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BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The car of a Washington woman who said her 2-year-old son disappeared after she ran out of gas had enough to be driven "a significant distance," police said.
Police in Bellevue said Julia Biryukova's story about running out of gas and returning to her car to find her 2-year-old son missing is quickly "falling apart," The Seattle Times reported Thursday.
"We believe there's something suspicious afoot here. ... The story doesn't add up. The mother's story is falling apart day to day," Maj. Mike Johnson said Wednesday during a briefing at Bellevue City Hall. "We have been challenged to try and find evidence and facts to support Julia's story."
Biryukova told police her car ran out of gas while she was driving her ill son, Sky Elijah Metalwala, to a Bellevue hospital Sunday morning.
She said she walked with her 4-year-old daughter to a gas station about a mile away to retrieve gas, leaving Sky sleeping in his car seat.
When she returned, Sky was gone, she told police.
An examination of Biryukova's car found there was "a sufficient amount of gas in that vehicle to run a significant distance," Johnson said.
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