GUILTY NY - Marc Bookal, 4, Newburgh, 14 Dec 2009

[tehcloser]

If she wants information, I suggest she take her happy arse down to the jail and ask her boyfriend. OMG.

 

[JLMcKenna83]

Christina Bookal says someone out there knows something. She hopes their conscience forces them forward.

Missing Newburgh boy's mom wants more info


I just want to slap this woman!! :banghead:

Her answers are sitting down at the jail.. behind bars. Of course they won't share ANY info with her.. she's supporting their #1 suspect!!!!

Christina Bookal said they should have been more thorough and aggressive from the start.

Maybe she should have been more diligent while making decisions about who was caring for her son.. Then she wouldn't have this problem.

 

[everyoneneedsavoice]

“Mom” really, really ticked me off…how dare she! According to the article, http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091229/NEWS/912290307/-1/SITEMAP

she said…

She’s frustrated with police
Thinks they should have been more thorough and aggressive from the start
If it were one of theirs, they'd have the whole ... town flipped upside down
Someone out there knows something and hopes their conscience forces them forward….

All while (also from article)…teams of city and state police divers felt their way through water searching for little Marc.

I personally would like to say that I appreciate the efforts from the PD and all of the searchers. IMO, she should be grateful, not only because they continue to search when the answers could be easily discerned from HER boyfriend---and she should be thanking her lucky stars that she hasn’t been hauled in on negligence charges, or others….by now!

Oh…and I pray that they don’t stop searching, (although her comments could lead to that, IMO), maybe HER conscience is getting to her…thus all the negativity and criticism…in hopes that they will stop searching…then she can play the “poor pitiful me” role…arghhh!

(thanks for posting this article)

 

[Kimberlyd125]

Just Bumping Marc's thread to the first page.
Still think of this child everyday. Hope he is found soon.
The low life that did this needs to rot for what he has done.
Mom needs to wake up a realize LE is doing all they can do. Does not seem they are getting much help from those who have the answers.

 

[dreamweaver]

Mom seems to think that 'everyone else' is responsible for Marc not being home.
She excuses her bf.
She whines about the police.

She knew what the bf was like. He beat another of their children severely.
He had beaten grown men.
She left Marc with him.
Marc had prior burn marks. Just now healing.
Marc disappears while with bf.
There is a whole logic to this sequence.

Mom is in denial, just like so many women who live with abusers.
But mom is in complicit denial. She knew. She has always known.
She just did not want to change her life or change who she lived with
or put her children first.

And one child is missing.
One child was beaten.
Who knows what else has happened.

 

[Nocgirl]

Please I hope the DA charges the mom. She had NO business having this living with her and her kids, with his criminal past. Something needs to be done about mothers doing this. Mothers need to be charged in cases where their child is injured or killed by a boyfriend. Most are dump just like this mom. They put their love lives first.

On a seperate note, a woman on craigs list recently posted some questions in the legal forum. Her husband/step-dad is in jail for molesting her 7 yr old daughter and the child is with the bio Dad for now. She got some criticism from people saying that since the abuse happened in her home, thanks to her marrying this guy, she is lucky not to be charged. She responded" What was I suppposed to do, stay single?" ?????

 

[Kimberlyd125]

Bumping for Marc. This was on the second page.

Any new news?
Praying they find him soon and Justice is served.

 

[SailorMoon]

I pray every day for the abused and neglected children of this world, the abused and neglected animals and for their abusers to see their wrongs and to change or give up their children or animals to someone who wants them.

I hope that in 2010, things change and that our missing kids/people are found and put to rest. Lead the way Marc. Light a path for them.

 

[Melanie]

I pray every day for the abused and neglected children of this world, the abused and neglected animals and for their abusers to see their wrongs and to change or give up their children or animals to someone who wants them.

I hope that in 2010, things change and that our missing kids/people are found and put to rest. Lead the way Marc. Light a path for them.

Thank you SailorMoon. May 2010 be blessed with kindness to the children in the world, may there be no more wife killers, child molestors, or child abductors. That is my wish for 2010. I was going to pick dieting, but this is so much more important.

Another wish I have -- forget the diet informercials, and instead have a rolling slide show, non-stop, of all the missing children, 24/7. It can be done!

Mel

 

[JLMcKenna83]

a collection of articles on Marc..

