", First published on February 3, 2022 / 11:30 PM. They tried to use the dental records and skull reconstruction techniques available to them, in an effort to determine if the skull was Kia's, but nothing was positively confirmed. So, he'll be back on the street. Akia Shawnta Eggleston was reported missing on May 7, 2017. Shawn Wilkinson, Eggleston's stepdad, says the money could have been for a down payment for a new apartment with her babys father. On Tuesday at 4 p.m., in Muskegon, Michigan, officers arrested Michael Robertson for the murder of 22-year-old Akia Eggleston, and her unborn child, Mosby announced from the podium where she was joined by Akias family, Baltimore Police Department detectives and Supervisory Special Agent Shayne Buchwald of FBI-Baltimore. Domestic violence is real, and when it happens, we need to address it, he said. 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. The sun was beginning to set, and this eight-year old climbed onto her bike to head back home. "We're also looking for a faded dark blue or black Monte Carlo, a mid-70's model. The sketch came from the witness sightings of the second person-of-interest, who had been driving the dark mid-70's model Monte Carlo. Despite this overwhelming sadness experienced by Bernetta and her family at this moment in time, the article had a profound effect on the community. It is not the answer and theres always an alternative. However, police and investigators have yet to find any more of Kia Logan's remains, and remain hopeful that those will turn up some day, allowing them to fully pursue a suspect or person-of-interest in the crimes. THEY BELIEVE SHE WAS HAS UNDIAGNOSED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES BUT THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN CONFIRMED. He had been previously terminated due to unexcused absences and excessive tardiness, but that didn't stop him from getting into trouble. Eggleston's stepfather, Shawn Wilkinson, welcomed news of the arrest. Neither she nor the child have turned up since then. She didn't want to miss any potential calls from Kia. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR HER FOR OVER A YEAR. According to a statement of probable cause, Eggleston and Robertson first met in the 1990s when his grandmother babysat her as a child. Earlier in the day, they had been aided by helicopters provided by SLED - the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, a statewide police agency. Does it not bother you, as it does me, that our community, with a few exceptions, seems to be showing little aggressive concern over the mysterious disappearance of one of our children, Kia Logan? 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. 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. The sunny atmosphere from just a few days prior had evaporated. 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. So when family and friends wanted to celebrate her . Greenwood's Emergency Preparedness Director Herbert Vaughn spoke to the local press, and talked about the searches his department had helped conduct in the area on Monday and Tuesday. Hampton was known to spend a good amount of time on this farm, and it remained on the investigator's radar for a good amount of time after this initial confession. "It's crushing to know that we don't know where she is, we don't know if she's hurt," said Sanobia Wilson, Eggleston's aunt. Akias case was featured in Datelines Missing in America series in September of that year. We did also search the park. florida. Her remains have not been found despite extensive searches, but authorities said evidence overwhelmingly indicates that shes dead. He was described as being between thirty-five and forty years old, with slender ad pointed facial features. The searches and canvass of the apartment complex continued on into Tuesday, but police wouldn't release another public statement until May 18th - Wednesday. Hampton had been sitting in a Georgia prison at the time, and if South Carolina prosecutors tried the case at that time, they would be forced to bring Hampton to trial within 180 days. On July 4th, the Greenwood-area newspaper, the Index Journal, ran a story detailing Kia's mom, Bernetta Logan, as she struggled with the disappearance of her youngest daughter. We couldn't prove this case.". 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. It bothers me that we seem willing to accept this obvious crime against a child without a public uproar. All of their friends in the apartment complex had since gone home, so Renee knew that Kia wasn't still out there. "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. Milwaukee police are asking the public to help find a critical missing 15-year-old in Milwaukee. One way is to make the amount of the reward really impressive and/or tempting. On Thursday the states attorneys office released the full statement of probable cause in Akias case. However, three - which took place in the middle of this crime spree - took place on a Thursday. 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. Police were called to the scene, and the skull was taken into police custody for testing. Early on in questioning, Charles admitted that he often changed his hair color. Local businesses continued by making donations to the fund. But there were also nude photographs of women - including images of his then-girlfriend - and a pornographic magazine named "Stroke Off Tales.". 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 . ANDERSON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Anderson County Sheriff's Office says a missing 10-year-old boy . Who Is Ana Walshe, the Massachusetts Mom Missing Since New Year's Day? This would come up later in the story, so please keep that in-mind. It was this apartment complex where, on a Sunday evening in the middle of May, everything seemed right with the world. 