They're going to search for other skeletal remains in identification.". BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Authorities have arrested Michael Robertson and charged him with murder in the 2017 disappearance of Akia Eggleston, a woman with whom he was having a child who went missing just days before her baby shower, Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby said Thursday. Malakia Zali Logan, most commonly called by her nickname, Kia, was born on August 1st, 1979. Michael Robertson has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. VON CANNON IS A TRANSIT AND COULD BE ANYWHERE. The woman who was eight months pregnant at the time was last seen alive four days earlier, Mosby said. Major Sam Riley was stated: "Our department, as well as SLED and FBI personnel, are still actively investigating. The message we should be sending far and wide is not one emphasizing our public apathy, but one which loudly reveals that the people of Greenwood County will not sit idly by while our children disappear! BROWN HAIR , GREEN EYES. But when they first went to the Baltimore Police Department station in Cherry Hill to report her as missing, Wilson said that their pleas for help werent taken seriously. With the searches beginning to run dry, a reward fund for information was established by Tuck Wooten, the head of the A.M. Tuck Inc. concrete company. Just like the details he provided: he knew some information about these locales, but not all of the minute details. Despite that, police wouldn't have any real leads to follow up on until October of the next year, 1990. Charles Hampton agreed to give up blood and hair samples to investigators. Police also found actual pairs of children's underwear in his laundry, which then sent in for forensic testing. A missing persons report was filed with the county, where Kia is listed as being 4'2" tall, and weighing about 60 to 70 pounds. PLEASE CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT 23-CRIME. Carolyn Kelley, the apartment/property manager that lived in the apartments with her daughter and granddaughter, had noticed a complete overhaul of the environment. Upon further investigation, it was determined that the last time anyone saw. We had no help, no resources. Soon, children began playing outside of the Georgetown apartments once again, Kia's disappearance becoming an outlier to a safe community. We just want to say thank you and just to please continue to keep us in your prayers., Akias stepfather, Shawn Wilkinson, took to the podium to thank the investigating agencies who worked on Akias case. TV show Missing Word Star (year) One Tree ____ James Lafferty (2003) NC _____ Banks: Chase Stokes (2020) NC _____ R.F.D. The crime spree began in July 1995 and carried on until August of 1996. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. For nearly five years, the people of Baltimore have searched, hoped and mourned with Akias family and friends, she said. About 1:24 p.m., Eggleston purchased two money orders totaling $450 after making several ATM withdrawals from her savings account, Mosby said. But we can't prove it. Before I even got there, people were calling me, telling me 'she wasn't here.' Sheriff Foster continued: "We are reasonably sure, at this point, the skull was not dug from a grave." for weeks or months at a time between interviews," according to the statement of probable cause. Hampton would plead guilty to his original felony Peeping Tom charge, meaning that he would be spending the next five years in state prison. Mom Ana Walshe, Charged with Murder. You see, in 1981, he had been arrested and convicted for the rape of a sixteen-year old, telling interrogators that his seminal fluid had been used to convict him. They learned about how he constantly changed his hair color, and had driven a number of cars over the last few years: some of which included a 1977 maroon Dodge Aspen, a 1965 Chevy Bel Air, and a bronze-colored Chrysler. At that time, very little was known about Akias movements in the days before she disappeared. I only say "likely" because I legitimately can't find any record of him online or in the press since 2007. Scary. South Carolina's Law Enforcement Division spokesman Hugh Munn stated about the composite drawing which the authorities had debuted the evening before: "We've done all the groundwork we can. ON OR ABOUT MAY 16, 2020 STEPHANIE HOPE VON CANNON WAS LAST SEEN BY A FAMILY MEMBER AT A RESIDENCE IN GREENVILLE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. We couldn't prove this case.". Pity us if we don't! Speaking Thursday, Wilkinson thanks local and federal law enforcement agencies and made a plea to address domestic violence. I criticize us for not raising such an uproar it would be heard across this nation .. He stated about the confirmation of the skull