Post by Scumhunter on Oct 31, 2014 8:48:21 GMT -5
(Above image from ABC Chicago website)
Admin Note #1: Based on crime location, our advice for anyone with information on the murder of Terrell Bosley would be to call Cook County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-535-STOP
Of all the stinging frustrations Pamela Montgomery-Bosley has endured in the search for the killer of her eldest son, Terrell, the rawest could be how far she and her husband, Tom, had gone to shield him from the streets.
They took him to school, ensured that he worked and was enrolled in college, and made sure he attended church, she said.
"We had him on the right path. Even though surroundings would pull him here and there, we (were) on top of everything," she said. "We would never have thought that this was going to happen because he wasn't in a gang, he didn't sell drugs, he didn't do (any) of that."
Their best efforts couldn't protect Bosley, who was gunned down in the parking lot of the Lights of Zion church on the city's Far South Side.
She's hoping a $7,000 reward will help bring justice.
Her family and community leaders have rented a billboard to advertise a $7,000 reward for information leading to Bosley's killer. They will gather at the sign Saturday to call attention to the unsolved case.
In April 2006, Bosley had gone outside to retrieve drums for a church choir rehearsal when a gunman opened fire, striking the Olive-Harvey College freshman and a friend sitting in a car. The friend survived, but Bosley was later pronounced dead. Police have never determined a motive.
The billboard, which displays a picture of the smiling 18-year-old church guitar player, stands on 117th and Halsted streets, near the church where he was murdered. Police Superintendent Jody Weis and St. Sabina pastor, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, are expected to be on hand for the unveiling.
The outspoken priest is assisting the couple in paying for the billboard, which will be posted for at least four weeks.
The couple are a part of Purpose Over Pain, an advocacy group with parents of other murdered children, which appeals to the community to help clear unsolved murders and also pushes for tighter gun control laws. Of the members of the group, only Terrell's case and that of Rolanda Marshall, killed in 1993, remain unsolved.
"That just means I have to fight harder to get my case solved," Montgomery-Bosley said.
Montgomery-Bosley says the group is also battling the unwritten code of silence that has some residents either afraid or unwilling to point out a killer.
Thoughts? The above was a Chicago Tribune article about this case. Terrell's case was one of many unsolved homicides of Chicago youths that AMW was referring when they did a segment on Pamela Montgomery-Bosley's Purpose Over Pain group twice- once on Fox in 2010 and once on Lifetime in 2012. The segment basically appeals to stop the Stop Snitching culture on the street and for anyone with information to come forward. John Walsh correctly mentions to anyone who engages in this culture that these crimes could happen to them and their children. And so far, no one has come forward for Terrell. In my opinion, that is still what is going to solve this case. Someone has to know who killed Terrell but to this day has kept silent. There's obviously been a lot of problems with crime recently in Chicago. But things won't start to get better until people start to talk. If you know who murdered Terrell Bosley, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-535-STOP You can remain anonymous and earn a cash reward. No one will have to know you're a "snitch." which should have a definition sentence added to the dictionary as "Someone who does the right thing despite misguided people telling them not to."
articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-04-09/news/ct-met-unsolved-murder-billboard-20100409_1_st-sabina-pastor-terrell-bosley-billboard
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