|
Missing Jamal Abdul’Faruq 
Jamal, approximately 1990; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression to Age at the time of disappearance: 31 (approximately 2013); Basil Abdul'Faruq Date reported missing : 04/16/1990 Missing location (approx) : Richmond, Virginia Missing classification : Non-Family Abduction Gender : Male Ethnicity : Black DOB : 08/12/1982 (38) Age at the time of disappearance: 7 years old Height / Weight : 4'5, 47 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A black Batman t-shirt, blue jeans, a gray and red fleece baseball jacket and white sneakers. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Jamal has a scar on his right eyebrow and a mole on his temple above his left ear. He had a small gap between his upper front teeth at the time of his disappearance. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Jamal's stepmother dropped him and his eight-year-old brother, Basil, off at their mother's apartment in the 1700 block Clarkson Road on April 16, 1990. The boys went outside to play in the front yard at 2:30 p.m. while their mother, Tambra Ellis, went to sleep inside. She had worked the night shift the day before. Ellis woke up after a nap and searched for her sons, but couldn't find them. After forty-five minutes of searching, she contacted the police. The boys never returned to their apartment. A photo of Basil is posted with this case summary. Three days later, authorities discovered Basil's fully clothed body in a Chesterfield County landfill ten miles from their home. Basil had been bound, gagged and stabbed twice in the back, and his skull had been fractured postmortem. His killer placed his remains in a plastic garbAge at the time of disappearance: bag and put in a dumpster, and from there his body was taken to the landfill. There was no sign of Jamal at the scene and he has never been heard from again. Following the discovery of Basil's body, investigators detained the boys' father, Everett Abdul'Faruq, for three hours. Court documents indicated that authorities initially believed the child was injured or killed inside his father's residence. A search of the property failed to produce any evidence to support the theory. Everett has never been implicated in connection with his sons' cases, although he did refuse to take a lie detector test, saying it was contrary to his Muslim religious beliefs. Eventually both of Jamal's parents were ruled out as suspects in his disappearance and Basil's murder. Jamal's favorite food in 1990 was pizza, and he enjoyed playing and watching basketball and watching TeenAge at the time of disappearance: Mutant Ninja Turtles videos. He was in the second grade at E.S.H. Green Elementary School at the time of his disappearance. Authorities believe it's possible he's still alive. His case remains unsolved. Other information and links : ncy Richmond Police Department 804-780-6748 September 2021 updates and sources The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The Vanished Children's Alliance Operation Lookout The Richmond Times-Dispatch Missing and Murdered America's Most Wanted CNN |