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. In all of the sexual assaults, the victim profile remained largely the same. Theron Wallace's family said he is a student at USC Aiken and was . Soon, the one-year anniversary of Kia's disappearance had come-and-gone. One of the missing persons cases explored in the show is that of Akia Eggleston, a 22-year-old who went missing from Baltimore, Maryland in 2017. While police began a search of his home and his vehicle, he openly admitted to several things. Many of these details matched up with what police had heard from the victims themselves - but others did not. 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. Prosecutors, once-confident that the case against him was looking rock-solid, were now worried about not having enough evidence against him. In its press release Thursday, the Baltimore States Attorneys office stated that Robertson faces a maximum penalty of two life sentences in prison if found guilty of all charges which include two counts of First Degree Murder, while also cautioning that an arrest is not a finding of guilt. When it was finally time for Hampton to be released, he was immediately re-arrested for a warrant investigators had planned. In particular, they went after him for comments he had made between his 2000 release from prison and his 2002 re-arrest, in which he had confessed to the 1995 abduction of a five-year old girl from Richland County and the subsequent sexual assault. When they searched his home, they found several photographs of children in underwear, as well as various photos of nude adults - including pictures of Hampton himself. Sending it off for testing, they had to hope that they could uncover any evidence that could help lead them to the culprit. About 4 p.m., Robertson allegedly took a Lyft ordered by Eggleston to the Cherry Hill neighborhood. He described not only his sex life - which included sex with both genders - but his prior criminal history. Over the next week, the letter written by Dr. Wiggins inspired many to pledge support to the Malakia Z. Logan Reward Fund. SHARIDA MILBOURNE WAS REPORTED MISSING IN MAY 2020. Baltimore Police continue to search for clues in her disappearance. 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. Between 1995 and 1996, the states of Georgia and South Carolina began investigating a series of sexual assaults that occurred along a specific interstate. INVESTIGATORS STATE THAT MS. Eggleston was excited to be moving in with the father of her child, Michael Robertson, who was in a relationship with another 22-year-old woman that had recently given birth to his second child, Mosby told reporters. During an interview on June 15, 2017, he claimed he last saw Eggleston on Monday, May 1. Thank you to everyone for their thoughts and their prayers, Akias aunt, Sanobia Wilson, said. MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police are requesting the public's assistance in locating critical missing, Akia Hair. 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. Susan Smith was convicted of killing her two little boys on July 22, 1995 a tragic event that sparked worldwide attention, rage, and confusion. February 03, 2022. She was last seen on May 3 when she was captured on . Wilson told WJZ that she wishes law enforcement did more to investigate the case when Eggleston disappeared. They all decided to put the money to good use, allowing education or nursing majors to receive the scholarship in times of hardship. Browse all missing children from South Carolina Missing: Joshua Cuddy (SC) They had reason to believe that Hampton had been responsible for some truly terrible crimes, but they had no prove any of them. Check out more on my resume below. Cellphone data, text messages and other evidence tracked the movements of Robertson and Eggleston in what prosecutors allege were her final hours on that day. VON CANNON IS A TRANSIT AND COULD BE ANYWHERE. Upon further investigation, it was determined that the last time anyone saw Akia alive was on the afternoon of May 3, 2017. "It's definitely changed the lifestyle here. 8th Circuit Solicitor Jerry Peace, who had replaced William Townes Jones in the preceding half-decade, had plenty to say about this decision. Akia was reported missing by family members on May 7, 2017, after she failed to show up to her own baby shower. That afternoon, Eggleston unsuccessfully attempted to withdraw cash twice from an ATM at a Wells Fargo location downtown. At that time, very little was known about Akias movements in the days before she disappeared. We should have gotten the resources in the beginning, Wilson told WMAR-2 News in early November 2021. Immediately, investigators became convinced that the skull could have belonged to the missing Kia Logan, who had been missing from a town roughly half-an-hour away for two-and-a-half years now. Eggleston's family members who joined law enforcement officials at the news conference included her aunt, Sanobia Wilson. 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. He was accused of intentionally drilling the holes to Peep on unwitting victims, and arrested shortly after this was discovered. Malakia Zali Logan, most commonly called by her nickname, Kia, was born on August 1st, 1979. DNA testing didn't match him in one of the Georgia cases. "Reading his statement, you'd think that only the person who did that would know those details. Akia Hair was last seen around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday near Roosevelt Drive and Teutonia Avenue. This was when he was transferred to a jail in Greenwood county - the same county where Kia Logan had disappeared from in 1988. It remains ongoing. for weeks or months at a time between interviews," according to the statement of probable cause. