Found Deceased IL - Kyrian Knox, 2, Rockford, 20 Aug 2015 - #1

[Migmuu]

Poor baby. I think most of us knew what the DNA results were going to say, but that never makes the punch to the gut any softer.

I hope the person responsible is ****ting bricks right now.

 

[PowMom01]

Oh Kyrian, you poor baby. I'm so sorry. It seems so pointless to post that but it's all I can muster. (I am going to go into my closet and scream and curse.)

 

[perfectingpink]

There is quite a bit of information in this article but I want to highlight Kyrian's daycare provider's experience with him. I watched a child for 2 years (nearly every day for 10-12 hours) and it is amazing the attachment you grow to have when they are such a large part of your day for so long. I really feel for this woman.

Remains found in Chicago lagoon confirmed as missing Rockford toddler

Carolyn Jones Calvert, who lives a few blocks from the Garfield Park lagoon where Kyrian's remains were found, said Kyrian was a "very happy, active baby." She was his day care provider in her home starting Oct. 23, 2014, for about five months.

She said he'd repeat some of the words to the song "The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round" after she'd sing it to him. "He talked well" for his age, she said. "He would grab my neck and hold me so tight."

Calvert said she cared for Kyrian when his mother was working and going to school for up to 12 hours a day. She stopped caring for Kyrian when Knox wanted Calvert to watch him for even more hours because she was going to get another job. But Calvert said Knox was upset with her that she didn't want to watch Kyrian for 16 hours a day.

Calvert said Knox lived about a mile and a half from the lagoon with her grandmother when Calvert cared for Kyrian. "I go by that lagoon every day," Calvert said, her voice breaking with emotion.

http://www.rrstar.com/article/20151104/NEWS/151109753

 

[perfectingpink]

The above article also states why the testing took so long.

Detectives began culling missing person reports in their efforts to identify the victim. They later traveled to Rockford upon learning of the Kyrian Knox case and collected a DNA sample from Kyrian's mother.

The DNA results took several weeks to be returned. The first sample was contaminated, Guglielmi said. "So we had to send a second sample.

 

[JerseyGirl]

RIP Kyrian

http://www.rrstar.com/article/20151104/NEWS/151109753

 

[JerseyGirl]

Kamel Harris, 40, of Rockford, may be one of the last people to see Kyrian alive. His name was on a missing-person flyer distributed by the family. A day or two after Kyrian was reported missing, Harris was arrested and jailed on a burglary charge.

Contacted at that time in the Winnebago County Jail, Harris said that Lanisha Knox, a friend of his daughter, dropped Kyrian off at his Rockford home in August with a pack of diapers and $30. “What the hell am I supposed to do with $30 and a pack of diapers? I didn’t even know her,” Harris said in a telephone interview from jail. “She just dropped him off and left.”

Harris was fuzzy on dates. He said Kyrian arrived in early August and was picked up later in the month when people he didn’t know arrived at his door. “The little boy ran to him and was all happy,” Harris said. Harris said he spoke to Lanisha Knox before releasing the child to the visitors.

Harris’ girlfriend, Danyelle Foggs, 34, said she was not present when Kyrian arrived and was not present when he left. However, she said she received a text message from Lanisha Knox on Sept. 17 saying she wanted to talk to her son. “I said, ‘What? I’m lost. What do you mean?’”

http://www.rrstar.com/article/20151104/NEWS/151109753

 

[justwannahelp]

RIP Kyrian

http://www.rrstar.com/article/20151104/NEWS/151109753

He's so cute. I don't understand HOW someone could do this to a toddler- to anyone - but you know what I mean. All that innocence that is supposed to provoke instinctive protection by adults was killed off and dismembered by an adult. It's so unbelievable!

My heart breaks for his former caretaker that fondly remembers him in this article.

 

[Jake479]

RIP Kyrian Knox

 

[EmiLove832]

Kamel Harris, 40, of Rockford, may be one of the last people to see Kyrian alive. His name was on a missing-person flyer distributed by the family. A day or two after Kyrian was reported missing, Harris was arrested and jailed on a burglary charge.

Contacted at that time in the Winnebago County Jail, Harris said that Lanisha Knox, a friend of his daughter, dropped Kyrian off at his Rockford home in August with a pack of diapers and $30. “What the hell am I supposed to do with $30 and a pack of diapers? I didn’t even know her,” Harris said in a telephone interview from jail. “She just dropped him off and left.”

Harris was fuzzy on dates. He said Kyrian arrived in early August and was picked up later in the month when people he didn’t know arrived at his door. “The little boy ran to him and was all happy,” Harris said. Harris said he spoke to Lanisha Knox before releasing the child to the visitors.

