I cannot believe a case like this could happen. That ex wife of his must have been some b*tch! How could she take away his son like that and never make contact? The saddest part was when he found out his son died of leukemia in France. He never got to make peace with him. It is too bad that his ex wife did not catch the leukemia instead because she would have deserved it. I think the ex wife is a sad pathetic person and a joke of a human being.

It always upsets me how these people divorce and then one parent will do absolutely anything to prevent the child or children from seeing the other parent. They think they are getting back at their ex-spouse, but they're really just hurting the children! :(

I just saw this case for the first time today and I just have to say how very sad it makes me. What a horrible woman to take Christophe away from his father for so many years and how tragic that once the father found out what happened to his son that he had died of Leukemia. I just don't know how the father could deal with all of it. I doubt she did...but I hope she got some jail time!

This case has always struck a chord with me. I empathized with Bill Day so much when this story came out. I have been unable to find any information on what actions may have been taken against Betty when Bill finally found her. Can anyone help?

This case has always struck a chord with me. I empathized with Bill Day so much when this story came out. I have been unable to find any information on what actions may have been taken against Betty when Bill finally found her. Can anyone help?


No actions were able to be taken against her, because she had never been served with the original custody papers. No legal recourse available. :(

This is one of those cases that really suffers from a lack of information. We are told that Bill and his wife went through a divorce but much like The Maples case, Bill's wife is presented as having no real motive for wanting to keep Christophe away from his father.

This obviously doesn't make much sense as it takes a heck of a lot of anger or some type of motivation to change your child's identity and constantly move them from place to place to prevent them from having contact with their father. So I don't know what Betty Day's motivation was but I certainly wish we had a clearer picture of this case in that regard.

Also Bill's methods of finding his son to me seemed very bizarre. I mean I have no doubt he was well intentioned but if he had an idea that his son was going to be visiting his ex mother in law's home on a certain date, why didn't he inform the authorities of that fact and have them attempt to bring his son into protective custody?

Also the stuff with the soccer coach was equally bizarre. It was never explained as to why this coach wouldn't help Bill locate his son. From the way it was presented in the segment it seemed as if she may have had information regarding Christophe. If so why wasn't she questioned by the authorities?

Which brings me back to my basic question of where were the authorities in all of this? It just seems to me as if this segment takes on the tone of one man's vigilante quest to find his son (digging through garbage bins, contacting his ex-wife through third parties etc.) instead of being a proper investigation of a child abduction by a non-custodial parent. The whole segment just has a very bizarre tone to it.

Edit: I just re-watched the segment again. I'm really starting to wonder whether or not Betty Day had sole custody of her son with Bill just getting visitation rights? If so I wonder if this would've caused any legal complications regarding her flight with Christophe. It's mentioned at some point that Bill was granted custody of their son Christophe but this was after Betty and Christophe had fled. In fact, according to the update Bill never did serve his wife with his custody papers which resulted in her basically being able to walk away from this whole ordeal scott free. Basically I'm really wondering what the original custody arrangement was? Did Betty indeed have sole custody of Christophe? If so why wasn't a joint custody arrangement explored during the divorce proceedings? Again just seems like they left a lot of information out of this segment.

Well the thing is, is that Bill had visitation rights from the very beginning that Betty would not accomodate to. This led to her fleeing the area, and going all over the world, literally, to keep away from Bill. Even though she was never given any prison term when she was found because the custody papers, that stated Bill now had full custody of Christophe, weren't presented to her... she should still have gotten some sort of sentence, because if you remember in one part of the segment, Robert Stack says "The Judge ruled if she didn't accomodate to the visitation rights (which she didn't) she'd be facing some prison time." Why was this never done, and why was justice never served to Bill, and most of all Christophe for not being able to ever 'really' meet his dad.

This is one of those cases that really suffers from a lack of information. We are told that Bill and his wife went through a divorce but much like The Maples case, Bill's wife is presented as having no real motive for wanting to keep Christophe away from his father.

