The Jeep Renegade belonging to Robinson, who was reported lacking on June 23 by his father, apparently sped up instantly earlier than it crashed in a ravine in a desert space, the Buckeye Police Division in Arizona mentioned Wednesday. The acceleration proper earlier than the crash may “point out an try and drive up the opposite facet of the ravine,” the police mentioned, citing a collision report from San Tan Recon, a collision reconstruction and session firm.
Robinson’s SUV was discovered on July 19, lower than three miles away from the work web site the place he was final seen, police mentioned. A pile of his clothes and belongings was found close by, Robinson’s household mentioned.
The report additionally confirmed that greater than 40 ignition cycles have been recorded following the crash, which may point out makes an attempt to restart the automotive or use of the electrical system, the police division mentioned, noting that it isn’t clear what number of of these cycles occurred throughout tow restoration and when investigators downloaded information.
There was an 11-mile discrepancy between the crash information report and the displayed odometer studying, which “isn’t thought-about uncommon,” the report mentioned.
“Comparable discrepancies have been famous by Jeep dealership service departments and different crash reconstructionists,” the report mentioned.
Nonetheless, questions stay relating to how Robinson went lacking, prompting his household to rent an impartial investigator and kind a volunteer search crew after his father mentioned he believed police weren’t making progress in his son’s disappearance.
“As soon as Daniel turned lacking, we realized that, I feel, the fast motion wasn’t there fast sufficient,” his father, David Robinson, informed CNN in September. “That induced me to must do my very own looking.”
“You would like you lived in a world the place every thing was equal, nevertheless it’s actually not equal,” Robinson beforehand informed CNN, including that he sympathized with Petito’s household.
‘We simply need solutions,’ brother says
“It simply saddens me that it takes this a lot, you realize, to get individuals’s story out like my brother or anybody else,” he mentioned. “We should not must depend upon different tales or different circumstances to push our personal story. And we simply need solutions, identical to anybody else.
“I feel my brother, or everybody else’s brother or father, siblings, whoever they might be, they deserve the identical consideration,” he mentioned.
Roger Cawley-Robinson additionally mentioned he believes police weren’t fast to behave when Daniel was reported lacking.
“I feel my sister that lives in Arizona and my father did so much at first attempting to push and get issues shifting, pleading with the police, you realize, begging for them, ‘hey, are you able to assist get a search, can we do an air search, can we get one thing,'” Cawley-Robinson informed CNN.
Buckeye police assistant chief Bob Sanders informed CNN in September that his officers have “lined all of our bases” within the seek for Daniel Robinson.
Sanders mentioned the division had adopted up on each lead, interviewed co-workers, pals and family members, and reviewed all proof — including that the investigation is ongoing.
