Local 4 year old boy still missing..

[mdmc]

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091219/NEWS/912189972

The other day my sister's dog ran away. We were sick with worry. When I got home to my apartment I saw search teams looking for a missing 4 year old boy. I thought to myself that it must be the most awful feeling in the world - not knowing if your child is safe.

We helped to look around on the first night. The boys still missing several days later!

The whole story has been covered by the local news. there are links at the record site to the whole story..

[Mari333]

1. Terror and more terror

I know how it is. been there.
((hugs))) let us know what happens.

[secondwind]

2. I read the articles......so very sad. Am positive the boyfriend is responsible.....

and I also think that mothers should be held responsible for who they bring into their homes to eat and sleep with their kids in the house!!!!

It's time that these women take responsibility....especially this woman, whose older son was beaten up badly by the same boyfriend at 14 MONTHS OLD.

:puke:

[mdmc]

3. It is a harsh, common story from the inner city

I just wonder where the kid went.
The river is about 3 city blocks from where he disappeared.

[SoCalDem]

7. Not only the inner city. Many women are so needy, they choose "love"

over the safety of their kids :(

It's a rare man who wants to care for another man's children.

Many times they are just looking for someone to sleep with, and to wash their clothes & cook for them..and the kids are just a nuisance they have to put up with.

and too many women trade the safety of their kids, for a little loving from a guy, and possibly some money he may contribute to the household..

Sometimes, the men are actually looking for the "loving" from the kids, and the Mom is just something they have to put up with :grr:

[fl_dem]

4. oh my, theres a boyfriend being questioned.

and polygraphed. I dread the outcome of this.

[mdmc]

5. They arrested him

for not keeping a better eye on the kid. He also has a history.
I don't think he did anything to the kid. But where is the kid?
How does he just disappear?
Where did he go?

[mdmc]

6. amber alert

Mark A. Bookal (Newburgh police 561-3131) Missing From: Newburgh, NY Date Missing: 12/14/2009 Date of Birth: 10/07/2005 Race: Black Hair: Brown. Height: 3’06” Weight: 42 pounds Other Information: He was last seen wearing a red long sleeve shirt, white Nike Uptown sneakers and gray Rokaware sweatpants. He is light skinned, wears his hair in an afro and has marks on the back of each hand from a previous burn injury.

[mdmc]

8. oh well

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091220/NEWS/912200326/-1/NEWS

[mdmc]

9. They found him today

Between where he was last seen, and the river, they found his body.
Newburgh has a police force, and like 32 FBI/DEA agents - all stuck fighting and losing the drug war.
The body was right in between the crime scene and the river - how did they miss the body?
I remember in January they searched my building and back yard. The cops were pretty thorough. How could they have missed this obvious location?
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100325/MEDIA0201/100329852/-1/NEWS