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.. "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. Like David Robinson, Jeff McGrath is a father. And I said, We don't do missing persons. Nothing except miles and miles of open desert. 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. The car was found only a few miles from the wellsite where he was last seen. He has dark brown eyes and black hair and was born without a right hand. Authorities have asked anyone with information about Robinsons disappearance to call the Buckeye Police tip line at(623) 349-6411. Of the more than 400 people we've reported on, more than a third are still missing. The families of Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson, who have been missing for weeks and months, respectively, are calling for more attention to be brought to those men's cases. A lot of people found the scene puzzling, including Police Chief Larry Hall. Is this the answer he's been chasing? This is one of the things the families of the missing have to endure: people who inject themselves into the case. if you would like to attend the meet up place is in the coordinates One day passed, then another. And no cash withdrawn from his bank account. Its unclear how many cycles occurred during tow recovery and when investigators downloaded data," the report added, according to FOX 10. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. In Petitos case, the coverage prompted a flood of tips that eventually led authorities to her body. Private investigator Jeff McGrath was in the early days of his investigation when Daniel Robinson's father moved his son's Jeep to a secure location. Then, the woman told police, Daniel started showing up to her house uninvited and she had to ask him to stay away. Out here, the desert goes on forever. "Because of the way the Buckeye Police Department was handling my sons case, I kind of understand why. I was hoping that the Buckeye Police Department, at times, was going to tell me something like that.. HUMAN bones have been found in the search for missing Daniel Robinson, but his family have insisted it's not him. He just wants to see the same resources that were used to find Gabby Petito, deployed to find his son. "I will continue the search for my son," he wrote. I want them to give my son the same attention, and it makes me mad because this young white girl is getting that attention and my young Black son is not. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. PHOENIX - It's been a year since Arizona geologist Daniel Robinson went missing in the Sonoran Desert. WebUPCOMING PUBLIC SEARCH FOR DANIEL ROBINSON ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2023. Chief Hall: I mean, maybe I'll see you -- maybe I'll never see you again, that could be interpreted a lot of different ways.. "I want them to look for my child like they're looking for her," she said tearfully in a local TV interview. And others, just evil. 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. Jeff McGrath: They didn't find any evidence that supports the crime. And it gives David's volunteer army an area to more thoroughly search. Jeff spent 15 years as a police officer and a detective, then became a PI specializing in accident reconstruction. So far, they have not gotten involved. What else should we be looking at?. And I just grab everything I could and threw it in my vehicle and started heading this way., Josh Mankiewicz: That's, like, what, 2,000 miles? My family and I, we all feel the same way.". Jeff McGrath: What makes this such a mystery is that he just up and vanished., Buckeye Police Chief Larry Hall: We're always thinking about, where could he be? Josh Mankiewicz: You don't really think this has anything to do with his disappearance?, David Robinson: I really don't. There has been national focus over the last few days on the unfolding story of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old white woman whose death was ruled a homicide on Tuesday, nearly a month after she was last seen on a cross-country road trip with her now-missing boyfriend. You wish you lived in a world where everything was equal, but its really not equal, Robinsons father, David Robinson, told CNN this week. Police later found a human skull near the site of the crash on July 31 but confirmed it did not belong to Robinson. Of course, I couldn't keep myself together because it's a very emotional point.. Something was going on. According to a police report released this week, Robinson had been acting oddly at the job site prior to his disappearance an observation echoed by family members. The man said he remembered seeing Daniel in his undamaged Jeep. Robinsons family members say the Buckeye Police Department, which is handling his case, has had so little success that they have had to crowdfund search efforts themselves. Chief Hall: As to what we have, to see if they could critique the case and see if there's anything that, uh, you know, that -- that we could probably better investigate, or better look at, or they might have technology that could assist us.. "Our investigators are working tirelessly to find answers and bring closure to Daniel's loved ones.". Chief Hall: He said, Hey, let's -- why don't we just go over to Phoenix to relax, and that type of thing. Picture of missing geologist Daniel Robinson and his 2017 Jeep Renegade. That call did not come. "I will continue my searches for my son," said his father in a video posted to the Twitter page "Please Help Find Daniel. Updated: 6:17 PM MST August 25, 2021 BUCKEYE, Ariz. Daniel Robinson, 24, was last seen driving a blue 2017 Jeep Renegade away from his worksite On July 19, a rancher found Robinson's Jeep on his property approximately four miles southwest of the job site where Robinson was last seen, police said. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. It was an eyewitness account that changed the timeline of the day Daniel went missing. 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. Jeff has poured hundreds of hours into Daniel's case, and along the way found what seemed like new evidence. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, A few hours in and a volunteer calls out. