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There is still no sign of missing 3-year-old Sky Metalwala, and police have said his mother's account of what happened on the day her son disappeared is suspicious. The FBI searched for the toddler, who has been missing since Nov. 6, 2011, after his mother, Julia Biryukova of Redmond, Wash., said she left him alone for an hour in a disabled car in Bellevue, Wash. Biryukova told police she was driving with her two children when she ran out of gas on 112th Avenue. She and her 4-year-old, Maile Metalwala, trekked about a mile to a nearby gas station, Northtowne Chevron Service, leaving Sky in the car, she said. Biryukova did walk to the gas station that morning, police said, but she never bought gas there, and her story was "strikingly similar in nature" to a "Law & Order" episode. Sky's father, Solomon Metalwala, who is separated from his wife, told ABC News in 2011 that he believed she was responsible for their son's disappearance. The couple had a troubled history that included a citation for leaving Sky alone in a parked car at a Target parking lot in 2009 and angry accusations hurled at each other during divorce proceedings. Sky has brown eyes and black hair. He was last seen wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, black and aqua blue sweat pants, and white socks. The toddler was 2-feet, 10-inches tall and weighed 28 pounds. Anyone with information regarding Sky should contact the Bellevue, Wash., Police Department at 425-452-6917 or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST).
