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| McCoy,Curtis missing November 18,1989; New Jersey | |
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| oldies4mari2004 | Aug 18 2006, 08:55 PM Post #1 |
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| oldies4mari2004 | Dec 31 2006, 10:15 PM Post #2 |
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Curtis McCoy Left: Curtis, circa 1989; Right: Age-progression at age 17 (circa 2004) Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance Missing Since: November 18, 1989 from Newark, New Jersey Classification: Endangered Missing Date Of Birth: October 6, 1987 Age: 2 years old Height and Weight: 1'8, 25 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Curtis has two marks on his back. Clothing/Jewelry Description: A green jacket, blue jeans and a blue Yankees baseball cap. Details of Disappearance McCoy was visiting the family of his father, Curtis Williams, for the Thanksgiving holidays in Newark, New Jersey on November 18, 1989. His mother, Lashawn McCoy, had custody of him and they resided in South Carolina at the time. McCoy was last seen walking slightly behind his father, his father's girlfriend, Sabetha Moore, and the two baby daughters Moore and Williams had together. The family was window-shopping in downtown Newark. Williams said reached behind to take his son's hand as the group crossed an intersection, but Curtis had vanished. The child has never been seen again. An extensive search yielded no evidence as to his whereabouts. Williams was questioned numerous times over the years by the New Jersey investigators regarding the child's fate. Lashawn claims that her son did not want to travel to New Jersey for the visitation and that she had to reassure him the trip would be fine. She moved her family to New Jersey after her son disappeared in 1989. Williams was jailed, along with Moore, on fraud charges in September 2005. They allegedly stole security deposits from prospective tenants of an apartment and also falsely reported Curtis as a dependent on a loan application. Authorities initially believed Williams had hidden Curtis in the local area and the child was living under an assumed name, but their search turned up no evidence that he was alive. In January 2006, Williams was additionally charged with his son's murder. Authorities stated they had opened a grand jury investigation into Curtis's disappearance and individuals gave evidence that Williams killed his son and then reported him as a missing person to cover up the crime. In addition, a search of the Williams residence turned up evidence supporting this theory. Investigators have not revealed any motive for Curtis's presumed death. Searches are being conducted for Curtis's remains; he is believed to be buried somewhere in Hudson County, New Jersey. His case remains classified as a non-family abduction with some agencies. Investigating Agencies If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: Newark Police Department 201-733-6123 OR Federal Bureau of Investigation 202-324-3000 Source Information The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children Federal Bureau Of Investigation The Star-Ledger The Jersey Journal WNBC WABC-TV Updated 4 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated March 27, 2006; details of disappearance updated. Charley Project Home |
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| oldies4mari2004 | Dec 31 2006, 10:16 PM Post #3 |
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| monkalup | May 13 2007, 09:33 PM Post #4 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerseycity...0640.xml&coll=3 After 18-year fight, an empty feeling Saturday, May 12, 2007 There have been plenty of dark days for La Shawn McCoy Wooding over the past 18 years, but yesterday must have been one of the darkest. The mother who never gave up the search for 2-year-old Curtis McCoy since he went missing in 1989 had to watch the boy's father - who admitted killing him - walk out of court yesterday a free man. Advertisement McCoy wanted closure, but this wasn't what she had in mind. "I want to know I fought this fight for a reason and didn't come all this way for nothing," McCoy Wooding told the judge in her plea to have Curtis Williams' plea deal vacated. The judge refused her emotional request. McCoy Wooding spent 17 years dogging Williams, at times parking outside his home and counting the children leaving in the morning. Over the years she visited Williams to speak about little Curtis - and he would just smirk, she said. In 2005, Jersey City Police Detective Keith Armstrong took on the case and put the clues together that led to Williams. "I cried with (Williams), telling him I hoped someone would leave the baby on the church steps," McCoy Wooding told the judge. "It's just not thinkable that someone could do something like this and get away with it." MICHAELANGELO CONTE |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | May 13 2007, 09:36 PM Post #5 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | May 13 2007, 09:39 PM Post #6 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/05/12/ap3714783.html Man Who Admitted Killing Son Set Free