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. Its been nearly 16 months since Daniel Robinson, then a 24-year-old geologist in Arizona, went missing. HUMAN bones have been found in the search for missing Daniel Robinson, but his family have insisted it's not him. When David hung up, he headed straight from his hotel to the police department where a detective was waiting. BUCKEYE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- The father of Daniel Robinson, who went missing after leaving a Buckeye job site over a year ago, says the human remains found in the desert over the weekend dont belong to his son. David Robinson tweeted that the remains werent Daniels, citing Buckeye police and the Maricopa County Medical Examiners Office. Their efforts include collecting and analyzing digital and physical evidence, locating and interviewing witnesses and searching for other leads, the department added. David Robinson: I called him immediately to try to get him on the phone to find out what's going on. Nothing wrong with any of that. He explained to me on the maps where the vehicle was found by that rancher. Those are people like Daniel Robinson. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider But Mr Robinson has been left "upset" with the handling of the case and believes authorities could have began an extensive search much earlier. Robinson's father, David Robinson, along with volunteer search crews, had been searching the area of Buckeye where Robinson's Jeep was found in a ravine -- just three miles from his worksite on July 19. Search group volunteer: Try to fan out.. Some provide valuable information. All rights reserved. Daniel's case is somewhat harder to understand. Police departments are set up to find people who are thought to have committed a crime, or to find people thought to be the victim of a crime. "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. His clothes, phone, keys and wallet were all inside. Less than a week later, Mr Robinson returned to Katelyns home unannounced. David Robinson at a search: If you have FRS radios, get on channel 8. His cell phone -- which at first would ring and ring -- now went straight to voicemail. And he said that, uh, Daniel went west, uh, which is concerning, because there's nothing out there.. I mean, because I don't have any evidence to say otherwise.. This is every day. "We are committed to finding Daniel Robinson," said Buckeye Police Chief Larry Hall. Time is of the essence and if you dont move fast enough, you may not ever find the person.". Investigators have utilized UTVs, cadaver dogs, and air support including a drone and a helicopter," Buckeye PD said in astatementon September 16. There were two curious things noted. Mr Robinson was last spotted on 23 June as he was leaving a worksite in the Arizona desert at Sun Valley Parkway and Cactus Road in Buckeye 35 miles west of the state capital of Pheonix. And it was ultimately driven up onto this ravine out in the desert, which is about 3.5 miles from his work site.. Read that update here. So Ill do whatever I -- whatever it takes to make it happen, it's gonna have to happen.. And that desert is huge.. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. We won't stop fighting for our children," he said. The first, a skull, was discovered on July 31, near where Daniels Jeep was found. They leave home and a lot of times they return back., Josh Mankiewicz: And in this case, that didn't happen., Chief Hall: That did not happen in this case.. It could be anything. All of that makes this part of the desert a place you don't want to get lost in. Still, the scene was puzzling. Critics swiftly pointed out how Petito, a young white woman, has been the subject of wall-to-wall news coverage, while people of color who go missing like Robinson, a Black man rarely receive the same kind of attention. And sometimes it's hard to tell them apart. How big is that search area?, David Robinson: Oh, wow. As she told WGLT, she is not arguing that Petito deserves less but that Day deserves more. When they hadn't heard from him in at least that long, they knew something was wrong, Robinson's father, David Robinson II, told CNN. The family's private investigator recently uncovered the car's black box GPS data, which revealed the car had been involved in multiple accidents hours after Daniel's initial disappearance, according to Mr Robinson. Also, theres some paint transfer from the vehicle. So -- but I don't think it was something where he was depressed and to a point where he would go disappear or something on his own.. Where was he going? The 24-year-old's car was found abandoned a month later in a ravine. He is convinced he and his son will be reunited. The families of Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson, who have been missing for weeks and months, respectively, are calling for more attention to be brought to those men's cases. After that point, it goes straight to the voicemail," he toldThe Independent. It just ring, ring, ring, and then finally, you know, of course, go to voicemail.. Her remains were found in Wyoming and investigators believe she was murdered by her fianc who later died by suicide. At that point, Ken started to look for Robinson in the desert. "It was returned to an area near where we were searching my theory would be maybe to try to throw us off," he added. An investigator hired by the Robinson family, Jeff McGrath told FOX 10 Phoenix they found a vertebra, two femur bones, and both sides of a pelvis. Her Great Dane has found something at the base of a bush. Jeff couldn't say if Daniel was driving or if it was someone else. