Pictures and memories are all Diana Collins has left of her 2-year-old nephew, Sylar Newton.
"The entire family has just been devastated since we found out," Collins said.
On the morning of July 25, Sylar vanished from his tent during a camping trip with his family at the Beaver Creek Campground near Camp Verde.
"I love you Sylar ... please come home," Sylar’s custodial mom, Chritina Priem said during an interview with CBS 5 after his disappearance.
Priem remained optimistic her son would return alive.
"In the first few hours, she was hoping he had just wondered off and then after that, she just had hope maybe somebody that really wanted a baby had taken him and they'd get caught and he come back," Collins added.
Aug. 10, a family member discovered what appeared to be skeletal remains of a young boy about two miles from the campsite.
"She cries all the time. She's just devastated," Collins said.
Investigators are now treating the case as a homicide investigation. Collins said her sister feels like she is being treated as a suspect.
"I know its normal in an investigation to rule out suspects by asking them questions and things, but I think they've taken it a bit far with my sister," Collins said.
Flagstaff police are familiar with Sylar and Priem. In January an anonymous tip claimed Priem was on drugs and suffered anger management problems. The reports claim that when police got to the apartment Sylar and Prime were staying, an officer found Sylar sitting at a kitchen table smiling at Priem; a friend was cooking dinner. The claim was dismissed.
"My sister has had some problems, but this was her child, this was her baby boy and I think people need to remember that," Priem said.
When asked if her sister had anything to do with Sylar’s disappearance or death, Collins was quick to respond.
"Absolutely not, absolutely not,” Collins said.
The Yavapai county sheriff’s department has not named any suspects in the case.
The medical examiner has not determined the identity of the body discovered near the campsite, or cause of death.
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