James Yoblonski’s dad passes polygraph take a look at 2 months after 13-year-old disappeared to probably reside ‘off the grid’: report

The dad of lacking 13-year-old James Yoblonski handed a polygraph take a look at associated to his son’s disappearance Thursday, almost two months after the boy left his Wisconsin residence in a possible attempt to survive “off the grid.”

William Yoblonski, of Reedsburg, told local ABC-affiliate station WKOW that he was given the take a look at by the Sauk County Sheriff Thursday morning — although the distraught father shouldn’t be thought of a suspect within the teen’s June 12 vanishing.

“Perhaps that’ll relieve individuals,” he mentioned. “I had nothing to do with my son’s disappearance.”

Final month, the nervous dad mentioned he would remortgage his residence in an effort to provide a $10,000 reward for any data that brings James residence.

“It makes you are feeling even worse that you simply haven’t discovered your son and he hasn’t been introduced residence but,” he informed the station moments after passing the lie-detecting take a look at.

“You realize you’re harmless however but right here we’re doing this [polygraph].”

He mentioned he was stunned by the request as he was requested questions like: “Have you learnt the place James is?” and “Did you’ve got something to do with James’ disappearance?” WKOW reported.

However now that he handed, Yoblonski mentioned he hopes the eye will return to discovering his son.

“At first, I used to be upset, however now that I do know that proves that I’m harmless and I had nothing to do with it, it’s a reduction in a little bit,” he mentioned. 

Sheriff’s deputies mentioned they consider James ran away from residence to go on a survivalist mission.

Sauk County Sheriff Lt. Steven Schram told WiscNews final month that the younger teen was attempting to reside “off the grid” and introduced two survival guidebooks inside him when he left residence within the household’s van.

The van was discovered deserted on the facet of the highway the identical day he allegedly ran away, and investigators later found proof of a makeshift campsite they believed the boy created in Satan’s Lake State Park.

For the reason that discovery of the campsite the place among the baby’s belongings had been left behind, authorities have discovered no indicators of James.

The FBI has now joined the native sheriff’s investigation into the boy’s vanishing.

The Sauk County Sheriff’s Workplace revealed Thursday that they’ve expanded their search throughout state traces after discovering James’ on-line search historical past from early 2023 through which he researched methods to journey out of Wisconsin.

“Investigators have adopted up with every of those browser searches together with bodily searches of a number of areas,” Sauk County Sheriff Chip Meister mentioned. “These follow-ups haven’t produced any proof that James was ever bodily current at these areas after his disappearance.”

Invoice Yablonski doesn’t know what else he can to do to deliver James residence as extra weeks go.

“I don’t know what to do anymore,” he informed WKOW. “I simply hold wanting as a result of it’s all I can do.” 

“I simply need him residence.”

Anybody with data on the whereabouts of James Yoblonski is requested to contact the Sauk County Sheriff’s Workplace at 608-355-4495.