VA CODI BIGSBY: Missing from Hampton, VA - 31 Jan 2022 - Age 4 *GUILTY*

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FBI joins search for missing Hampton toddler

During the press conference, Chief Talbot said Codi's dad said he woke up Monday morning and found his son was missing. The father said he looked all over and Codi was nowhere to be found.
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Hampton Police search for missing 4-year-old last seen in his home near Buckroe area around 2 a.m.​

Hampton Police need the public's help in locating a missing 4-year-old boy.

4-year-old Cody Bigsby was last seen in his father's home at 2 a.m., Monday.

According to police, around 9 a.m., they were called to the 100 block of Ranalet Drive for a missing juvenile. When they arrived at the scene they spoke with Cody's father who said he was last seen in his home.

Police describe Cody as a 4-year-old boy, approximately 3 feet tall. He was last seen wearing all black clothing and Spider-Man flip-flops.

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4-year-old Hampton boy missing and endangered, police say

The search of a Hampton neighborhood for a 4-year-old boy who went missing overnight from his father’s home turned up no sign of the boy as of late Monday afternoon, according to police. Codi…
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Cody Bigsby was reported missing at 9:06 a.m. from a residence in the 100 block of Ranalet Drive, in the Buckroe Beach neighborhood. Bigsby’s father told police that the boy was last seen in the residence at around 2:00 a.m. Monday, according to the Hampton Police Division.


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3:30 p.m. — Prosecutors rest their case​

After lunch, one more Hampton Road Regional Jail correctional officer was called to the stand to testify about Cory Bigsby handing off a confession letter.
The officer also testified that she found a notebook with a confession referencing the date June 18, 2021.
 
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3:30 p.m. — Prosecutors rest their case​

After lunch, one more Hampton Road Regional Jail correctional officer was called to the stand to testify about Cory Bigsby handing off a confession letter.
The officer also testified that she found a notebook with a confession referencing the date June 18, 2021.
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Hmm. The above update has been removed from the update web page. I'll wait a little while to see if it reappears. :giggle:
 
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3 things to watch for as Bigsby murder trial enters second week

The Cory Bigsby murder trial resumes Monday in Hampton with the defense set to call its first witness to the stand. Bigsby is accused of killing his 4-year-old son.
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Author: Dan Kennedy, Angelique Arintok, 13News Now Staff
Published: 6:58 AM EDT March 11, 2024
Updated: 6:58 AM EDT March 11, 2024

HAMPTON, Va. — The Cory Bigsby murder trial resumes Monday morning in Hampton with the defense set to call its first witness to the stand.

Bigsby is accused of killing his 4-year-old son, Codi, and concealing the body before filing a missing person report to Hampton Police Division in early 2022. Since then, search teams and community members have banded together at different times to search for the child, but he has never been found.

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Will former Hampton Police Chief testify?​

Cory Bigsby's defense team has not publicly shared its witness list. However, they hinted during jury selection that they would call a female family member of Cory Bigsby to testify. They may also call Norfolk Police Chief Mark Talbot to the stand because he was chief of the Hampton Police Division at the time of Codi's disappearance.

When did Codi really go missing?​

The Commonwealth made the case last week that Codi Bigsby was killed in June 2021, more than seven months before his father first reported him missing. An FBI digital forensic analyst testified that he found no original photos of Codi on his father's devices after June 2021. Codi's mother testified that the last time she saw a photo of her son was June 2021. During opening statements, defense attorneys said they plan to present evidence that Codi was alive between June and January.

Is circumstantial evidence enough?​

The case lacks physical evidence, like DNA, fingerprints or a body, so prosecutors presented only circumstantial evidence. Kenneth Singleton, one of Bigsby's defense attorneys reminded jurors during opening statements that Bigsby is presumed innocent, and the prosecution must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. He posed this question to the jury: "What do these witnesses bring that shows evidence of a murder?" The question now is whether the jury heard enough circumstantial evidence to convict. The panel of 10 women and 4 men will likely begin deliberations early to mid-week.
 
Thanks for the continued updates!

They did not publicly share their witness list but don't they have to provide one which gets filed in a public court system? No idea in VA but that would be the norm most places.

If jury will be deliberating early to mid week, defense will be fairly short.

We can only guess but no female relative of his would have impact on me and my guess would be a claim he was alive after the date LE and mom, etc. claim. I doubt I'd buy it and if I did, it wouldn't make much difference WHEN he killed him and falsely reported him missing. Of course I get the burden is on the state and he's innocent until proven guilty. The man confessed repeatedly for one. His children were in his hands and not handed to others AND the brother's testimony is HUGE imo and he is Codi's warrior and will be and justice shall result imo. Praying.

Hoping for another successful verdict by the end of this week, praying.
 