This obviously doesn't make much sense as it takes a heck of a lot of anger or some type of motivation to change your child's identity and constantly move them from place to place to prevent them from having contact with their father. So I don't know what Betty Day's motivation was but I certainly wish we had a clearer picture of this case in that regard.

Also Bill's methods of finding his son to me seemed very bizarre. I mean I have no doubt he was well intentioned but if he had an idea that his son was going to be visiting his ex mother in law's home on a certain date, why didn't he inform the authorities of that fact and have them attempt to bring his son into protective custody?

Also the stuff with the soccer coach was equally bizarre. It was never explained as to why this coach wouldn't help Bill locate his son. From the way it was presented in the segment it seemed as if she may have had information regarding Christophe. If so why wasn't she questioned by the authorities?

Which brings me back to my basic question of where were the authorities in all of this? It just seems to me as if this segment takes on the tone of one man's vigilante quest to find his son (digging through garbage bins, contacting his ex-wife through third parties etc.) instead of being a proper investigation of a child abduction by a non-custodial parent. The whole segment just has a very bizarre tone to it.

Edit: I just re-watched the segment again. I'm really starting to wonder whether or not Betty Day had sole custody of her son with Bill just getting visitation rights? If so I wonder if this would've caused any legal complications regarding her flight with Christophe. It's mentioned at some point that Bill was granted custody of their son Christophe but this was after Betty and Christophe had fled. In fact, according to the update Bill never did serve his wife with his custody papers which resulted in her basically being able to walk away from this whole ordeal scott free. Basically I'm really wondering what the original custody arrangement was? Did Betty indeed have sole custody of Christophe? If so why wasn't a joint custody arrangement explored during the divorce proceedings? Again just seems like they left a lot of information out of this segment.
I can't answer everything....they probably had to pare out details in order to make sure there was enough time for other cases to be featured the same night. However i can say that amicable divorce and custody proceedings can only happen with both parties are amicable. She, obviously, was not. I can't say for certain, but she seems like the type of person who made every step and ordeal, drawn out, long, and painful. It's possible he did what he did in order to keep peace, to show an element of trust, etc etc. Likely the more he tried, the more she pushed back or the more she retreated. Either way I doubt she was very amicable during the ordeal.

People don't have to have a motive that makes sense. Women are emotional creatures and if they are already a bit unbalanced, it won't take much for them for them to find some sort of reason. Power, control, revenge, wanting to hurt someone are all reasons they do the things they do. Men who do this same thing will do it for the same reasons but the first three come more into play. In most cases it isn't about the child's well-being, though that excuse is frequent. Allegations of sexual abuse are often brought in because it is difficult to prove.

Betty should face prison time for not only kidnapping, but possibly manslaughter too. If she never fled to France, maybe Bill could have helped Christophe with his illness and he'd still be alive, or he might never have contracted leukemia at all.

I would agree wholeheartedly with the jail time for her. Does anyone know how Bill Day is doing now? This case was always one of my favorites to watch, and I was so heartbroken when I saw the update.

I think I may be able to help. My name is Lindsay Day i am 19 years old and I am the daughter of Bill Day and Christophe is my step brother. This is really sad on both my dad and I but he has moved on and has a really great life right now. if anyone has any questions I would be happy to answer them. and I appriciate that you all care it means a lot.

hi im Lindsay Day and Bill day is my dad. He is currently doing really well. he is a contract Firefighter in iraq right now, and though he misses his son he has moved on :)

hi im Lindsay Day and Bill day is my dad. He is currently doing really well. he is a contract Firefighter in iraq right now, and though he misses his son he has moved on :)

Thanks so much for posting Lindsay! I'm sure the other posters like myself are thrilled to learn that your father has went on to have a happy life. I'm especially glad to see he went on to have more children. His is one of the cases on here that angers us the most having seen the update.

I appreciate your willingness to answer our questions. Just curious, have you ever watched the UM segment? Also I'm guessing I probably know the answer to this but does he ever have any contact with his ex Betty? Did she ever express any remorse keeping Christophe away from him and not even letting your dad know he had leukemia? Thanks again!

