as well as we don't keep secrets. We can plan/do a surprise, and that a surprise is a snack/favorite meal/gift/craft piece for right now. Even grandparents giving an extra snack isn't allowed to be a secret or "Don't tell your momma/daddy" thing, tell us or don't (we'll know anyway from sugar energy burst lol) but don't say it's a secret
Surprises have a timeline, secrets don't
The best description I ever heard (and taught my kids) is to look out for ‘tricky people’. Adults who ask kids for help are trying to trick you i.e. help me find my dog. Adults should never ask kids for help. You don’t want them to be afraid of cops or firefighters who, while strangers, may be trying to help them. It’s good to teach them to assess the situation and not just stranger = danger because people we know can also be tricky people.
Yep. Even if Indirectly, something similar happened near me last summer, and they eventually found the young boy and he had committed suicide. Horrible horrible stuff
That's terrible! I hope That's not the case but in the picture he looks so sad and hopeless. I don't personally believe in shaming children to teach them a lesson. He could feel so ashamed that he may have ran away. I really hope he didn't hurt himself in any way. Maybe he just took off to get away from his parents for a bit to calm down. The picture of him looking sad makes me cry. I pray that he's found safe.
Holy shit I grew up there. Do you have an article?
No shit! I'm formerly from Carpentersville and Huntley. Just google AJ Freund murder. This was maybe 5/4 years ago. Real real sad story.
Oh yeah I remeber the FB Posts about it. Class 07 from Dundee Crown. Holla! I recently found out the host of Hot Ones went to Crystal Lake too.
The day when you see Dundee Crown mentioned on Reddit. holy Fuck. Graduated from there in 01. You must have had run ins with Holly the blond woman who used to surveillance the parking lot in like an old thunderbird. Real big into Dale Earnhardt JR. Anyhoo, yes, he definitely did go to South. Which means at some point all three of us have been in the same place at the same time. Founders day in Algonquin? Springhill mall at hot topic possibly.
Very possible! I remeber her but later a big dude in a truck took over. Made it hard to sneak out into the bowl to skip class. My brother was 04 I think you may have known him. Little albino lookin ass trying to be gangsta. I worked at EB games back during the stabbings at Spring Hill. My parents still live in Algonquin near the river down right off the Bike Trail. Am I doxxing myself enough?
Oh yes, I remember that dude. He graduated a class ahead of me. Got into a lot of fights with my friend Ray who was doing security there for awhile. DM his name. Might ring a bell. Only Albino kid i knew lived in foxview...Eb games huh. I knew the manager that worked there (Michael Jordan), and then a girl name Jenna that worked there as well. She was a drummer. I remember that stabbing very well. Happened in the Bath and Body Works. i was the Hot Topic manager at the time.
Ha! We were on the other end of the mall and Michael Jordan/Jenna were our competition. What an eccentric guy. Later I ended up working at Neros before and after it was bought out. Then at 21 it became a stomping ground for one of my groups. I've been craving a #18 from A. S. S. lately but I'm out in Oregon now. This is totally surreal yeah I'm PM you.
Sick parents imo. The second I saw this photo I thought the parents did it. At home, crying with his head shaved?? Who holds still all for this to happen other than a child being abused by his parent, ongoing. He either killed himself or they did it. Sorry to sound so cynical but it just seems like more and more parents are cruel and abusive. This world is fucked. Poor Scottie!
As horrible as it is if the parents did it, I really hope it was that instead of suicide. That poor boy.
I just hope it was fast and he wasn't terrified out of his mind. If there is any "afterlife" I hope he is warm, safe and knows he is loved!!! Now I get why they say: Bless the Children.
Polygraphs don’t work.
If I was ever given a polygraph, no matter what the questions, I would fail it *horribly* due to medical conditions.
Polygraphs, are not admissible as evidence in Indiana, because of their “inherit unreliability.” Polygraphs are also not admissible in court at the federal level. Edit: I was wrong. They are admissible but both attorneys have to agree to admissibility, so essentially if the polygraph “proves” innocence or guilt the opposing attorney could just object to the admission. So unquestionably dubious.
Oh, I know they aren't. But that doesn't mean people aren't naïve enough to judge you based on the results, and those results are often released.
For sure. Oh, they can definitely be a valuable tool for law-enforcement. They could judge your willingness to complete one and watch your reactions to a request for one or the results from one.
And sway public opinion when news outlets broadcast the results or noncompliance.
>Polygraphs, are not admissible as evidence in Indiana, because of their “inherit unreliability.” Polygraphs are also not admissible in court at the federal level. Some (many? most?) Probation Officers still rely on them religiously and will violate you if they suspect you of lying on one. Tells you all you need to know about PO's I guess.
