NY NY - Sasha Davis, 30, Selah Davis, 3 months, & Jarib Bennett, 27, Bronx, 15 Feb 2008

[Al Ka]

As there is new movement on Reddit about this case, here are new links to their Charley Project profiles

Sasha G. Davis

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Sasha, circa 2008

• Missing Since 02/15/2008
• Missing From the Bronx, New York
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race Black
• Date of Birth 04/13/1977 (43)
• Age 30 years old
• Height and Weight 5'5 - 5'7, 120 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Sasha's ears are pierced. She has a mole near her right eye and tattoos on her left breast and right calf.

Link - Sasha G. Davis – The Charley Project


Selah Lee Davis

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Selah, circa 2008

• Missing Since 02/15/2008
• Missing From the Bronx, New York
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race Black
• Date of Birth 10/20/2007 (13)
• Age 3 months old
• Height and Weight 2'0, 20 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes.

Link - Selah Lee Davis – The Charley Project

 

[Al Ka]

Jarib Bennett

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Bennett, circa 2008

• Missing Since 02/15/2008
• Missing From the Bronx, New York
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race Black
• Date of Birth 03/01/1980 (40)
• Age 27 years old
• Height and Weight 5'11, 215 - 230 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Bennett's nickname is Griff.

Details of Disappearance
Bennett, a friend, Sasha Davis, and Sasha's daughter, Selah Davis, left the New York City borough of the Bronx on February 15, 2008. They were en route to Rochester, New York to visit friends and planned to return on February 19. They have never been heard from again. On February 27, their vehicle was found abandoned in southwest Rochester.

Bennett left behind a wife and two daughters, and Sasha left another daughter. It is uncharacteristic of them to leave without warning. Little evidence is available in their disappearances; they remain unsolved.

Link - Jarib Bennett – The Charley Project

 

[JaneDrew]

The link to the obituary for a Jarib Bennett of the same birthday described above no longer works. Others do.

I wonder what the source of the March 1, 1980 birth date was for the missing individual was and if it is accurate. If it was confusion over records of two individuals with the same name, that would explain part of the high degree of coincidence.

I thought it was unusual Sasha was so much older than Jarib, whatever their relationship was, though certainly not impossible.

This local Rochester article from 2009 or 2010 ("nearly 2 years" since the disappearance) actually identified him as 2 years older than she was, not a decade or so younger.

If he was 34 in February of 2008, that would put his birth year as likeliest 1973, possibly 1974 if his birthday was early in the year.

Clipping from Democrat and Chronicle - Newspapers.com

I can't find an obituary of the individual who died in 2017 with a photo, but a blog out there has a side by side of that individual (it claims) and the individual who is missing. I don't think they look alike.

Putting all that aside, I did find a credible tidbit out there that I don't think is in this thread yet - my bad if I missed it - that apparently they were traveling to "collect a large sum of money".

NYS LE source (page 17):

https://stage.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/mcannuals/2008-missing-children-annual-report.pdf

 

[Al Ka]

Adding articles from links posted by JaneDrew so others can read them.

Jane Drew, date of births for all 3 of them is stated on missing person poster (also in your link) and poster was made by NY police. Unless they have it wrong I would go by this most reliable source, not newspaper. News article was written 2 years later and go by the age they would be at that time, not at the time of disappearance, hence Sasha is listed there as 32 year old. Not sure why they are listing him as 34 but unless it is confirmed by more reliable source I would stick to the age on the missing poster.

Missing poster - Sasha is listed as 30 (almost 31) and Jared 27 (almost 28) at the time of their disappearance so not that huge age difference.

As far as we are all aware they were only family friends and both lived elsewhere. Unless it is stated differently by official sources or the family we can't assume otherwise.

Very good find about picking up large sum of money and hence possible motive.

(click on image to enlarge)

Published in Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York - 22 Nov 2009, Sun • Page 25

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[JaneDrew]

Thanks for that!

 

[Squirmy316]

Here are the comparisons, take note of the scar above left eye, right ear of both men, the unusually right eyebrow, as well as the facial comparisons:

Facial:



Left eyebrow scar:



Right ear:

 

[Squirmy316]

It looks like the DECEASED Jarib Bennet was getting his eyebrows done. If you take a look, the area is lighter than the rest of his skin color.

That’s how it looks when you get your eyebrows waxed. The MISSING Jarib Bennett had a little pointed hair area on his right eyebrow.

I’m just speculating <modsnip - off limits> but I heavily believe this is the same person.

The DECEASED Jarib Bennett has no footprint on the internet until his obituary was posted. I believe he was laying low, but why?

It also looks like he was getting his eyebrows done, in order to NOT be recognized by his unusually eyebrow pattern.

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[Squirmy316]

No update but will see if I can find anything.....

I just added some new info, can you take a look and give me your thoughts? It’s the last three post In The thread. Thank you.

 

[Proud Country Gal]

I just added some new info, can you take a look and give me your thoughts? It’s the last three post In The thread. Thank you.

Headed off to read more and do some looking... <modsnip - off limits>

 

[Deenie1963]

I checked the Social Security Death Index today. Both nationally and in Wisconsin. And ancestry. Apart from this one legacy entry I could find nothing indicating that a Jarib Bennett born in 1980 died in Wisconsin (or anywhere In the U.S. in 2017. I guess it’s always possible I could have missed it but I spend way too much time on Ancestry as it is and I usually find whatever I set out to find. But I wonder if Legacy requires an official death certificate in order to post an online memorial? I’ll look up their criteria next.

 

[Ladyotm]

I checked the Social Security Death Index today. Both nationally and in Wisconsin. And ancestry. Apart from this one legacy entry I could find nothing indicating that a Jarib Bennett born in 1980 died in Wisconsin (or anywhere In the U.S. in 2017. I guess it’s always possible I could have missed it but I spend way too much time on Ancestry as it is and I usually find whatever I set out to find. But I wonder if Legacy requires an official death certificate in order to post an online memorial? I’ll look up their criteria next.

I think the information submitted to Legacy comes from the funeral homes.

 

[justcurious215]

I was told a while ago a woman's relative that she had a baby that wasn't hers. When asked how could that possibly be that the parents weren't looking for her...she was silent. I understood that to mean the parent(s) were deceased. After some investigation, the only missing child that was about that age was Selah Davis. This is her Pic. She really looks like she could be the baby. I have reported what I heard but nothing came of it.