I was watching the Christophe Day segment of the forbidden site and looked in the comments and saw that just about a week ago, Lindsay wrote that there is a chance that Christophe may still be alive!:D The days received a phone call from Betty's mother who told them about how she thinks Betty lied to Bill claiming that Christophe was dead in order to stop searching for him. Lindsay also said that next summer, she and Bill are going to France to see if Christophe is where Betty claims he was.

Lindsay, I hope you and your dad find Christophe! :)

I was watching the Christophe Day segment of the forbidden site and looked in the comments and saw that just about a week ago, Lindsay wrote that there is a chance that Christophe may still be alive!:D The days received a phone call from Betty's mother who told them about how she thinks Betty lied to Bill claiming that Christophe was dead in order to stop searching for him. Lindsay also said that next summer, she and Bill are going to France to see if Christophe is where Betty claims he was.

Lindsay, I hope you and your dad find Christophe! :)

That sounds just awful if true. Not the part about Christophe being alive but if Betty made the whole thing up about him dying in the first place. It's kind of hard to believe. Why would Betty's mother all of the sudden get a conscience and call the Day family out of the blue to tell them she thinks Betty might be lying? According to the segment, the mother was the only way Bill could communicate with Betty after she went into hiding. She had years and years and years, countless opportunities to tell Bill where Betty and Christophe were hiding and she never said a word. Why the sudden change of heart? If this is a cruel joke then I say lock up Betty AND her mother.

Holy Crap. If this is true then Betty Day should be flogged and thrown in a dark cell to never see the light of day again. Although, it troubles me that her mother is all of a sudden getting a conscience. why now? And that means fraud too. Poor Bill. While I would love it if Christophe were alive because of how much his father loved him, the implications if he were alive all this time stagger me.

I have no problem with Bill Day beating the ever living **** out of her.

I got a kick out of the soccer picture where the coach wasnt in it but she was.

Most narcissistic bitch on the planet.

This is one of those cases that really suffers from a lack of information. We are told that Bill and his wife went through a divorce but much like The Maples case, Bill's wife is presented as having no real motive for wanting to keep Christophe away from his father.

This obviously doesn't make much sense as it takes a heck of a lot of anger or some type of motivation to change your child's identity and constantly move them from place to place to prevent them from having contact with their father. So I don't know what Betty Day's motivation was but I certainly wish we had a clearer picture of this case in that regard.

Also Bill's methods of finding his son to me seemed very bizarre. I mean I have no doubt he was well intentioned but if he had an idea that his son was going to be visiting his ex mother in law's home on a certain date, why didn't he inform the authorities of that fact and have them attempt to bring his son into protective custody?

Also the stuff with the soccer coach was equally bizarre. It was never explained as to why this coach wouldn't help Bill locate his son. From the way it was presented in the segment it seemed as if she may have had information regarding Christophe. If so why wasn't she questioned by the authorities?

Which brings me back to my basic question of where were the authorities in all of this? It just seems to me as if this segment takes on the tone of one man's vigilante quest to find his son (digging through garbage bins, contacting his ex-wife through third parties etc.) instead of being a proper investigation of a child abduction by a non-custodial parent. The whole segment just has a very bizarre tone to it.

Edit: I just re-watched the segment again. I'm really starting to wonder whether or not Betty Day had sole custody of her son with Bill just getting visitation rights? If so I wonder if this would've caused any legal complications regarding her flight with Christophe. It's mentioned at some point that Bill was granted custody of their son Christophe but this was after Betty and Christophe had fled. In fact, according to the update Bill never did serve his wife with his custody papers which resulted in her basically being able to walk away from this whole ordeal scott free. Basically I'm really wondering what the original custody arrangement was? Did Betty indeed have sole custody of Christophe? If so why wasn't a joint custody arrangement explored during the divorce proceedings? Again just seems like they left a lot of information out of this segment.

This case has always bothered me but you are bringing up some good points. UM did leave out to much info...

