When they continued their rounds of questioning, Hampton was eager to talk. No closure. As former Sheriff Riley and current Sheriff Tony Davis stated: "members of the community supported the Logan family when in need, and now those funds will support those in need with educational opportunities.". The eyes were definitely on him," she said, reports WBAL. Akia Eggleston went missing in Baltimore, Maryland in May of 2017. 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! In fact, police noted that he might have been a little TOO eager at times. 'Hacksaw - Best Tool to Dismember': Inside Murder Suspect Brian Walshe's Alleged Internet Searches, Authorities Allege Ana Walshe Was Murdered by Her Husband, but Her Mom Has 'Hope That She Is Alive', Boyfriend Charged with Murder of Missing Tenn. 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In November 2017, the FBI Baltimore Field Office offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts. Domestic violence is real, and when it happens, we need to address it, he said. We couldn't prove this case.". Wilkinson said. We do not give up on the victims of crime in Baltimore City. "I hope wherever she (Kia) is, she's safe and alive and she'll be home soon. Part of me is missing and I need to find it.". Little else could be determined of the victim or how they had died, as the skull showed no signs of obvious trauma or any bullet holes. "I was there Monday and when I left and went to work and when I came back my s--- was packed for me," he said. She had plans to get her hair done on that Friday, and she was supposed to pick out her dress, and the baby's dress, her daughter, so she was getting ready, she was happy, Egglestons aunt Sanobia Wilson told local Baltimore news station WMAR-2 News. According to Mosby, phone records show a telemarketer tried to call Eggleston at 6:57 p.m. At that time, both her phone and Robertson's were located downtown, she said. In his vehicle, police found many out-of-place items: things such as clothing, toilet paper, the marriage certificate of him and his ex-wife, etc. The woman who was eight months pregnant at the time was last seen alive four days earlier, Mosby said. She could find no sign of her, but they would later find Kia's bike overturned just outside of the apartment office. Courtesy of FBI About an hour later, Robertson's phone moved away from Eggleston's apartment and headed toward downtown Baltimore as. 11 Tennessee to an 85-45 victory over South Carolina on Saturday night. Needless to say, Charles Hampton was now on their radar. But Robertson had other plans, Mosby said, ultimately concocting an elaborate ruse about a fake move that led to Eggleston withdrawing cash for a down payment. About 1:24 p.m., Eggleston purchased two money orders totaling $450 after making several ATM withdrawals from her savings account, Mosby said. 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. Mom Is Presumed Dead, as Police Search for Possibly Suicidal Ex, Who Is Murder Suspect, Wanted Ore. Man Accused of Torturing Woman Is Using Dating Apps to Find Victims and Evade Capture: Police, Brian Walshe, Husband of Missing Mass. 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.". Not only were Georgia and South Carolina preparing cases against him, but North Carolina and Florida were investigating him for similar child abductions and sexual assaults in their states. "Domestic violence is real and when it happens, we need to address it," Wilkinson said. Soon, the one-year anniversary of Kia's disappearance had come-and-gone. As the hunter walked along a pasture fence, he stumbled upon a small object resembling a human skull. This was when he was transferred to a jail in Greenwood county - the same county where Kia Logan had disappeared from in 1988. It wasn't until the third or fourth crime that police began to link the crimes together, when the suspect descriptions began to slowly align with one another. She, also, went missing while riding her bike very close to her home, in a public setting. The sun was beginning to set, and this eight-year old climbed onto her bike to head back home. Here, the skull would be confirmed as belonging to Kia Logan, with the FBI forensic investigators theorizing that Kia had originaly been killed in Greenwood County and then later dumped in Newberry County. This case has been open for nearly five long years leaving this family to search nonstop for their missing daughter.. Based on her pattern of life, the time passed, extensive publicity, multiple searches, and monetary reward for information in this case, the fact that Eggleston has not returned to her family or been electronically or physically located overwhelmingly indicates that she is in fact, deceased. Over the next week, the letter written by Dr. Wiggins inspired many to pledge support to the Malakia Z. Logan Reward Fund. Robertson also was in contact during that time with the mother of his other two children. 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 Can't we show at least as much concern for the fate of a child? For keeping hope for our family that we would find her alive. Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster told the media: "It was obvious that it was the skull of a child. As Hampton prepared for his five-year sentence, he was facing investigations and charges from four separate states. Akia Eggleston with her daughter. He'll be back on the street. HER FAMILY IS CONCERNED BECAUSE HASN'T CONTACTED ANYONE IN SOME TIME. Investigators need your help. He also had scars along his right arm and stomach, which matched up with what one of the younger victims had described. 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. "Maybe he did it, maybe he didn't. This meant that police were pretty confident that the skull had been intentionally left there. At around the time these sexual assaults came to an end, in the summer of 1996, police began to eye a specific sexual deviant as a potential suspect. 