Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 07/24/1993
- Missing From:
- Missing From Brunswick, Georgia
- Classification:
- Classification Non-Family Abduction
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race Black
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 05/25/1993 (31)
- Age:
- Age 2 months old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 1’7, 9 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Jamaree has a split down his right earlobe, as seen in the sketch posted with this case summary. He may also have a mole behind his left ear.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Early on July 24, 1993, Cheryl Coleman and her baby, Jamaree, visited her brother in Brunswick, Georgia. Around 3:00 a.m., they left. Cheryl refused a ride home and they were last seen getting into a truck driven by Carl Harris at a gas station.
Six hours later, Cheryl’s body was found in Academy Creek – a dangerous creek full of snakes and alligators – just a short distance from her brother’s house. She had been murdered, her body was naked and badly hurt. Jamaree was missing; his baby carrier and blanket were found near his mother’s body.
Carl Harris was arrested and admitted to killing both Cheryl and Jamaree. He said he killed Cheryl in a wooded area and left Jamaree by the creek before throwing Cheryl’s body into the water. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus extra time for assault. Harris had a history of violence and was responsible for other crimes around the same time.
Jamaree has never been found. It’s thought he was washed away by the tide.
- Agency:
- Brunswick Police Department 912-267-5559
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This person was missing Missing Since 07/24/1993