Baby Joey's mother: 'We're finally going to get justice for him'
Published: September 14, 2013
The new developments brought tears of joy and a mixture of overwhelming emotions to the baby's mother.
She started an online campaign to get her son's case reopened and gathered signatures on petitions. And, she sent a YouTube video to St. Clair County Sheriff Richard Watson and an email asking him to watch the video and to re-open the case, she said.
"I received a YouTube video and an email. The lady was on there with flash cards. I looked at it on a Saturday, April 6, about 11 p.m. and something told me we needed to look into this case. I emailed our chief investigator, Scott Weymouth, right away and asked him to pull the case that following Monday morning," Watson said.
Watson said when the case was pulled, everything was intact -- which doesn't always happen with a cold case.
"There were pictures and records. Everything was there. This was very helpful to investigators and eventually led to Warwick's arrest," and subsequent charges from the St. Clair County state's attorney's office.
Melville, now of Cabot, Ark., was dating Warwick when the baby's body was found Dec. 30, 1972, in the family home at the edge of Washington Park near the old Assumption High School. Authorities said Warwick was living with Melville but was not the baby's father.
In an interview, Melville said the Warwick's arrest "is bitter sweet."
"I am very, very happy. A mother never forgets the loss of a child," she said, sobbing." "I have never forgotten and never been able to let it go. I promised myself and my baby that I'd seek justice.
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