By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. The Phillipps family was victims of prosecutorial misconduct, as well as Nick, says Garbus. But his involvement with Hillary's case isn't over, even though Hillary was acquitted in 2016, according to The New York Times. The police asked him why he turned the opposite way. They're calling for the state Attorney General. Hillary, after years in the bulls-eye of public opinion, also broke down in tears, a free man once more. Garretts family, especially his mom and uncle, Brian Phillips, believe Nick 100% killed Garrett. She attended soccer practice after school, and when she arrived home at 4:30pm, her father was there. While Garrett was alive, his uncle said,the boy was deeply loved. Director Jesse Quackenbush, a man from Albany, New York who graduated from the University of Houston Law School in 1987 and, that year, moved to Amarillo, made the documentary The Last Word which argues that Garrett was in fact innocent of the crime. His admiring teammates in their undefeated season called him, "The General. He'd parlayed his experience into a job as the head coach of the men's soccer team at Clarkson. Around 5:16pm, the police arrived. And they havent been in touch with Garrett Phillips family. Per The Daily Beast, Jones was involved in the immediate aftermath of Phillips' death; he went with Phillips' mother to police interviews and called dispatchers to get information on what was going on. No, the police did. Garrett Phillips' mother, Tandy Cyrus. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. For years, no one was named in Phillips' death. Police suspect the killer escaped through this window. Garbus and her crew interviewed him many times, filmed him with his kids and in his home, and included footage of his 2016 trial. https://www.nny360.com/news/new-leads-surface-in-phillips-murder/article_129462bd-bed2-53ab-b550-39d06dfacc74.html. And that was the tunnel vision., And that was on what Garbus wanted to shine a larger light with this project. Garbus credits the dogged local reporters who wouldnt let up on the case for bringing it to the larger attention, including her own. In April 2012, Nick filed a suit against the police department for how he was treated. Chronicling the five years after the murder, the film is an eye-opening look at how justice is delivered and delayed. New York, 2011: Garrett Phillips, 12, is found strangled. 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. Bastuk said local law enforcement is too compromised and an independent prosecutor needs to take over. Now, it looks like as if the case is not over after all not since new information made its way to police. 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. Tandy Cyrus, Garretts mom, was at her other sons basketball practice. https://www.oxygen.com/martinis-murder/who-killed-garret-phillips-theories, https://heavy.com/news/2016/09/garrett-phillips-abc-news-2020-trial-potsdam-obituary-nick-hillary-websleuths/, https://philosophyofcrime.com/the-murder-of-garrett-phillips/, https://www.nny360.com/news/crime/garrett-phillips-revisited-recent-leads-in-murder-case-fall-flat/article_615185e3-73a4-511c-a287-43c85b845d14.html. IE 11 is not supported. Rain ran for district attorney of Potsdam in 2013 with a platform that specifically singled out Tandy Phillips, promising to prosecute someone for the murder of Garrett. On the same courthouse steps in Canton where Hillary walked away a free man after being cleared in Garrett Phillips death almost four years ago, a couple dozen people held a press conference Friday afternoon. Garrett Cunningham Expand search. Whatever has come to light or will come in the years ahead Phillips said hes tried to focus on the good. 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. Powered by. Even more interesting is that Brandon has a cousin who was 15 at the time named Amos who is black and Hillary's lawyer believes they have information that puts Amos and Brandon at the scene and may have information regarding the murder. Again, I saw an abrasion, but it ankle didnt look swollen to me. The boy in the security video was 12-year-old Garrett Phillips. The people who lived downstairs didn't report hearing or seeing anything, Murray said. 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. Garrett was found unconscious in his home and died that night due to injuries inflicted by a yet unknown perpetrator. But then when we looked at it closer. I was in complete shock, she told ABC News. In 2011, Garrett Phillips, who was just 12-years-old, was killed in his upstate New York home. Nick was interviewed for 9 hours that day. 23, with Part 2 following the next night on Jul. POTSDAM Nearly nine years after Garrett J. Phillips was strangled to death in his Potsdam home, the case remains open and no one has been convicted in connection to the 12-year-old's murder. The DA says an investigation is ongoing, but its hard to know if police are taking the new information seriously. There were many similarities in Hillary and Jones: they were both romantically connected to Phillips' mother and they were both allegedly seen in proximity to Phillips before the murder. I thought this was interesting, but I dont see it as anything other than he didnt want them to have his DNA. After it ended in an acquittal, Phillips said he had to draw back. "It still is. Today, Garrett's mother's ex-boyfriend, Nick Hillary, was found not guilty in the boy's murder. