In a complaint filed to the county attorney's office, Hillary claimed that Jones "trailed [him] home in his truck" in September 2010, then knocked on his door to ask him about his "romantic relationship with a certain individual." The window is approximately 20 feet above the ground, Murray said. with hopes to shed more light on the devastating case. Photo: Brit Hanson, Groups call for independent probe of Garret Phillips murder, Groups call for independent probe of Garrett Phillips murder, David Sommerstein (News Director), cleared in Garrett Phillips death almost four years ago, local police and prosecutors declared the case closed, Nick Hillary's civil rights case, and how it links to a broader moment of reckoning, A phone call from inside the investigation, Gumball machine serves up free poetry in the Adirondacks, Not in Old Forge's backyard? The duo were joined by lawyer Mani Tafari, who also shared his view on the case. Still, hed urge every black person in America to see the movie., We can change how black people deal with the system, Tafari says, so they understand that when it comes to law enforcement, you are going to be the subject of their suspicion and you should learn that cooperation could dig your own grave.. Director Liz Garbus investigates the 2011 murder of a 12-year-old boy. And they havent been in touch with Garrett Phillips family. And that was the tunnel vision., And that was on what Garbus wanted to shine a larger light with this project. North County Public Radio - NPR for the Adirondack North Country, Jennifer Baxtron (front center) of Black Lives Matter in Potsdam and William Bastuk (front right) of It Could Happen To You called on the state Attorney General's office to launch a special investigation into the unsolved Garret Phillips murder from 2011. Where was he on the day of the murder? There was a blue car that the police zeroed in on. Tonight, ABC News' and Dateline will both. Garrett had been strangled and suffocated. "It was over five years whether it was selling stickers, selling T-shirts, [raising money for] the reward, " Brian Phillips said in an interview with NCPR last week. At 9pm, Dateline will air The Accused, which will focus on law enforcement and community response to the horrific crime, according to Syracuse.com. The murder trial began in the county seat, Canton, New York this month. As least, that's. Fast forward to October 24, 2011. Back in the hospital, Garrett Phillips was pronounced dead at 7:18pm. ), Police canvassed the neighborhood, but no one had witnessed anything, Murray said. "Everybody that knows me knows what goes through my head and who I believe," Phillips said. After Nick Hillary was found not guilty almost four years ago in a trial that captivated the North Country and gained national headlines, local police and prosecutors declared the case closed, insisting on Hillary's guilt. Oral "Nick" Hillary still coaches soccer. After Garrett is seen turning towards his house, the car is seen following him. Photo: David Sommerstein, D.A. I needed someone trained to put their emotions to the side., Oral "Nick" Hillary, center, hugs defense attorney Edward Narrow after being found not guilty in the murder of Garrett Phillips on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, in Canton, N.Y. (Jason Hunter/AP). The first part of the documentary Who Killed Garrett Phillips? While there would be the occasional inconsistency in a detail someones story, be it Hillarys or Murrays or Joness which she didnt shy away from including in the final cut everyone was adamant about their beliefs. There were people outside changing a tire, but they only reported hearing the window screen being pushed out, Murray said. Police collected fingerprints from the window; they are not Hillary's and have never been identified, Murray said. Hillary was confused, especially because Jones was not in his deputy uniform and he wasn't sure if Jones was there in an official capacity or not. If there's been an acquittal, Trainum said, thats all the more reason for investigators to take a step back and consider how the case unfolded. Director Liz Garbus is pictured in an undated photo. In March 2019, North Country Public Radio reported that Hillary had filed a lawsuit against the New York State Police, St. Lawrence prosecutors, local police, St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain, and Jones, who was a Sheriff's Deputy in St. Lawrence County. said he had gone through the case files himself. The Phillipps family was victims of prosecutorial misconduct, as well as Nick, says Garbus. Hillary is now a free man, and he cannot be retried. The lead does not involve Nick Hillary, the person who was found not guilty of Garrett Phillips' murder. Garrett lived at the apartment at 100 Market St. with his mother, Tandy Cyrus, and younger brother, Aaron. "Theyre able to benefit from the mistakes that they learned. They struck up an easy conversation that, in short order, became a live-in relationship with a blended family. When they didnt hear back, they called on state Attorney General Tish James to intervene. The university soccer coach had previously dated the victims mother, Tandy Cyrus, but was reported to have split with the grieving mum as he didnt get on with her children. The current district attorney, Gary Pasqua, has given Potsdam Police, now headed by Murray, new information pointing to