Harris’ girlfriend, Danyelle Foggs, 34, said she was not present when Kyrian arrived and was not present when he left. However, she said she received a text message from Lanisha Knox on Sept. 17 saying she wanted to talk to her son. “I said, ‘What? I’m lost. What do you mean?’”

http://www.rrstar.com/article/20151104/NEWS/151109753

I don't see Kamel's part in that link so I'm assuming he decided not to say that his own daughter also left her child who was the roommate and playmate of Kyrian?!

 

[JerseyGirl]

I don't see Kamel's part in that link so I'm assuming he decided not to say that his own daughter also left her child who was the roommate and playmate of Kyrian?!

The quote I posted is on Page 2 of the article.

 

[justwannahelp]

I'm glad Chicago LE is working with Rockford. Hopefully the killer will be behind bars soon.

 

[LaborDayRN]

Oh my Lord! I just saw the thread title! I'm crushed...........I feel like I was punched in the stomach.
Going back to read what happened.

 

[LaborDayRN]

We will always love and fight for you Kyrian.
Some day we will meet each other. I look forward to it.

What a beautiful thought charminglane! RIP beautiful boy. We will be right here waiting on justice for you. Sleep in the arms of angels little one. :rose:

 

[LaborDayRN]

I'm feeling sick. There just HAS to be an arrest soon (or arrests). This killer needs to be brought to justice and exposed for the beast that he/she is!!

 

[SthrnRaine]

Kamel Harris, 40, of Rockford, may be one of the last people to see Kyrian alive. His name was on a missing-person flyer distributed by the family. A day or two after Kyrian was reported missing, Harris was arrested and jailed on a burglary charge.

Contacted at that time in the Winnebago County Jail, Harris said that Lanisha Knox, a friend of his daughter, dropped Kyrian off at his Rockford home in August with a pack of diapers and $30. “What the hell am I supposed to do with $30 and a pack of diapers? I didn’t even know her,” Harris said in a telephone interview from jail. “She just dropped him off and left.”

Harris was fuzzy on dates. He said Kyrian arrived in early August and was picked up later in the month when people he didn’t know arrived at his door. “The little boy ran to him and was all happy,” Harris said. Harris said he spoke to Lanisha Knox before releasing the child to the visitors.

Harris’ girlfriend, Danyelle Foggs, 34, said she was not present when Kyrian arrived and was not present when he left. However, she said she received a text message from Lanisha Knox on Sept. 17 saying she wanted to talk to her son. “I said, ‘What? I’m lost. What do you mean?’”

http://www.rrstar.com/article/20151104/NEWS/151109753

BBM. I'm going to assume since LE never released any info or descriptions of these "visitors", they have ZERO confidence in KH's story, plus evidence to back up their position. I'm hoping that also means, with the positive id, an arrest will be coming very soon.

 

[LaborDayRN]

I'm keeping an eye on the Winnebago county jail..............Hoping someone we recognize shows up.
http://inmates.winnebagosheriff.com/

 

[Faithandhope]

I was just scanning a news website and saw this and my heart just dropped completely. Poor sweet child. I hope they figure out what happened and who did this!!

 

[Faithandhope]

And as an afterthought I think LE has known without DNA evidence for a while now...

 

[justwannahelp]

BBM. I'm going to assume since LE never released any info or descriptions of these "visitors", they have ZERO confidence in KH's story, plus evidence to back up their position. I'm hoping that also means, with the positive id, an arrest will be coming very soon.

What if there is no evidence to link anyone to this crime!? That's what scares me. So many months have gone by. Is it possible all evidence has been cleaned up by now? Lie detector tests would be very helpful right now, but that won't do any good in court.

 

[SthrnRaine]

What if there is no evidence to link anyone to this crime!? That's what scares me. So many months have gone by. Is it possible all evidence has been cleaned up by now? Lie detector tests would be very helpful right now, but that won't do any good in court.

I have that fear too, but I truly believe LE must have something substantial up their sleeve to have never put out any info at all about the two subjects KH still claims to have picked up Kyrian. When asking for the public's help in the search, that is information they would have surely given, with descriptions of the subjects, to aid in any sightings. LE also said from the beginning it was not an abduction. I just don't know what evidence they would have to discount KH's story from the jump but not enough to arrest him already. I was hoping they just needed the ID, but it seems to me if that where the case, they would have simultaneously been arresting him while having the press conference on the ID to avoid a manhunt situation. IDK. I just pray there is an arrest soon.