From left to right: Tanner Skelton, Alexander Skelton, and Andrew SkeltonAn auction has been organized to raise reward money in the case of
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The brothers — 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander and 5-year-old Tanner — were last seen with their father,
. The 39-year-old Morenci man is in jail facing counts of parental kidnapping, kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment,
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The auction, organized by Morenci residents, will be on March 19 at the Morenci High School gym, 788 Coomer St. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the auction starts at 6 p.m.
Money raised during the auction will benefit the Skelton Brothers Reward Fund, which was set up to provide an incentive to someone who may know where the brothers are. John Skelton, their father, has not offered investigators any clues.
Any remaining money will got to the Morenci Education Foundation and playground equipment at Morenci Elementary School and Wakefield Park in Morenci.
The auction already includes many items including NASCAR memorabilia, a one-night stay at a Hudson bed and breakfast, Red Wing tickets, and tools. A list of auction items and some photos is available
(via www.auctionzip.com). All auction items have been donated.
More information about the Skelton Brothers Reward Fund and the auction is available at
. People can make donations at the website.
Full mlive.com coverage of the missing Skelton brothers and their father's legal proceedings is available
.