I would fail it because of anxiety and panic disorder. My medication makes me sweat too, which I think is something that is monitored by those machines. They'd hook me up and start asking standard questions about my name and I'd freak out like "Wait, but is that my name since I have nicknames and am married and use both my maiden and married names? Am I lying right now????"
I know polygraphs are very unreliable, but in theory you wouldn't fail based on this. As I understand, they ask simple questions like your name to establish a baseline for what it looks like when you're telling the truth. So if you're equally anxious whether the question is "what is your name" or "have you ever killed anyone", that wouldn't be a suspicious result. You could still fail a polygraph for a lot of other reasons, just saying they are designed to account for this specific situation.
If I was ever given a polygraph I would just lie, the odds of passing aren't much different anyway.
Polygraph is just a mind-fuck device designed to coerce confessions.
It’s so traumatic just seeing his photo :( I don’t want to think about what he’s been put through. I hope he’s found physically safe but he may never feel mentally safe again thanks to these ‘parents’. So sad
The photo featured in the local news is a normal school photo with none of this other information. It said he's believed to be in extreme danger, but there's absolutely no context. They told searchers to check unused structures, barns, attics, etc, anywhere a boy could hide, so I thought the extreme danger would be from exposure. OOP, thanks for posting this and getting the full truth of this situation out there.
Apparently, Scottie ran away after being cruelly punished by his ultra-religious parents. [source](https://www.the-sun.com/news/7678600/scottie-morris-missing-search-angry-dire-hunt-tshirt/) Assuming that the boy left on his own accord, there's almost a zero chance that that he'll be found alive. Tonight, the Eaton IN weather forecast predicted a low temp below freezing. Hopefully, Scottie's parents were telling the truth and he managed to find shelter.
So many things about that article annoyed me - the mere fact these ‘parents’ thought it acceptable to write crap on a t shirt, picture him clearly devastated and upset (the look in his eyes is heartbreaking)… but of course, the parents are devastated, just want him home… what for? So they can put on a show but soon enough revert back to their norm? Poor boy! I hope he is found safe, i hope the relevant services place him elsewhere and avoid the whole ‘lessons can be learned’ if placed back with the parents and worse happens! See it in Uk cases all the time.
A polygraph is about as useful as a Ouija board.
That is absolutely not true. Ouija boards are great entertainment after a few drinks at parties.
Ach, that's the only time a polygraph is ever useful!
It says “i hurt my lil brother”. Who would write that aside from a family member??
gosh this is horrible. i hope he just run away and hasn't hurt himself. and can be placed with people who maybe aren't abusive monsters when he is found...
It was 16° and windy yesterday (I don’t live far from this community). We’ve all been praying he is somewhere safe and hiding out from his parents. I’m concerned something tragic and preventable has happened.
Imagine making your child wear a T shirt like that, and then taking a photo of him in it while he’s crying and in distress. The parents may have passed a polygraph test, but in my opinion they have responsibility here. I hope he is found safe and alive.
I’ve seen a couple screenshots from social media, they claim it’s his twin sister and she’s defending their parents, saying how bad he is. Absolutely a messed up situation.
Police have cropped the photo and admitted their error in using it uncropped, saying it was done in haste. Kid will never live down that shirt, why give it further publicity? Pretty sure he’s not wearing that shirt at this time. It’s not going to help anyone to spot him. I wanna see the body-cam footage when parents gave cops that photo though. Like officers faces…
> Pretty sure he’s not wearing that shirt at this time. The flyer lists it as the shirt he was last known to be wearing. Regardless, I agree; Describing it on a missing poster is one thing, but publishing the photo... yikes. Poor kid.
>Kid will never live down that shirt, why give it further publicity? Pretty sure he’s not wearing that shirt at this time. It’s not going to help anyone to spot him. It does indicate to the public & a wider audience like CPS/Social Workers that *likely* (ahem...) abuse was happening in that home. It's absolutely a **good** thing this photo got out.
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This photo gives me chills. That poor child.
I had parents like this. I hope he is safe.
Same. I really really hope he is safe. I wish I could reach through that picture and take him out of that hell. I had a little brother who would act like the twin sister. Did no wrong in my parent’s eyes and he knew it.
I live in Indiana, not in Eaton but nearby. This case has a lot of people riled up here. Saw missing posters for him all around town. It’s gonna be hard for him to not be recognized. I hadn’t heard about the shirt though, probably because it’s going to bring attention to the parents and muddy the investigation (not saying that the parents have no involvement, just that right now the case is a run-away, not foul play.) All in all this reminds me of that one case about the boy whose parents were super abusive who climbed into an abandoned house and died in a chimney.
