But no one would see his killer leap out of the back window. I think of Michelle McNamara: Did that book [Ill Be Gone in the Dark] solve that case? miaomy 3 yr. ago. After first reading about the case in a New York Times article, Garbus recalls being struck by the thematic issues and concerns that, I think, are ones that spoke to larger systemic problems. Specifically what caught her attention was that the local polices focus was on one of Phillips mothers ex-boyfriends, a Jamaican American man who was well-known around town as a soccer coach, despite the fact that he had an alibi and that there had been rumblings of other possible suspects early on. His neighbours turned against the proud father, and he was soon fired from his job back in 2011. For years, no one was named in Phillips death. The apartment is on the second floor of the roughly 100-year-old building, Murray said. When the police arrived on the scene, Phillips was still breathing. Let me know what you think in the comments. July 18, 2019 2:39 pm ET. Text. After the trial ended in 2016, Murray told NCPR, were confident we prosecuted the right person.. Bastuk said local law enforcement is too compromised and an independent prosecutor needs to take over. Tandy said she broke up with Nick because Garrett didnt like him. Join now Sign in . There was word that several other boys were with Garrett when he died. But now, St. Lawrence Countys new prosecutor, Gary Pasqua, says he's learned of another lead that points away from Hillary. She said they were still intimate that night, but she demanded her key back. He has maintained his innocence since day one telling Elizabeth Vargas, I have absolutely nothing to do with what has happened to Garrett. 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. Formal complaints were filed against him for violence and abuse. This video proves nothing. It doesnt say what his relationship was like. 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. For more information, please see our The police also noticed Nicks ankle was swollen and he had an abrasion on his ankle. 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. And while the killer of the 12-year-old boy could still be on the loose,. Though the crime happened almost five years ago, the whodunit of it all has consumed this quiet area. Who Killed Garrett Phillips? airs July 23 and 24 on HBO. He said he had gotten it a week ago from moving furniture. Garrett Phillips was a 12 year old boy who lived with his mom, Tandy and brother, Aaron, in Potsdam, New York. Oral "Nick" Hillary and Tandy Cyrus are pictured in an undated photo. Potsdam, NY, interim police chief takes ABC News through the crime scene. 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 suggests that a kid named Brandon who lived next door gave two different statements about his whereabouts. Brian Phillips helped produce hundreds of yard signs that read "Justice for Garrett," with a picture of the boy, smiling. Original Language: English. The first part of the documentary Who Killed Garrett Phillips? 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. In April 2012, Nick filed a suit against the police department for how he was treated. "We weren't thinking it was a homicide immediately, but something had happened. https://www.nny360.com/news/new-leads-surface-in-phillips-murder/article_129462bd-bed2-53ab-b550-39d06dfacc74.html. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. Shanna-Kay, who is now 19-years-old, has testified that on the day of the murder, she was at Potsdam High School. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Whatever has come to light or will come in the years ahead Phillips said hes tried to focus on the good. Lauren Rosenthal (Investigative Reporter and Producer), A phone call from inside the investigation, Gumball machine serves up free poetry in the Adirondacks, Not in Old Forge's backyard? They deserve justice and so does Garrett, but I think its also a good thing that an innocent man isnt sitting in prison. The people who lived downstairs didn't report hearing or seeing anything, Murray said. Nick also denied this ever happened. Jones essentially told the players . Movie Info. After Garrett is seen turning towards his house, the car is seen following him. According to North Country Now, that includes civil actions filed against DA Rain and Jones. Its no secret how police usually do their work. Cyrus did not want to participate. with hopes to shed more light on the devastating case. Hillary, after years in the bulls-eye of public opinion, also broke down in tears, a free man once more. 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. 24. (Courtesy of HBO ). 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. On Tuesday, the eve of the verdict, Interim Potsdam Police Chief Mark Murray took ABC News' Elizabeth Vargas through the crime scene: a 3-bedroom apartment where Garrett lived and where he was found on the floor that fateful October day. 