The father of a missing 6-year-old is 'shocked and devastated' at the turn of events that...
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Father of Samuel Olson denies involvement in son's apparent death as girlfriend faces charges
The father of a missing 6-year-old is “shocked and devastated” at the turn of events that left his son presumably dead in a Jasper hotel room and his girlfriend charged with tampering with evidence in the case, his attorney said Thursday.
Dalton Olson and his family at first believed girlfriend Theresa Balboa’s account leading up to young Samuel’s disappearance - that on May 27, the child’s mother and a man in a uniform showed up at her house and told her she would go to jail if she didn’t let him take the boy, police said. It wasn’t until days later he realized something was amiss with Balboa, 29.
“It’s been a rollercoaster,” attorney Samuel Veenstra said. “He had no reason to suspect something was off with Theresa, assuming Theresa did this.”
And as Samuel Olson’s mother has blamed the death on not only on Balboa but on her soon-to-be ex-husband,Veenstra further denied that the father had anything to do with the disappearance or apparent death.
“He’s been nothing but devastated through this whole situation,” he said. “To put blame on Dalton, as having responsibility for the death of his son, it’s just absurd.”
The father had been engaged in a custody battle with his wife, Sarah Olson, who was divorcing him, and he believed he had primary custody over their child, Veenstra said.
Dalton and Sarah, the estranged couple, spent almost two years attempting to negotiate Samuel’s care. The father was proactive in fighting for custody, Veenstra said, and by the end, he misunderstood that the mother should have had more access to her son than she did.
They had separated and entered a custody order in April 2019, splitting time with Samuel, Veenstra said. Concern over Sam’s wellbeing caused Dalton to file another order in January 2020 and hire an attorney, he said. Sarah filed for divorce days later.
Dalton was under the impression that the orders had been modified to make him the custodial parent, and Sarah had little to no access to her son starting January 2020, Veenstra said. That order had actually never been put in place.
“The relationship between Sarah and Sam has been real rocky to say the least,” the father’s attorney said. “We’re not trying to throw Sarah under the bus by any stretch. It’s a young couple that had issues. They couldn’t get along.”
That history led Dalton’s family to believe Balboa’s account of Sarah coming to pick up her child, Veenstra said.
Balboa spent the whole weekend looking for Samuel, he said. But while handing out flyers Monday, Dalton went in one direction and Balboa went another. And when it came time to meet up again, Balboa was nowhere to be found, according to the attorney.
“That’s when the reality of the situation started being processed, ‘Hold on we may have been wrong about her,’” Veenstra said.
The family only had positive things to say about how Balboa interacted with Samuel, and had no inclination she would ever do anything to harm him, Veenstra said.
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Anyhow, yes, this is the post and since he says it is "according to court records" I figured it is safe to share it, not rumor. He then commented below it that he has info there was also a stop at a storage unit.