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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. A random child abduction that went "sour" - usually a byproduct of a victim choosing to fight back, or attempting to run away. Unless new evidence emerges, our participation is over.". Hampton plead not guilty almost instantly. Hours later, Robertsons next call was made near Egglestons home and investigators believe they were together at her apartment that afternoon. In 1996, the testing of mitochondrial DNA was performed at a genetics lab in North Carolina. "Every time I open up the evidence room door, I see the bike and it's haunted me. I am probably one of the most down to earth people you will ever meet and I love the simple life that I live. Titled "The Malakia Z. Logan Reward Fund," it hope to incentivize anyone with information to come forward. 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. Instead, they decided to look for Eggleston themselves. ON AUGUST 15th, 2015 PHILLIP GAMBLE LEFT HIS MOTHER'S RESIDENCE AT 709 CIRCLE ROAD GREER, S.C. . CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said deputies are searching for Robert Warner, a missing 60-year-old last seen on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Nor am I criticizing those who have helped so far or those concerned citizens who have contributed to the present approximately $3000 reward. 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. Police say they conducted interviews, search warrants and dedicated over 1,000 man-hours to the case. Let's send the message forth: "Greenwood County folks get right upset when one of their children is criminally abused. Police also found actual pairs of children's underwear in his laundry, which then sent in for forensic testing. Dennis Beauford, one of the first deputies to arrive at the scene, stated: "It was a pretty Sunday afternoon. In 1993, the skull was sent off to the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC for DNA testing. 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. Her social media activity abruptly stopped that day, according to a probable cause statement. Robertson then started staying with Eggleston in April 2017 after being evicted from the apartment he shared with Pomeroy, according to the statement of probable cause. BALTIMORE . That was when police announced that they were looking for two men, who had been seen in the vicinity of the Georgetown apartment complex late Sunday afternoon. Police and prosecutors seemed certain at the time of this indictment - November 6th, 2002 - that Charles Hampton was responsible for the abduction and murder of Malakia Zali Logan. He told lawmakers that law enforcement only took the case seriously when no baby was reported being born in a nearby hospital a month later. He did not live here. They searched pretty exhaustively for around three weeks, unable to locate any more remains other than the skull. When I drove up, and looked at that bike in the parking lot, I had a gut feeling something wasn't right and I called Riley at home. An eight-year-old girl that lived in this community was out playing with her sister and a friend on their apartment complex's basketball court. These two men were not immediately believed to be suspects, but were wanted for questioning. We had no help, no resources. Cherry Hill is a large park. Upon the 1996 arrest of Charles Hampton, the string of child abductions plaguing the area of Georgia and South Carolina seemed to come to an end. That evening, Eggleston had shared a sonogram picture on Facebook. 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. She then withdrew $450 dollars. From Akia's FBI missing person's page: "If you have any information concerning this case, please contact the FBI's Baltimore Field Office at (410) 265-8080, the Baltimore City Police . Akia Shawnta Eggleston was last seen May 3, 2017. pic.twitter.com/KgrjYz2OMd. We are also following up on similar situations that occur in this area and nationwide.". The family, to their credit, was steadfast in their conviction, wanting to to see Hampton in a court to face the charges levied against him. "Normally there would be a family get-together in Saluda. However, by the time the skull was forensically proven as belonging to Kia Logan, they had come across a suspect they believed was not only responsible for Kia's death, but an assortment of various sexual assaults and crimes against children. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of Eggleston and her unborn child. Eggleston vanished in May of 2017. ON OCTOBER 20th 2020 JORDEN SHYANN NEBLING AGE 20 WAS REPORTED MISSING TO THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE . Greenwood is the type of town you imagine when you think of rural America: a downtown comprised of brick buildings, a railroad track that separates the storefronts from the industrial area, and a large suburban population. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The lone exception was a five-year old girl with tan, olive-colored skin who had dark feaures. MS. NEBLING IS A WHITE FEMALE, BLOND HAIR, 5'5 AND SLIM BUILT. Akia Eggleston . Pregnant Baltimore Woman Vanished Ahead of Her Baby Shower, Ex-Boyfriend of Missing Md. HBOs new documentary series Black and Missing follows Derrica and Natalie Wilson, two sisters-in-law who started the Black and Missing Foundation in order to bring awareness to the countless cases of missing Black people forgotten by law enforcement and overlooked in news coverage. He openly confessed to committing several of the child abductions, providing explicit details of the subsequent sexual assaults. 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