MUS-2026-0414
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MUS-2026-0414
Missing person
- Incident
- 2011
- Indexed
- Oct 23, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Bellevue Police Department
- Location
- Bellevue WA
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Sky Metalwala, 2, vanished in Bellevue, Washington, on November 6, 2011, after his mother said her car ran out of gas and she left him briefly in it. He was gone when she returned, and police later found the car had fuel and was operable. Despite years of searches and national coverage, Sky was never found. The case is documented on Wikipedia, by the City of Bellevue, and in true-crime archives. No one has been charged in his disappearance.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2011
Sky Metalwala, 2, vanishes from his mother's car in Bellevue, Washington, on November 6. His mother says the car ran out of gas and she left him briefly in it.
- 2011
Police find the car had fuel and was operable. Searches of the area find no trace of Sky.
- 2026
He was never found. No one has been charged, and the case remains open.
Key people
The people in the file.
2, of Bellevue, Washington. Vanished on November 6, 2011, after his mother said she left him briefly in her car when it ran out of gas.
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Investigating agency
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