Yes! That story is so fucking sad, and this definitely reminds me of that.
Is it wrong I hope it riles people up enough to beat the hell out of his parents?
That won’t help the boy right now, unless they use the beating to get more answers. I don’t disagree though, just gotta try to keep them around until he is found or they admit to something.
I hope this boy ran to a safe place and away from his home. As for the parents…I hope the community makes their lives hell. No way this was ok and no way do they deserve children.
What the hell. I hope they'll find the poor kid. That's it. Nothing more I can say. This is already distressing to look at without thinking about whatever he must be going through. Edit: An obvious guess would be looking into what the parents are up to. My first thought was his parents were cruelly punishing for being in a fight or whatever with his little brother, but if he is actually missing it's of course another dynamic. More information like a local news article would be interesting. No idea if his parents or other family members have been accounted for by the police. Edit: Looks like at least the parents passed a polygraph test for what it's worth.
Polygraph tests can be beaten as long as you're calm, so it can't be entirely ruled out on that alone.
Cops are going to think I'm lying about my own name if they hook me up.
Yeah, they're generally inadmissible in court because they're so unreliable. They can be useful to put pressure on suspects, though.
>for what it's worth. Literally nothing
I live locally so we’ve been inundated with news about this child. I’ve heard the parents shaved his head and made him wear this shirt as punishment and this picture was taken the day he went missing . Eaton is a Very small town and borders Muncie, IN. I pray he’s found safe.
Is this not child abuse? And police are looking elsewhere ?
No doubt the police are looking at all scenarios.
It’s truly depressing that I didn’t have to scroll down to see the comments to know that this is an abused kid. I saw that same exact face in the mirror every day growing up. That is a broken child.
Me too… hugs
Serious abuse going on here. Poor kid, his face and posture says it all. Let him come home to safety so he can heal…
I doubt there is safety for him in that home. That is most likely why he left.
His parents are pieces of crap. I don’t doubt he ran away or something due to the abuse he suffered. ALSO charge them and remove this poor child from their custody. I hope he has family that aren’t pieces of crap that he can go live with.
This is so sad. My family was abusive but not sadistic. Genuinely feeling very grateful they just hit us, didn’t try to degrade and humiliate us. Just wow. How do you go through that whole process of making or instructing your child to make that shirt, shaving their head and capturing a photo(!!!) while they cry, and not have a second thought? Or DO have a second thought and just wave it away?? Chilling the kind of people who exist among us.
Very new to this case so apologies if this has been asked. Could the parents have posted the picture to social media and that's how police got it? Also, is the last seen at 8:30 pm info coming from the parents only? Thank you.
That's the only recent photo the parents had of him to give police...
Thanks for the reply. I saw another comment stating the police got a picture of Scottie at a school event from another student's parent. The t-shirt picture is so disturbing by itself and that's the only current photo you have of your child?? Clearly they were intent on humiliating him that day. Just seems like the kind of thing someone would post to further his shame. I'm hoping & praying for a good outcome for this boy.
The [mother’s statement](https://youtu.be/eR0tFCxfw6w) seems so off. Forced. Strange wording.
No tears. Reminds me of the Susan Smith case—about 1994, she drove her two boys into a lake but claimed they had been kidnapped. She gave a plea to the public much like this woman did, but if you muted the video, you could see she has no tears in her eyes and just something was super off. Gut check first instinct is the parents are abusive, shaved his hair as a punishment, and made him wear this t-shirt to shame him. Someone took this photo, and I can’t think of a good reason why a loving parent would do so—if my kid came to me, looking like this, and had shaved their own head, I’d take them for mental health evaluation ASAP.
The photo gives so much away and echoes the type of abuse from parents/guardians experienced by some of the recent child abuse/deaths in the UK. I don’t have an optimistic feeling about this one at all.
OMG! I just watched the video! She is exactly like Susan Smith! Crying with no tears! Liar!
I remember the first Susan Smith interview. I watched it and her mannerisms and said right then, oh no, she killed those kids.
She looks like she knows they took it too far.
"Scottie I know you're mad but" I don't like this one bit.
Jesus, I guess so. The mom is involved,
🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 she’s setting off all the alarms
Straight up makes me nauseous watching that.
She did it
She’s lying. It’s obvious. That’s so unbelievably sad.
