Father of missing geologist reveals disturbing and bizarre new theories on why his son vanished as he desperately searches for answers three years on

The begetter of a geologist who vanished successful nan Arizona desert 3 years agone has revealed his theories astir what he thinks could person happened to his son.

Daniel Robinson, 24, disappeared successful a distant portion of Buckeye on June 23, 2021, pinch his car recovered overturned successful a 20ft valley 4 miles distant almost a period later. 

The Jeep Renegade was severely damaged pinch nan airbags deployed. Inside were each nan apparel Daniel was past seen wearing down to his underpants - isolated from 1 sock - on pinch his wallet, phone, and in installments card. 

Buckeye Police Department said nan lawsuit was not suspicious and ruled retired foul play - suggesting that Daniel, who was calved pinch 1 hand, had simply vanished of his ain accord. 

But his father, David Robinson II, a US Army seasoned who served successful Afghanistan, refused to judge this mentation and launched his ain probe. 

Speaking pinch DailyMail.com 3 years later, Robinson revealed that his investigation ne'er ended - and he's hoping to return it to nan adjacent level by becoming a Member of Congress successful November. 

David, who won nan Democratic superior predetermination past period for his location authorities of South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District, said constabulary mishandled Daniel's lawsuit and location are plentifulness of disturbing clues they ne'er explored. 

He blasted Buckeye Police Department for 'covering up' what really happened and ignoring important grounds which could person led to answers if it was pursued astatine nan time. 

Robinson said nan section did not decently analyse why his son's apparel were recovered discarded successful nan jeep, and simply bagged them up and returned them to him aft 2 days alternatively than treating them arsenic superior evidence. 

They moreover told him they thought his boy had simply wandered disconnected to 'become a monk'.

‘They called it a acold lawsuit erstwhile it shouldn’t be. I person leads and things that rule enforcement officials tin usage and follow,' Robinson, 54, told DailyMail.com. 

'For me, I really consciousness that foul play happened,' he added. 'We don’t cognize what that precisely means, but he didn’t do this by himself, fixed nan circumstances.'

Robinson deployed drones, facial nickname exertion and an service of much than 100 group to comb nan godforsaken for his missing son. He besides enlisted nan thief of a retired constabulary main and a backstage investigator. 

He revealed that they recovered a tranche of grounds which cops ne'er mentioned, including Daniel's missing sock backmost astatine his occupation site, miles from wherever nan different was recovered astatine nan jeep successful his ravine. 

They besides recovered that nan jeep had miles connected it beyond nan time Daniel went missing, and that his flat successful Tempe, connected nan outskirts of Phoenix, had been ransacked successful nan hours earlier he vanished. 

Even much disturbing, they recovered that Daniel's individual laptop successful his chamber had been progressive aft he went missing, suggesting personification other had been successful his home. 

‘His results were that personification was tampering pinch Daniel’s apartment,' Robinson said, referring to nan backstage investigator. 

'He said that personification was looking for thing successful his bedroom. The measurement it was ransacked. His room was torn up.’ 

Robinson revealed that fixed nan authorities of his son's vehicle, he believes nan champion lawsuit script was that he sewage into a roadworthy mishap and forgot his ain identity. 

‘Maybe he was successful immoderate type of mishap and deed his head,' Robinson told DailyMail.com. 

'He doesn’t cognize who he is anymore. He is surviving among nan bum organization successful Arizona - it’s a large population. 

'And personification was joy-riding his conveyance erstwhile they recovered it abandoned. If this is nan case, possibly I tin find him and rescue him.’ 

The grief-stricken begetter said that based connected what nan backstage interrogator had told him, nan worst-case script would beryllium that his boy was stripped and trafficked crossed nan confederate border. 

'Potentially he's crossed nan separator and is being held against his will,' Robinson said. 

Though these possibilities look far-fetched, Buckeye Police Department's conclusion successful 2021 was moreover much bizarre. 

‘The constabulary told maine he had a encephalon wounded and went disconnected into nan godforsaken to cool off,' Robinson said - though nary humor was recovered successful his jeep aliases astatine nan segment to support this. 

'One interrogator moreover told maine “maybe your boy joined a monastery to go a monk”,' Robinson added. 

'We are very close, family-oriented group and that’s not thing that happens pinch my family. He could show america anything. He would person told america if he wanted to go a monk.’ 

‘In my opinion, this is immoderate benignant of cover-up by rule enforcement,' Robinson said. 'The cops did not want to process nan evidence’. 

'As a azygous genitor I cognize a batch astir my boy which is why I’m really uptight pinch rule enforcement,' he added. 

'We had a speech astir everything. He was precocious spirited earlier he went missing. 

'He had conscionable travel backmost from hanging retired pinch his friends astatine a section bar. He was talking astir his dreams. He besides mentioned a young lady.’ 

Robinson said that 2 days earlier Daniel's disappearance, they had had a two-hour telephone telephone wherever his boy opened up astir a woman he liked for nan first time. 

Daniel had been delivering thing to a location wherever a woman named Caitlin opened nan doorway and invited him to bent retired pinch her and her roommate. 

The young geologist ended up spending nan nighttime pinch Caitlin and she later appeared to spurn him - but his begetter said this had thing to do pinch his disappearance.  

'This was nan first clip he had woman talk pinch me,' Robinson said. 'He was benignant of beating astir nan bush.'

Robinson said they utilized Caitlin's later evident rejection of Daniel to 'twist nan narrative'. 

'Law enforcement utilized that arsenic a ground to say, he was having troubles successful his life,' Robinson said. 

'They said he was depressed. It was very troubling to maine because they twisted it. She had thing to do pinch him going missing. 

'They were sensationalizing nan lawsuit to springiness disconnected nan vibe that Daniel was depressed successful immoderate way.’ 

Robinson said Daniel near 3 sisters and a relative down successful their location metropolis of Columbia, South Carolina. 

‘It’s difficult because what happens is, you deliberation astir your loved 1 each azygous day. It’s connected your mind each day,' he told DailyMail.com.

'I don’t cognize if he’s present connected this earth. We don’t person nan answers aliases nan closure. I can’t show my boy I emotion him immoderate more. 

'You trim your loved 1 down to a telephone call, an aged voicemail. It’s sad erstwhile you person to do that truthful you don’t hide their voice.’ 

But Robinson is channeling this power into his run for Congress. 

He's moving connected a missing person's level pinch policies he hopes will amended nan early of policing and nan attack to launching inquiries astir group who spell missing much quickly. 

Robinson said this is peculiarly important for achromatic missing people, arsenic he feels portion of nan logic his son's lawsuit wasn't taken earnestly was down to race.  

‘I want to bring nan missing person’s situation successful America to nan forefront,' Robinson said. 

'Forty percent of those who spell missing are achromatic - and only 13 percent of nan organization are. That’s alarming. Being a achromatic man I person to constituent that retired again.’ 

DailyMail.com has contacted Buckeye Police Department for comment.