Missing 4 year old The Search For Marc Bookal

The little boy's face appears on missing posters everywhere in this city.

But Marc Anthony Bookal is gone from 11 Benkard Ave. Gone from the bedroom where his 5-year-old brother suddenly has begun to wet the bed and cry. Gone from the kitchen where his mother's co-workers pass through in shifts. Gone from in front of the Christmas tree shared by his three older siblings.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Pics from Marc's case are organized,
I just wish there were some good pictures of him.

http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Marc%20Bookal/

 

[Opie]

Just now reading through this thread. That poor, poor child. He didn't stand a chance. As for the adults, I can only echo the sentiments of other posters here.

Hope Marc is found soon and justice is served.

 

[summer_breeze]

Thinking of this baby today.

 

[TakeNote]

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091229/NEWS/912290307/-1/NEWS81

*Bloodhounds from Westchester picked up Marc's scent near the industrial sites along the water and followed it all the way to his apartment door. Donors have offered a $26,000 reward. Still, Marc remains missing*

poor little guy......

 

[Noway]

This is just so sad.

The organization is the latest in a series of donors to put up money in hopes of finding the little boy. Together, they've offered $26,000 for his safe return and as much as $6,000 for his recovery under any circumstances.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091223/NEWS/912239973

 

[Noway]

AmandaRW, thanks again for your Photobucket.

 

[Noway]

Missing Child
Marc Anthony Brookal. Four-year old last seen by mother's boyfriend (also referred to as caretaker and stepfather in some articles) at their apartment in Newburgh, NY (Orange County). No AMBER Alert issued because it did not meet NY state criteria; however a RILYA Alert was issued. Marc has been entered into the NCMEC database. Marc is described as approximately 3 feet 5 inches tall and 42 pounds, is light skinned, wears his hair in a medium length sandy-haired afro, has dark brown eyes, and has discolorations on the back of each hand from a previous burn injury while in Cory's care. Marc was wearing a red long-sleeved shirt, white Nike sneakers and gray sweatpants. Marc was last seen about 1:20 p.m. (some media reports say he was last seen at 1 p.m.) at his family's apartment in a two-family house on Benkard Avenue. Hudson River only blocks away. Source Police said the boy’s shoes have not been found. Source

Reward
Reward at $26,000. Crime Stoppers has offered as much as $2,500 for information that leads to solving the case and/or finding Marc.The organization is the latest in a series of donors to put up money in hopes of finding the little boy. Together, they've offered $26,000 for his safe return and as much as $6,000 for his recovery under any circumstances. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091223/NEWS/912239973

And Carlie’s Crusade Foundation Monday offered a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the return of young Marc. That reward will be provided regardless of the circumstances regarding his return, the foundation said. http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/21/Bookal_search1-21Dec09.htm

New York AMBER Alert Criteria
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Family
Christina Bookal. Marc's mom. She speculated that Marc tried to make it to a neighbor's house but never arrived. She disagrees with the charges against her boyfriend and said that reckless endangerment was more like Cory harmed Marc. Her MySpace http://www.myspace.com/409115320

Christina continues to defend Cory Byrd. http://wcbstv.com/video/[email protected]


Yul Bookal. Marc's biological father; lives in Connecticut.

Clarence Mitzner. Marc's uncle.

Rev. Grace Coston and Mr. Coston. Marc's grandparents; Christina's mother and father. Live in Kingston. Said Christina has always been very independent. Grace wasn't sure how long Bookal and Byrd, who have a son and daughter together, have been back together. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/NEWS/912169971/-1/SITEMAP


Arrested Other Charges
Cory Michael Byrd. Christina's live-in boyfriend. On December 18, he was charged with misdemeanor reckless endangerment and for parole violation. He was arraigned in City Court and sent to the Orange County Jail in lieu of $2,500 bail or $2,500 bond on the misdemeanor charge, but won't be able to leave the jail while his parole violation proceeding is pending.

