By then, the D.A. Nothing is ever 100 percent, but Nick is a highly decent lovely person, with no sign of a temper and no weird evasions, explained Garbus, who says she came to the table with an open mind. "It was a true tragedy," he said. But I hope Im wrong about that, Garbus tells Variety. Dateline's been covering the case of Garrett Phillips for over a year. is available to stream on Sky Crime. A silent picture of a kid on a skateboard moves into the frame from lower right, sails past for about 16-seconds and exits frame left. — -- 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. In 2006, Hillary was acquitted of murder after a trial before a judge without a jury, The jury pool came from the same individuals who had elected the district attorney, Hillary, 45, told The News. A lot of people discredit The Choke Out Theory, but after digging in to find something else other than tips called into the Potsdam Police Department I have tracked down this article that the DA's office has been looking into. 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). Hillary was confused, especially because Jones was not in his deputy uniform and he wasn't sure if Jones was there in an official capacity or not. And while the killer of the 12-year-old boy could still be on the loose,. Meanwhile Garretts autopsy was done. Nick was finally released, but they kept his clothes and took the cigarette butts from his pocket and drain. 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. The next part of the investigation was from a surveillance camera. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. This case is currently still unsolved after a not guilty verdict. The inside of the house where Garrett Phillips' body was found, is pictured on Sept. 27, 2016. Photo: Brit Hanson, Brian Phillips pushed hard to get a resolution to his nephew's case. Nick was interviewed for 9 hours that day. Garrett Phillips was strangled in his familys second-floor apartment in upstate Potsdam in October 2011. Genre: Documentary. That trial could begin later this fall. Potsdam's chief of police is now Mark Murray, who was lead detective on the Garrett Phillips investigation. But his involvement with Hillary's case isn't over, even though Hillary was acquitted in 2016, according to The New York Times. 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. Who Killed Garrett Phillips? airs July 23 and 24 on HBO. When he entered, he found an adolescent boy, just around the corner, lying on his back in the master bedroom, with his head facing the door. There are no clues as to who killed Garrett. Dec 18, 2020. 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. Phillips was the 12-year-old boy who was fatally attacked at his home in Potsdam in 2011. 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. Tips come in. But hes also said recent new leads have gone nowhere. Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. But despite being a free man, it seems Hillary is still struggling to clear his name in his community. He was interviewed in the episode, but he mainly talked shit about Nick. Cyrus says that when she showed up at the hospital, her son had bruises all over his face, and Marks on his neck. Oct. 24 marked the ninth anniversary of the murder of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips. 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. Tandy Cyrus, Garretts mom, was at her other sons basketball practice. ", So far, this new lead doesnt seem to count as "something different. It suggests that a kid named Brandon who lived next door gave two different statements about his whereabouts. Original Language: English. At least one of them had talked to police back in 2011, and their story did not add up. 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. And that was the tunnel vision., And that was on what Garbus wanted to shine a larger light with this project. Garrett didnt ever want to be alone with Nick, even though Nick said he never had any problems with Garrett. She ignored Hillary's phone calls. "It's very frustrating," he told "20/20." In their ruling, a state disciplinary panel wrote that Rain's handling of the Garrett Phillips case was one of several ethical issues that contributedto her punishment. The police asked him why he turned the opposite way. But at around 5 p.m., when the murder is estimated to have occurred, no one saw anyone jump or flee from the building. Nick said he had nothing against the boy or his mother and that his alibi witnesses, his daughter and an assistant coach, would place him elsewhere at the time of the murder. 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.. When the former live-in boyfriend of the mother, a black Jamaican-born soccer coach, became an almost immediate suspect in the murder, a cry went out from his camp that he was being railroaded. The mystery of what happened to Garrett Phillips continues. 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. No prints or hairs from the scene matched the police's suspect, Hillary. Garrett lived at the apartment at 100 Market St. with his mother, Tandy Cyrus, and younger brother, Aaron. An officer arrived on the scene and found 12-year-old Garrett . Back in the hospital, Garrett Phillips was pronounced dead at 7:18pm. After Garrett is seen turning towards his house, the car is seen following him. They immediately called an ambulance. But now, St. Lawrence Countys new prosecutor, Gary Pasqua, says he's learned of another lead that points away from Hillary. 