His mother and her husband are charged with murder
'Boy in Bag' is nameless no longer Jerell Willis, 4, of Camden,
lancel, was beaten in '94 and found in a vacant Phila. lot. His mother and her husband are charged with murder.
"This little boy, previously known only to his Maker, is now known to the world,
chanel sunglasses," Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham said.
The boy's mother,
louboutin pas cher, Alicia Willis Robinson, 32,
nike free run, and her husband, Lawrence Robinson,
burberry outlet online, 36, were charged yesterday with his murder, Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi said.
For more than 10 years, relatives who had asked the Robinsons about the boy's disappearance were given the runaround, Sarubbi said.
Then last month, Philadelphia detectives got a call from one of the boy's uncles. Doing some detective work of his own, he had come across a sculpture of a young boy's head on the Web site of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The visage was familiar.
"He said he saw the bust and recognized distinct family features," said Frank Bender, the sculptor of the forensic reconstruction.
That, investigators said, was the break they needed to reopen the case.
Alicia Robinson, arrested at her home in the 6100 block of Reedland Street this month,
soccer jersey, was being held last night without bail in a Philadelphia jail on charges of abuse of a corpse. Her extradition to New Jersey is being sought, Sarubbi said.
Lawrence Robinson, also known as Jevon Willis, is in Riverfront State Prison in Camden, serving the second year of an eight year sentence for sexual assault.
Jerell died of multiple blunt trauma "on or about January 1994" after being severely beaten about the head,
oakley vault, Sarubbi said.
According to a statement of probable cause, Alicia Robinson told investigators that she and her husband struck Jerell numerous times in their apartment "around the time of a major snowstorm." The boy became lethargic and then unconscious.
Neither of the Robinsons summoned medical help. According to the statement, they avoided contacting any official.
"They both did it together," Sarubbi said. "They found the first empty or vacant lot,
insanity, and that's where they placed the bag."
A passerby found the skeletal remains, wrapped in bedsheets and a towel, on May 27,
nike air, 1994.
An autopsy determined that the child had been beaten several times before the blows that killed him. Numerous old fractures of the ribs were noted, Sarubbi said.
The New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services had been in contact with the family before the slaying because of complaints about the boy's treatment. None of the complaints could be substantiated, DYFS spokesman Andy Williams said.
"The last contact we had with them was in October 1993, when the case was closed," he said.
At least two other children were living in the Robinson apartment when a caseworker visited, Williams said.
Now, he said, DYFS is reviewing the case files.
Alicia Robinson has nine children, all in the custody of the father of the two youngest,
juicycouture.com, said Ted Qualli,
soccer shoes, spokesman for the Philadelphia Department of Human Services. He said the agency was doing its best to keep the family together.
After the autopsy in 1994,
hogan outlet, the nameless child's body lay unclaimed at the city morgue until 2001,
sac michael kors, when Mary Peck, a North Philadelphia grandmother, arranged for a funeral. His ashes were interred in North Philadelphia on Ash Wednesday, beneath a headstone reading, "God bless this grave of this unknown boy."
"It's a real shame Mary Peck isn't around for the identification,
sunglasses outlet," said Bender, the forensic sculptor. Peck, who died two years ago,
ghd, "really cared for that little boy."
oakley.com Glaswegian women who filled their bags
north face jackets Australia score 380
coach purses Budget Baby Diaper Bags
polo ralph lauren bmw ...t side airbag front right
ray ban ECB announces interest rate cut