Marc Bookal -- Found Deceased 3/24/10 -- Cory Byrd Sentenced 50 Years To Life In Prison

My question as well, Marc's or boyfriend's? Did she not notice it was gone?

oh she probably noticed it was gone, but why mention it to anyone when she was so busy and preoccupied w/ defending the bf??
I saw the clips of her previous interview last night w/ NG and how she excused away his previous charges for nearly killing the 14(?) mon. old - a lacerated liver?? and multiple broken bones from doing the Heimlich??? what do they think we are, idiots???
Don't ya'll find it odd that most of these bf/killers ALWAYS come up w/ a story where they are being heroic and the child accidentally died or was severely injured during their act of heroism?? MAKES ME SICK!!!

I read in one of the posted articles where Crystal has been in touch with Byrd as recently as two weeks ago.

Poor Marc never stood a chance with this "mother".

I figured she had stayed in contact with the POS.

Tish, I saw those old video clips as well. She didn't miss a beat defending him. I remember seeing it when it first aired and I thought, my god, how can you dismiss the seriousness of your child's injuries!! It is sickening. I will never be able to understand it.

i PRAY that this mother is charged and convicted for HER ROLE in this childs death.

maybe she didnt kill him herself, but she might as well have signed his death order by leaving him with a POS that has a history of beating (nearly killing) babies!!

IMHO we need to get tough on these "mothers" that are either too stupid, or too self-centered to keep their children ALIVE for crying out loud. -- maybe a stiff prison sentence will be worse to them than losing the "man" in their life. lord knows the threat of losing their children is not doing the trick.

this is yet ANOTHER example as to WHY there should be an application to become a parent. i am SICK of this CRAP!!!

Autopsy results not back, but police believe body that of missing boy

March 25, 2010

NEWBURGH – Given the fact that there have been no other missing children in Newburgh in recent months, Newburgh City Police Chief Eric Paolilli Thursday afternoon said it is likely the body found in a wooded area Wednesday is that of Marc Bookal, the 4-year-old who went missing in early December of last year.

An autopsy was continuing Thursday afternoon, but the chief said the body was that of a young boy.

Details of the investigation, including how long the body was in the woods and cause of death, have not been disclosed.

The body was found in a vinyl book bag by a State Police cadaver dog in an area the police had extensively searched during the intensive investigation for weeks after Marc disappeared.

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2010/March/25/Bookal_update-25Mar10.htm

Positive ID on child’s body could take a month

March 26, 2010

NEWBURGH – There have been no other missing children in Newburgh in recent months, Newburgh City Police Chief Eric Paolilli Thursday afternoon said it is likely the body found in a wooded area Wednesday is that of Marc Bookal, the 4-year-old who went missing in early December of last year.

An autopsy was continuing Thursday afternoon, but the chief said all they can confirm is that the body was that of a young boy.

DNA tests will be needed to confirm the identity, and that can take a month, or more.

“We have in our own minds come to the reality that since we do not have any other reports of any other missing children in the city or, in fact, in any kind of proximity that would lend credibility that this might be anybody else, that we have come to that conclusion; however, we cannot confirm that. That is not a certainty,” the chief said.

Details of the investigation, including how long the body was in the woods and cause of death, have not been disclosed.

The body was found in a vinyl book-type bag by a State Police cadaver dog in an area the police had extensively searched during the intensive investigation for weeks after Marc disappeared. The chief said it appeared to the investigating officers that the body was “purposely secreted there.”

Paolilli said Corey Byrd, the boyfriend of Marc’s mother, is a “person of interest.” He said “logic dictates” the investigation is going to lead to Byrd, the last person to see Marc alive.

Byrd, who still won’t talk to authorities, remains in the Orange County Jail on a parole violation.

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2010/March/26/Bookal_body-25Mar10.html

Right on Randilynn!

Cory Byrd sentenced to 50 years to life in murder of Marc Bookal

By Heather Yakin
Times Herald-Record

GOSHEN – Cory Byrd was sentenced Thursday to 50 years to life in prison for the murder of 4-year-old Marc Bookal and for disposing of his body .

Byrd was alone with Marc, the son of Byrd's then-girlfriend, when the boy disappeared in December 2009. The child; body was found three months later, stuffed inside a book bag and playpen bag from the family's apartment. Marc's remains were found hidden under a dense brush pile in a vacant lot just a few blocks from the home. A jury convicted Byrd on Jan. 26 of reckless, depraved-indifference murder and two felony counts of tampering with physical evidence.

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