Getting ready to visit relative. One media report said he and Marc were getting ready to visit a relative, when Marc walked out of the apartment a couple of minutes ahead of him. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091214/NEWS/912149976 Marc allegedly went down stairs and a few feet into alley between the two buildings to where his aunt (mom's sister) lives. (see video)

Cory's previous charges (1998 assault). Cory was charged with first-degree assault and first-degree reckless endangerment, felonies; and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor of his own child. CC suffered a fractured skull, several broken ribs, a broken wrist and a perforated liver. Source He also served time for criminal sale of cocaine and beating and robbing an innocent victim (2002 assault). Watch videos at http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/091215-newburgh-boy-missing-arrest

Christina's Take on the 1998 Assault. It was an accident, an honest accident. We were young and not knowing how to be parents, we learned, Christina said of the incident 10 years ago. http://wcbstv.com/local/missing.newburgh.child.2.1371822.html

Byrd's Side. In his plea, Byrd admitted to leaving Christian alone for a hour and a half. He had told police that when he got back to the apartment, the child was choking on a piece of candy, and that he tried to do the Heimlich maneuver to clear the child’s airway. He took the boy to the hospital, where staff notified police. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/NEWS/912169971/-1/SITEMAP


Friends/Neighbors
Jeanette Sanchez. Neighbor. We've just been looking everywhere, trying to look in dumpsters, trying to get the community together to help. This is a baby, a 4-year-old baby... http://wcbstv.com/local/missing.child.mark.2.1369890.html


Law Enforcement / Legal
If you have any information, please call the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services hotline at 1-800-FIND-KID 800-346-3543 or Newburgh City Police Department at 845-561-3131.

Charles Broe, Lt. Says LE searched the entire neighborhood going door to door, block by block.

Eric Indzonka. Cory Byrd's court-appointed attorney. Police expressed their interest in conducting an interview and polygraph examination with his client but had not yet heard back. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091222/NEWS/912220320

Paul Weber, Sgt. Bookal was last seen at 1 p.m. Monday at apartment on Benkard. A short while later, the front door was found open and Marc has not been seen since. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/...215007/Police-search-for-missing-Newburgh-boy


Other
1998 Charges Against Cory Byrd
http://archive.recordonline.com/1998/08/25/suhybadd.htm (06/25/1998 Baby is critical; father is charged)
http://archive.recordonline.com/1998/10/07/omcory.htm (10/07/1998 Father charged after son's skull fractured)

See Comments (led to finding of charges against Byrd)
(esp. erick357)
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/...ssing-Newburgh-boy--charge-mother-s-boyfriend

Former victim: Byrd is a 'vicious animal'
Byrd served five years and five months in state prison for the 2002 attack of an 18-year-old. Now 25 years old, the victim in that attack remembers Byrd as a “vicious animal” who brutally beat him and slashed his face even though he did everything Byrd asked. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/NEWS/912169965/-1/SITEMAP

Polygraphs. Christina and Yul Bookal, have taken polygraph tests. Byrd declined. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091222/NEWS/912220320 Cory Byrd, the boyfriend of Marc Bookal’s mother, has declined the Newburgh City Police Department’s request for him to take a polygraph test. The rejection came via Byrd’s attorney, Erik Indzonka, city police said Tuesday. Meanwhile, the 4-year-old’s biological parents, Christina and Yul, both were found to be truthful in their responses when they took polygraph tests days before, said Police Sgt. Paul Weber.
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/22/Bookal_update1-22Dec09.htm



Search Efforts
City police and officers from other agencies, as well as K9s from Westchester County, are continuing to search abandoned buildings and other locations throughout the city, hoping to find Marc Anthony Bookal. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091215/NEWS/912159985

Police helicopters flew overhead and bloodhounds were taken through the family’s house, searching for clues. http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/15/Bookal_missing2-15Dec09.htm

In the early evening, a police radio bulletin said they were looking for a white Mercury Sable, heading up Broadway to Route 17K. They believe it contained a male driver and a four-year-old boy. Newburgh City Police Tuesday charged the boyfriend of the boy’s mother with endangering the welfare of a child for letting Marc wander off unattended. http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/15/Bookal_missing2-15Dec09.htm

Dogs picked up the boy's scent near the Hudson River Wednesday, but there was no sign of him. Dive teams searched the river again Thursday. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7171531

Tuesday search of the neighborhood (click on video in story)
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/NEWS/912169974

The chief said as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, the focus of the search is the area along the river. Resources from city and state police and K-9 units from both agencies and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office are being use. A cadaver dog searched the waterfront and turned up nothing, a state trooper said. Police said the boy’s shoes have not been found. http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/16/Bookal_update1-16Dec09.htm