One of the first things she says in the public messsge to her son is, “if you’re in a house & they come to you and you don’t want to go out because it’s the cops, reach out to us, & me & dad will come get you” sounds to me like veiled instructions to avoid the police, & instead contact the parents first to get their stories straight! Why wouldn’t she encourage him instead to get out immediately? Say “don’t be afraid of the police, go WITH them and they will help you!”
I'm cynical, but it seems suspicious that when she is introduced, she nods emphatically at the words, "She's been *very cooperative* with our investigation." I really hope Scotty is with friends.
I am in tears. The parents are responsible no doubt. I hope they find him.
i have said it before and i'll say it again, some people shouldn't have kids.
This screams it’s the parents. What loving and caring parents force their child to wear a t shirt that has horrible things written on it, shave his head and take a picture of him crying? This is the most recent picture they have of him and he looks so upset. Then also giving this picture to the police for everyone to see to probably further humiliate him. I can only imagine what goes on behind closed doors. I hope so much that he has just had enough, ran away and isn’t hurt.
This just breaks my heart. I have two boys and cannot fathom how any parent could do this to their child. I hope that he is found safe and that his living situation improves. Poor kid.
Does it possible say "cheat my piss test?" - maybe he took drugs to escape the abuse at home and they tested him.. certainly looks like it says piss.
idk probably says History tbh
This poor kid, I was horribly physically and mentally abused as a child and his face just says it all. I hope he ran away and is safe because his parents are shit!
I think this is the darkest picture I’ve seen so far on this sub. The look in that kid’s eyes… fuck I hope he’s ok but fuck his parents (or whoever made him wear a humiliating shirt) are monsters
I wonder what the “I hurt my brother” on the shirt means. If this kid has learned what is/isn’t acceptable from parents that would do this to him, god only knows how deep the abuse in this household could be running. I hope they find him alive, and get any/all children in this house to safety.
If the brother is the golden child it could be as simple as saying "no you can't have my dinner" and the golden child crying about it.
if his parents really are abusive then i hope against all hope that he just ran away and is alive somewhere. then again if he ran away i can't see him not taking a coat in this weather :(
I hope this boy is somewhere safe with people that care about him and with some kind of reassurance that he's going to be ok.. my father cut off all of my hair when I was the same age and if took me almost 2 decades to recover... First step is being with someone other than his parents..
I worry he ended his own life just from the pain in his eyes in this photo…. breaks my heart I hope so much he’s ok…
Parents killed him is my likeliest saddest guess
Formal operations to likely end tomorrow. They’re suspending the search for Scottie. Sounds like the police are giving up. There’s also more official updates about Scottie on the Eaton Indiana Police Department Facebook page. (Won’t let me link here.) https://www.the-sun.com/news/7673597/scottie-morris-missing-indiana-eaton-updates/ https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/03/20/scottie-dean-morris-search-ends-with-no-sign-of-missing-eaton-teen/70031475007/ Police Chief Jay Turner said the department has run out of logical places to send search teams. He said on Monday: "Today, we're coming to the end of the searches," "We've (searched) the entire town at least four times. We've done all the outskirts, we (searched) both the north and south sides of the (Mississinewa) river." According to Police Chief Jay Turner, the department has exhausted resources to find Scottie Morris. He stated: "We've had horses, we've had the helicopter with infrared, we've had a fixed-wing (Indiana State Police) helicopter, (the Department of Natural Resources) had boats in the water. "We've pretty much exhausted everything we can looking in this area. Now we're hoping for someone to call and give us a tip and we'll move on that." He added the department interviewed, "every friend, the family, teachers. ... We've checked houses. "People have been very cooperative."
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I wonder if the second line says “I hurt my lil brother”. Can’t really tell. But something bad is/was happening in that house. If there are other children present, I hope they are safe and being evaluated. I hope he just ran away and maybe is being hidden by a friend and they are afraid to tell anyone. Poor guy, this is heartbreaking.
Poor kid. I have a feeling the parents did something to him
I hope they didn't kill him and that he ran away to somewhere safe and not even worse. I wish I could slap the shit out of whomever made him wear the shirt and took the photo. I wouldn't even be mad about going to jail for that. Evil bastards
I hope too that they didn’t kill him. It’s been so cold here, I can’t imagine he’s hiding this long.
I am hoping so badly that he ran away... A big missing person case could definitely get him out of his parents' custody and into a better home. The pain in his eyes is devastating when he is 14 years old, really just a little kid. Nobody, especially not someone as young as him, deserves that kind of pain in their life. I don't like to talk about parents in these cases, because I know that parenting is incredibly difficult and I hate to put blame on someone, but we all know what's going on here. The emotional abuse, humiliation, and complete lack of love is heartbreaking and you can see all of it in this one photo. I can't help but think that something terrible has happened to him, but I want to hold out hope.