a different suspect. Garbus says her team did analysis on that tape beyond what the police had done but no new developments came out of it. He has maintained his innocence since day one telling Elizabeth Vargas, I have absolutely nothing to do with what has happened to Garrett. How are police handling new leads in the Garrett Phillips case? "Thats not gonna change.". But you cant take race out of the picture the way in which white Americans are just more likely to look at Black people as capable of committing crimes. The judge took it all in and after about a week of both sides summing up their arguments, he came back with a verdict. Tips come in. By then, the D.A. July 24, 2019. Two years after the slaying, Garretts mothers ex-boyfriend, Oral Nick Hillary, was arrested, tried for the murder and acquitted. It doesn't appear as though his daily life has been drastically altered following the case: without reports to the contrary, one can assume that he still resides in Potsdam, New York. He entered the parking lot of the high school, heading towards his house. You've got inclement weather, it's near dusk -- if not dark.". I mean this is something that like is stated in the documentary, he explained: For 20 years I spent building my entire legacy up until that point and within 20 minutes they destroyed., Hillary added: Up to a point now Im trying to clear the rubble in the process of hoping to rebuild.. 24. No, the police did. And, once I started working on the film, I realized that another major issue was the lack of oversight and the free reign given to the district attorneys.. And Nick doesnt have any of that right now. After the trial ended in 2016, Murray told NCPR, were confident we prosecuted the right person.. He added: "It was definitely frustrating. The next part of the investigation was from a surveillance camera. Oct. 24 marked the ninth anniversary of the murder of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips. It's simple.. "It became very clear that the only place to get in or out, other than the front door that hadn't been utilized, was this window," he said. In 2011, 12-year-old Garrett Phillips was killed in his upstate New York home. And the fact that his life has apparently remained much the same, while Hillary's was thrown into disarray, proves that. He was interviewed in the episode, but he mainly talked shit about Nick. We need to start a true dialogue about how can we bring forth changes, he explained. According to the documentary, that once police focused in on Hillary an Army veteran and respected soccer coach at nearby Clarkson University other investigative avenues were not explored. ", "That day, I pulled the sign out of my yard. Part 1 of Who Killed Garrett Phillips? (Courtesy of HBO ). In Shanna-Kays cross-examination, the prosecution brought her attention to surveillance footage that showed her walking home at 4:02pm, which would have gotten her home at 4:12pm, and therefore into the shower at 4:22 pm. A Brandon D. Murphy from nearby Norfolk was arrested in 2013 for sexual contact with a minor under 14. Its season 6 episode 2 titled Home Alone.. IE 11 is not supported. "It's very frustrating," he told "20/20." They moved in just months before Garrett died, after Cyrus and Hillary broke up. Then, at the hospital, she found out he was in cardiac arrest. You would send a wave of evidence, you know, expecting a probative piece of DNA, or fingerprint or a hair or fiber then just not getting that. About his hitch in the U.S. Army. However, if youre innocent, why would it matter? After all, she notes, the Justice for Garrett campaign became Get Nick Hillary. They were always, always intertwined. 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The last time Phillips was seen alive was on school surveillance footage, in which he's seen making his way home on a Riptide skateboard. The police asked him why he turned the opposite way. Nick tried to leave for work, and the police blocked the door. The police went to Nicks soccer game the day after the murder, and recorded him on the sideline. Tonight, ABC News' 20/20 will investigate the death of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips. Garrett Cunningham Expand search. His close friend Mani Tafari is less optimistic. Photo: Lauren Rosenthal, Over 50 people gathered to release balloons in memory of Garrett Phillips in 2016. His mother's ex-boyfriend, Nick Hillary, was found not guilty of the murder just over two years ago in a. He died at the hospital that night. The new DA made the case her central mission and finally got a grand Jury to indict Nick Hillary. Pictured is the 100 Market St. apartment building in Potsdam, New York. 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Yet somehow, within hours, police. In the wake of the shocking murder of the boy -- in the very early hours of the investigation -- Tandy and her family believed that Nick Hillary was the likely killer. This case is currently still unsolved after a not guilty verdict. The DNA was ruled immiscible, and the case was based on circumstantial evidence. Since then, St. Lawrence County law enforcement has been unable to piece together the facts surrounding this tragedy and bring . Director Liz Garbus Writer Karen Sim Stars Oral Hillary Brian Phillips Tyler Rodrigues See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video She had also been in a relationship with a police officer named John Jones at the time. With the case still very much open and unsolved, justice for Phillips has not been achieved. He was, they said, the only person in town with a grudge against Garrett, blaming him, the family argued, for the break-up of his relationship with Tandy. 