By MATTHEW VERRINDER 05.12.07, 9:32 PM ET A man who admitted killing his son 17 years ago was sentenced to probation in exchange for saying where the toddler's body was buried - even though the remains were not found during a lengthy search. Curtis Williams said he buried the clothed body of 2-year-old Curtis McCoy under 3 feet of dirt on a hilly, brush-filled area beneath an elevated portion of the New Jersey Turnpike in Jersey City. Searchers sifted through soil covering hundreds of square feet last month but failed to find the remains. The plea deal - in which a hindering apprehension charge replaced murder counts that carried a life sentence upon conviction - remained in effect. On Friday, Judge Peter Vazquez sentenced Williams to five years of probation, the maximum allowed, prosecutor Debra Simon said. Authorities believe Williams was telling the truth about where he buried McCoy's body because he passed a polygraph test. Simon said the plea deal came about because the case against Williams was weak - there were only two witnesses, and both may have had ulterior motives to testify against him - and prosecutors wanted to give McCoy's family closure. "I didn't have a slam dunk of a case," Simon said Saturday. "If we go to trial for murder and we lose, and we ask him where the baby's body is, he would have laughed. And if we win, what motive would he have to tell us where the baby is?" Williams, 40, initially was charged with the boy's 1989 murder in January 2006. At the time, he was serving a sentence for fraud for claiming McCoy as a dependent in a loan application. As part of the plea deal, that charge was also dropped. Williams initially told Newark police that his son had gone missing while they were out shopping. The boy's mother contacted police in 2004, around the 15th anniversary of her son's disappearance. Jersey City police eventually found evidence implicating Williams, which led to the murder charge. Williams' lawyer, Jeffrey Jablonski, said the plea deal was the only leverage prosecutors had against Williams to get him to reveal where McCoy's body was buried. "If Mr. Williams knew where the body was, that was his largest bargaining chip," Jablonski said Saturday. "I know that sounds terribly, terribly harsh, but that's the reality of the situation." Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | May 13 2007, 09:40 PM Post #7 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/11/nj.murder.plea/ Man admits killing son, gets out of prison POSTED: 1657 GMT (0057 HKT), May 12, 2007 (CNN) -- A New Jersey judge approved a plea deal Friday that will set free a man who admitted murdering his 2-year-old son 17 years ago. Curtis Williams confessed to beating son Curtis McCoy to death, after claiming for 16 years to have lost the child while shopping in Newark. Williams told prosecutors where he buried the body in exchange for a plea deal that would set him free with time served -- only 20 months in prison. When two days of digging in early April of this year failed to turn up the body, the victim's mother, La Shawn McCoy, hoped the plea deal would not stand. McCoy expressed her anger and disdain toward Williams in court Friday morning. "[You knew] all the time that you did not have him. That you had killed him," she said, in tears. "I used that to comfort me, thinking that you had him and you were taking care of him, and you just didn't want to give him back. Now what do I have? What do I have to ease this pain? Nothing," she said. (Watch the grieving mother scold her child's killer ) Prosecutor Deborah Simon told CNN that had the plea deal been thrown out, it would still have been very difficult to try the case. There is no forensic evidence that incriminates Williams, and the only testimony comes from Williams' girlfriend at the time of the murder, claiming he killed the child. Williams is expected to be released from prison today. CNN's Allan Chernoff and Winnie Dunbar contributed to this report. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| Pilgrim | Jul 14 2011, 11:58 AM Post #8 |
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Humbug!! It's All A Humbug!
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Last Name McCoy First Name Curtis Middle Name Sex Male Race Black Date Of Birth 10/09/1987 Place Of Birth Height 2'0 Weight 25 lbs. Hair Black Eyes Brown Complexion Dark Scars/Marks/Tattoos smt Last Seen 11/18/89 NCIC M393470672 On November 18, 1989, 2 year old Curtis McCoy was kidnapped as he walked a few steps behind his father in Newark, New Jersey. At the time, Curtis was on a shopping trip with his father, his father's girlfriend and his 2 half-sisters. As the group approached an intersection, Curtis's father reached back to take his son's hand to cross the street, but Curtis was gone. At the time of the kidnapping, Curtis McCoy lived with his mother in South Carolina and was visiting his father in New Jersey. For further information, please contact Newark Police Department at #973-733-6000 or NJSP Missing Persons Unit at #800-709-7090. http://webdb.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/njsp/mpdisplay.cgi?mpid=27 |
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