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44-year-old Cory Bigsby has been charged with killing his 4-year-old son Codi in June 2021. Bigsby reported his son missing almost seven months after he disappeared. He currently faces charges including one count each of felony murder and unlawful transportation or concealment of a dead body to avoid detection, as per Law&Crime.
On January 31, 2022, at around 9 am local time, Cory Bigsby called the Hampton Police Department to report Codi missing. A massive search was deployed to look for the missing child and even the FBI got involved. However, he couldn't be traced.
In February, cops considered Bigsby as the only person of interest in the missing child's case. As per Law&Crime, they also claimed that Cory would often leave his children, who were all under the age of six, all alone at their family home.
Virginia father Cory Bigsby has been charged with one count of felony murder in connection to allegedly killing his son
Despite massive searches to look for the missing child, he was nowhere to be found. Authorities, however, considered Bigsby as the only person of interest. Codi is now presumed to be deceased and officials are yet to discover the missing boy's remains.
As per Law&Crime, Bigsby was already facing 30 counts of child neglect charges, including child abuse and medical neglect. On February 14, 2022, then-defense attorney Jeff Ambrose claimed that police did not let him get a lawyer, and held him unconstitutionally for four days.
As far as the child neglect charges are concerned, Cory Bigsby has been denied bond almost five times. During a court appearance, Bigsby was also found mentally incompetent to stand trial. After several days, he was indicted for his 4-year-old son's alleged murder.
According to Daily Press, one of Bigsby’s lawyers, Amina Matheny-Willard, said:
“I’m not going to discuss the contents, but just suffice it to say it was concerning enough for us to ask for a (competency) evaluation.”
An aunt claimed to have spoken to the child almost 13 months before he went missing
Police revealed that the child's biological mother wasn't involved in his life, and Cory Bigsby raised the kids alone. A hearing regarding the child neglect charges has been scheduled for Wednesday. According to Codi's aunt, she spoke to him about 13 months before he disappeared in 2020.
Investigators believe that was the last time anybody spoke to the little boy, apart from Cory Bigsby. In addition to facing child neglect charges, he has also been charged with the missing child's mysterious death.
As per WTKR, Hampton Commonwealth's Attorney Anton Bell said:
“The news isn’t a surprise to me. I hope that today starts the healing process for the family and for those of us who found ourselves in pain for a child we never met.”
A hearing has now been scheduled for June 14, 2023, to confirm if Cory Bigsby is mentally capable of standing trial.
