VA VA - Jamal Abdul'Faruq, 7, Richmond, 16 April 1990

Date Of Birth: August 12, 1982
Age at Time of Disappearance: 7 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'5; 47 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Black male. Black hair; brown eyes.
Marks, Scars: A scar on his right eyebrow. Mole on his temple above his left ear.
Clothing: A black Batman t-shirt; jeans; gray and red fleece baseball jacket; and white tennis shoes.
Dentals: A small gap between his upper front teeth.

Case Type: Non Family Abduction
DOB: Aug 12, 1982
Missing Date: Apr 16, 1990
Age Now: 23
Missing City: RICHMOND
Missing State : VA
Missing Country: United States
Case Number: NCMC737806

NCME

Charley Project

April 1990: 8-year-old Basil Faraq was last seen playing with his brother, Jamal, in their family's Richmond, Virginia neighborhood on April 16, 1990. Their stepmother dropped them off at the apartment of their mother, Tambra Ellis, and they went outside to play in the front yard at 2:30 p.m. while Ellis slept inside. When she woke up, she went looking for her sons but could not find them. The boys never returned to their apartment in the 1700 block of Clarkson Road.
Authorities discovered Basil's body in a Chesterfield County landfill located approximately five miles from their home. Basil had been stabbed to death; his remains were bound with duct tape and placed in a dumpster. There was no sign of Jamal at the scene and he has never been heard from again.

Investigators detained the boys' father, Everette Abdul'Faruq, for three hours after Basil's body was recovered. 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. Everette has never been implicated in connection with his sons' cases. Jamal's case remains unsolved.

http://www.coastalcourier.com/news/article/14448/

The person said he had a friend who he thought looked a lot like the missing child. The tipster said he was at his friend’s house in Hinesville where he reportedly spotted pictures of Faruq as a child. The person said the photos appeared to match those on the missing child’s profile.

http://www.coastalcourier.com/news/article/14448/

The person said he had a friend who he thought looked a lot like the missing child. The tipster said he was at his friend’s house in Hinesville where he reportedly spotted pictures of Faruq as a child. The person said the photos appeared to match those on the missing child’s profile.

This was on CNN today.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/05...+(RSS:+Top+Stories)&utm_content=Google+Reader

Adding content. Last news on this case is from 2010.

After boy's slaying, brother missing for 19 years

By Alexis Weed, Nancy Grace producer
February 8, 2010 8:01 a.m. EST

"Jamal was the one who asked could they go out," Ellis said. "I said, 'of course.' "
It was the last time she would see her children. She said she took a short nap, about 30 minutes. Then she walked outside to call the boys in for dinner.
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As with most missing child cases, investigators turned their attention to the boys' parents. They seized duct tape and other evidence from Abdul'Faruq's home. But both parents were eventually cleared. "They've been very cooperative from the very beginning," Capocelli said.

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We have a separate thread for missing brother, Jamal. His picture is in that thread, but I'm posting it here, too. There's a fair chance that he's still alive.

VA VA - Jamal Abdul'faruq, 7, Richmond, 16 April 1990 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community


From the Charley Project:

Jamal Abdul'Faruq at 8 y.o., and on the right an age progression
as he might have looked in 2008 at 26 y.o.

CNN’s Nancy Grace profiles county murder case

Gwen Sadler
February 17, 2010
Chesterfield Observer

On the third day of the search, the boys’ father, Everett Abdul’Faruq, was told that Basil’s body had been found about 10 miles from the Ellis home in a Chesterfield landfill. It seemed a truck driver had seen his body jutting out of a torn plastic garbage bag. Though his skull was fractured, the medical examiner’s office reported that Basil was stabbed to death.

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NCMEC

Charley Project

Maybe Basil fought back more than they expected and received some of his injuries then? So, they killed him in order to scare Jamal into cooperating? (By 'they' I mean whomever did this.)

Bumping

Bumping

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Jamal Abdul’Faruq – The Charley Project

Jamal Abdul’Faruq

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Jamal, circa 1990; Age-progression to age 31 (circa 2013); Basil Abdul'Faruq

• Missing Since04/16/1990
• Missing FromRichmond, Virginia
• ClassificationNon-Family Abduction
• Date of Birth08/12/1982 (37)
• Age7 years old
• Height and Weight4'5, 47 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA black Batman t-shirt, blue jeans, a gray and red fleece baseball jacket and white sneakers.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsAfrican-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.

Details of Disappearance
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 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 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.
Investigating Agency

• Richmond Police Department 804-780-6748

Source Information

• 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
• WAFB 9
• The Staunton News-Leader

Street view

Google Maps

Quite horrifying story...

Richmond VA > Police > Home

Jamal Abdul` Faruq

Birthdate: 08/12/1982
Missing Since: 04/16/1990
Age Now: 31
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height (1990): 4ft 5in
Weight (1990): 47 lbs

Jamal and his 8 year old brother were last seen playing in their neighborhood. His brother was later found murdered in a landfill south of Richmond. Jamal has not been seen or heard from since. He was last seen wearing a black Batman T-shirt, blue jeans, white tennis shoes and a grey/red fleece baseball jacket.


Jamal's photo has also been enhanced to show age-progression to 24 years of age.

Anyone having information should contact:

Richmond City Police Department (Virginia)

Major Crimes Unit - Lead Detective Jamie Baynes (804) 646-6741

Division of Emergency Communications (804) 646-5100

Youth & Family Crimes Team (804) 646-6764

OR

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
(800 )843-5678 / (800) THE-LOST

Age progression photo courtesy of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

My heart goes out to the family of Basil and Jamal.
Does the evidence still exist to try to obtain DNA rom the duct tape, etc, if that hasn't already been done? Surely there was forensic evidence, but was any successfully found?

APR 18, 2022
Have you seen him? Richmond boy missing for 32 years | WRIC ABC 8News
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32 years later, Abdul-Faruq would be 39 years old this year. His parents reported him as being missing on April 16, 1990.

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Bumping for Jamal - it's now been 33 years.