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? According to North Country Now, that includes civil actions filed against DA Rain and Jones. Starting with talking heads with the neighbors who first called 9-1-1 after hearing a crash and ominous moaning coming from inside the Phillips apartment, Garbus takes her audience back to Phillips last moments and then expands the story to include similar interviews with police and journalists alike who investigated the crime, as well as the former district attorney who pushed for an arrest, Phillips uncle Brian, and the man who stood trial for the crime (Hillary). Director Liz Garbus investigates the 2011 murder of a 12-year-old boy. Before he spoke with NCPR, Trainum reviewed press clippings and media coverage to familiarize himself with the Garrett Phillips case. On that rainy afternoon in October 2011, police responded to the scene at just after 5 p.m. after next-door neighbors heard concerning noises from Garrett's apartment and called 911. Also pictured is his defense team, Norman Siegel, left, Edward Narrow, right center, and Earl Ward, right. Ignorance and arrogance walk hand in hand through "Who Killed Garrett Phillips ?"documentarian Liz Garbus 's incendiary true-crime drama about the death of . Yet somehow, within hours, police. It wasnt until later that Cyrus was finally informed that her son was strangled to death. The chief of police is now Mark Murray, who was the lead detective on the case. Part 1 of Who Killed Garrett Phillips? Nick was deposed for the suit. And while the killer of the 12-year-old boy could still be on the loose, Oral Nick Hillary paid the price at the time of the murder, as he was initially named as a key suspect. said he had gone through the case files himself. (Courtesy of HBO ). When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. The police had a theory about the motivation, a story about obsessive love gone wrong. Phillips was the 12-year-old boy who was fatally attacked at his home in Potsdam in 2011. Nick Hillary's defense had elected to waive a jury trial and argue directly to the judge. The police found Garrett laying motionless. Tips come in. Her name is Tandy Cyrus. "Even the appearance of impropriety is as devastating in its consequences to the judicial system as the actual impropriety itself," said Downs. He was just all about control.". Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. Tafari, a lawyer who provided legal support to his former Tilden High School friend, doesnt believe this film can change a corrupt system. Nick Hillary is the ex-boyfriend of Tandy Cyrus. Police went up the apartment building stairs and into the home, where they found Garrett unconscious and alone inside. Dismiss. The accused was Nick Hillary, 37 years old at the time of the boy's death. with hopes to shed more light on the devastating case. On Wednesday morning, Hillary was found not guilty by a judge, after a two-week long trial. The police wanted to locate Garretts family and tell them what had happened. New information has come to light and is being investigated in the 2011 murder of 12-year-old Garrett J. Phillips. Genre: Documentary. — -- 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. His arms were at his side and his legs close together. and our His mother was rushed to the hospital. 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. The coachs daughter Shanna-Kay Hillary testified for her father and said he was in their house at the time of Garretts murder. Bastuk says now is the time to draw national attention to a murder case thats been unsolved for too long. Pasqua and local police have declined to comment. Jones was briefly a suspect in the murder as well, though he didn't receive nearly the same level of scrutiny that Hillary did. He died at the hospital that night. Cyrus says that when she showed up at the hospital, her son had bruises all over his face, and Marks on his neck. But Murray said, "even if we had collected hairs and fibers [matching Hillary], he had been in the apartment -- he moved [Garrett's mother] Tandy in, he was in the apartment in the middle of the night on a number of occasions. For more information, please see our In most cases, there's a hierarchy. He wore a T-shirt and blue-and-white checkered shorts. The case does present a thicket of overlapping roles. "He was something else. Oct. 24 marked the ninth anniversary of the murder of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips. 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? 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. Pictured is the 100 Market St. apartment building in Potsdam, New York. About his hitch in the U.S. Army. Oral "Nick" Hillary and Tandy Cyrus are pictured in an undated photo. A silent picture of a kid on a skateboard moves into the frame from lower right, sails past for about 16-seconds and exits frame left. He said he had gotten it a week ago from moving furniture. Who Killed Garrett Phillips? And that's an important part of the lawsuit Hillary has since filed against many individuals involved in his case. However, at 6:24pm, Nicks daughter texted her dad asking what was for dinner, despite having told the police Nick was home with her at the time of the murder and they had talked about dinner. Nick did drive a blue car, however the footage is so blurry that you cant tell who is driving or see the license plate. Nothing is ever 100 percent, but Nick is a highly decent lovely person, with no sign of a temper and no weird evasions, explained Garbus, who says she came to the table with an open mind. Garrett Phillips was strangled in his family's second-floor apartment in upstate Potsdam in October 2011. 