I was watching the Christophe Day segment of the forbidden site and looked in the comments and saw that just about a week ago, Lindsay wrote that there is a chance that Christophe may still be alive!:D The days received a phone call from Betty's mother who told them about how she thinks Betty lied to Bill claiming that Christophe was dead in order to stop searching for him. Lindsay also said that next summer, she and Bill are going to France to see if Christophe is where Betty claims he was.

Lindsay, I hope you and your dad find Christophe! :)

Any updates on this? It is really possible that Christophe Day is alive and well in France?

Any updates on this? It is really possible that Christophe Day is alive and well in France?


I really doubt that he is alive. I think Bill Day should’ve involved authorities when he was trying to find his son. If he had, his ex wife would have had to give up Christoph like it or not. I’m not blaming him in any way but his search for his son would have been easier if he had the help from LE. I guess when you’re in a situation like that you are desperate and just want to do whatever it takes.

I really doubt that he is alive. I think Bill Day should’ve involved authorities when he was trying to find his son. If he had, his ex wife would have had to give up Christoph like it or not. I’m not blaming him in any way but his search for his son would have been easier if he had the help from LE. I guess when you’re in a situation like that you are desperate and just want to do whatever it takes.
As great as that would be, I highly doubt it. I'm sure by now Bill would have figured out the sham. He probably wanted to go put flowers on his son's resting place and go see the grave to believe it and pay tribute to his son. I know we can't know the particulars, but I despise Betty Day. As soon as her son contracted leukemia, which is such a deadly form of cancer, she should have contacted Bill or something. Not waited until he died. We can't know how she treated her son or anything like that and she probably hurts very much from his passing as well. But to deny a father the right to see his dying son one more time is sickening.

Not to mention the fact that if he needed a bone marrow transplant, a relative is the most likely place to find a match, so she should have contacted him for that.

I decided to search Fb and see if there was a Christophe Day listed. And guess what? There is one listed in France!!! I believe he is about the right age but since I cannot read French and the schools he has graduated from our French i am not sure if they are colleges or what The dates are 2005,2007 and 2008. he would be about 35 now I think. There is a picture but I cannot figure out how to attach it. https://www.facebook.com/christophe.day.3/info?collection_token=836469045%3A2327158227%3A8

I am not sure if it is him or not. his hair is lighter but that really doesn't say it's not him. The picture of him as a boy on the Unsolved Mysteries wiki is a bit blurry and from a different angle but I am having a hard time getting past the name and France connection. What do you guys think?

I decided to search Fb and see if there was a Christophe Day listed. And guess what? There is one listed in France!!! I believe he is about the right age but since I cannot read French and the schools he has graduated from our French i am not sure if they are colleges or what The dates are 2005,2007 and 2008. he would be about 35 now I think. There is a picture but I cannot figure out how to attach it. https://www.facebook.com/christophe.day.3/info?collection_token=836469045%3A2327158227%3A8

I am not sure if it is him or not. his hair is lighter but that really doesn't say it's not him. The picture of him as a boy on the Unsolved Mysteries wiki is a bit blurry and from a different angle but I am having a hard time getting past the name and France connection. What do you guys think?
So are you saying he could be alive? This was one of the most sad segments. I remember the first time I watched it with my wife in 2003 and right after the update confirmed he was dead it was very sad because you could see the hope and love in the fathers eyes.

There is apparently that possibility based a a previous post. His stepsister post on a video on the forbidden site that they are not sure he is dead and that his Mother may have lied

I decided to search Fb and see if there was a Christophe Day listed. And guess what? There is one listed in France!!! I believe he is about the right age but since I cannot read French and the schools he has graduated from our French i am not sure if they are colleges or what The dates are 2005,2007 and 2008. he would be about 35 now I think. There is a picture but I cannot figure out how to attach it. https://www.facebook.com/christophe.day.3/info?collection_token=836469045%3A2327158227%3A8

I am not sure if it is him or not. his hair is lighter but that really doesn't say it's not him. The picture of him as a boy on the Unsolved Mysteries wiki is a bit blurry and from a different angle but I am having a hard time getting past the name and France connection. What do you guys think?


