On July 10, 2015, at 2:28 PM, a 911 call was placed from Timber Creek Campground in Leadore, Idaho. The caller\u2014Jessica Mitchell\u2014reported that her two-year-old son, Deorr Kunz Jr., was missing. Within hours, law enforcement and search teams were swarming the remote location. Within days, the case had become a mystery that haunts Idaho to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What few people know is that one of the earliest pieces of forensic astrology done on this case\u2014done by me\u2014helped change the direction of that initial search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I first cast the 911 call chart on July 16, 2015, one placement chilled me to the bone: asteroid Shaftesbury<\/strong> conjunct the Sun<\/strong> at the \u201cevil\u201d 18th degree of Cancer. That symbolism\u2014the heart of the chart aligned with a name suggesting a shaft<\/strong>, a drop<\/strong>, a pit<\/strong>, or burial site<\/strong>\u2014immediately suggested to me that baby Deorr had not simply wandered off. I believed he had been hidden<\/strong> in a mine shaft<\/strong> or sinkhole<\/strong>, about 10 miles away, something deep and deliberate. I felt this way because in my discussions with the family, I was led to believe they suspected Isaac may have secreted off the boy, and the astrology seemed to show that someone had. I called Search and Rescue and shared my concern. The very next day, officials expanded the search area to ten miles<\/strong>. That is now on the record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What I didn\u2019t know at the time\u2014but learned later\u2014was that Vernal Kunz, Deorr\u2019s father, worked as a truck driver for a mining company. He may have had access to, or knowledge of, the kinds of locations that would never show up on a map. In other words, he might know exactly<\/em> where to make a body disappear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Astrologically, the Sun wasn\u2019t alone. It formed a wide conjunction with Mars<\/strong>, out-of-bounds at 12\u00b0 Cancer, in the 9th house of the outdoors and wilderness. Mars in Cancer is volatile and emotionally reactive\u2014when out-of-bounds, it can be violent<\/strong>, unpredictable<\/strong>, and desperate to avoid consequence<\/strong>. Also in Cancer: Mercury<\/strong> at 3\u00b0, square the North Node<\/strong> in the 12th house, and applying to a trine with Neptune<\/strong> in the 5th\u2014suggesting that a false narrative was being shaped<\/strong>, centered on a child, wrapped in confusion, and rooted in secrecy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Moon at 14\u00b0 Taurus<\/strong> told its own story. It was exactly conjunct<\/strong> the name asteroids Verne<\/strong> and Dioretsa<\/strong>, representing Vernal and baby Deorr. The Moon also trined Pluto in Capricorn<\/strong>, placed in the 3rd house of cars and local travel<\/strong>. This smooth aspect tells a grim story: that at the moment of the 911 call, Vernal and Deorr may have recently been together\u2014and Deorr may have already been dead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further deepening the chart\u2019s tragedy is Phaethon<\/strong> at 29\u00b0 Gemini in the 8th house of death, opposite Saturn<\/strong> at 28\u00b0 Sagittarius. Phaethon is the asteroid most associated with automobiles and reckless motion<\/strong>, and its opposition to Saturn\u2014the planet of karma and consequence\u2014hints at an irreversible moment involving a vehicle<\/strong>. That axis squares Venus at 27\u00b0 Leo<\/strong> in the public 10th house, showing us how this case would become a media storm of grief and accusation<\/strong>, and for me personally, a moment that activated both my natal Moon and Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The chart\u2019s tension builds around a mutable T-square<\/strong> involving BobWeber<\/strong> (21 Libra), opposite Uranus and Karma<\/strong> on the Ascendant\/Descendant axis, all square the Sun and Shaftesbury. This is an axis of shock, karmic entanglement, and attempted control<\/strong>. Bob Walton, the grandfather at the campsite, becomes part of the energetic struggle. The astrology doesn’t name him guilty\u2014but it does place him squarely in the path of truth colliding with secrets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, Neptune<\/strong> at 9\u00b0 Pisces\u2014the dreaded \u201cbody in the ditch\u201d degree<\/strong>\u2014forms the focal point of a T-square between Pallas<\/strong> (strategy) and Justitia<\/strong> (justice), showing us that justice was deliberately avoided through careful planning<\/strong>. Jessica\u2019s name asteroid sits with Saturn<\/strong>, directly opposite Phaethon\u2014perhaps a cosmic echo of knowledge, complicity, or at least emotional shutdown in the face of horror. And Uranus, ruler of the unexpected, trines the Part of Fortune<\/strong>, suggesting that someone may have gotten very lucky<\/strong>\u2014at least for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s more. The name asteroid IsaacRoberts<\/strong>, representing Isaac Reinwand, is exactly quincunx<\/strong> Jessica\u2019s asteroid on the cusp of the 8th and 9th houses\u2014a tense, uncomfortable connection between her and the man whose story, curiously, has never changed. Isaac is also trine BobWeber<\/strong> in the 12th house\u2014possibly indicating a hidden alliance or shared silence\u2014and square Chiron<\/strong> in the 5th house of children. Chiron is also quincunx BobWeber, suggesting a wound that both avoid addressing. Whether this reflects active participation<\/strong>, passive cover-up<\/strong>, or simply patsy status<\/strong>, the cosmos shows their fates are entangled. Interestingly, Vernal\u2019s name asteroid only aspects Deorr\u2019s\u2014while Jessica\u2019s connects to both Bob and Isaac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What began as a 911 call became a map, and what looked like panic may have been performance. But the stars remember everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stay curious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n