Cold and Missing: Jarkeius Adside

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Eli, is tied up with some work projects this

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So I know I normally do this rambling pitch at

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the end, but I just wanted to say thank you at

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the top for everyone who reached out. It was

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so meaningful. So thank you. However, I did want

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to get on here, get on the mic and bring you

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another episode of cold and missing. We are on

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a missing person case this week. So I think we

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should just go ahead and get into it. So just

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as a bit of a content warning at the top, this

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case does involve a young person. Today, we are

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talking about the missing person case of Jarkeius

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Adside. And this takes place in October of 2001

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in Leisure City, Florida. But first, a little

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bit about Jarkeius. Jarkeius Adside was only one

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years old in 2001. He was born on September 30,

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2000, and by fall of 2001, he was still very

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much a baby, learning, growing, and completely

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dependent on the adults around him. Family members

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sometimes called him by his nickname, Kiri. Everyone

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who loved him knew what a big smile he had as

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a baby. In October of 2001, Jairquiz was experiencing

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instability in his life. Both of his parents

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were incarcerated at this time. His mother, Tamara

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Jones, was being held in the Palm Beach County

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Jail after being charged with attempted theft

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at a department store, an arrest that happens

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just the day before our timeline starts. Jarkeius'

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father was in the Broward County Jail, awaiting

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trial on charges related to arms trafficking.

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Because of this, Jarkeius was staying with Gwendolyn

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Brown. Tamara called her her cousin, but they

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were not actually related, according to reports.

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Gwendolyn lived in Leisure City, in southeast

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Miami -Dade County. She lived on Southwest 158th

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Place. She shared her home with her common -law

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husband, Jeffrey Cochran. They had just begun

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caring for Jarkeius the night before our timeline

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really starts. So with that, a timeline of events.

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Thursday. October 18th, 2001. So that morning

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seemed to start like many other mornings. Gwendolyn

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got up and got her teenage daughter ready for

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school. At approximately 6 .30 a .m., Gwendolyn

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walked her daughter to the bus stop, and then

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she started returning home. Everything felt normal

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until she got to her house. As Gwendolyn walked

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back towards the house, she was suddenly ambushed

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by three gunmen. They jumped out from between

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a bush and a shed near the side of the home.

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The men grabbed her, duct taped her, and forced

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her back inside her home. They dragged her up

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the 17 steps to a second -floor bedroom. The

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men were described as three black males, but

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they had their faces covered. Upstairs, Jeffrey

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Cochran and one -year -old Jarkeius were asleep

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in the same room. The men quickly separated Jeffrey

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from the baby. Both Jeffrey and Gwendolyn were

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tied up with duct tape and both were gagged.

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The only thing that the intruders asked for was

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money. Repeatedly, they kept demanding, where's

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the money? Where's the money? Then they started

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ransacking the house. Clothes were thrown everywhere.

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Furniture was knocked around. The men even ripped

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open ceiling vents, clearly searching for something

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they believed was hidden. According to Gwendolyn,

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she normally kept her house immaculate, but the

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men quickly destroyed the home. During the chaos,

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Gwendolyn and Jeffrey heard a gunshot go off

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in the home. When the men finally left, Gwendolyn

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and Jeffrey were still tied up. It took them

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nearly two hours to free themselves from the

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binds. As soon as they're able to free themselves

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from the binds, they start to look for Jarkeius.

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They're unable to find him in the home. What

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they do find, however, is very concerning. They

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find blood, a lot of blood, smeared on a bed.

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They quickly call the police to report Jarkeius

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missing and to report everything that had happened

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to them that morning. Due to the chaotic state

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the home was left in by the men, it does take

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them some time, but eventually Gwendolyn and

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Jeffrey do determine that some items were stolen

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from their home. Jarchius, of course, was missing.