Lycees are basically senior high schools. 15-18. But, they can also be the equivalent of US vo-tech schools. And in fact, the one he has listed in 2007 and 2008 IS a vo-tech type school. If his education was stalled by leukemia or other things, I could see him going back to get some sort of tech degree at that age.

On the other hand, I had a friend whose Facebook name used to be Nicole Simpson with a picture of Nicole Brown Simpson. Some people are just weird and do things like that.

If he is alive, I don't think he'd be using his real name on Facebook, not after going by so many different aliases for years and years after his mother took him into hiding. If he and Betty wanted Bill to continue thinking he was dead, putting his profile with real name online would be beyond stupid.

I wish Bill's step daughter would return here and tell us whatever became of their second trip to France. I've wrestled with the thought of whether Betty lied to Bill that Christophe had actually died and the concept is so disgusting, it totally sounds like something she would do. So I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility.

Either way, I find Betty to be pure evil. If she lied about Christophe's death, that cruelty goes without saying in regards to Bill. If she told the truth, she still made no effort to contact Bill and tell him that their son had died, not even after a year and nearly a decade of hiding him.

If he is alive, I don't think he'd be using his real name on Facebook, not after going by so many different aliases for years and years after his mother took him into hiding. If he and Betty wanted Bill to continue thinking he was dead, putting his profile with real name online would be beyond stupid.

I wish Bill's step daughter would return here and tell us whatever became of their second trip to France. I've wrestled with the thought of whether Betty lied to Bill that Christophe had actually died and the concept is so disgusting, it totally sounds like something she would do. So I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility.

Either way, I find Betty to be pure evil. If she lied about Christophe's death, that cruelty goes without saying in regards to Bill. If she told the truth, she still made no effort to contact Bill and tell him that their son had died, not even after a year and nearly a decade of hiding him.

Oh I agree she is evil. Whether Christohphe is a live and she lied or she let him die without ever reuniting him and his dad she is an evil; lady. I really didn't think the FB was him but it was quite a coincidence huh? I too had hoped the stepsister would have been back to let us know what they found out. This is just a very sad case

I don't remember a lot about this segment except for a few scenes of the father doing his own surveillance and investigating.

If Christophe really did die in France, couldn't his father contact the health department or whatever agency handles such things, and obtain a copy of the death certificate?

Saw this segment again. Why didn't Bill contact the cops that night he thought he saw his son!?

Women are emotional creatures and if they are already a bit unbalanced, it won't take much for them for them to find some sort of reason.

:rolleyes:

:rolleyes:

+1.

The notion that women are "emotional" (besides being problematic in multiple other regards) contributes to a legal system that tends to find women incapable of clearly calculating the crimes they commit, while consistently punishing men more severely for the same or similar crimes.

Saw this segment again. Why didn't Bill contact the cops that night he thought he saw his son!?

I believe he was planning to do that the following day or some time that weekend. But at that moment, he was just happy to know where Christophe was living.

It's just a tragedy that Bill's compassion for his son, not wanting to traumatize him after not seeing him for two years, ended up screwing him over as Betty ended up leaving with Christophe the very next day.

It's a near miss that makes you want to pull your hair out. Kind of like when the Maples' apartment complex in Santa Clara had been tracked down within a day of the original UM segment but they had moved out with Bobby and Christi just a week earlier and then managed to stay in hiding for another 19 years.

I had never seen this segment prior to watching it recently. Having seen the update online, this case may be the saddest UM case for me. How terribly sad that Bill saw his son that one night but didn't alert authorities. It was the last time he ever caught a glimpse of him as he apparently died years later.

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you need a bone marrow transplant from a relative if you have leukemia? If that is the case, why in the world she didn't contact Bill when Christophe was diagnosed is criminal.

Probably because she was enough of a sociopath/psychopath/narcissist or whatever that contacting him would be "losing". Having mental issues she'd rather have her son die than give in and stop punishing his father. The woman is a nutcase and it's a shame she was able to get away with this. I hope karma gets her eventually.

