Weeks after studying about his demise, the household of Jahfari Joseph remains to be in search of closure in what police have deemed a murder.
Police officers say that Joseph, a 40-year-old Brooklyn native who had been dwelling in Plattsburgh, was killed on December 29 in Peru, New York. On January 7, they arrested Timothy Timmons, 61, and charged him with second diploma homicide. Clinton County’s District Lawyer advised reporters that Joseph might have had a disagreement with somebody within the Timmons household.
Police stated they made the arrest primarily based on witness statements and mobile phone video and audio. However neither Joseph’s physique, nor a homicide weapon, have been discovered.
“We’re making an attempt to simply lay him to relaxation, give my household, my mom some closure,” stated Joseph’s youthful brother, Teddy John. “I simply want that if any individual knew the place his physique was, they might simply say one thing.”
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New York State Police say they’ve been pursuing over 220 leads within the seek for Joseph’s physique, and the household traveled to Plattsburgh earlier this week to talk with investigators. However the go to didn’t yield any concrete info.
“We spoke to the lead investigator, however they didn’t have an excessive amount of for us” John stated over textual content.
John stated he first suspected one thing was flawed when his mom known as him on December 29.
“On the twenty ninth, my mother known as me and requested me about my brother. She had a abdomen ache … I believed that it was an everyday abdomen ache, however she stated the one time she had that sort of ache was when she was giving delivery, when she was in labor,” he recalled.
When he nonetheless hadn’t heard from his brother after New 12 months’s, he grew to become alarmed.
“When New 12 months’s got here and he didn’t name no one, or write no one … that’s when it sort of hit me, like one thing would possibly actually be flawed. As a result of he’s not the kind to not name for holidays,” he stated.
John stated state police confirmed the household’s worst fears on a January 8 go to to his mom’s dwelling.
Joseph, a father of 4, had moved to Plattsburgh a couple of years in the past, however grew up in Brooklyn. He was a well known reggae artist in the neighborhood, performing below the stage identify, Ifari. His demise has hit the neighborhood arduous.
“My brother’s the kind of man that every one the outdated girls from my constructing had been damage as a result of he’s like a candy man to them. He’ll carry their groceries and stuff to their door, speak to them, joke with them,” he defined.
“Seeing these folks crying on his block, in entrance of his constructing, that’s what actually broke my coronary heart,” stated Marcos Blake, a childhood buddy of Joseph.
“This particular person deserves a going dwelling, he deserves a funeral,” Blake stated. “Him not having that’s what’s actually hurting us.”
When you have any details about the case, please contact state police at 518-563-3761.
Shannon Chaffers is a Report for America corps member and writes about gun violence for the Amsterdam Information. Your donation to match our RFA grant helps hold her writing tales like this one; please take into account making a tax-deductible reward of any quantity at present by visiting https://bit.ly/amnews1.