0. "The Garrett Phillips case is just full of the appearance of impropriety.". Pasqua and local police have declined to comment. The cops checked out the alibis of the significant men in Tandy's life, including a sheriff's deputy, but they seemed to always have their sights on Hillary. Oral "Nick" Hillary and Tandy Cyrus are pictured in an undated photo. He said he had gotten it a week ago from moving furniture. Text. David SommersteinGroups call for independent probe of Garret Phillips murder. Residents of upstate New York, where Phillips was killed, are reportedly split between those who believe in Hillarys guilt and those who believe in his innocence. 3. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Criminal justice experts say its not uncommon for an investigation this complicated to have leads that dont really go anywhere but that doesnt mean police should just forget about them. Today, Garrett's mother's ex-boyfriend, Nick Hillary, was found not guilty in the boy's murder. Rain is no longer in office, and the new St. Lawrence County D.A., Gary Pasqua, was reluctant to discuss the tip in an interview with NCPR. It suggests that a kid named Brandon who lived next door gave two different statements about his whereabouts. "Ideally, it should be used as a learning experience, where all the parties go back and theyre open with each other and honest with each other," Trainum said. The original DA did not feel that she could mount a case, and Mary Rain mounting the case put them through an enormous amount of hope, and then disappointment.. He said: Its important to note I think that the cops may have been somewhat intellectually challenged, but the district attorney that prosecuted this case has been a district attorney for three decades, thats thirty years in New York. Being a father and having known this young man I would hope the objective is to pursue the killer and do the right thing by Garrett Phillips.". The police photographed the window, took fingerprints and took the blinds as evidence. He had minutes left to live. But Hillary was black and Jones was white, and Hillary was focused on as a suspect with much more intensity. The prosecutor would thunder that the camera had in fact recorded Nick out "hunting" for the boy just minutes before his death. Director Liz Garbus is pictured in an undated photo. Despite housing crisis, there's pushback against development, Rochester man dies in snowmobile crash on the Tug Hill, Hochul wants to tie the minimum wage to inflation. He wore a T-shirt and blue-and-white checkered shorts. 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Garbus film, which debuts on Tuesday, uses police footage and photos, video evidence and interviews to recount what went wrong in meticulous detail. The police soon zeroed in on Nick Hillary, the ex-boyfriend of Tandy. Rain credited the "Justice for Garrett" movement Brian Phillips, Garrett's uncle, sold and distributed thousands of posters bearing the slogan and raised $40,000 for a reward fund . He is also a Jamaican immigrant, who was living in a community that was 94 % white a fact crucial to understanding how the justice system failed Garrett, Brooklyn-based director Liz Garbus told the Daily News. Garbus shares that she was in contact with Tandy while in production on the project, and she expressed the possibility of sitting down for an interview once the trial was over. On May 14, 2014, Nick was arrested and charged with second degree murder. The first afternoon, of many, spent rebuilding his life. Police have estimated that Garretts murder took place around 5pm neighbors called the police to complain of hearing strange noises coming from his apartment at 5:07pm. with hopes to shed more light on the devastating case. Garrett Phillips was strangled in his family's second-floor apartment in upstate Potsdam in October 2011. The sentiment in the town echoes Rains idea that the killer got off, so theres not a lot of public pressure to investigate a killer who might be on the loose, Garbus said. Weve been covering the case for over a year. North Country Public Radio has learned that a local source reached out to state troopers last fall with a possible tip. Tonight, ABC News and Dateline will both investigate the 2011 murder of Garrett Phillips. He denied any butt-head moment with Garrett, or spats over homework or chores. As least, thats what many may hope after the new St. Lawrence County district attorney admitted a new tip earlier this spring. According to Grantland, Officer Mark Wentworth investigated the apartment at 100 Market Street. Potsdam, NY, interim police chief takes ABC News through the crime scene. Her father said Ill be right back through the door, and when she got out of the shower 20 minutes later, her father was home. In 2015, Hillary had also alleged that he'd been harassed by Jones in 2010, which was reported by NNY 360. He also had deep rug burns, scratches on his face, a black eye and cauliflower ear. ", North County Public Radio - NPR for the Adirondack North Country, For years, there were no formal charges in Garrett