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 new documentary Who Killed Garrett Phillips?, airing on HBO July 23 and 24, looks into the unsolved 2011 death of a 12-year-old boy by that name. 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.. Prosecutors also referenced two interviews Shanna-Kay gave in 2014 and 2015 in both interviews, she said she ate dinner at 6pm. Talking on Build, ahead of the series which dropped onto Sky Crime earlier this month, Hillary spoke about his life after the case. Filling the benches behind, were foursquare supporters of Hillary across the aisle from Tandy's extended family. Tandy's 12-year-old, Garrett, bristled at his mom's new boyfriend, said Tandy. Garbus says her team did analysis on that tape beyond what the police had done but no new developments came out of it. At least one of them had talked to police back in 2011, and their story did not add up. When it comes to investigating new tips, Trainum said, it matters whos in charge. Garbus film, which debuts on Tuesday, uses police footage and photos, video evidence and interviews to recount what went wrong in meticulous detail. We need to start a true dialogue about how can we bring forth changes, he explained. Director Liz Garbus Writer Karen Sim Stars Oral Hillary Brian Phillips Tyler Rodrigues See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video "It was a true tragedy," he said. "When someone is wrongfully convicted or wrongfully prosecuted, the true perpetrator remains on the streets to commit another crime," Bastuk said, referring to the Phillips case, which remains unsolved. The altercation made him fearful for himself and his family, NNY 360 reported. Advocates say raise it first, DEC says 2022 tied for the safest hunting season on record, Governor Kathy Hochul Releases New York State Budget, New York redistricting commission to hold final public hearings this week, New York unlikely to have a new chief judge until later this spring, Adirondack Council leader to step down later this year, Stefanik opens district office in Rensselaer County Government building, Budget watchdog says NY should plan for an upcoming "fiscal cliff", Community Advisory Board (NCPR Executive Council). After the schoolboys body was found suffocated and strangled, all fingers pointed to Nick as the murderer. What makes this weirder is that Brandon and his dad both say they saw a white male with dirty blonde hair go in out of 100 Market Street around 3 - 330. He loved sports, being with his friends and ripsticking (kind of like skateboarding, but your back leg always moves). By then, the D.A. Nick was deposed for the suit. 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. This case is about a murdered 12 year old and the polices tunnel vision against one suspect. The next part of the investigation was from a surveillance camera. The first afternoon, of many, spent rebuilding his life. Potsdam's chief of police is now Mark Murray, who was lead detective on the Garrett Phillips investigation. 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. A security camera recorded Garrett skating home from an afternoon of basketball with his school pals just before 5 p.m. 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. Garretts family, especially his mom and uncle, Brian Phillips, believe Nick 100% killed Garrett. The signs became iconic in Potsdam. Though the crime happened almost five years ago, the whodunit of it all has consumed this quiet area. No prints or hairs from the scene matched the police's suspect, Hillary. Garretts mother, Tandy Cyrus, has said that her son was a gregarious boy who had absolutely no fear. She ignored Hillary's phone calls. In most cases, there's a hierarchy. Again, this doesnt really prove anything. It was a dramatic tableau in an ornate courtroom. "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. Garrett was described as always being a happy kid, who always had a smile on his face. What was his relationship like with Garrett? 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. North Country Public Radio has learned that a local source reached out to state troopers last fall with a possible tip. Today, Garrett's mother's ex-boyfriend, Nick Hillary, was found not guilty in the boy's murder. Tonight, ABC News and Dateline will both investigate the 2011 murder of Garrett Phillips. 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. He was 12. The police had a theory about the motivation, a story about obsessive love gone wrong. The neighbors knocked on the door, and heard what sounded like the door being locked and latched. Genre: Documentary. A roller coaster of emotions. Bastuk admits theyre just familiarizing the AGs office with the details of the case. Garrett Phillips was strangled in his family's second-floor apartment in upstate Potsdam in October 2011. Nick had to leave the station that day in a hazmat suit. Nick did drive a blue car, however the footage is so blurry that you cant tell who is driving or see the license plate. 