Mr Robinson arrived for work on 23 June at the remote site at 9.30am. And it gives David's volunteer army an area to more thoroughly search. An 11-mile difference between when Daniel's airbags deployed and the reading on the odometer, suggesting that Jeep was driven after the initial crash. A South Carolina man hired a private investigator and started an online petition to help him find his missing son. Search group volunteer: Try to fan out.. On this November morning, the search teams focus is a section of Cactus Road. David Robinson II wrote that his son, who moved to Phoenix for a job as a field geologist after graduating from college in 2019, oversees many sites in remote desert areas and often travels long distances for work. Some are drawn to publicity. The ground nearby was covered in small bits of broken glass and some pieces of the vehicle that had come off. Josh Mankiewicz: Plausible that after that accident, Daniel was disoriented in some way and wandered off, not knowing really where he was going or believing that he was closer to civilization than maybe he really was?, Chief Hall: Yeah, it's absolutely plausible.. There were no traces of blood were found in the Jeep, police said. And that's when people get out of the vehicles. Police spent hours doing a ground search where Daniel was last seen -- a wellsite out in the middle of the desert. We have a close-knit family.". The only real lead was the desert. Robinson had made contact with a woman prior to his disappearance, according to a police report. The new arrivals are dressed for work: baseball caps to block out the sun, walking sticks, digital compasses on their cell phones. Daniels father, David, has been outspoken. So until something breaks in this case, David Robinson plans to keep on searching, in the desert, under that sun. No shell casings found amongst the sand and stone. You would never know the difference.. The sun is just peeking above the horizon and the sky is blue with streaks of pink. Dan Hanger. For Daniel's family, help and hope are still both needed here. He has dark brown eyes and black hair and was born without a right hand. The Jeep was involved in a rollover crash, police said, citing an independent crash report the department commissioned from San Tan Recon, a collision investigation company based in Chandler. For David, that means venturing out into parts of the Sonoran Desert more fit for beast than man. Jeff couldn't say if Daniel was driving or if it was someone else. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 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. Robinson's car was found abandoned in a desert ravine in July. The department told local outlets that it does not suspect foul play, despite the bizarre condition in which Robinsons Jeep Renegade was found in the desert. 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: When Daniel was leaving, you know, the main access road to get into the job site is east of the location. WebBuckeye Police Department. That call did not come. Daniel, 24, was last seen on June 23 driving away from his location of work in the Buckeye, Arizona desert - presumably heading to the main road. "I think the quick action wasn't there quick enough," he said. And I said, Well, when I get back into town, I'll take a look at what you've got. And so I met with him, he showed me a picture of the -- what the police took of the vehicle in the ravine. The caravan passes the flat landscape dotted with low green shrubs until it pulls up to a cleared spot. Human remains were found in the Arizona desert near where 24-year-old Daniel Robinson went missing in June, police said. Carissa Planalp, Buckeye PDs public information officer, said the case remains a "conversation every day" and a "priority". "Investigators have utilized UTVs, cadaver dogs, and air support including a drone and a helicopter.". It was one month into Daniel Robinson's disappearance and Buckeye, Arizona detectives knew one thing for sure: No one had seen him since June 23. Daniel had It is possible that even he couldn't answer those questions. Detectives tracked down the last person they believe saw Daniel alive: a co-worker named Ken Elliott. The police department said the car had sustained "significant damage.". It's also clear the department worked hard to provide answers to Daniel's family but, as with a lot of departments, new cases of all kinds are called in each day. The investigation found that the Jeep accelerated right before impact, which indicated an attempt to drive up the other side of the ravine where the vehicle was found abandoned and badly damaged. if you would like to attend the meet up place is in the coordinates Katelyn said she believed Daniel was very nice and she and her female friend asked Daniel if he wanted to hang out with them, a police report stated. David Robinson has been here before. And others, just evil. I should have been on a plane. Of course, we hope Mr. Robinson is proven right. As she told WGLT, she is not arguing that Petito deserves less but that Day deserves more. "Ive been up all night, emailing, texting, reaching out to whoever," he said. Daniel was last seen around 9:00 in the morning. The 24-year-old's clothes, phone and wallet were in his crashed car, which was found abandoned on its side in rough desert terrain. While we're watching this case unfold, please take 5 seconds to read about Daniel Robinson, a geologist who went missing in the desert outside Buckeye three months ago. Daniel's loved ones were "constantly calling, pleading with him to call us back," his father David Robinson said. I felt like I made a mistake. 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. The car was reportedly then driven another 11 miles after the initial crash, with the ignition turned on at least another 46 times, Mr Robinson said. Robinson was her Instacart delivery person, and she invited him into her home when he arrived with her delivery because he seemed friendly, she told police. It's really huge, yes., Josh Mankiewicz: I mean, it's gigantic. He has again turned to the power of the internet to help aid the investigation after witnessing the mass coverage of the Gabby Petito case. Um, I would say almost about 20 square miles or something. Arizona police officials say human remains were found Saturday during a search for Daniel Robinson, a geologist who disappeared after driving away from a desert worksite more than four months ago. 