Phillips' murder. The group wrote a letter to DA Pasqua seeking an independent prosecutor two weeks ago. They deserve justice and so does Garrett, but I think its also a good thing that an innocent man isnt sitting in prison. "It's a very busy street. But the verdict came down as not guilty, and Tandy never ended up going on the record with Garbus. An officer arrived on the scene and found 12-year-old Garrett . The two-part HBO documentary Who Killed Garrett Phillips? doesnt solve the mystery but looks at the case through a critical lens. — -- It was Oct. 24, 2011, when 12-year-old Garrett Phillips was found strangled to death inside his home in Potsdam, New York, a small town near the Canadian border. Potsdam's chief of police is now Mark Murray, who was lead detective on the Garrett Phillips investigation. In regards to the interesting and sad story about Garrett Phillips the 12- year old CHILD murdered victim. New York, 2011: Garrett Phillips, 12, is found strangled. According to North Country Now, that includes civil actions filed against DA Rain and Jones. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. I personally dont think Nick killed Garrett, but theres just no proof of him doing it. Soon afterwards, a neighbor in Garretts apartment building heard strange noises and called 911. As of this week, the source who originally contributed the new lead said that they have not been contacted by Potsdam investigators roughly six months since this person first attempted to share information with law enforcement. At the time, lead prosecutors declared the case was closed. I was in complete shock, she told ABC News. After Nick was done smoking, he kept the butts in his pocket and even put one in the drain. Nick Hillary, Tandy Cyrus Collins, lawyer who questioned Hillary in civil suit to be featured on NBC https://t.co/EkWKVOTN1o #lawyer. A new foreign DNA company called Starmix said that Nicks DNA matched the crime scene, however, during the investigation, the police said the DNA mixture was too small. aired on HBO on Jul. Dateline's been covering the case of Garrett Phillips for over a year. A state investigator whos close with the murdered boys family. The case does present a thicket of overlapping roles. "To date we do not know who murdered that 12 year-old boy," said WilliamBastuk, executive director of It Could Happen To You, a Rochester-based not-for-profit that fights to overturn wrongful convictions. No prints or hairs from the scene matched the police's suspect, Hillary. Though the crime happened almost five years ago, the whodunit of it all has consumed this quiet area. Oral "Nick" Hillary and Tandy Cyrus are pictured in an undated photo. From Emmy (R) winner Liz Garbus comes this riveting documentary that examines the 2011 murder of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips and the subsequent trial of Clarkson University soccer coach Oral "Nick" Hillary. What 12-year-old kid just isnt right full of life? The police wanted to locate Garretts family and tell them what had happened. (Courtesy of HBO ), There was systemic racism and police tunnel vision but when both are linked it becomes really problematic, Garbus explained. But where was the evidence to put before a jury? Hammond, Norfolk teens jailed on charges of sex abuse, endangering the welfare of child . "I think about him every day. She ignored Hillary's phone calls. I did everything I could. Phillips's final hours. Garrett Phillips was a 12 year old boy who lived with his mom, Tandy and brother, Aaron, in Potsdam, New York. Theyre Aug 17, 2020 Advocates for the wrongfully accused are trying to draw new attention to the murder of Garrett Phillips in Potsdam nine years ago. His mother's ex-boyfriend, Nick Hillary, was found not guilty of the murder just over two years ago in a. Thats why Who Killed Garrett Phillips? devotes so much time to following Hillary himself. Whether Phillips mother agrees remains to be seen. Then, ABC News 20/20 will interview the accused ex-boyfriend of Phillips mother, Oral Nick Hillary, for the first time since he was acquitted two days ago. Garrett Phillips' mother, Tandy Cyrus. Ms. Garrett Phillips was twelve years old when he was murdered It doesn't appear that Jones's daily life has been drastically changed following the case: without negative reports, one can imagine that he still resides in Potsdam, New York. Nick Hillary's defense had elected to waive a jury trial and argue directly to the judge. Rain, who was elected on her promise to crack Garretts case, saw her law license suspended for two years for misconduct, which included hiding potentially exculpatory evidence from the coachs defense team. It was almost Halloween, a rainy late Monday afternoon in Potsdam, NY, when a security camera high atop a high school recorded a video that still makes the hair on your neck stand-up. A police chief whose brother names his successor as mayor. Tandy and Aaron have since moved out. 23, with Part 2 following the next night on Jul. I believe John Jones committed the murder. A deputy sheriff as a suspect who also helps the investigation. A 'Justice for Garrett' sign is pictured in an undated photo. In April 2012, Nick filed a suit against the police department for how he was treated. "And so, whos going to challenge him?". Brian Phillips helped produce hundreds of yard signs that read "Justice for Garrett," with a picture of the