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.. Hillary was the ex-boyfriend of Phillips' mother Tandy Cyrus, but another of her exes, John Jones, proved to be a key figure in the case as well. and our And the focus right now is to start puttin this in the rearview mirror.. That there'd been a rush to judgment. Again, I saw an abrasion, but it ankle didnt look swollen to me. Hillary is now a free man, and he cannot be retried. Garrett was described as always being a happy kid, who always had a smile on his face. Garbus questioned them about their missteps and lack of physical or DNA evidence tying Hillary to the crime. Could the choke out theory be true. Phillips was the 12-year-old boy who was fatally attacked at his home in Potsdam in 2011. 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. 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 police wanted to locate Garretts family and tell them what had happened. Director Liz Garbus is pictured in an undated photo. Nick Hillary Found Not Guilty in Murder of 12-Year-Old Garrett Phillips. Whether Phillips mother agrees remains to be seen. Over four hours, Garbuss Who Killed Garrett Phillips? painstakingly covers the surprising murder that rocked the small town in Northern New York in 2011. They were biased right away. A state investigator whos close with the murdered boys family. Police suspect the killer escaped through this window. is available to stream on Sky Crime. 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. Nick told the police that he was with his assistant coach, a man named Ian at the time of the murder. There is only one door to the apartment. He spent more than two decades asa homicide detectivein Washington, D.C., where he eventually opened a cold case unit. They knew that Garrett and his brother lived there and had heard noises before, but never this loud. If Carranza, the dude changing a tire at 100 Market, saw a black man in the window, could it have been Amos? HBO's new two-part documentary "Who Killed Garrett Phillips?," premiering on July 23 and 24, is a stunningand enragingexamination of race and the U.S. criminal justice system. He was asked many questions about where he was the day of the murder. Murray and another officer, Gary Snell (who Garbus notes declined to be interviewed for the doc), interrogated Hillary after conducting a joint interview with Phillips mother Tandy and John Jones, who was not only her ex-boyfriend but also a sheriffs deputy at the time of the crime, and later briefly brought under suspicion because he was seen on tape by Phillips just before the murder. I did everything I could. 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. Back at the apartment, the investigation was just beginning. 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. Garrett Phillips was strangled in his familys second-floor apartment in upstate Potsdam in October 2011. The night that her son died, she had no idea what had happened. Yard signs like this were planted across St. Lawrence County to keep the case in the public eye. proceeds with the case. 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 . As least, thats what many may hope after the new St. Lawrence County district attorney admitted a new tip earlier this spring. It would take 18 more months for any more information about what happened to Garrett would come to light. That process has a name sentinel event review. In regards to the interesting and sad story about Garrett Phillips the 12- year old CHILD murdered victim. But I hope Im wrong about that, Garbus tells Variety. Hillary claims Potsdam and St. Lawrence County law enforcement violated his civil rights, in part because hes Black. 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. "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. Its so heartbreaking, and I feel bad for his family. — -- 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. Phillips's final hours. Photo: Brit Hanson, Brian Phillips pushed hard to get a resolution to his nephew's case. No one else has ever been named a suspect. 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. "You would think, like, wouldn't someone hear somebody yelling, or see something or do anything? 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. At 9pm, Dateline will air The Accused, which will focus on law enforcement and community response to the horrific crime, according to Syracuse.com. 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. 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. But he said Hillarys situation fits in with nationwide protests over racism in policing a Black man associated with a crime even after a not guilty verdict. Photo: Lauren Rosenthal. But despite being a free man, it seems Hillary is still struggling to clear his name in his community. Yet, the suspect was indicted for a second time before he was found innocent by Judge Felix Catena, in 2016. For five years my family and I have been livin underneath this cloud, said Nick. 