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Bigsby murder trial updates: Defense witness testimony underway Monday morning

Bigsby is accused of murdering his 4-year-old son, Codi Bigsby, and concealing his body roughly seven months before filing the missing person report in Hampton.
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Author: Angelique Arintok, Dan Kennedy, 13News Now Staff
Published: 11:28 AM EDT March 11, 2024
Updated: 11:28 AM EDT March 11, 2024

HAMPTON, Va. — Witness testimony for the defense started Monday morning in Hampton Circuit Court, as the murder trial of Cory Bigsby enters its second week.


11 a.m. — 911 call reporting Codi missing, Cory Bigsby's jail behavior discussed in testimony​

Hampton's director of public safety communications brought a copy of the 911 call Cory Bigsby made to report his son missing on Jan. 31, 2022.

Bigsby said in part, “I think my son is missing," and reported that he searched for Codi, even outside, and couldn’t find him. Bigsby told the operator he last saw Codi the night before wearing black sweatpants, a black shirt, a black jacket, black socks and Spider-Man flip-flops.

The assistant superintendent for Hampton Roads Regional Jail also testified, shedding light on Cory Bigsby's behavior.

He said Bigsby transferred several times while in custody, first starting in the quarantine unit for COVID-19 safety precautions, then general population.

Bigsby also moved to the protective custody unit, then acute suicide watch, the latter of which he went under multiple times.

The assistant superintendent testified that a mental health practitioner saw Bigsby punching glass in his cell, and claimed that he said, “I don’t know what I’m going to do.”

Bigsby lost nearly 60 pounds while in custody, according to the assistant superintendent, who said he refused to eat and only gained his appetite after family members were invited to lift his spirits.

During cross-examination, prosecutors asked whether appetite loss, low moments or anger were not unusual, to which the assistant superintendent replied yes.

Prosecutors also asked whether Bigsby was tortured, to which the assistant superintendent replied no. However, he told a defense attorney Bigsby said some “far-fetched” things, including having an antenna attached to his head.
 

12 p.m. — 1 more witness expected to testify​

Defense attorneys say they have one more witness to call to the stand. Afterward, closing arguments then jury deliberation can get underway.

Attorneys of Cory Bigsby called five witnesses to the stand this morning. Some of the most notable testimony came from Bigsby's sister and a Hampton man who claims he saw Codi the weekend before his reported disappearance.

On the stand, Tandaleyia Butler said her brother and nephews visited her in Washington, D.C. in September 2021. She reiterated multiple times in court she saw Codi at that gathering.

Defense attorneys called her to testify to seemingly diminish the prosecutors' argument about Bigsby killing Codi in June 2021.

On the flip side, prosecuting attorneys played multiple news reports where Butler doesn't give the same answers about the last time she saw Codi.

In a local interview that aired on June 2023, Butler spoke about seeing Codi at the September 2021 gathering.

Next, a Hampton man who lives in Buckroe Beach took the stand, testifying he remembers passing by a boy who looked like Codi twice in a local grocery store.

The man said he called police to report the possible sighting. Prosecutors then showed the man a photo in court.

He said, "It sure looks like him."

Afterward, defense attorneys showed the man a photo of Codi.

He "that's him," then said the other photo "seems off." Jurors later learned prosecutors showed the witness a photo of Codi's older brother.

After the lunch period, a former detective is set to take the stand.

By the course of today's testimony, it's likely attorneys will present their closing arguments this afternoon. After closing arguments, jurors will start to decide the fate of Cory Bigsby.
 
Kind of figured that's what they would testify to. Sister lied clearly changing dates. Family generally doesn't make for the most credible unbiased witnesses.

Also he lost weight was on suicide watch and more and it's a good example that it isn't necessarily from mistreatment or innocence but from guilt and being stuck without freedom and being incarcerated.
 

1:10 p.m. — Defense rests its case​

The trial has gone into recess after the defense rested its case Monday.

For the final witness called by the defense, a former Hampton police detective who interrogated Bigsby took the stand. Jurors saw surveillance video of the interrogation, where the detective's line of questioning suggested the possibility an accident involving Codi took place, which Bigsby denied.
 

3:45 p.m. — Closing arguments to begin Tuesday morning​

Court is done for the day and closing arguments will start Tuesday morning.

On Monday afternoon, Judge James Hawks and attorneys on both sides worked to make some decisions before jurors return for closing arguments.
 

4:30 p.m. — Man claims he saw Codi weekend before reported disappearance​

Before resting their case on Monday, Cory Bigsby's defense team called six witnesses to the stand during the morning and early afternoon.

Among those who testified were the Hampton Roads Regional Jail's assistant superintendent. Lt. Col. William Anderson said Bigsby went under suicide watch multiple times while in custody. At one point, he recalled a mental health practitioner seeing Bigsby punching glass in his cell.