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. Tonight, ABC News' and Dateline will both. Potsdam's chief of police is now Mark Murray, who was lead detective on the Garrett Phillips investigation. Thats why Who Killed Garrett Phillips? devotes so much time to following Hillary himself. The documentary examines and chronicles the years following the 2011 murder of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips and the subsequent trial of Clarkson University soccer coach Oral "Nick" Hillary. "You would think, like, wouldn't someone hear somebody yelling, or see something or do anything? Though the crime happened almost five years ago, the whodunit of it all has consumed this quiet area. Its no secret how police usually do their work. But no one would see his killer leap out of the back window. The camera recorded Garrett ripsticking home on the day of the murder. When 12-year-old Garrett Phillips was murdered in 2011, suspicion turned to soccer coach Oral "Nick" Hillary. He was the last person seen with him and he was know to be violent and committed a confirmed violent act. But hes also said recent new leads have gone nowhere. Vogel called the police to tell them what shed heard, and police arrived at the apartment less than ten minutes later. After Garrett is seen turning towards his house, the car is seen following him. What was his relationship like with Garrett? 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Despite the fact that the circumstantial evidence against him and Hillary was so similar, he didn't suffer nearly so many consequences as Hillary did. Its so heartbreaking, and I feel bad for his family. They also heard someone saying no and crying out for help. One DA declined to pursue an indictment and was eventually voted out of office. His close friend Mani Tafari is less optimistic. No one else has ever been named a suspect. Knowing where John Jones is now shows how differently he was treated by police after Phillips' murder. Prosecutors also referenced two interviews Shanna-Kay gave in 2014 and 2015 in both interviews, she said she ate dinner at 6pm. He was interviewed in the episode, but he mainly talked shit about Nick. Gary Pasqua in his office near the St. Lawrence County courthouse. Tonight, ABC News and Dateline will both investigate the 2011 murder of Garrett Phillips. "Thats not gonna change.". Nick said he had nothing against the boy or his mother and that his alibi witnesses, his daughter and an assistant coach, would place him elsewhere at the time of the murder. M3GAN Is Finally Available To Stream After The Kids Go To Bed, 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' Puts A Dark Twist On The Classic Disney Tale, 'Puss In Boots: The Last Wish' Is So Fun, But Gets Way Darker Than You Expect, Everything You Need To Know To Watch 'Puss In Boots: The Last Wish', What Parents Are Talking About Delivered Straight To Your Inbox, By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. They were very much in his personal space as he was standing there naked with several cops around. Lawyers for Nick Hillary react to acquittal in Garrett Phillips murder case, The defense team for Oral "Nick" Hillary reacted to the decision acquitting their client of second-degree murder in the murder case of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips. 2. Tandy and Aaron have since moved out. His mothers ex-boyfriend, Nick Hillary, was found not guilty of the murder just over two years ago in a trial that captivated the region. They knew that Garrett and his brother lived there and had heard noises before, but never this loud. Nick Hillary 20/20 Interview After Found Not Guilty of Murder. Garbus film, which debuts on Tuesday, uses police footage and photos, video evidence and interviews to recount what went wrong in meticulous detail. She had also been in a relationship with a police officer named John Jones at the time. ), Police canvassed the neighborhood, but no one had witnessed anything, Murray said. 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. It's an unlikely setting for what reporter Jesse McKinley of the New York Times would tell us turned out to be a story about "love triangles and fated love." Dateline's been covering the case of Garrett Phillips for over a year. "There is obviously no resolution to Garrett Phillips murder," Pasqua said at the time. Photo: Brit Hanson, Brian Phillips pushed hard to get a resolution to his nephew's case. "To keep dredging up that case and to continue to put people in the spotlight who Im sure dont want to be in the spotlight like Garrett Phillips family," Pasqua said. "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. aired on HBO on Jul. Phillips refused to make an example out of anyone. He denied any butt-head moment with Garrett, or spats over homework or chores. The inside of the house where Garrett Phillips' body was found, is pictured on Sept. 27, 2016. Garbus says she would do a follow-up to her doc if need be, but she admits that after her experience getting to know the Potsdam police for the project, she doesnt think its likely. There was another former flame of his mother Tandy Cyrus a local sheriffs deputy against whom she had previously filed a complaint saying he made her fear for the safety of myself and my sons.. 