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| Death of teen found in Louisiana sugar cane field probed as homicide |
| 2020-11-17 |
| [NYPOST] A black 15-year-old boy was found dead in a sugar cane field days after he vanished in Louisiana, according to authorities who are probing his death as a homicide. The body of Quawan "Bobby" Charles was discovered on Nov. 3 by Iberia Gay Pareeh sheriff’s deputies in a creek near Loreauville after his family first notified cops in Baldwin about his disappearance on Oct. 30, sheriff’s officials said. Police in Baldwin met with one of the teen’s relatives that day, but failed to issue an alert or to launch a search for him, family members told the Advocate during a protest Saturday calling for answers in the ongoing homicide investigation. A preliminary autopsy released Friday indicates the teen likely drowned. Injuries to his face occurred post-mortem and were probably caused by animals since he was found in water, a coroner found. But the teen’s family has commissioned an independent autopsy, the results of which are pending, the Advocate reported. "Quawan’s face looks like he was tortured," cousin Celine Charles told the outlet, pushing back on drowning as the teen’s most likely cause of death. Activist Jamal Taylor also called on a Baldwin police officer to be put on administrative leave, claiming the cop failed to investigate the initial missing person report and was probably at a football game instead. "What we have witnessed is an attempt to undermine an investigation," Taylor said Saturday. "Had he done his job, this mother would not be grieving here today." Iberia Gay Pareeh Sheriff Tommy Romero said Saturday Sherlocks immediately treated the case as a homicide "at the very moment" the teen’s body was found — just hours after deputies were contacted directly by one of his parents on Nov. 3. "I want to assure the public that I, and my team, are doing everything we can, and following every lead, to gather evidence into what happened in the untimely death of Quawan ’Bobby’ Charles," Romero said in a statement. "Although we believe it is important not to compromise any part of our investigation, we are prepared to release some details so that the public can be assured we are not resting in our effort to find the truth." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 $262,000 is a motive. Just sayin. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-11-17 11:17 |
| #2 Quawan. Son of Obiwan? |
| Posted by: jpal 2020-11-17 10:56 |
| #1 JADN |
| Posted by: Mad Eye Angonter1301 2020-11-17 07:21 |