belonging to Kia: "I felt for a long time that the skull was hers, but I hoped it wasn't. He faces a maximum penalty of two life sentences in prison if found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder. "When it happens, we need to address it," he said. "I hope that today's arrest brings some sense and some measure of hope in the first phase in our pursuit of justice for Akia Eggleston," said Mosby. I knew something was wrong then.. It was a crime where no sexual assault had taken place, but centered around the abduction of a seven-year old victim in 1995. Eggleston was 22 years old, eight months pregnant and the mother to a 2-year-old daughter when she disappeared in May 2017. On Thursday, February 3, 2022, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby held a press conference to announce the arrest of a suspect in the case of missing Maryland woman, Akia Eggleston. Duck hunter Tyler Doyle has. Investigators said they believe Robertson killed Eggleston, whose phone has never been recovered. Eggleston's family members who joined law enforcement officials at the news conference included her aunt, Sanobia Wilson. He faces a maximum penalty of two life sentences in prison if found guilty. They reconnected in 2016 and began dating. If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. Ever.". 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. We should have gotten the resources in the beginning, Wilson told WMAR-2 News in early November 2021. Michael Robertson, 41, was arrested in Michigan around 4 p.m. Tuesday in . From hair trends to relationship advice, our daily newsletter has everything you need to sound like a person whos on TikTok, even if you arent. They had already been waiting two hours for her to come there, so when I got the call stating that she wasn't there and nobody could reach her. The 22-year-olds case is featured in HBOs new docuseries Black and Missing. BALTIMORE . Specifically, the docuseries examines how systemic racism affects the attention and resources dedicated to solving cases of missing Black people which remain unresolved four times longer than those of white people. "As a result of interviews we are now looking for two men and two vehicles. In 1996, the testing of mitochondrial DNA was performed at a genetics lab in North Carolina. A follow-up news article stated how employees of the local K-Mart, so moved by Wiggins' battle cry, raised $650 within an hour. But, rather, because he has said some very damning things about himself and committed some criminal acts, none of which would paint him as a flattering neighbor. Michael Robertson, 41, was arrested Tuesday in Michigan on two counts of first-degree murder charges in the death of Akia Eggleston and the couples unborn child, Baltimore City States Attorney Marilyn Mosby told reporters at a press conference. While some descriptions of this suspect varied - such as at least one of the girls calling the suspect "fat in his tummy" and the perpetrator's hair color varying - these details were all universally agreed upon. All of their friends in the apartment complex had since gone home, so Renee knew that Kia wasn't still out there. It was a Sunday in Greenwood, South Carolina - a small town roughly an hour north of Augusta, Georgia and about an hour-and-a-half west of Columbia, South Carolina. She could find no sign of her, but they would later find Kia's bike overturned just outside of the apartment office. "I don't think her case was taken seriously," said Wilson. Instead, they decided to look for Eggleston themselves. Unknown Missing Active Chaka Jay Wood Last Seen: February 15, 2017 City: Gaffney State: South Carolina United States Urgent Unknown Missing Active Alexis Ware Last Seen: January 30, 2022 City: Anderson State: South Carolina USA Urgent Endangered Child Active Jada Cunningham Last Seen: August 24, 2021 City: Columbia State: South Carolina USA This case has been open for nearly five long years leaving this family to search nonstop for their missing daughter.. Mosby did not reveal Robertson's motive for alleged murder, but said at the news conference, "There was some sort of contention among the two with reference with Akia having the child.". What he had told them was intriguing at face-value, but there was nothing incriminating: it was as-if he was saying enough to keep police on-the-hook, but not enough to actually be charged with any crimes. We are also following up on similar situations that occur in this area and nationwide.". Who Is Ana Walshe, the Massachusetts Mom Missing Since New Year's Day? 