Police searching for suspect seen on camera with murdered 13-year-old DeKalb County boy
DeKalb County Police Deparment
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County police hope someone can help shed some light on the murder of 13-year-old Jamiren Crosby.
Officers found Crosby's body on September 19 in the woods behind a Lithonia subdivision on the 2600 block of Parkway Trail.
His death was ruled a homicide, and detectives have been investigating ever since.
The boy’s mother, Chanell Crosby, says her son disappeared early on a Saturday morning and that she did not see him after that.
She says her son was a straight "A" student in the 8th grade at DeKalb Alternative School. He had just joined ATL Elite Football. She says he left home with some friends at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, September 17. That was the last time she saw him alive.
13-year-old Jamiren Crosby (Source: Family)
Sunday, investigators shared new surveillance video of Crosby and an unidentified man walking through the backyard of a nearby neighborhood just hours before he was found dead.
According to detectives, the man Crosby was with was wearing a black hoodie, a mask, and black pants.
The DeKalb County Police Department is encouraging anyone who has information about Crosby's death or who can identify the suspect to call its homicide unit at 770-724-7850 or Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477.