I believe he was planning to do that the following day or some time that weekend. But at that moment, he was just happy to know where Christophe was living.

It's just a tragedy that Bill's compassion for his son, not wanting to traumatize him after not seeing him for two years, ended up screwing him over as Betty ended up leaving with Christophe the very next day.

It's a near miss that makes you want to pull your hair out. Kind of like when the Maples' apartment complex in Santa Clara had been tracked down within a day of the original UM segment but they had moved out with Bobby and Christi just a week earlier and then managed to stay in hiding for another 19 years.
I wonder if Bill was noticed outside the house trying to get a peak inside. It just seems too much of a coincidence that the very next day Christophe was taken away from the house.

Does anyone actually have this segment? I can't remember if I saw it on the forbidden site years ago, or if I actually caught it on a Lifetime rerun back in the early 2000's.

Does anyone actually have this segment? I can't remember if I saw it on the forbidden site years ago, or if I actually caught it on a Lifetime rerun back in the early 2000's.

I uploaded it to YouTube several years back. This around that very brief period when Lifetime's sister network 'Real Women' was airing old segments. But naturally, it was removed by Cosgrove & Mauer before you could blink twice.

Unfortunately, I accidentally recorded over the segment shortly after.

I uploaded it to YouTube several years back. This around that very brief period when Lifetime's sister network 'Real Women' was airing old segments. But naturally, it was removed by Cosgrove & Mauer before you could blink twice.

Unfortunately, I accidentally recorded over the segment shortly after.

I remember that channel. I used to kill many a lunch hour on my phone with your content...

Does anyone actually have this segment? I can't remember if I saw it on the forbidden site years ago, or if I actually caught it on a Lifetime rerun back in the early 2000's.
I have a copy somewhere although it will be like finding a needle in a haystack since so many haven't been labelled yet. I saw them on a certain popular video sharing site and downloaded them very quickly years ago.

The worst part about this case was that Bill actually went through the proper channels (in court) to obtain visitation, and ultimately, custody of Christophe. DarkDante alluded to this earlier in this thread, but I too found in pretty bizarre that the segment was presented as Bill's vigilante-like quest to find his son. I have no idea why the authorities were never involved.

I have no idea why the authorities were never involved. I would imagine that Bill knew what his ex-wife was capable of and if law enforcement got involved it could have led to a violent struggle (or she could have fled immediately). He probably didn't want to have his son traumatized by having Mom and half her family hauled off to jail. I see his behavior as similar to Gordon Page Sr.: while it's easy to play Monday morning quarterback most loving fathers would have reacted in the same way with the information they had at the time.

Betty is one if not the worst non-murderer featured on UM in my opinion. I tried everything to give her the benefit of the doubt since there are two sides to every story but it's clear to me she was just a scumbag who would rather ruin her ex-husband than allow her son to have a happy, well adjusted life. Just the fact he was able to get full custody in the 80s tells me everything I need to know. Not going to lie, if I were in Bill's shoes I might have been featured on UM as a fugitive wanted for murder in France.

I would imagine that Bill knew what his ex-wife was capable of and if law enforcement got involved it could have led to a violent struggle (or she could have fled immediately). He probably didn't want to have his son traumatized by having Mom and half her family hauled off to jail. I see his behavior as similar to Gordon Page Sr.: while it's easy to play Monday morning quarterback most loving fathers would have reacted in the same way with the information they had at the time.


I wasn't criticizing Bill for what he did. I find it odd that no law enforcement agency was interviewed in the segment, as well as their apparent blase attitude in trying to locate Betty.

The worst part about this case was that Bill actually went through the proper channels (in court) to obtain visitation, and ultimately, custody of Christophe. DarkDante alluded to this earlier in this thread, but I too found in pretty bizarre that the segment was presented as Bill's vigilante-like quest to find his son. I have no idea why the authorities were never involved.

That's a good point. As soon as one parent (or family member) takes off with the child, the FBI is supposed to get immediately involved. But the segment made it seem as though Bill was on his own.

