whether he could go to the home of his friends for a visit. Up until four months earlier, Dylan, his brother and his mom had been living in nearby Bayfield.

The Redwines had moved from Denver to Bayfield in 2004 when Elaine took a job at Fort Lewis College, according to the Durango Herald.

When the couple divorced three years later, Elaine Redwine and the boys continued to live in Bayfield and Mark Redwine stayed in the house near Vallecito Reservoir. Elaine moved to Colorado Springs in July 2012 when she took a job at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

The Thanksgiving visit was mandated by court order. His parents had been involved in a contentious divorce for more than half of Dylan’s life.

When father and son arrived at Mark’s house,Dylan texted his friends up until 8 p.m. and made arrangements to see them the next morning. His friends said he was to meet them at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.

That next morning, though, Dylan was still under his blankets, asleep on the couch, Mark Redwine would later explain. Mark Redwine had errands to run in town. He waited for his son to get up until 7:30 a.m. so that he could take Dylan to the home of a friend.

Mark Redwine said he tried to roust his son. But when he didn’t wake, Mark Redwine drove to town alone.

“He was very much alive,” he said.

Mark Redwine visited his divorce lawyer.

When he returned home at 11:30 a.m., there was a dirty cereal bowl beside the sink. The television was on Nickelodeon