Police are looking for anyone else with video surveillance in the Southeast corner of the city. Police want to review that video. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091222/NEWS/912220320

There are four K-9 teams, and police from as far away as Ramapo helping in the search, along with two SCUBA teams searching the Hudson River. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091217/NEWS/912170335

City of Newburgh police are now saying there will be no press conference. Previously a police spokesman had said that police were planning to hold a press conference at 11 Benkard Ave. in front of the home of Marc Bookal, 4, who went missing from him home at 1:20 p.m. Monday.http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091217/NEWS/912179983

Sources tell us police received a call from a tipster say they saw something suspicious along the river the day the boy disappeared. Right now, dive teams are going into Hudson River near the boy's house. http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/091216-newburgh-boy-missing-river

Police Sgt. Paul Weber says a special search and recovery dog provided by the National Center for Exploited Children is involved in the effort to find Marc Anthony Bookal, who vanished from his family's apartment Monday. Dogs and dive teams have also checked the nearby Hudson River, but Weber says Friday there's still no sign of the child. http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/loc...8-another-search-day-for-missing-newburgh-boy


Search Warrant
Police obtained a search warrant and searched the child's house. It is unclear why a search warrant was needed, but a police source tells Eyewitness News that the boy's parents are cooperating with the investigation. The mother says the stepfather loves Mark and doesn't know what could have happened. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7171133

 

[Noway]

Sources Used for Summary Post
Posts with links from the Marc Brookal thread.
NY - Missing 4yr old Marc Bookal, Newburgh - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community


Videos
Patty G Downloaded Videos (Nancy Grace, Prime News)
http://www.youtube.com/user/Sierra1947

http://wcbstv.com/video/[email protected] (Cops take investigation back to missing boy's home) VIDEO

http://wcbstv.com/video/[email protected] (Missing boy's mother defends jailed boyfriend) VIDEO

Photos
AmandaReckonWith Photobucket
http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Marc Bookal/

Member Posts
Distance to Hudson (map)
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Media
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091214/NEWS/912149976 (12/14/2009 Boy, 4, missing in City of Newburgh)

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/15/Bookal_missing-15Dec09.html (12/15/2009 Police look for missing child in Newburgh)

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7171133 (12/15/2009 4-year-old boy goes missing from Newburgh home)

http://wcbstv.com/local/missing.child.mark.2.1369890.html (12/15/2009 No sign of missing 4-year-old NY boy) video at link too

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091215/NEWS/912150328 (12/15/2009 4-year-old boy vanishes from Newburgh apartment)

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/...215007/Police-search-for-missing-Newburgh-boy (12/15/2009 Police search for missing Newburgh boy, charge mother's boyfriend)

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/15/Bookal_missing2-15Dec09.htm (12/15/2009 Newburgh boy still missing, police charge mom's boyfriend with letting him wander off)

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091215/NEWS/912159985 (12/15/2009 Suspect charged with endangering missing child)

http://wcbstv.com/local/missing.newburgh.child.2.1371822.html (Missing NY Boy's Caretaker has chilling past)

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/16/Bookal_update1-16Dec09.htm (12/16/2009 Search for missing boy expanded)

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/NEWS/912169974 (12/16/2009 Search continues for missing 4-year-old)

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/NEWS/912169971/-1/SITEMAP (12/16/2009 Missing boy's grandparents pray he is found soon)

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/091215-newburgh-boy-missing-arrest (12/17/2009 Search continues for missing Newburgh boy)

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7171531 (12/17/2009 Search continues for missing Newburgh boy)

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/091214-newburgh-boy-missing (Updated 12/18/2009 Arrest in case of Newburgh missing boy)

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/091215-newburgh-boy-missing-arrest (Updated 12/18/2009 Newburgh boy remains missing)

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=878326&BCCode=BNNEWYORKSTATE (broken link)

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/NEWS/912160344 (broken link) He's a sweet kid," said Tiffany Robles, whose nieces and nephews play with Marc. And he's very respectful. He plays, but never wanders.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/NEWS/912160344(broken link)
Marc's mom, Christina Bookal, said cops repeatedly questioned her about Byrd on Tuesday. Police have not called Byrd a suspect in the boy's disappearance, but Bookal said they're thinking that way. "They say, 'Could Cory have done this? Where would he put (Marc)?'" Christina Bookal said. But she said cops should "worry about where (Marc) is at. Don't worry about who did what at this time." Bookal dismissed the idea Byrd had anything to do with her son's disappearance.


http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091222/NEWS/912220320(Reward for missing boy rises) Two more contributions have raised the total reward in the case of a missing 4-year-old boy to $16,000.

Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - NY - Missing 4yr old Marc Bookal, Newburgh Prime News 12/16/2009

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091217/NEWS/912170335 (Police resume search for missing boy, 4, in Newburgh)

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/17/Bookal_update-17Dec09.htm (Mom "praying every day, all day" for her son's safe return) videos at link too

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/091216-newburgh-boy-missing-river (Search in Hudson River for missing boy: Tipster saw something suspicious) Electronic file Hope Fades for Missing Newburgh Boy ...

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/loc.../091217-no-sign-of-boy-in-hudson-river-search (No sign of boy in Hudson River search)
And it turns out, several months ago Marc's hands were badly burned and police are investigating claims that Byrd was responsible for that injury.

http://wcbstv.com/local/missing.newburgh.child.2.1376751.html (Police investigate home of missing NY boy) Something excited police search dogs enough to warrant a call for more officers.

http://wcbstv.com/local/missing.newburgh.child.2.1376751.html In a video obtained by CBS 2 News, recorded hours before the disappearance of the boy, Marc Anthony is seen wearing a red jacket, along with Byrd. The child's father, Yul Bookal, begged Byrd to tell police what he knows about his son.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/091218-another-search-day-for-missing-newburgh-boy (Another search day for Newburgh boy)http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/18/Bookal_update1-18Dec09.htm (Day five of search for Marc Bookal: Special K-9 looking for missing child; police ask mom's boyfriend to take polygraph)

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/missing.newburgh.child.2.1379172.html (Man tells of horror with missing boy's caretaker: CBS 2 protects identify of man who was slashed in face by Cory Byrd, the person who lost 4-year-old Marc Bookal)

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091219/NEWS/912199998 (indicates that press conference called for December 19)

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS81 (complete coverage of Marc's case)

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/22/Bookal_update1-22Dec09.htm (Mom's boyfriend declines request to take polygraph) Cory Byrd, the boyfriend of Marc Bookal’s mother, has declined the Newburgh City Police Department’s request for him to take a polygraph test. The rejection came via Byrd’s attorney, Erik Indzonka, city police said Tuesday. Meanwhile, the 4-year-old’s biological parents, Christina and Yul, both were found to be truthful in their responses when they took polygraph tests days before, said Police Sgt. Paul Weber.

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/25/Bookal_search-25Dec09.html (Dive teams to search Hudson, again, for signs of missing boy) Now, between city and state police divers, Broe anticipated between six and 10 divers in the river over the weekend. Because of the cold temperatures, individual officers won’t be able to stay in the water for long, so there will be a lot of rotation, he said. Bloodhounds had indicated the possibility of some clues along the river, so that is what is bringing the divers to the river, Broe said.


http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091229/NEWS/912290307/-1/SITEMAP (Missing boy's mother wants more information) Christina Bookal said they should have been more thorough and aggressive from the start. "If it were one of theirs, they'd have the whole ... town flipped upside down," she said. Lt. Charles Broe said detectives speak to Christina Bookal but can't share all the investigation details. Passing out information, even to relatives, comes with a risk that sensitive details could leak to the public, sending skittish sources underground or otherwise harming the investigation.


http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091223/NEWS/912239973(Reward offers total $16,000 in Bookal search) Crime Stoppers has offered as much as $2,500 for information that leads to solving the case and/or finding Marc. The organization is the latest in a series of donors to put up money in hopes of finding the little boy. Together, they've offered $26,000 for his safe return and as much as $6,000 for his recovery under any circumstances.

 

[Noway]

Not sure whether Coston or Caston is the right name (story about Rev. Grace has with O; stories about Byrd's 1998 charges have with A).

 

[everyoneneedsavoice]

Thanks Noway for the links.

I found this today and looks like it was posted today.


Ground search for Newburgh boy ends

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2010/January/03/Bookal_search-03Jan10.htm