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He was last seen wearing a red, white, and blue

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shirt and a diaper. His hair was in braids at

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the time. When police arrived, they are immediately

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confused by one detail. If this was a robbery

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and the men were demanding money, Why take a

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one -year -old child? A spokesperson for the

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police, Juan Del Castillo, told the media, quote,

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Inside the home, investigators found blood. Concerningly,

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they found very bloody sheets. DNA samples were

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taken from Jarkeius' personal items to determine

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whether the blood belonged to him or possibly

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to one of the abductors. Ultimately, the test

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determined that it is Jarkeius' blood, and due

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to the amount that's found at the scene, they

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are concerned if he could survive that much blood

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loss at his little age. Detective William Ryan

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will later say, quote, all indications are he

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was seriously injured, possibly critically. Gwendolyn

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Brown and Jeffrey Cochran did have criminal pasts,

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but police stated that they did not believe their

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backgrounds were motive behind this abduction,

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but it is something that they were going to look

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into more in -depthly. They also said they were

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unsure whether the criminal histories of Jarkeius'

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parents played any role. Very quickly that same

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day, a $25 ,000 reward was immediately offered

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by Crimestoppers for any information leading

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to Jarkeius. Police spent the entire day searching

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the area around the home, including the nearby

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canals that were mentioned earlier. Everyone

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was desperate for any sign of the missing one

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-year -old. They brought in scent dogs to try

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to pick up any trail, but the dogs were unsuccessful.

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Police even launch a helicopter with heat -seeking

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technology, but don't find any sign of the little

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boy. The next day, Friday, October 19th. Police

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interview both of D 'Archias' parents while they

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are in custody. They're hoping to find some leads

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as to who might have taken their son, but these

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interviews don't seem to result in any suspects

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or leads for police. The next day, Saturday,

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October 20th, so this is just two days after

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Jarkeius was taken, police still have no leads.

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Despite the shocking nature of the abduction

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and the reward money, nobody had come forward

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that could explain where Jarkeius was or why he

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had been taken. Police do release three suspect

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sketches of the men believed to be responsible

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for the home invasion and abduction. Around this

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time, Jarkeius' mother, Tamara Jones, posted bond

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and was released from jail. She immediately began

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searching for her son, publicly pleading for

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answers and holding on to hope that he could

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be found alive. On Tuesday, October 23rd, so

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it's been five days since Jarkeius disappeared,

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and the case takes a significant turn at this

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point. The Homicide Division officially takes

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over the investigation. Police were careful to

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say that this change did not mean that they had

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evidence that Jarkeius was dead, but due to the

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amount of blood found at the crime scene and

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the passing of time with no sign of him, homicide

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was the right department to take over, and the

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shift underscored the seriousness of the case.

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Investigators had combed through hospitals for

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critically injured baby boys, and nobody matched

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Jarkeius. On Thursday, October 25th, so this is

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one week after Jarkeius was taken, there still

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had been no ransom demand made by any of the

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kidnappers. Police stated they had collected

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a significant amount of evidence. Fingerprints

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and paper evidence were reportedly left behind

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by the intruders. Gwendolyn Brown reiterated

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that the men were only asking for money. She

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says, quote, they were looking for money. That's

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all they asked for. Police continued to focus

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heavily on the canals near the home, searching

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again and again for any sign of Jarkeius. Tamara

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Jones publicly stated that she did not doubt

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the robbery story at all. She said, quote, Back

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in the day, Jeffrey had a name for being a big

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-time dope dealer. But you know, when people

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go to jail for 10 years, they come home and there's

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no money there. That's Jeffrey. But I know they've

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never done anything to hurt my baby. I don't

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know if he's hurt or if he's alive. I'm just

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praying that wasn't his blood in the house. When

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media asked the police whether they had any reason

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not to believe Gwendolyn or Jeffrey, authorities

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said, quote, Gwendolyn was deeply shaken by the

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attack. She hired someone to cut down all of

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the bushes and greenery around her home, knowing

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that the men had hidden there before jumping

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out at her. When Jeffrey Cochran was asked if

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he knew what happened to Jarkeius, he said, quote,

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On November 10, 2001, so it's just been over

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three weeks now that Jarkeius has been missing,

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Police have returned again and again to the neighborhood

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to search for clues and have turned up nothing.

