Ricky was a happy and active 4-year-old boy before he went missing. The boy’s parents were in a middle a heated custody battle when Ricky and his mother went missing without any trace.

The police did not make too much of their disappearance because they thought that Ricky and Shannon had disappeared after an argument between Shannon and Ricky’s father but that soon proved that it’s not the case…

The local police turned every stone to find Ricky and Shannon, but to no avail, as if they disappeared from the face of the Earth.

Ricky’s father, Michael, was suspect number one as they always suspect the ones at fault are the close family members, but Michael protested his innocence and kept on searching for his son, despite the odds being stacked against him.

The interesting fact, however, is that Shannon and Ricky disappeared right after the court gave full custody of Ricky to Michael, his father.