Even before the kidnapping, the authorities weren't exactly shown in a positive light. The segment mentions that Betty denied Bill visits with Christophe over and over and over to the point where he kept having to take her to court. When the judge told Betty he was going to jail her if she continued to do this, THAT'S when she took off. It seems like the judge should have threatened her much earlier than he did.

Hello all,

It has been quite some time since my last post about my father.

We are living well, I am married now and he is retired from the Fire Department.

My father did try to involve the police, but not at the time he saw Christophe outside because he was afraid of creating a scene and creating more problems. The courts were involved, however, with them being in France it was difficult to do anything. My father had a private investigator that has been searching for years. He still talks to him and they send Christmas cards every year.

Yes, my father could have helped Christophe with his Leukemia if his ex wife would have called him.

I have never been able to meet Christophe. My father remarried and had me. I had never met his ex wife. He has not heard from her since. I have a brother I never met and I have no idea if he is alive or not.

We haven't been able to get 100% confirmation on Christophes death, so honestly, we have no idea. In my heart I hope he is alive and I feel awkward, but I am going to start to send Facebook friend requests. Maybe he changed his name, I don't know. It is worth a try though.

My father is handling, but if there was some way he is still alive and I could talk to him and let him see our dad, that would be amazing.

Lindsay (Day) King

Hello all,

It has been quite some time since my last post about my father.

We are living well, I am married now and he is retired from the Fire Department.

My father did try to involve the police, but not at the time he saw Christophe outside because he was afraid of creating a scene and creating more problems. The courts were involved, however, with them being in France it was difficult to do anything. My father had a private investigator that has been searching for years. He still talks to him and they send Christmas cards every year.

Yes, my father could have helped Christophe with his Leukemia if his ex wife would have called him.

I have never been able to meet Christophe. My father remarried and had me. I had never met his ex wife. He has not heard from her since. I have a brother I never met and I have no idea if he is alive or not.

We haven't been able to get 100% confirmation on Christophes death, so honestly, we have no idea. In my heart I hope he is alive and I feel awkward, but I am going to start to send Facebook friend requests. Maybe he changed his name, I don't know. It is worth a try though.

My father is handling, but if there was some way he is still alive and I could talk to him and let him see our dad, that would be amazing.

Lindsay (Day) King

Thank you for posting. Your brother's story is one that is a tough one to watch, at least for me. I hope that he IS alive and you're able to reconnect with him. That would be a much happier ending than the one we've been left with.

Please continue to check in to let us know how you're doing.

We haven't been able to get 100% confirmation on Christophes death, so honestly, we have no idea. In my heart I hope he is alive and I feel awkward, but I am going to start to send Facebook friend requests. Maybe he changed his name, I don't know. It is worth a try though.

This really makes me angry. When the text update was first shown on TV, I felt horrible about the circumstances at first but then I felt worse thinking that it wouldn't be beyond comprehension if Betty lied about Christophe dying just to stick it to Bill one last time.

He finally tracked Betty down in 1999. And here we are 19 years later and your family still can't be 100% sure if Christophe actually died or not. I wish there was some way for you guys to get proof. But every step along the way, Betty has had people do her bidding. And I don't know how you could trust anyone who is in her orbit to give you guys the honest answers you deserve. It also probably doesn't help matters with her living in a foreign country, if she is indeed still in France.

Fascinating post that confirms pretty much all my suspicions. If there is anything to take away from this it's that it okay to get law enforcement involved when you are in a situation with someone unreasonable and vindictive like Betty. Better for the child to see a parent hauled away to jail (if Betty were to resist and create a scene that's on her, not Bill) than to have their life ruined by a vengeful custody battle. People like Betty are capable of ANYTHING, including making false claims of abuse and I hope that this case serves as a warning for what can happen when you try to be rational with a crazy person.

It never occurred to me that Christophe dying of leukemia could have been a lie. Is there any way that you could contact the American embassy in France? If anyone could help, it would probably be them.

I would think that if in fact Christophe would still be alive there would at least be some news about the possibility. Betty is a con-woman so I guess there is a chance.