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. He did not live here. Akia Eggleston. Another description was vague, calling it simply an older model white compact or subcompact with blue interior. Akia's family became alarmed when the 21-year-old failed to show up to her own baby shower on May 3. Even though the evidence says something different -- that shes not. Greenwood County Sheriff Giles Daniel stated that calls were still pouring in about Kia, either potential sightings or people that may know something. They had suspended the searches on Tuesday afternoon, after finding nothing in the two days out there. Dennis Beauford, the responding deputy, ended up staying the night on the couch of the Logan family, waiting for there to be any ransom calls or communication from Kia herself. Riley, a famously tight-lipped officer, stated: "We're treating it strictly as a missing persons report. Unfortunately, the searches came up with no sign of Kia, or any clue as to what had happened to her. Kia and her sister, Renee, were playing with some friends on the basketball court, when Kia decided to turn in at around 8:30 PM. We split up into four groups and walked through the woods, through trash, through dirt, Wilson explained. Prosecutors, once-confident that the case against him was looking rock-solid, were now worried about not having enough evidence against him. Eggleston, a single mom with a three-year-old daughter, was eight months pregnant at the time of her disappearance; she was expected to attend her baby shower on May 6, 2017 but never arrived. It has affected so many relationships and we will continue to stand united as a family until the final judgment in this case has been rendered.". / CBS Baltimore. As an adult, he stood about five-feet-eight-inches tall, weighing it at only 132 pounds. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of Eggleston and her unborn child. The days in which the victims were abducted varied, with three of the crimes happening on a Saturday, a Friday, and a Monday. They all lived in housing close to the highway in-question, and they were all abducted from one location and led to another. ON OCTOBER 20th 2020 JORDEN SHYANN NEBLING AGE 20 WAS REPORTED MISSING TO THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE . We began checking missing children cases and conducted three weeks of intensive searches for additional remains, but we didn't find anything.". Five years later, authorities arrested a suspect in the disappearance of a pregnant Baltimore woman. That evening, Eggleston had shared a sonogram picture on Facebook. Woman Found Dead in Park Charged with Murder, Suspect in Death of Pregnant Mom Found Next to Car with Son Inside Was Recently Acquitted of Unrelated Murder, 2 Arrested in Alleged 'Racially Motivated' Plot to Attack Maryland Power Grid, Missing Tenn. And in that time, more terrifying and intriguing mysteries would present themselves. Authorities have arrested Michael Robertson and charged him with murder in the 2017 disappearance of Akia Eggleston, a woman with whom he was having a child who went missing just days before her . Dennis Beauford, the deputy who had responded to the incident and originally stayed the night, continued to feel a personal connection to the story. On this Sunday afternoon, in the middle of May, all seemed to be well. The sun was beginning to set, and this eight-year old climbed onto her bike to head back home. I think it's important to note this, not because I definitively believe him to be the person responsible for Kia Logan's abduction or murder. Check out more on my resume below. It was her last known communication. Over the coming weeks, the leads that Sheriff Giles Daniel was excited about began to dry up, either leading to dead ends or going nowhere at all. In the probable cause statement, authorities allege that hours after withdrawing $450 in cash from the bank on May 3, Eggleston at the time a single mom with a 2-year-old daughter halted her frequent social media posts and contacts, including contact with her daughter. She, also, went missing while riding her bike very close to her home, in a public setting. Police have long theorized that the abduction - and later murder - of Kia Logan was a crime of opportunity. SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) The Scotland County Sheriff's Office is looking for a Laurinburg woman who has been missing since Valentine's Day. The case continues to generate national media coverage, but there are still no answers as to what happened to the 22-year-old mom. They haven't made any positive identification yet. Those early tests were inconclusive, relying on DNA found in the skull itself in very primitive ways. