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Okay, that was wrong. The official DA press release states that William was living in Charlotte, North Carolina with his mom, Teresa Bailey Black and another family member until December 1998 when she abruptly withdrew him from school. Bailey Black relocated to Atlanta, Georgia with him. However, in late 1999 she came back to Charlotte without William and told different stories about his whereabouts.William Dashawn Hamilton had recently located to Charlotte with his mom Teresa Ann Bailey Black. She is facing charges of felony murder, concealing a death, and child abuse. Bailey Black was arrested on June 29th in Phoenix, Arizona.
The break in the case came when a tip was called into the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children from a someone who knew Teresa and William back in 1998 and had been searching for William ever since.
Ava, who preferred to keep her last name private, says she was very close with Teresa and William when they lived in Charlotte, North Carolina. She often took care of William and described him as a fun, witty, adventurous and intelligent little boy who loved to dance.
“He liked to crack jokes,” said Ava. “He did like to draw a lot, color, mainly read books. He didn't want you to read to him…he wanted to read to you!”
To hear more from Ava, check out this NCMEC video.
According to investigators, Teresa left Charlotte, North Carolina with William. But she returned without him. And investigators say she had different stories about where William was.
After 23 years, Ava’s tip called into NCMEC gave new direction to the investigation. Our team followed up, researching, analyzing and trying to connect the pieces to help investigators track down William’s family. With DNA work provided by our partner, Bode Technology, William’s identity was officially confirmed.
“This case is a perfect example of why we never give up hope,” said Angeline Hartmann, Director of Communications at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. “For more than two decades, a woman in Charlotte followed her gut feeling that something wasn’t right. She made phone calls, scoured the internet and talked to anybody who would listen. We’re grateful she never stopped until she found that rendering of William online and gave investigators the missing piece to help solve this 23-year-old mystery. A huge thank you to the Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office, the Dekalb County Medical Examiner’s Office and Dekalb County Police for their hard work that brought us here today.”
Ended up being mommie herselfthis is going to end up being a mommie's bf case. im 98% sure.
I always assumed that it was the other way around - that he was hit or otherwise knocked his head into something, and his mother gave him something like Nyquil to help him sleep it off, but that it was worse than she thought. Poor boy.Dipenhydramine and acetaminophen are found in combined cold medication such as nyquil. Dipenhydramine can make you drowsy if overdosed but it wont kill you. Acetaminophen can lead to kidney failure if grossly overdosed but it does not appear that was the case. She (or womeone else, may have been a boyfriend or someone else) then killed him through the blow on his head.