Posts Tagged ‘marc bookal’

131 Days on… 24•April•10

“Newburgh has put a lot of young men in coffins lately. But no little boys. Not until now.”…Marc Anthony Bookal was laid to rest Saturday, 131 days after he disappeared from his mother’s home on Benkard Avenue. His body was found inside a bookbag last month, and an autopsy revealed Marc’s death was a homicide. […]


"Little Marc has been found…" 24•March•10

NEWBURGH, NY. Candles and teddy bears at a curbside memorial for Marc Bookal on South Colden Street in the City of Newburgh, NY on Thursday, March 25, 2010. A body believed to be Marc Bookal was recovered yesterday from an empty lot on South Colden St. in the city. Bookal is the 4 year old […]


"And on the Sixth Day…" Jan. 16, 2010.

Christina Bookal walks back to her apartment after a prayer service organized by Chaplain Crisis Response Ministries at Bookal’s Benkard Ave. home in the City of Newburgh, NY on Saturday, January 16, 2010. Bookal is the mother of 4 year-old Marc Bookal, who went missing on December 14th. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON As I’d written last […]


"This One Hurts…" Dec.• 2009

We have a missing child case here right in my neighborhood. Marc Anthony Bookal – 4 years old. It’s been big news all week, with gaggles of the NYC & local cable TV crews up here. My ‘hood. This one is close to home and is messing with me a little more than probably any […]