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Anyone with information relating to Robinson is urged to call Buckeye PD at 623-349-6400. And he thought Daniel, his youngest son, was safe in Arizona. I feel like something happened there that we just dont know yet. The Jeep had been found tipped on the passenger side at the bottom of a ravine. Buckeye Police Department said that leading up to finding Robinson's car, they had conducted four ground searches and two aerial searches. Mr Eliott told Mr Robinson he had work to get done, but the 24-year-old left without saying anything around 15 minutes after arriving. No one can really tell how useful or how accurate this man's account might be. Daniel Robinson, a 24-year-old geologist, has been missing for over three months in Arizona. Family and friends told police that Robinson was acting not like himself in the days before his disappearance, but that there were no indications that we would harm himself or intended to leave the area. That companys experts said it looked as if Daniel's car was driven at an angle into the ravine and then rolled over on the way down. Josh Mankiewicz: This is a real mystery, isn't it?, Jeff McGrath: Yes, it is. I couldnt stop thinking about you, a text to her read. However, he insisted that "the human remains is not Daniel" adding that hopefully the discovery will help "bring some closure to another grieving family.". Uh, neither have I, at this point. Buckeye Police Department instructed Robinson II to check his son's social media pages on June 24. And at that moment, I knew that there's something -- something wasn't right with it.. If they had been quick about it in the beginning, we wouldnt be here three months later.. So police contracted a company to prepare a collision report. Hes a happy guy., Josh Mankiewicz: He'd never done anything that made you think he needs to be in therapy or -- or -- or see a professional. Petito vanished after embarking on a cross-country trip with her fianc Brian Laundrie before her body was tragically found on September 19. pic.twitter.com/5RWrcMpMng. There are still few clues relating to his disappearance. Market data provided by Factset. Daniel Cornelius Robinson, disappeared June 23, 2021, near Buckeye, Arizona. The human remains is not Daniel. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. And perhaps most ominously, he had left behind a whole case of bottled water in his Jeep. David heard these stories and says they should not be taken as evidence of some kind of mental break. David Robinson: It was a devastating moment for me to see from, uh, from that picture and seeing that damage.. And he wants to visit all these countries, you know, that's his mindset.. David Robinson: We keep a close relationship, you know, his siblings and himself. A man came forward to say he'd been in the desert in the early afternoon looking for a wide-open place for some target practice. Mr McGrath has told The Daily Mail that the Jeeps airbag control module revealed that the car was driven 11 miles after the airbags were released and that the ignition was turned 46 times. Still, that story of the last morning Daniel was seen provided David with important information. Robinson's family has called for more attention from the public to help find their son. WebBuckeye Police Department. 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. And their task is like draining a reservoir with a spoon. Daniel Robinson, 24, was last seen driving away from his job site in the Arizona desert on June 23. A spokesman for the police department told us they conduct thorough, unbiased investigations and that fair and impartial policing is at the heart of their service. He'd missed almost a days-worth of work. Robinson had been last seen by a coworker driving west, further into the desert, at 9:15 a.m. local time, nearly a month before. ", Saturday, November 6, my weekly searches for my son Geologist Daniel Robinson has again uncovered human remains out in the desert of Buckeye, AZ, hopefully bringing some closure to another grieving family. Others are less certain. What were you thinking on that drive?, David Robinson: I couldn't get here fast enough. The vehicle appeared to have been hit above the windshield, he added. If Daniel Robinson had left the scene and walked out into the desert, he had done so with no money and no way to call for help. David Robinson is Daniel Robinson's father. According to Robinson's family, he never went more than 6 hours without speaking to his family or without telling someone where he was going. On September 23, Robinson II told CNN that he has sympathy for the family of Petito, a 22-year-old who was missing for several days before she was found dead near Grand Teton National Park on September 19, but wishes his son, who is Black, had as much national attention. So, yeah, we have a very close, close family., Josh Mankiewicz: In other words, if something was going on in his life, you'd know about it.. Day, a 25-year-old Illinois State University graduate student, was reported missing by his family and a faculty member on Aug. 25, according to the Bloomington Police Department. Only feet from the car was an orange construction vest, work boots, and a pair of blue jeans, turned inside out. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSunUS and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSunUS, 'Dark details' about boyfriend of US swim champ who mysteriously died, Disturbing red flags of Lindsay Clancy's psychosis before she 'killed 3 kids', Mysterious powder swamps US skies as residents report dust-covered cars, Manson Family member's death 'not a relief' to model who avoided Sharon Tate attack, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Daniel Robinson was last seen back in June, The investigation has failed to find the missing field geologist, much to his family's frustration, Daniel's Jeep Renegade was found with 'significant damage' almost a month after he disappeared, Gabby Petito case sparks fresh appeals for missing persons like Daniel Robinson and others who vanished near Grand Tetons. Jeff downloaded the vehicle's onboard information system, which he said held a cache of valuable information. Thanks for listening. Buckeye Police say he was last seen He figured it out, you know? Not Jeff, not police, and not David Robinson. It's really huge, yes., Josh Mankiewicz: I mean, it's gigantic. ", MISSING ARIZONA GEOLOGIST: NEW DETAILS RELEASED IN DISAPPEARANCE OF DANIEL ROBINSON, Daniel Robinson has been missing since June 23. On at least two separate occasions, volunteers found human remains which turned out not to be Daniel Robinsons. Although they didnt find his son, David Robinson said it does bring him a little relief that they were able to bring some other families some type of closure. Someone who was now in the wind. I should have been on a plane. What else can we be doing? On this November morning, the search teams focus is a section of Cactus Road. 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