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." Forty minutes later, he was found strangled to death in his mother's bedroom. Garrett was found unconscious in his home and died that night due to injuries inflicted by a yet unknown perpetrator. Dismiss. One DA declined to pursue an indictment and was eventually voted out of office. It concerns a group of people who were living in the North Country around the time of the murder. First, why the actual eff was he allowed to be in the interrogation room with Tandy? On Oct. 24, 2011, a dispatcher in Potsdam, N.Y., got a 911 call from a person reporting suspicious sounds in a neighboring apartment. Garrett lived at the apartment at 100 Market St. with his mother, Tandy Cyrus, and younger brother, Aaron. 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). New pieces complicate Garrett Phillips murder storyPeople in St. Lawrence County know his face: the smiling, golden-haired 12-year-old boy, Garrett Phillips. Police soon said it was a homicide. Hillary got back with Lee after the death of Phillips, the New York Times reported in 2011. 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. And that was the tunnel vision., And that was on what Garbus wanted to shine a larger light with this project. 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. An officer arrived on the scene and found 12-year-old Garrett . He wore a T-shirt and blue-and-white checkered shorts. Garbus credits the dogged local reporters who wouldnt let up on the case for bringing it to the larger attention, including her own. When we met Hillary before his trial, we talked about his early years growing up in a large family in Jamaica. (Hillary has denied visiting the apartment without Cyrus' permission. On the last day of his life, he went home after school and was home alone where he should have been safe, but apparently wasnt. He denied any butt-head moment with Garrett, or spats over homework or chores. After it ended in an acquittal, Phillips said he had to draw back. Tandy and Aaron have since moved out. 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.. After Hillary was cleared, Rain claimed the case was closed because she still believed he was guilty, which is crazy, according to Garbus. He was 19 at the time of the 2013 arrest, which makes him the same age as the Brandon D. Murphy in question for Garrett's murder. ", "That day, I pulled the sign out of my yard. "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. Hillary does not shy away from the scrutiny the film will bring, saying his ordeal will have had purpose if it saves others from similar mistreatment by law enforcement. 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. After all, she notes, the Justice for Garrett campaign became Get Nick Hillary. They were always, always intertwined. But then when we looked at it closer. "It's very frustrating," he told "20/20." "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.". The prosecutor would thunder that the camera had in fact recorded Nick out "hunting" for the boy just minutes before his death. Edward F. Narrow, the Canton attorney who represented Oral "Nick" Hillary, the former Clarkson University men's soccer coach acquitted of the boy's murder, said that leads involving inconsistent statements . He also said he'd talked with police and met with Garrett Phillips mother but he didn't want to discuss his findings. Nick Hillary 20/20 Interview After Found Not Guilty of Murder. I personally dont think Nick killed Garrett, but theres just no proof of him doing it. Garrett Phillips was a 12 year old boy who lived with his mom, Tandy and brother, Aaron, in Potsdam, New York. They moved in just months before Garrett died, after Cyrus and Hillary broke up. Nicks defense team said right away that the police had tunnel vision and said it was a race issue. "The Garrett Phillips case is just full of the appearance of impropriety.". aired on HBO on Jul. He died at the hospital that night. What 12-year-old kid just isnt right full of life? For years, one of the loudest voices demanding justice for Garrett Phillips belonged to his uncle. The new DA made the case her central mission and finally got a grand Jury to indict Nick Hillary. Since then, St. Lawrence County law enforcement has been unable to piece together the facts surrounding this tragedy and bring . Trainum has an extensive background workingon cases himself. "And so, whos going to challenge him?". "In [the Garrett Phillips] case, the head person is a chief of police who ran the investigation originally, is convinced that they got the right person, and is not going to want to devote a lot of time and resources of his personnel into something that hethinks is useless," Trainum said. Phillips was the 12-year-old boy who was fatally Mar 08, 2019 A St. Lawrence County prosecutor says there's a new tip in the Garrett Phillips murder case. Around 5:16pm, the police arrived. They're calling for the state Attorney General. 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