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. Those feelings were not reciprocated, according to the report. "Daniel has an innate passion for adventure and is known to travel inopportune moments," David Robinson II wrote. 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 He learned the trumpet and the French horn. Human remains were found by a volunteer searching for missing Buckeye man, Daniel Robinson, on Nov. 6. And David is looking for a new private investigator who specializes in missing persons cases. 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.. The job kept him moving around between sites in the desert heat, his father wrote on GoFundMe. On that June day, Daniel was scheduled to spend the morning doing field work at a development wellsite out in the desert. Officials later determined the remains did not belong to Robinson and said in their Sept. 16 update that no additional human remains only animal bones have been found since. Bloomington police said the following day that the LaSalle County Coroner's Office had begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the person's death and that identification could take several days or weeks. 2/24/23: The St. Louis County Sheriffs Office says a 52-year-old man from Hermantown died Friday after the plane he was operating crashed into the St. Louis River between Duluth and Superior. Daniel is a geologist and was working on a remote site near Cactus Road and Sun Valley Parkway the day he went missing. The one who hunted adventure, the young scientist in flannel shirts and cargo pants who loved nothing more than climbing a desert peak to find new additions for his rock collection. According to a crash report, the vehicle sped up just before the crash. There were no bullet holes in the body of the car. His clothes, boots, phone, wallet, and keys were found inside. So mile after mile, across Georgia and Alabama and Texas, David drove and thought about his son. but wishes his son, who is Black, had as much national attention, while he's been searching for his son for months. She also said that the Bloomington Police Department (BPD) has been able to devote only one detective to the case, asking, "Once he stops, does that mean we stop looking for my son?". The man said he remembered seeing Daniel in his undamaged Jeep. Where was he going? Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies, Daniel Robinson has been missing since June when he left a worksite in the Arizona desert. Robinson was not. In an update on Monday, BPD said detectives are still "actively investigating the case" and sorting through tips. Police located Day's car in a wooded area near the Illinois Valley YMCA in Peru on Aug. 26, with the clothing he was last seen wearing left inside. After exchanging phone numbers, Robinson showed up at her home unannounced a few times. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? We dont know whose it is, he said. "I will continue my searches for my son," said his father in a video posted to the Twitter page "Please Help Find Daniel. The vehicle appeared to have been hit above the windshield, he added. They have also set up a GoFundMe that has amassed nearly $130,000 to assist with search costs. So what was Daniel up to? By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider David Robinson: He's always telling me he's going to live abroad. "Just trying to do everything I can to find my son," he said. Police said they'd fished around in those pockets and found Daniel's wallet. Its been seven months since Daniel Robinson, a 25-year-old geologist, was last seen at his work site in Buckeye, Ariz., about 50 miles southwest of Phoenix. If they had been quick about it in the beginning, we wouldnt be here three months later.. 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. She said state police collected DNA samples from her family members on Sept. 6 but was told that the police lab does not have the chemical needed to process the samples. His concerned family back in South Carolina promptly raised the alarm after not hearing from the missing field geologist. Evidence showed that Robinson was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the car crash, NBC 12 News reported. Just over a week later, on Sept. 4, a team of police, fire and rescue officials found "an unidentified body just off the south bank of the Illinois River" while conducting an organized search of the LaSalle-Peru area. So Ill do whatever I -- whatever it takes to make it happen, it's gonna have to happen.. Police also said that evidence found near the remains suggested that the bones may not be Mr Robinsons. Its air bags were deployed, and evidence suggests Robinson was wearing a seat belt at the time. ", David Robinson: Exactly. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. His living nightmare started on June 23, 2021. He explained to me on the maps where the vehicle was found by that rancher. So far, they have not gotten involved. She also lives here in Phoenix. Daniel had moved there after graduating college and was working as a field geologist for an engineering company. Is it Daniel, or some other poor creature who ended up lost in this unforgiving place? And he said that, uh, Daniel went west, uh, which is concerning, because there's nothing out there.. Um, I had to make a decision, like, really quickly. And it was ultimately driven up onto this ravine out in the desert, which is about 3.5 miles from his work site.. And he thought Daniel, his youngest son, was safe in Arizona. It's fall in much of America, but during the day it's still summer here. 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. Is this David's son? 