boy, smiling. Because we werent gonna get justice for him.". "I dont know that its fair to them to keep reliving it unless something new or different happens. While Garrett was alive, his uncle said,the boy was deeply loved. On September 21, Hillarys daughter, Shanna-Kay, took the stand to defend her father. When 12-year-old Garrett Phillips was murdered in 2011 . Related stories:A phone call from inside the investigationPasqua wouldnt provide any details beyond that, but it appears state troopers passed the new information to Potsdam Village Police, which is still the lead agency in control of the case. Shanna-Kay, who is now 19-years-old, has testified that on the day of the murder, she was at Potsdam High School. "We weren't thinking it was a homicide immediately, but something had happened. It doesnt say what his relationship was like. Hillary claims Potsdam and St. Lawrence County law enforcement violated his civil rights, in part because hes Black. Tafari, a lawyer who provided legal support to his former Tilden High School friend, doesnt believe this film can change a corrupt system. Read more at watertowndailytimes.com. We reached out to Murray this winter ask how hes handling the investigation, but he declined to comment. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Nick said he was shocked and surprised to hear the allegations of bad blood between him and the young boy. They are the only reason that Nick is not in prison, she says. Police suspect the killer jumped out it after strangling Garrett. Who Killed Garrett Phillips? airs July 23 and 24 on HBO. Nick was interviewed for 9 hours that day. They were very much in his personal space as he was standing there naked with several cops around. Bastuk says now is the time to draw national attention to a murder case thats been unsolved for too long. civil actions filed against DA Rain and Jones, circumstantial evidence against him and Hillary. And while the killer of the 12-year-old boy could still be on the loose,. There was really nothing beyond whats in the film that we were able to learn.. He was 12. The Accused: With Lester Holt. And then there was the potential witness about whom prosecutors never told the defense a revelation that nearly led to the trials dismissal. After medics rushed the boy to the hospital two blocks away, Wentworth noticed that one of the window blinds in another bedroom had been damaged. Nick said he was at the high school to watch a soccer game, went home and talked with his daughter, and then went to his assistant coachs house. Years ago, Nick patronized a bar on Potsdam's main drag where the bartender was a single mother. Heres what you need to know about the case. premieres on HBO on Tuesday, July 23 at 8/7c. His career, its Nick interrupted: Its gone., Continuing her spiel, Liz said: His family have suffered great trauma and Nicks financial situation is not what it was before its not a happy ending.. The chief of police is now Mark Murray, who was the lead detective on the case. The issues around race and policing and prosecutorial misconduct have been huge issues across our nation. "There is obviously no resolution to Garrett Phillips murder," Pasqua said at the time. Talking on Build, ahead of the series which dropped onto Sky Crime earlier this month, Hillary spoke about his life after the case. https://www.nny360.com/news/new-leads-surface-in-phillips-murder/article_129462bd-bed2-53ab-b550-39d06dfacc74.html. So we had intelligent people, people with a lot of power working to deny him of his freedom, knowing that hes innocent., Teacher who misgendered trans pupil 'was acting like a preacher', Teacher sacked for restraining 'out of control pupil' wins unfair dismissal claim, Emergency assemblies and extra staff: how schools are tackling Andrew Tate, He added: District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, he knew there was no evidence, and he said quote after Nick was acquitted: I have locked people up with much less evidence than this.. That's a remarkable jump from the window.". It would take 18 more months for any more information about what happened to Garrett would come to light. Photo: Julie Grant, St. Lawrence County DA Mary Rain at a press conference after the trial in 2016. His rip stick was neatly propped up against the wall. They also knocked on the door and said they heard footsteps coming from inside the apartment. But Hillary and a vocal group of supporters say that he has been wrongfully accused. It's going on four years since . His white mom names black ex-boyfriend Nick Hillary as most likely to kill Garret. They realized that the killer could have had an injury since the jump was pretty far. He was read his rights. Again, this doesnt really prove anything. It's about the unsolved October 2011 murder of a 12-year-old boy, Garrett Phillips, who was strangled by an intruder while he was home alone in the Potsdam, N.Y., apartment he shared with his . Gary Pasqua in his office near the St. Lawrence County courthouse. He was asked many questions about where he was the day of the murder. (Hillary has denied visiting the apartment without Cyrus' permission. In 2006, Hillary was acquitted of murder after a trial before a judge without a jury, The jury pool came from the same individuals who had elected the district attorney, Hillary, 45, told The News. 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