MARC ANTHONY BOOKAL - Aged 4 years - Newburgh, New York (USA)

Name: Marc Anthony Bookal
Age: Missing Date: Tuesday 15th December 2009
Missing From: Newburgh New York
Missing Country: USA
Sex: Male
DOB: Currently unknown

Specific Details:
Hair: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 3\' 6\"
Weight: 42 lbs
Race: Black
language: English

Distinctive Marks: Marc wears a medium-length afro and his skin is blotchy on the backs of his hands.

Known Circumstances:
Marc was last seen wearing a red long sleeve shirt, white Nike sneakers and gray Rockawear sweatpants.
He was last seen about 1:20 p.m. Monday, December 15, 2009 at his family\'s apartment in a two-family house on Benkard Avenue in Newburgh, NY. He and his stepfather were getting ready to visit a relative when Marc walked out of the apartment a couple of minutes ahead. When the stepfather left the apartment, Marc was gone. He checked at a neighbor\'s house where the boy sometimes goes, but there was no sign of the child. Extensive searches have been made.

If anyone has any information, please call immediately, the Newburgh Police at 845-561-3131 or your local police.

http://www.helpfindmychild.net/marc-bookal#comment-5126

Times Herald-Record

15 December 2009

4-year-old boy vanishes from Newburgh apartment

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091215/NEWS/912150328

Times Herald-Record

15 December 2009

Suspect charged with endangering missing child

CITY OF NEWBURGH — City police have charged the boyfriend of a missing 4-year-old boy's mother in connection with the disappearance.

Cory Byrd, 30, who lives at the same Benkard Avenue residence as the mother and child, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091215/NEWS/912159985/-1/NEWS

Times Herald-Record

16 December 2009

Police searching Newburgh watefront for missing boy

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/NEWS/912160344

New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV

16 December 2009

Stepfather Of Missing Newburgh Boy Arrested, Charged

http://www.wpix.com/news/local/wpix-missing-newburgh-boy,0,2250405.story

Times Herald-Record

16 December 2009

Search continues for missing 4-year-old

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/NEWS/912169974

Times Herald-Record

16 December 2009

Missing boy's grandparents pray he is found soon

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/NEWS/912169971/-1/SITEMAP

My Fox NY

16 December 2009

Hope Fades for Missing Newburgh Boy

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/091216-newburgh-boy-missing-river

Mid-Hudson News

16 December 2009

Search for missing boy expanded

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/16/Bookal_update1-16Dec09.htm

Times Herald-Record

17 December 2009

Grandparents pray for return of 4-year-old

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091217/NEWS/912170319

Mid-Hudson News

17 December 2009

Search for missing boy widens to the river

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/December09/17/Bookal_search-17Dec09.html

Times Herald-Record

17 December 2009

Police resume search for missing boy, 4, in Newburgh

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091217/NEWS/912170335

KEYC

17 December 2009

Search Continues for Missing NY Boy

Scuba teams are going into the Hudson River in Newburgh, New York today to search a two mile stretch for a missing 4-year-old boy.The family of Marc Anthony Bookal say they are losing hope that the 4-year-old boy will be found alive.They fear that the boy may have wandered off and fallen in the Hudson River.Authorities suspect foul play and Officers have arrested the mother's boyfriend, and charged him with endangering the welfare of a child. He has a prior criminal record.

http://www.keyc.com/node/31470

My Fox NY

17 December 2009

No Sign of Boy in Hudson River Search

Marc's disappearance has saddened an entire community, made national news, and exposed troubling details of his home life.

His mother, Christina, has been criticized for staying with her live-in boyfriend, Corey Byrd, after Byrd was sent to prison for beating another of her children 10 years ago.

Bryd is back in jail, charged with child endangerment since Marc was in his care this week when the boy vanished.

And it turns out, several months ago Marc's hands were badly burned and police are investigating claims that Byrd was responsible for that injury.

None of these incidents prompted social services to intervene.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/091217-no-sign-of-boy-in-hudson-river-search