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.. Any sightings. We won't stop fighting for our children," he said. The hydro-geologist, Daniel Robinson, was last seen by a fellow worker and pump technician, Ken Elliot, whilst assessing a remote drill site in the Arizona desert on June 23, 2021, around 9.15-9.30 am. It was returned to an area near where we were searching my theory would be maybe to try to throw us off. Its been nearly 16 months since Daniel Robinson, then a 24-year-old geologist in Arizona, went missing. But the College of Charleston graduate reportedly headed further west into the wilderness instead and hasn't been heard from since. Only feet from the car was an orange construction vest, work boots, and a pair of blue jeans, turned inside out. Market data provided by Factset. It was Mr Robinsons second job of the day and Mr Elliott said he had asked him if he wanted to go to Phoenix to rest. Daniel Cornelius Robinson, disappeared June 23, 2021, near Buckeye, Arizona. The Buckeye Police Department is asking anyone with information about Daniel's case to call them on their tip line. The first, a skull, was discovered on July 31, near where Daniels Jeep was found. His family could not reach him after they spoke on the evening of Aug. 23, and he was last seen on surveillance video entering a retail store in Bloomington the morning of Aug. 24. David Robinson: A lot of times they make excuses about resources. Part of HuffPost News. "For me and my family, it is like day one. The family has offered a $10,000 reward for information that helps to find Robinson. The collision expert contacted a local Jeep dealership, and was told an 11-mile difference was not that unusual, because the vehicle has a number of sensors which are constantly feeding information to the car's internal systems and sometimes there can be a lag, like one large game of telephone. Play Episode 1 of the Dateline: Missing in America Podcast below and click here to follow. It's -- of all my years of doing any type of, uh, vehicular crimes, this is the most mysterious case I've ever worked.. I will continue my searches for my son.. This could be due to driver attempts to restart the vehicle or use the electrical systems. Daniel had bagged a job with Matrix New World Engineering and was last seen by a co-worker leaving a well site behind the wheel of his Jeep Renegade. So did that suggest something dark? And perhaps most ominously, he had left behind a whole case of bottled water in his Jeep. "He is not a nobody, he is somebody and I want him to come back home. Daniel's phone, wallet, keys and even the clothes he was last seen in were found in the vehicle - in the area his father insists had already been searched. He said he sympathizes with the Petito family, while also feeling that the onslaught of media attention paid to her case has been hurtful.. September 21, 2021 12:55 PM Arizona officials search for Daniel Robinson, a 24-year-old who has been missing in the desert since June. We often visit each other, um --. Private investigator says evidence doesn't add up for missing 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.. Robinson's cell phone, wallet, keys, and clothes were all found at the scene with his car. They contacted Daniel's boss and started calling his friends and other family. Daniel Robinson, a 24-year-old geologist, was last seen driving his Jeep near a job site in the Arizona desert on the morning of June 23. It turned out, a lot of people did. Their efforts include collecting and analyzing digital and physical evidence, locating and interviewing witnesses and searching for other leads, the department added. At the time of Petitos disappearance, many news outlets were once again criticized for ignoring missing persons cases involving people of color. In Arizona, Daniel and his dad were separated by 2,000 miles. 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. Police learned in the weeks before his disappearance, Daniel had met a young woman through his side gig with Instacart. Yes, it is. It could be anything. 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? Daniel Robinson. Time is of the essence and if you dont move fast enough, you may not ever find the person.". Thanks for listening. There are 13 species of rattlesnakes in Arizona, more than in any other state. Police said foul play is not expected, but Robinson's family thinks otherwise. To learn more about other people we've covered in our Missing in America series, go to DatelineMissingInAmerica.com. His father reported him missing at 7 p.m. that day. David also saw the windshield, showing an impact on the driver's side. Daniel's case is somewhat harder to understand. "Just seeing all of a sudden movement, its a good feeling.". The Buckeye Police Department has confirmed that the remains found by the volunteers searching for 24-year-old Daniel Robinson were human. What was his routine? David Robinson: I knew right then they weren't gonna look for Daniel. His father David has organized search parties for nearly five months and has found human remains on two separate occasions. 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. All rights reserved. However, he insisted that "the human remains is not Daniel" adding that hopefully the discovery will help "bring some closure to another grieving family.". 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.. Then, the woman told police, Daniel started showing up to her house uninvited and she had to ask him to stay away. The former military man maintains that the police department, as well as his own search team, had previously scoured the same area. We're talking about it and, you know, driving home from work and thinking about, OK, what did we miss on this? He figured it out, you know? ", I'm shaking reading about the discovery of Gabby Petito's body in Wyoming. He was then identified as a person of interest by cops, but has not been charged with any crime. David Robinson: Daniel never had a diagnosis for mental health. So they waited for the storm to pass. What -- what are the other theories? I mean, we're racking our brains on this.. Law enforcement agencies are continuing their search in a Sarasota County, Fla., nature reserve for Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of Gabby Petito. Photos courtesy of David Robinson. Helicopters, UTVs, cadaver dogs, "boots on the ground" and drones were deployed, while his frustrated father hired his own PI to help. Robinson, 24, was last seen leaving a job site in Buckeye, Ariz., on June 23 and was reported missing later that day. Law Enforcement Are Invited. 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. The human remains is not Daniel. He said it is his hope that another grieving family finds closure. It was July 20th when David received a call from the lead detective on his son's case. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. David Robinson: It seems like its simple, but when you're actually on the ground actually looking, it takes time. Fox News Flash top headlines are here. And no cash withdrawn from his bank account. Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Josh Mankiewicz: How many miles are we talking about searching? David Robinson: I get a call from my daughter. She'd been hanging out with a friend and they had invited Daniel to stay. 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. What began as worry quickly ratcheted to panic after David's daughter drove to Daniel's apartment. or redistributed. Someone who was now in the wind. And he'd met Daniel for the first time at that desert site on June 23rd, to check a well. Daniel Robinson, a 24-year-old geologist, has been missing for over three months in Arizona. "After the airbags came out, somebody turned that ignition over at least 46 more times. That's not -- that's not what our company does. And uh, he explained that they found the vehicle. While she exchanged phone numbers with Mr Robinson, she says nothing else happened between them. It just ring, ring, ring, and then finally, you know, of course, go to voicemail.. Of course, my hearts racing, because I think he's gonna tell me something else in the same sentence.. 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. Volunteer Coordinator: Welcome to, uh, our, uh, latest search for Daniel Robinson.. My family and I, we all feel the same way.". Daniel, he says, got into his Jeep Renegade and drove off without a word. "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. David Robinson, the father of the missing geologist, tweeted on Sunday: 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. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. And he believes Daniel's case only started getting attention after Gabby Petitos case went national. After months of pushing by David, Buckeye police reached out to the FBI. 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. "Daniel would not disappear. On that, Jeff McGrath and Chief Hall agree. Those turned out to belong to an animal. hide caption. Robinson II confirmed to police that all of the photos on his son's Instagram had been deleted since his disappearance. And that's how Jeff agreed to take his first missing persons case. 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. "I can imagine his phone ringing, ringing, ringing for I think almost a day and then finally I guess the phone died or somebody cut it off. Jeff McGrath: He advised his son is missing, he needs help to find his son. 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? MSNBC host Joy Reid controversially slammed the coverage of Petito's case as "missing white woman syndrome" - insinuating there is an imbalance in resources, depending on the color of a missing person's skin. It was an eyewitness account that changed the timeline of the day Daniel went missing. Her Great Dane has found something at the base of a bush. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Media coverage of the case is intense and, as some people have pointed out, disproportionate to the kind of attention typically given to missing Indigenous women and people of color. Email us at [emailprotected] or call 212 416 4552. This is one of the things the families of the missing have to endure: people who inject themselves into the case. Robinson has created a separate online fundraising page to raise money for other efforts to locate his son, such printing flyers, hiring a private investigator, enlisting a desert search-and-rescue team and covering the cost of his Arizona hotel stay. 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What were you thinking on that drive?, David Robinson: I couldn't get here fast enough. Daniel and David Robinson David Robinson David was home in South Carolina. You guys will be on the south side.. All Hands-On Deck!! 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. Buckeye Police Department said that leading up to finding Robinson's car, they had conducted four ground searches and two aerial searches. According to the police report, Robinson was saying things that did not make sense, like asking Kenneth if he wanted to go home to Phoenix to rest. And inside the car was his college ID, his laptop, backpack, apartment keys and cell phone. Now, the climbing sun is straight in the eyeline of the people about to defy it. September 21, 2021 11:55 AM Arizona officials search for Daniel Robinson, a 24-year-old who has been missing in the desert since June. And we'll take any leads that are out there.. She asked him to stop contacting her and he didn't again. Dust-covered trucks and ATVs arrive using unpaved roads carved into the sand and stone. "You wish you lived in a world where everything was equal but it's really not equal,"he told CNN. He doesn't feel the police have done enough to find his son-- a young Black man. "Our investigators are working tirelessly to find answers and bring closure to Daniel's loved ones.". Some provide valuable information. The poignant plea has sparked debate regarding the handling of both cases, in both media and law enforcement. And that desert is huge.. So police contracted a company to prepare a collision report. You know, even with the people that we have, it takes a lot of time, effort and money to, you know, keep things going. He's right. And now almost every Saturday, he leads a group of volunteers who search around that desert spot. He delivered an order of alcohol to her home in Laveen, outside of Pheonix, and was invited into the home by Katelyn and a friend of hers. An investigative report released by Buckeye police in September said Robinson had met a woman while working a side hustle delivering food and told friends that he was in love with her. Carmen Bolden Day told member station WGLT that the discovery of the body has seemingly brought her son's case to a standstill. And their task is like draining a reservoir with a spoon. Missing Arizona geologist: Human remains found during search 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. 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