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They say that they have brought in cadaver dogs

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at different points, but they never picked up

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on anything, according to police. Police had

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sent evidence that had been collected from the

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scene to a lab that had advanced fingerprint

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technology that they didn't have available to

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them at that time. Both Gwendolyn and Jeffrey

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were arrested after Jarkeius' vanishing. but they

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were arrested on drug charges. Police say that

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they found several grams of cocaine in the home.

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Due to both of their criminal past, police are

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trying to figure out if anything from their past

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would have prompted the invasion and kidnapping.

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Again, police never call Gwendolyn or Jeffrey

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suspects. They just have to search every possibility

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in Jarkeius' disappearance. One of the detectives

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says, quote, It's strange that this baby hasn't

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turned up. It's strange that a baby was taken

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during a home invasion in the first place. But

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it's possible. Police and media wonder if the

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strangeness is why the community has not come

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out for this baby. There had never been any community

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searches or flyers put up independently. Bernard

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Perlmutter, who was the director of Children

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and Youth Law Clinic at the University of Miami,

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said, quote, This seems a little bit out of the

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ordinary. It's distressing that folks aren't

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maybe more willing to come forward and help police

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do whatever it is they need to find the child.

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In May of 2002, so it's been seven months at

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this point, and there's still no sign of Dirkias.

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Police are open to any and all possibilities

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as to what might have happened to him that morning

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in the house. Tamara, his mother, still believes

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Gwendolyn's story. She says, quote, To keep from

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going crazy, I think someone has him, and they're

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taking care of him, because I can't believe anyone

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would hurt an innocent baby. However, after this,

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Jarkeius' case really seems to go cold. I couldn't

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find any recent updates or any other developments

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in his story. Over the years, he will appear

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in newspaper reports just as a missing child,

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like in the advertisement sections, but there's

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no real updates in his case or new information

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that comes out. He would be 25 years old today.

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So with that said, if you know anything about

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the disappearance of Jarkeius Adside or his whereabouts

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today, please call the Miami -Dade Police Department

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at 305 -471 -8477. So that is the missing person

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case of Jarkeius Adside. This case, when I first

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came across it, I had never heard of it before,

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and I'm really sad that I had never... heard

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of Dorkeas' case before. You know, when I'm searching

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for these cases, you know, I spend a lot of time

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looking for cases to cover here. And it is always

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devastating to see a little baby's face on any

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of the missing posters or if the cold cases.

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So it always tugs at my heartstrings when I see.

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you know, a baby's picture there. And I had the

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same experience when I saw Jarkeius' picture,

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which of course we'll have on our Instagram,

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at coldandmissing. So we'll have pictures of

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him up there, including some age progression

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photos. But then, you know, after I found the

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case and started researching, I was glad that

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I could find information on his case, but it

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was really frustrating to see how little information

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was out there about Jarkeius. I was really upset

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that I hadn't seen any updates or developments

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in his case over the years. You know, no real

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energy behind the case. But then also it was

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very frustrating that in a lot of the publications

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that I could find that, you know, were covering

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it, covering his story, like in the newspapers,

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there were several times his name was just completely

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misspelled. It is a unique name, Jarkeius. But

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it was completely misspelled several times for

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months at some point. I'm sure there are maybe

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some reports out there that I couldn't find just

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because of the misspelling of the name. So that

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was something that was really frustrating in

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this case, that care wasn't taken with this baby's

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name and getting his name right. Because I feel

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like if he wasn't like... a missing Black boy

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from a poor neighborhood or, you know, poor circumstances,

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that more care would have been taken in his case,

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in his name. And it was really devastating to

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hear that the community didn't come out, that

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other people weren't coming out in support of

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this baby and finding out what happened to him.

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You know, we really do see almost in every case

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of a missing child where the community almost

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always comes out and searches independently,

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covers the town in flyers. And that was not the

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case here, which was very strange, you know,

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according to, you know, other people in that

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community. It was noticeably strange that there

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was no outrage for this baby when he went missing.