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. Four and a half years after a 22-year-old pregnant mother from Baltimore vanished before her baby shower, authorities say they know who's responsible for Akia Eggleston's sudden disappearance. He included details, some of which convinced police that he had involvement, but others they viewed skeptically. Akias case was featured in Datelines Missing in America series in September of that year. When the skull was discovered in 1990, it proved a lone clue in a vast sea of nothingness. The investigation to find her had still gone nowhere truly productive, with police beginning to expand their search out of the area according to some in the police department, even out of the state. A 68-page report spells out everything investigators did from the moment Kimberly Lindsey was reported missing -- all the way up until her ex-husband, Albert Lambert, was found dead in Miami. Let's send the message forth: "Greenwood County folks get right upset when one of their children is criminally abused. He was accused of intentionally drilling the holes to Peep on unwitting victims, and arrested shortly after this was discovered. According to the statement of probable cause, Eggleston told a bank employee, whom she knew from high school, she had to cash the orders because the property manager "only only takes cash.". It's a reminder of unfinished business.". James, who suffered an ankle injury against Vanderbilt on Feb. 8, hit 4 of 7 3-pointers for the Volunteers (21-8, 10-6 Southeastern Conference). "There were no signs that any of us saw that she would just want to pack up and leave," Wilkinson told WJZ back in 2019. Upon further investigation, it was determined that the last time anyone saw Akia alive was on the afternoon of May 3, 2017. How can we send such a message? It bothers me that we seem willing to accept this obvious crime against a child without a public uproar. "It is not the answer and there's always an alternative. By FOX Carolina News Staff. "Domestic violence is real and when it happens, we need to address it," Wilkinson said. "We do believe that he did it, he made her disappear. For almost five years, Akia Eggleston's family has anxiously waited for authorities to figure out what happened to the pregnant 22-year-old Baltimore mother who vanished just days before her baby. ANDERSON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Anderson County Sheriff's Office says a missing 10-year-old boy . It took police a while to line up the suspect description because the vehicles in-question varied based on each witness: two described the vehicle they had been abducted in as a champagne-gold Mazda, while others pointed out either a white Toyota Corolla or a white Chevy Celebrity. "We'd like to say, domestic violence is real and when it happens, we need to address it. On the day of Eggleston's shower, family members said they found her apartment nearly cleaned out. Mosby indicated investigators learned of a "volatile argument" between Robertson and the mother of his children the night before Eggleston disappeared. He was sentenced to eight years, with time already served. They had reason to believe that Hampton had been responsible for some truly terrible crimes, but they had no prove any of them. Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster told the media: "It was obvious that it was the skull of a child. Foul play is something that we are absolutely exploring, the spokesperson said, because she was eight months pregnant at the time, and we're obviously beyond the point where she could have given birth., Sanobia Wilson is glad that her nieces disappearance is finally getting more attention. - tattooed on his right shoulder. She was a small girl, who had been wearing yellow shorts, a yellow-and-white polka-dot shirt, and slip-on shoes on the evening she disappeared. Police were beginning to become certain that Hampton had simply been lying to them in order to obtain special privileges: such as trips outside of jail, meals, coffee, and cigarettes. He described not only his sex life - which included sex with both genders - but his prior criminal history. As police tried to pinpoint the motive for Hampton's confessions, the forensic analysis they were hoping to rely on brought back an intriguing proposition. Most concerning, though, were torn out magazine images of children - a discovery that made investigators think that there might be more to this deviant than meets the eye. First published on May 4, 2021 / 10:50 PM. BALTIMORE Since the very beginning, finding 22-year-old Akia Eggleston has been considered 'critical.'. The family seeks justice in Akias case. By this point, her family had begun to fear the worst. While living in a maximum security prison in South Carolina, Smith, a survivor of sexual assault, continues to assert that it was past trauma that led her to murder her own children. MS. NEBLING IS A WHITE FEMALE, BLOND HAIR, 5'5 AND SLIM BUILT. Investigators need your help. When her sister, Renee, went home approximately twenty to thirty minutes later, she was surprised to find out that Kia had not yet returned. 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