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). At the time, lead prosecutors declared the case was closed. The Accused: With Lester Holt. Garrett was described as always being a happy kid, who always had a smile on his face. On October 26, two days after the murder, Nick was brought into the station. A security camera recorded Garrett skating home from an afternoon of basketball with his school pals just before 5 p.m. 24. The first afternoon, of many, spent rebuilding his life. The murder trial began in the county seat, Canton, New York this month. 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. Jones essentially told the players . 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. "The district attorneys office, the police, and the sheriffs department refuse to get to the bottom of things and basically have swept this investigation under the rug.". His mother's ex-boyfriend, Nick Hillary, was found not guilty of the murder just over two years ago in a. Nick soon asked for a lawyer, food and cigarettes. I dont want to ever talk bad about the police, because some of them actually do their jobs the way they are supposed to, however this police department didnt. When asked if it was under investigation, Pasqua responded: "I think that's safe to say, yes.". But at the same time, so many armchair sleuths, so many Reddit boards, so much discussion only increased the chances of it being solved.. Tonight, ABC News' 20/20 will investigate the death of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips. When he arrived back home to the second-floor apartment he shared with his mother and younger brother , someone would strangle and suffocate the life out of the boy. A few other people who were interviewed in this episode also said they didnt see a limp and it could have been the recording and camera. Original Language: English. July 18, 2019 2:39 pm ET. They realized that the killer could have had an injury since the jump was pretty far. Advocates for the wrongfully accused are trying to draw new attention to the murder of Garrett Phillips in Potsdam nine years ago. Shanna Hillary is the eldest of Nick Hillary's five children. I think of Michelle McNamara: Did that book [Ill Be Gone in the Dark] solve that case? She told ABC, I just remember him looking down at me over the tops of his glasses, telling me that there was nothing else that they could do., Cyrus was initially told that Garrett fell. Garrett and his family lived on the second floor, so the police determined that the killer would have had to jump on the landing and then down to the ground. I probably will the rest of my life," Phillips said. IE 11 is not supported. An officer arrived on the scene and found 12-year-old Garrett . If Carranza, the dude changing a tire at 100 Market, saw a black man in the window, could it have been Amos? 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. "I dont know that its fair to them to keep reliving it unless something new or different happens. They are the only reason that Nick is not in prison, she says. Just like his father, spitting image of my brother, a heck of a little athlete. As le 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. He loved sports, being with his friends and ripsticking (kind of like skateboarding, but your back leg always moves). When the police arrived on the scene, Phillips was still breathing. David SommersteinGroups call for independent probe of Garret Phillips murder. A state investigator whos close with the murdered boys family. 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. Read Next: WGAs David Young Bows Out of Negotiations Due to Medical Leave, Bridget Everetts Comedy Can Be Blue on Stage But Somebody Somewhere Leans Into the Tender Moments, Inside the Naomi-Verse With Ava DuVernay and Kaci Walfall, Woody Harrelson Slams COVID Set Protocols as 'Nonsense,' Urges Hollywood to 'Stop' Forcing 'Vaccination': Thats 'Not a Free Country', Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Writer Surprised by Terrible Reviews: I Was in a Low Spot and Really Sad About It, Super Mario Bros. Movie Is Releasing Two Days Early, 'Perfect Match' Star Joey Sasso on Running Around Panama to Find an Engagement Ring, How Much It Cost and What Viewers Didnt See, Michael B. Jordan Meets Reporter at 'Creed III' Premiere Who 'Teased Him all the Time' in High School: 'I Was the Corny Kid, Right? 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. Sky Crime launched the documentary Who Killed Garrett Phillips? Nick Hillary, Tandy Cyrus Collins, lawyer who questioned Hillary in civil suit to be featured on NBC https://t.co/EkWKVOTN1o #lawyer. After 22 witnesses testified and after a two week trial, Nick was found not guilty. Garrett was described as always being a happy kid, who always had a smile on his face. Fourteen at the time of the murder, she was one of his two alibi witnesses. But Hillary and a vocal group of supporters say that he has been wrongfully accused. He talked a lot about accountability, but with guys rarely getting benched, demoted or cut, it was just talk. 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