Rachel Shannon
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At that point, she knew that Oakley had likely been hurt and was in extreme danger.
So she decided to start questioning Roan and Madison's neighbors.
One witness reported that days earlier, they actually saw the couple leaving the home carrying what looked like a child wrapped in a blanket, though the child didn't appear to be moving, talking, or crying.
After learning all of this concerning information, Kiona contacted the Department of Child Services, relaying the story about what she was told about Colton being abandoned and Oakley being missing.
From there, social services came to pick Colton up and he was ultimately reunited with his father, Zach, in Oklahoma.
But still, through all of this, even though Colton was thankfully okay, Oakley was nowhere to be found.
Throughout this time, obviously, Rowan's sister knew that something awful happened to Oakley.
She ended up speaking with Madison and Roan several more times and they ended up admitting that they decided to abandon her at the hospital.
They said things along the lines of, we handled it and we had a hard decision to make.
But they wouldn't give any more details about what they meant or where Oakley was.
So now going back to Rowan's initial interview with police in Colorado.
Rowan basically explained what I just told you without going into as much detail.
All he said was that he left the baby Colton at the house before his sister took him in.
He said that after taking Oakley to a hospital for her injuries,
He also left her behind before heading to Colorado.
He knew that his sister turned Colton into DCS, but stated that he couldn't give any more information about where Oakley might be.
He also would not give up any details regarding the location of the trap house.
I do also want to note that officers followed up on pretty much everything I told you and confirmed the account from the neighbor.
They also called any local hospitals around the county and also confirmed that Oakley was never at any of them.
After the interview, Rowan was booked into the county jail awaiting extradition back to Oklahoma.