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So it felt very important to bring his case to

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cold and missing and just get the information

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out there and try to get. you know, the information

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all in one place with the correct spelling of

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his name. So that's what I set out to do in covering

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this case. As far as questions in this case,

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there's a lot of them. This is a very strange

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case. So it really starts with this home invasion.

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Gwendolyn, the woman who was watching Jarkeius

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during this time, you know, left to walk her

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daughter to school. And when she walks back,

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she's ambushed by these three men at gunpoint

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and forced into her home. Her and her common

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law husband are tied up. They're gagged and the

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house is ransacked. So, you know, in researching

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this case, you know, in just doing some Googling,

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it does appear that like some, you know, just

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like social media You know, blog sites might

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question Gwendolyn and Jeffrey and this home

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invasion. But from my understanding, police never

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really do. They don't question this home invasion.

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They look at them as victims. And from everything

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that I read, you know, from the police spokespeople,

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it does seem like they believe this home invasion

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happened, that they released these sketches of

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these three men. Gwendolyn and Jeffrey are arrested

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on those drug -related charges, so there's other

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things that police look at with them, and they

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look into their backgrounds to see if there's

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anybody that might be motivated to do this from

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their past. Police definitely go down that rabbit

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hole, but it's unclear if that leads to any suspects,

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if there's anything there that would suggest

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this kind of activity. Unfortunately, the adults

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in Jarkeius' life did have criminal activity,

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you know, in their history and in their background.

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So that can often lead to shady people and things

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like that. But from my understanding, at least

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as far as police have said, nobody, that didn't

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lead to anything. So I don't know if there's

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anything more to mine there as far as like. backgrounds

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of the adults in Jarkeius' life go. There's also

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just the question of like, was this a crime of

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opportunity? You know, it was really early in

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the morning, 6 .30 in the morning. And Gwendolyn

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was walking her daughter to the bus stop. So,

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you know, it wouldn't be out of the question

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that These three men see her leave her house

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with her daughter, presumably to go to the bus

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stop. It's pretty easy to tell in my neighborhood

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when I'm watching parents walk their kids to

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school or walk them to the bus stop. So if somebody

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saw this as a crime of opportunity, maybe they

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were looking to rob someone and this was a crime

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of opportunity. She was coming back home. They

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could force their way in really quick. Maybe,

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but that's a big gamble. Jeffrey was there. He

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was asleep at the time. So they were able to

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also tie him up. But it leads to so many questions.

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And furthermore, police did say that they got

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some fingerprint evidence. You know, I would

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be curious when the last time those were entered

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into systems or searched to see if there were

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any matches. And I'd be curious where the fingerprints

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were lifted from within the house. You know,

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like I know duct tape, like just tape in general,

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it can leave fingerprints. So I wonder if it's

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coming from there or if it came from other places

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in the house. And then. Police also specifically

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mentioned paper evidence. I'm not sure exactly

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what paper evidence is, but I would be curious

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what exactly that was in this case. And is there

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any hope of testing it further for fingerprints

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DNA in 2026 with our advanced technology? Is

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there any hope there? And then, of course, the

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blood that was found at the scene. I read. A

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couple of times where police referred to it as

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smeared on a bed, I also heard it referred to

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as like blood -soaked sheets. So I take it all

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as like a blood in a bedroom area, in a sleeping

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area. But a lot of it, like it does seem like

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there was a lot of blood at the scene from police

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reports. And, you know, according to the family,

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it does seem that. Jarkeius would have needed

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to seek medical attention pretty quickly with

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the amount of blood loss. He would have needed

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to be in the care of somebody with some medical

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training. And we know police checked local hospitals

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in the area, and nobody came in matching his

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description with any injuries similar to what

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they think could have happened at the scene.