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. Based on her pattern of life, the time passed, extensive publicity, multiple searches, and monetary reward for information in this case, the document stated, the fact that Eggleston has not returned to her family or been electronically or physically located overwhelmingly indicates that she is in fact, deceased. The document details Akias last days as revealed by interviews, financial records, telephone records, and social media communications, and alleges that the investigation revealed the only person with the motive, means, and opportunity to murder Eggleston was the purported father of her unborn child, Michael Robertson., While Akias body has not been found, the statement of probable cause revealed that in October of 2017, following the airing of a local television news report on Akias case, Robertsons Google searches for where does Baltimore city trash go when picked up, BALTIMORE City Dumpster pickup, and baltimore city landfill indicate what may have happened to Egglestons remains., Michael Robertson is being held on bond in Michigan, where he currently resides. All of their friends in the apartment complex had since gone home, so Renee knew that Kia wasn't still out there. Many of these details matched up with what police had heard from the victims themselves - but others did not. "So I took that as the hint.". I am criticizing the rest of us who thrive in our community yet appear apathetic. The indictment against Charles Wade Hampton included crimes such as murder, kidnapping, criminal sexual conduct with a minor, and assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct. The then 22-year-old from Cherry Hill was getting ready for her second child but her dad, Shawn Wilkinson, said that she did not show up for her baby shower in May of 2017. If you have information on any of these missing children, call 911, the local agency or 1-800-THE-LOST. 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. Hampton plead not guilty almost instantly. We would have found some clues, but we were not given those resources, because Akia is an African-American, young, single, mother of two. They had reason to believe that Hampton had been responsible for some truly terrible crimes, but they had no prove any of them. The next day, a retired pediatrician named Casper E. Wiggins wrote a heartfelt editorial in the Index Journal, which read as follows: " A child is missing, and apart from the few days immediately after her kidnapping, the public outcry has been next to nothing. It had been nearly five years since the original indictment was filed, accusing him of the abduction and murder of Kia Logan. This not being enough, the skull would later be sent to an FBI lab in 1998. BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- It has been four years since Akia Eggleston was last seen in Baltimore on May 3, 2017. The results were testing alongside DNA taken from Kia's parents, Bernetta and Richard, and this time, it proved consistent. However, with DNA testing being in its infancy, it would be years before they could definitively test the skull for forensic proof. "Reading his statement, you'd think that only the person who did that would know those details. All calls are toll-free and confidential. Michael Robertson has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. They sent it off for continued testing at the University of South Carolina, where a forensic anthropologist was able to tell investigators that the skull belonged "to a six-to-eight-year-old African American.". Dennis Beauford, one of the first deputies to arrive at the scene, stated: "It was a pretty Sunday afternoon. Another description was vague, calling it simply an older model white compact or subcompact with blue interior. "The case is 19 years old; the family has been living with it for 19 years. Speaking with investigators in October, Robertson claimed he changed his phone number after receiving threats from Eggleston's relatives, but phone records showed he got a new number the day before the baby shower, according to the statement of probable cause. believe that foul play may have been involved. Moments later, Eggleston messaged Robertson on Facebook, "I called u I got the money order.". 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. Her older sister and friend stayed at the basketball court for a little while longer. Eggleston sent a friend an invite to her baby shower that evening the last known message sent by the pregnant woman to anyone, according to the probable cause statement. Hampton would plead guilty to his original felony Peeping Tom charge, meaning that he would be spending the next five years in state prison. They combed around the Georgetown Apartments for most of the night, until the lack of light eventually led to them turning it around. 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. They searched pretty exhaustively for around three weeks, unable to locate any more remains other than the skull. Published: Feb. 26, 2023 at 12:26 PM PST | Updated: 20 hours ago. If you know anything, call the FBI's Baltimore office at 410-265-8080 or Baltimore Police at 410-396-2499. A little after nine o'clock that evening, Kia was reported missing to the Greenwood County Sheriff's Department. 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. That afternoon, Eggleston unsuccessfully attempted to withdraw cash twice from an ATM at a Wells Fargo location downtown. "We're looking for a medium blue utility-type van with dark tinted windows. Eggleston, who was eight months pregnant with her son, disappeared just days before her. In October, investigators tried to speak with Robertson at his Muskegon home, but he declined to be interviewed and then left his residence, investigators said. I criticize us for not raising such an uproar it would be heard across this nation .. Newspaper reports indicate that she was born with two holes in her heart, but she would turn out to be stronger than she knew. Sheriff Foster continued: "We are reasonably sure, at this point, the skull was not dug from a grave." 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. U.S. South Carolina North Carolina Missing Persons Search efforts are continuing for a 23-year-old South Carolina man who went missing in late January. Those early tests were inconclusive, relying on DNA found in the skull itself in very primitive ways. Between the 2002 indictment and this, he had accrued nearly five years of time served. Hi, my name is Akia and thanks for visiting my page. Police first thought this was a clue that she walked off on her own. Set in the middle of Greenwood itself, the reward fund started with a $2000 donation in her name. SHE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO LIVE OR VISIT ON THE WESTISIDE OF GREENVILLE COUNTY AND LAURENS COUNTY. 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. INVESTIGATORS NEED HELP FROM ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE INFORMATION REGARDING MR. GAMBLES DISAPPEARANCE. He also had a blotchy, pockmarked face, made worse from poison ivy exposure the year prior. 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