LAKEVILLE, Minn. -- A father abandoned his 11-year-old son last month, telling him in a letter to move in with neighbors because their south Minnesota home was in foreclosure, according to a warrant complaint seeking his arrest.
Steven Alexander Cross, 60, left two notes for his son, according to the complaint charging him with a gross misdemeanor of child neglect. One letter said their home in Lakeville was going to be sold at a sheriff's sale and instructed the boy to take his PlayStation and go to a neighbor's house. The other asked the neighbors to take care of his son. The boy has been placed in foster care.
"If this paper is wet it's because I am crying so bad. You know your dad loves you more than anything," the letter said. Elsewhere he wrote: "There are many, many great years ahead for you. Not so for me."
The letter also revealed to the boy that his mother, whom his father had told him had died, is still alive. Investigators don't know where she is.
"For a parent to abandon a child under these circumstances – it is both unusual and disturbing," Backstrom said.
Cross is believed to have fled to California but investigators say the trail has grown cold. Lakeville is 25 miles south of St. Paul.
Cross' two-story home was vacant this week, with foreclosure signs posted on the front door. The newspaper reported that a bank bought it for $336,925 in January.
Neighbors Traci Radtke said she was stunned. She said the family who took in the boy told her he broke down in tears when he arrived at their home.
"Heartbreaking," Radtke said. "It's a sad story."
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It's like this type of situation is happening more and more nowadays. Thank God this boy is 11 yrs old and not an infant. This man decided to take the easy way out by fleeing, abandoning his son in the process. Something is very fishy about all of this, then again we would have to know exactly his motive. Hopefully they can reunite this boy with his mother. You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or
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