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Noah was found dead May 16, a day after he was reported missing, in a borrow pit filled with water near his home in Jesup, Georgia, law enforcement and Johnson have said. A borrow pit is an area where material like dirt or soil has been dug out for use at another site.
He was last seen hanging out with a 10-year-old, whom he had known for a few months and considered a friend, and an 11-year-old he’d met that day, Johnson said.
“At some point, they pressured Noah to go down to the borrow pit,” said Johnson, who has met with the district attorney and viewed the evidence.
“It’s a deep, canyon-like place. And in the low places, water fills up in it, like swimming-pool sizes of water,” he said, adding that the area is in “total disrepair” with fences and gates broken down, allowing access to people.
Johnson said an argument ensued between the boys, and he “was pushed into the water by the older juvenile.”
The sheriff’s department said at the time that his death was an accident and that no foul play was involved. But family members disputed that finding, arguing that Noah was afraid of water and would not have gone near it, according to NBC affiliate First Coast News. Hundreds of people protested the department’s findings in the days after Noah’s death.
“She always believed that there was more to this,” Johnson said of Noah’s mother. “I don’t know if I recall anybody who’s been more regretful that they were right.”
Noahs’ mother believes the sheriff’s office almost overlooked her son’s death as a homicide and criticized the sheriff’s office’s handling of the investigation, Johnson said
“It is her belief that, ultimately, her child didn’t matter to them,” he said.
Noah was Black. Johnson said the two boys who were arrested are white.
The sheriff’s department did not respond to questions from NBC News about the family's allegations.
“There may be others who are involved in concealing the actions of the 10 and 11 year old and everyone who was involved in that, who was a party to those crimes, should be held to account,” Johnson said.
But he said the family is grateful to the local district attorney for ultimately deciding that the two boys and one of their mothers should face charges.
www.nbcnews.com
He was last seen hanging out with a 10-year-old, whom he had known for a few months and considered a friend, and an 11-year-old he’d met that day, Johnson said.
“At some point, they pressured Noah to go down to the borrow pit,” said Johnson, who has met with the district attorney and viewed the evidence.
“It’s a deep, canyon-like place. And in the low places, water fills up in it, like swimming-pool sizes of water,” he said, adding that the area is in “total disrepair” with fences and gates broken down, allowing access to people.
Johnson said an argument ensued between the boys, and he “was pushed into the water by the older juvenile.”
The sheriff’s department said at the time that his death was an accident and that no foul play was involved. But family members disputed that finding, arguing that Noah was afraid of water and would not have gone near it, according to NBC affiliate First Coast News. Hundreds of people protested the department’s findings in the days after Noah’s death.
“She always believed that there was more to this,” Johnson said of Noah’s mother. “I don’t know if I recall anybody who’s been more regretful that they were right.”
Noahs’ mother believes the sheriff’s office almost overlooked her son’s death as a homicide and criticized the sheriff’s office’s handling of the investigation, Johnson said
“It is her belief that, ultimately, her child didn’t matter to them,” he said.
Noah was Black. Johnson said the two boys who were arrested are white.
The sheriff’s department did not respond to questions from NBC News about the family's allegations.
“There may be others who are involved in concealing the actions of the 10 and 11 year old and everyone who was involved in that, who was a party to those crimes, should be held to account,” Johnson said.
But he said the family is grateful to the local district attorney for ultimately deciding that the two boys and one of their mothers should face charges.
Family of boy who drowned in a ‘borrow pit’ calls for more arrests after 10- and 11-year-old are charged weeks later
Noah Bush’s family was told he had accidentally drowned. Nearly two months later, officials ruled it a homicide.
www.nbcnews.com
