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Vigil For Sky Metalwala Planned for Feb. 18 at Bellevue Downtown Park

The Search and Seek Association and the law firm representing Sky Metalwala's father, Solomon Metalwala, will host a balloon release and candlelight vigil for the boy, who has been missing since November.

 

 

A balloon release and candlelight vigil is being organized for Sky Metalwala, the Redmond toddler missing since November, according to LostNMissing, a charity that assists families of missing people.

The group is organizing the event with the law firm representing Sky's father, Solomon Metalwala of Kirkland, according to the group.

The event will be at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at Bellevue Downtown Park, 10301 NE 4th Street, according to the group's blog.

Sky has been missing since November, when his mother, Julia Biryukova, told Bellevue Police that she left him in the car early one Sunday on a Bellevue street when she ran out of gas. However, police could not corroborate her story, and said that it had been at least two weeks prior to his disappearance since anyone apart of Biryukova had seen the boy.

Sky and his four-year-old sister were at the center of a bitter custody battle between their estranged parents, Biryukova and Solomon Metwalwala. Solomon Metalwala won custody of their daughter in December.

Since the reported disappearance, Biryukova has refused to talk directly to the Bellevue Police Department, her car was found to be in working order and Solomon Metalwala and his attorney have organized volunteers to canvass the Puget Sound and the state to find information that would lead to finding Sky. Police have not named anyone a "person of interest" and the investigation continues.

Sky Elijah Metalwala

  • Age 2, 2’10” tall, 39 pounds, black hair, brown eyes.
  • Sky was last seen on Nov. 6, 2011, in the 2600 block of 112th Ave. N.E., Bellevue, WA.
  • He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, black and aqua blue sweatpants and white socks.
  • Sky was in the silver 1998 Acura Integra three door coupe pictured when he disappeared.
  • Police ask anyone who was traveling Sunday morning along 112th Avenue Northeast, between State Route 520 and Northeast 24th Street, to please call the Bellevue Police tip line at 425-577-5656 or by email at pdtipline@bellevue.wa.gov
Related Topics: Julia Biryukova, Missing Bellevue Boy, Missing boy, Search for Sky, Sky Metalwala, and Solomon Metalwala

Travis

6:45 am on Wednesday, February 15, 2012

I heard there will be a balloon drop here, and please, let's not have a balloon drop. They will all end up in the sound, and we know how detrimental balloons are to our local marine mammal population. What needs to happen is the Bellvue PD needs to hold Sky's mother accountable and find out what the hell happened this morning. The Utah police couldn't get the job done and then Josh Powell killed those kids. They need to hear from her what really happened.

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