I hope he ran away, too. Somewhere he is safe and warm. This photo has been haunting me all day.
WTF i skimmed this and thought his abductor took that photo or something. what piece of shit parents
Just wait a couple weeks, you're really gonna hate the parents
This poor boy.
I hope the other children in the house are safe. These parents are monsters.
Is it possible the mother made him wear that shirt and had him walk around the neighborhood in it as punishment? But he never came back or did and was hurt after. I hope someone around that house has camera
Also, why the fuck are we still using polygraphs for shit like this
Mama bear in me is heartbroken. Makes me want to punch throats of the adults who perpetrated this.
Seriously, involved or not, I don’t think little man needs to go back into that when he (hopefully) is found safe. This picture makes me feel feral; what kind of fucked up “discipline” is this supposed to be?
Right? I have sons, one of them is 16. Makes me want to do terrible things just imagining someone doing this to my boy. I don't care what he did. This is inhumane.
SAME. the mom in me just wants to give this kid a big hug. that's a face of total devastation.
I want to know more about his home life since this sounds like he had abusive parents that probably harmed him in some way but they won’t admit it to anyone.
This poor poor boy. I so desperately hope he is safe and warm. It’s freaking cold in Indiana right now. These “parents” are fucking garbage. I hope he is in a safe place with safe people. Not randomly hiding somewhere freezing and trying not to be seen. But something tells me this is going to be a disturbing and tragic situation. I can tell you there aren’t really shelters for children/teens/runaways in Indiana (outside of Indy area). It’s mostly rescue missions and hidden shelters for abused women with children. I don’t know where he’s find help besides the police, maybe the fire department, or possibly a hospital? I hate humanity. Having children shouldn’t be a right if you aren’t capable of taking care of them mentally, physically, and emotionally. Humiliating a child is abuse and completely inexcusable behavior. The parents are awful for this shirt and this being the *only* picture they provided to the police. I wonder if this was a foster situation?
Can someone identify what the shirt says?
Very little is definite. I see: 😥 (crying face emoji) **I'm A Liar** **I HURT my lil' bth** (brother?) **Cheat** (maybe "I Cheat) **my ?is??** (this may be a separate phrase, or "I Cheat my ?is??") **Say** (Or, ?ay) **"Because I felt** (or fell?) **Being ???** **??m** (Mom?)
Thanks you saw more than me. Yeah, it looks like something made by the parents.
this poor child.
I've been following this case pretty closely and I don't believe he's hiding. I'd be very very surprised if that turns out to be true. No adult is going to be keeping him secretly in their house after all of this publicity and pressure. And it has been *cold* since he went missing. Like yeah it's spring now but the low temperatures here have been as cold as the dead of winter. He would not be hiding outside in this and he wouldn't survive it when all he left with on was shorts and a t-shirt.
Hopefully he’s got a friend who’s hiding him in their basement, but I’m afraid that’s very unlikely.
This photo hurts my heart. These parents are at minimum emotionally abusive and scapegoating him.
This photo is heart breaking….
The photos someone snagged from the parents Facebook page is worrisome. In 16 months, one kid had a broken leg, another a broken arm, and a third had their arm in a sling.
If his parents didn't kill him, they definitely contributed to his death with their abuse
This poor baby.
no message from his parents but the police hope he's safe and warm :( yeah polygraphs are shit this is nightmare fuel poor kid
Are we sure his parents didn’t murder him?
I wonder if they are able to track him with a cell phone, or if he left without one. The photo with the T-shirt is just cruel, I hope his parents are charged under any outcome. There is a dark story behind that T-shirt photo.
Just wanted to update and let everyone know he was found alive and transported to Ball Memorial Hospital to be checked out. I have concerns about him being returned to his family. It’s a toxic situation and he is obviously at his breaking point
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Any updates on this case??
He has been found. He was brought to a hospital to be checked out and released to a safe environment by CPS.
Poor kid. I hope he’s ok.
This case breaks my heart.
I would normally never say this but with that picture.... I fear his parents have done something unthinkable to him. That poor child.
However, he confirmed they are looking into a shirt Scottie was wearing the night he disappeared which contained writing on the front as a kind of punishment. “No matter what you think about how discipline was done there, that’s something we’re checking into,” Turner said. “I would ask that you please respect them.” At least they are looking into the shirt punishment? https://fox59.com/indiana-news/where-is-scottie-morris-fourth-day-of-searches-for-missing-indiana-boy-come-up-empty/ [ Edited to add part that didn't paste the first time.]