My name is Eric Halverson. I am a Detective with the Astoria Police Department. The case involving Taylor and her children has been assigned to me, and since the Clatsop County Courts have granted legal custody of Nicholas, Rylie, and Michael to the Oregon Child Protective Agency, when I was contacted by the agency to report the children as missing I did have a legal obligation to enter the children into the LEDS (Law Enforcement Data Systems) and NCIC (National Crime Information Computer) as missing persons.

Regardless of the court issues, jurisdictional issues, and any hidden agenda's you feel the State of Oregon has, my main concern is to check on the welfare of the children to be sure that they are safe and healthy. I believe that was the original purpose when this case began. I have seen on your web site assurances that the children are safe, healthy, happy and that Taylor does not want the family broken apart. That however does not offer physical proof that the children are in fact safe and healthy. I have thought a great deal about how to accomplish the State's goal of verifying the children are safe, alive and healthy. Though our perspectives regarding this case may be somewhat different, I, like you would like to see this issue come to a positive conclusion. Perhaps you could be of assistance to me in bringing this case to a positive conclusion.

Would you at least consider asking someone who is in contact with Taylor to take a video of Michael, Nicholas and Rylie to show that they are alive and in good health. You could then send the tape to me and I would show the tape to the local prosecutor and the Oregon child protective agency. Please include in this tape some way of verifying a date, such as a dated newspaper shown in the video or something that would have a verifiable date. I believe this is a small step, nonetheless a step in working to a resolution in this matter.

Be advised that am not a lawyer and I do not have control over decisions made by the Clatsop County Court or the District Attorney's Office regarding what decisions are made in this matter. Additionally I have no control in court matters.