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According to Gwendolyn and Jeffrey, they did

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hear a gunshot go off. So that leads the question,

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could Jarchius have been shot? With all of that

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blood there, like, there's a part of me that

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hopes that maybe somewhere in that blood evidence

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would be DNA from... The abductors, the killers,

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you know, if they hurt themselves at the crime

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scene. But I also understand that's like a needle

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in a haystack. If you have a bloody sheet, you'd

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have to find, you know, the exact spot to test

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and separate from Jarkeius' DNA. So, you know,

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that's my hope and my wish, you know, that we

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could find something like that. But maybe there's

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other evidence that we just don't know about.

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It does seem like police were able to collect

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quite a bit from the home. My hope in the year

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of 2026 is, you know, one, we get a lot of energy

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behind Jarkeius' case to understand what happened

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to this baby. I, you know, I say this all the

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time for kids, but it just feels so unacceptable

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to not know where a child is. And for a baby,

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a baby one years old, for a baby to go missing

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and there just not be energy and everybody looking

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for this baby. Doesn't sit right for me. And

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I know he's not a baby anymore. I know he would

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be 25 years old today, turning 26 this year.

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But I just think it's unacceptable to not know

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what happened to him. And if he is alive today,

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like, I hope that is the case. But, you know,

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whoever took him should have to answer for what

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they did. But ultimately, police are operating.

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under the assumption that Jarkeius would not have

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been able to survive the blood loss. So if that

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is the case, then people need to answer for what

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happened to him. Because it's just not fair.

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Like, for a little baby not to get a shot at

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this life, at this world. This is just a really

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heartbreaking case. And I just want more people

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talking about Jarkeius and getting his name out

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there and energy behind his case. So again, if

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you know anything about the disappearance of

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Jarkeius Adside or his whereabouts today, please

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call the Miami -Dade Police Department at 305

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-471 -8477. Like I said throughout the podcast,

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we will have pictures of Jarkeius on our Instagram,

00:25:46.710 --> 00:25:49.710
at coldandmissing. We'll also have an age progress

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photo on there. The age progress photo is only

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to age 14, and like I've mentioned, he would

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be 25 years old today, but it's the most updated.

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age progress photo that I could find. It's coming

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:04.579
from the National Center for Missing and Exploited

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Children. So they're the ones that tend to do

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:10.460
those updates. And so that's the one that they

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:12.680
have on their website as well. So we'll have

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:16.259
that. Please share Jarkeius' picture, the age

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:18.960
progress photo, his story, his case. Let's just

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:22.740
get that energy out there. So please share. And

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:24.579
if you're not following us at Cold and Missing,

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:27.880
we're also posting active missing person cases

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:31.960
happening right now in 2026, updates on cold

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:37.079
cases as they're happening. So it's just a good

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:38.960
resource. And of course, if we ever need to take

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:42.539
a week off because life gets in the way, we'll

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:45.220
always update our Instagram at coldandmissing.

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We should pop right up. And our website is also

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:51.880
there too, www .coldandmissing .com. You can

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:53.880
also get in touch with us there. You can leave

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:57.759
reviews there. You can find all our old episodes

00:26:57.759 --> 00:27:01.240
or if you need transcripts, official transcripts

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:03.839
where, you know, the spelling is all corrected.

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You can find that at www .coldandmissing .com.

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And then, you know, thank you again so much to

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everyone who's rated and reviewed us this week.

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It means so much and it really gets people listening

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to this podcast. So if you haven't, if you've

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:21.500
been thinking about doing it, you know, this

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is the week. This is the year, 2026. Leave that

00:27:24.569 --> 00:27:26.809
five -star review. Drop the five stars. Leave

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what we need to get this podcast into other people's

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ears to get them listening to it. So thank you

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so much. It really goes a long way for other

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people taking a chance on this podcast and listening.

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And ultimately, you know, it gets these stories

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out there. So I look at it. I look at it as advocacy

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work, so I think you should too. Five stars goes

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a long way in somebody taking a chance and listening.

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So thank you so much. But that is all I have

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for you this week. Thank you so much for listening

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to Cold and Missing. I'm your host, Ali. Have

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a good week and stay safe, y 'all.