He testified Bigsby refused to eat and only gained his appetite after Anderson invited family members to the jail to lift his spirits.

Defense attorneys also called Bigsby's sister, Tandaleyia Butler, to the stand. She testified her brother and nephews, including Codi, came to see her in Washington DC in September 2021. Bigsby's lawyers called her to testify to seemingly diminish the prosecutors' argument about Bigsby killing Codi in June of 2021.

Prosecuting attorneys then played multiple news interviews featuring Butler. She gave different responses to questions posed about the last time she saw Codi. Only in the third and final interview shown in court did Butler mention seeing Codi at the September 2021 gathering.

Next, a Hampton man who lives in Buckroe Beach testified. He said he remembers seeing a boy who looked like Codi at a local grocery store two days before Bigsby reported his son missing.

Prosecutors presented a photo of a boy, who unbeknownst to the witness is Codi's older brother. The man identified him as the boy he saw at the store.

Afterward, defense attorneys showed the man a photo of Codi.

He said, "That's him," then followed up saying the other photo "seems off."

The man said he called police to report the possible sighting but as investigators testified last week, several hundreds of tips about the search for Codi have come up empty.
 
Thank you again for the updates or I wouldn't know. So closings tomorrow and hopefully a verdict by week's end and maybe sooner!

Sister is lying most likely. Other guy not sure enough if alo thought brother was him. No one else saw this child, in all that time. Again, brother's testimony is big imo, bigger than this not that strong witness who claims to have seen him and a lying sister. And his confessions and so on.
 
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Why closing arguments, jury instructions are important in Cory Bigsby murder trial

"With any criminal case if a jury cannot reach a unanimous verdict, there may ultimately be a mistrial," 13News Now Legal Analyst Ed Booth explains.
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Author: Dan Kennedy
Published: 6:59 AM EDT March 12, 2024
Updated: 7:16 AM EDT March 12, 2024

HAMPTON, Va. — Jurors return to the Courthouse Tuesday morning to hear closing arguments and to begin deliberating the murder case of Cory Bigsby.

13News Now Legal Analyst Ed Booth cited research suggesting that most jurors have generally formed an opinion going into closing arguments. But nonetheless, he called the process important.

"It gives the prosecution and the defense an opportunity to arm some of the jurors who might be decided one way or the other when they get into the deliberation room to help convince their fellow jurors to their point of thinking," Booth said.

Booth said attorneys will also use closing arguments to discuss the jury instructions.

"It gives attorneys the chance to stress certain aspects of the jury instructions of law, the rules of the road for the jury," he said.

Once the jury has deliberated, they will likely come back with verdicts of either guilty or not guilty. But there is also always the chance of a hung jury.

"With any criminal case if a jury cannot reach a unanimous verdict, there may ultimately be a mistrial," Booth said. "The Court tries to avoid that, but it's ultimately up to the jurors to reach a unanimous verdict."

Closing arguments are set to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, which will set the jury up for deliberations to begin around lunchtime.

If convicted, Bigsby faces up to 40 years in prison for second-degree murder and up to 5 years for concealing a body.
 
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Cory Bigsby found guilty of murdering 4-year-old son, hiding his body

If the jury cannot reach a unanimous verdict, the case will end in a mistrial.
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Author: 13News Now Staff
Published: 8:57 AM EDT March 12, 2024
Updated: 8:57 AM EDT March 12, 2024

HAMPTON, Va. — The murder trial of Cory Bigsby will pick back up Tuesday morning when closing arguments are set to begin in Hampton Circuit Court.

8:30 a.m. - Bigsby walks into court​

Cory Bigsby has walked into Hampton Circuit Court for what may be the day a verdict comes down.

Jurors returning Tuesday are set to hear closing arguments starting at 9 a.m. before beginning deliberations.
 

11:30 a.m. - Jurors begin deliberating​

Closing arguments have concluded, and now the case has gone to the jury.

The jury will deliberate on Cory Bigsby's charges of second-degree murder and concealing a body. Jurors can review any of the presented evidence they’d like while in the room.

If the jury cannot reach a unanimous verdict, the case will end in a mistrial.
 
Well that was quick, of course different time zone than here. Still closings done, instructions given and no issues and all on time, how it should go and nice to see it did.

There's always a chance since early they will come back later today if strong in their decisions and unanimous on initial vote and discussions. It happens a lot and certainly possible but this is a no body case and I think juries also like to show they spent their due time and diligence in considering all if not a slam dunk open shut case so my prediction is tomorrow after lunch. if one isn't back by then I'd then start getting concerned about a hung jury or a hold out who differs with their opinion and more discussion needed and hopefully would then come to a unanimous verdict.

That little boiy's testimony alone I feel would and should hold a lot of weight. As should the defendant's confessions.
 
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