THE dad of missing geologist Daniel Robinson has made a desperate plea to detectives to hurry up and give him some long overdue answers.

Devastated, David Robinson was forced to take the law into his own hands from the Buckeye Police Department in Arizona, where his 24-year-old son went missing in June 2021.

The military veteran, who served in Afghanistan, hired a private investigator to examine Daniel’s apartment in Tempe, Arizona, as he grew sick and tired of the lack of help offered by local authorities who believed he had willingly gone missing.

The PI, Jeff McGrath, however, found evidence of someone being at Daniel’s place after he disappeared in the desert, never to be seen again.

Yet it took a meeting with the mayor of Tempe and the chief of police to instigate a forensics test that proved an unidentified person “was searching on his computer and going through his files.”

The discovery was a promising development, but despite handing the details to Buckeye police last year, David is still waiting for answers.

In an e-mail to The U.S. Sun, a Buckeye Police spokesperson said detectives were still “analyzing raw data” although, at this point, they don’t suspect any “foul play.”

“It’s nonsense,” said David. “I know my son. There was foul play involved.”

Single dad David has been forced to fund much of the heartbreaking search mission by himself, willingly accepting the help of volunteers to try to find his son.

“We found someone was messing with his computer after he went missing,” David told The U.S. Sun at CrimeCon in Orlando.

“But the authorities are refusing to do the work that needs to be done. So, that’s where I’m at right now, forcing them.

“One thing I need for sure is the public’s support because that’s my help to keep the pressure on and I need funding too. I’ll just keep fighting.”

David also wants Daniel’s Jeep Renegade, which was found in a ravine a few miles away from where he disappeared, properly processed and tested for DNA.

He told The U.S. Sun that he believed the Jeep’s position was staged and had questions about a red mark found on the exterior.

“Immediately when I saw the vehicle, I noticed something wasn’t right with it,” said McGrath. “The damage didn’t match with the terrain and where it was laying.”   

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A pair of jeans, work boots, socks, and a work vest were found in the vehicle, which had deployed airbags when found by a local rancher.

A phone, which was also in the car, also appears to have been doctored. It was missing a memory card and some crucial information surrounding an alleged friendship with a woman.

In the police report, David recalled how Daniel was in love with a woman named Katelyn, whom he met while delivering food to her on June 12, 2021.

The woman and her friend, who admitted they were drunk, invited Daniel into their apartment.

He left a canopy there, however, and despite being told to wait before retrieving it, Daniel went to the place unannounced, with all of his visits captured on a security camera.

“Katelyn said Daniel then began to become very creepy, sending her a text message of a heart emoji and a text message saying that he loves her,” the police report stated.

“A day later, he texted her saying he was outside of her home. She was very concerned, and unsure why Daniel would fall in love with her because she said she didn’t lead him on.”

Furthermore, according to the report, Daniel’s last text to her read: “The world can get better, but I’ll have to take all the time I can or we can, whatever to name it. I’ll either see you again or never see you again.” 

However, David said Daniel’s phone was missing large chunks of their correspondence, which only served to raise further suspicions as to how the case was being dealt with.

“Everything about this young lady they put in this report was wiped out of the phone,” David revealed.

“Her texts, her side of text messages between them. The timestamps don’t match what they have in their report.”

David was also puzzled why police officers claimed they had retrieved information from the phone’s trash files – when the manufacturer states that after 30 days, it’s cleared out automatically.

“It’s impossible for them to have the things they say they have,” he snapped.

“That’s why I dispute this whole thing. We feel like it’s a cover-up.”

The U.S. Sun has contacted Buckeye police to attempt to further clarify the situation but has yet to hear back.