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). "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. Nick soon asked for a lawyer, food and cigarettes. Tandy and Nick had moved in together for a brief time, but according to family of Garretts, Nick and Garrett didnt get along. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. But where was the evidence to put before a jury? The first afternoon, of many, spent rebuilding his life. 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 . 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. "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. It doesnt say what his relationship was like. Ive probably seen every show on this case, but for my research I watched Deadline Crime with Tamron Hall. This button displays the currently selected search type. Prosecutors also referenced two interviews Shanna-Kay gave in 2014 and 2015 in both interviews, she said she ate dinner at 6pm. With the case still very much open and unsolved, justice for Phillips has not been achieved. He loved sports, being with his friends and ripsticking (kind of like skateboarding, but your back leg always moves). No, the police did. He had minutes left to live. "And so, whos going to challenge him?". The HBO documentary is likely the best place to get an update on Jones. (Courtesy of HBO ). Just like his father, spitting image of my brother, a heck of a little athlete. And they havent been in touch with Garrett Phillips family. There was a blue car that the police zeroed in on. Because we werent gonna get justice for him.". Oral Nick Hillary stands outside the St. Lawrence County Courthouse Wednesday in Canton during a press conference after he was found not guilty of murdering Garrett Phillips. He was asked many questions about where he was the day of the murder. 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. His arms were at his side and his legs close together. "It still is. Pictured is the 100 Market St. apartment building in Potsdam, New York. But their approaches to parenting seemed very different. Brian Phillips helped produce hundreds of yard signs that read "Justice for Garrett," with a picture of the boy, smiling. I think of Michelle McNamara: Did that book [Ill Be Gone in the Dark] solve that case? Vogel called the police to tell them what shed heard, and police arrived at the apartment less than ten minutes later. As Tandy would tell us, Nick was rigid -- a man with a plan for every day. Police suspect the killer jumped out it after strangling Garrett. Nick Hillary is the ex-boyfriend of Tandy Cyrus. The camera recorded Garrett ripsticking home on the day of the murder. In an unusual case, there was another twist. The cops checked out the alibis of the significant men in Tandy's life, including a sheriff's deputy, but they seemed to always have their sights on Hillary. They are the only reason that Nick is not in prison, she says. Oral "Nick" Hillary and Tandy Cyrus are pictured in an undated photo. Tandy and Aaron have since moved out. And yet, in that security video of Garrett on his skateboard, wasn't that Nick driving his Honda CRV though the high school parking lot just after Garrett skated by? When Hillary was acquitted this week, the judge said that his case was mostly circumstantial and didnt prove he was guilty without a doubt. And Nick doesnt have any of that right now. "He was a kid he was a 12-year-old kid. We need to start a true dialogue about how can we bring forth changes, he explained. Whatever you might say about the film and how it portrays the justice system and Nick Hillary, my hope is that it also reflects the pain of the loss of this family and the gaping hole it left in their lives, Garbus says. The sentiment in the town echoes Rains idea that the killer got off, so theres not a lot of public pressure to investigate a killer who might be on the loose, Garbus said. The issues around race and policing and prosecutorial misconduct have been huge issues across our nation. Nick Hillary's defense had elected to waive a jury trial and argue directly to the judge. Garrett and his family lived on the second floor, so the police determined that the killer would have had to jump on the landing and then down to the ground. But the verdict came down as not guilty, and Tandy never ended up going on the record with Garbus. As least, that's. Chronicling the five years after the murder, the film is an eye-opening look at how justice is delivered and delayed. A 'Justice for Garrett' sign is pictured in an undated photo. Phillips refused to make an example out of anyone. "Everybody that knows me knows what goes through my head and who I believe," Phillips said. (Courtesy of HBO ). They knew that Garrett and his brother lived there and had heard noises before, but never this loud. In 2011, 12-year-old Garrett Phillips was killed in his upstate New York home. We did hear these rumors, and we wanted, as much as we could, to go out and explore them and accompany local journalists, Garbus says, but there really was so little [to go on]. When police arrived and got into the apartment, they found Garrett unresponsive on the floor in a bedroom. On October 24, 2011, the neighbors of Garretts heard noises coming from next door. ABCwrites, Almost immediately, police focused on her ex-boyfriend Hillary as the prime suspect, but it would take them several years before they arrested him for the murder., Cyrus and Hillary broke up a few monthsbefore Garrett was killed, and Cyrus believes that Hillary blamed Garrett for the breakup. ABC News writes, While Cyrus said she never saw Hillary hit a child, lose his temper with a child or threaten a child during their nearly one year together, she told 20/20 that she has no doubt that Hillary killed her son., Nick Hillary's Daughter: Race 'Definitely' a Factor in Murder Case https://t.co/mu2gutc1Qo pic.twitter.com/GcybAmJpxJ, Marko Zelic (@SnoperMZ) September 30, 2016. Nick said he went home after. The two-part HBO documentary Who Killed Garrett Phillips? doesnt solve the mystery but looks at the case through a critical lens. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Tandy also told the police that Nick had a key, and had shown up at their house unannounced one night, and stood over her bed. Mar 8, 2019. They moved in just months before Garrett died, after Cyrus and Hillary broke up. I thought this was interesting, but I dont see it as anything other than he didnt want them to have his DNA. "You could see that Garrett had neatly set his sneakers by the closet. The altercation made him fearful for himself and his family, NNY 360 reported. Garrett Phillips was a 12 year old boy who lived with his mom, Tandy and brother, Aaron, in Potsdam, New York. Nick had to leave the station that day in a hazmat suit. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. This video proves nothing. But going forward, it looks like industry-shifting life sciences After Nick was done smoking, he kept the butts in his pocket and even put one in the drain. Jones essentially told the players . Phillips's final hours. Her name is Tandy Cyrus. 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. 2. (Hillary has denied visiting the apartment without Cyrus' permission. Following this, Hillary was then indicted for murder in the second degree, spending 70 days in prison before he was released on bail. "The head person, the most dominant person everybody is gonna follow their lead," said James Trainum, a nationally-recognized police consultant. Part 2 premieres on HBO on . There were people outside changing a tire, but they only reported hearing the window screen being pushed out, Murray said. Two years after the slaying, Garretts mothers ex-boyfriend, Oral Nick Hillary, was arrested, tried for the murder and acquitted. "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. Photo: David Sommerstein, Oral "Nick" Hillary was found not guilty on Wednesday in the 2011 murder of twelve-year-old Garrett Phillips. After the trial ended in 2016, Murray told NCPR, were confident we prosecuted the right person.. Fast forward to October 24, 2011. aired on HBO on Jul. 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. It concerns a group of people who were living in the North Country around the time of the murder. That's a remarkable jump from the window.". He entered the parking lot of the high school, heading towards his house. There is only one door to the apartment. He found Nick Hillary not guilty. She had also been in a relationship with a police officer named John Jones at the time. 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.. Phillips also knows that the former DA, Mary Rain, had her law license suspended last summer. Garbus questioned them about their missteps and lack of physical or DNA evidence tying Hillary to the crime. Dismiss. Yet, the suspect was indicted for a second time before he was found innocent by Judge Felix Catena, in 2016. The window is how it is believed that the killer escaped. At the time, lead prosecutors declared the case was closed. (Courtesy of HBO ), There was systemic racism and police tunnel vision but when both are linked it becomes really problematic, Garbus explained. Nick did drive a blue car, however the footage is so blurry that you cant tell who is driving or see the license plate. The district attorney, Mary Rain, teared up at a post-verdict press conference, and said Tandy told her, I know you guys tried., But Nicks attorney Earl Ward, speaking to a group of press outside the courthouse, reiterated what the defense team maintained all along: Nick Hillary is an innocent man., Nick spent that afternoon surrounded by a group of family, supporters and former soccer teammates. In 2011, Garrett Phillips, who was just 12-years-old, was killed in his upstate New York home. Tafari, a lawyer who provided legal support to his former Tilden High School friend, doesnt believe this film can change a corrupt system. Back at the apartment, the investigation was just beginning. Garbus and her crew interviewed him many times, filmed him with his kids and in his home, and included footage of his 2016 trial. People want to be heroes. On the morning of October 26, 2011, Hillary, then a soccer coach in Potsdam, was summoned to the Potsdam police station. It was two days after 12 year-old Garrett Phillips was found strangled to death in his home in Potsdam. Cyrus did not want to participate. Hillary has adamantly denied the charge, saying from day one he was innocent. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. 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. he was with his girlfriend til 11pm (his girlfriends mom confirmed this). Oral "Nick" Hillary still coaches soccer. Here was the thing about the investigation though: crime scene techs could come up with no forensic clues -- no fingerprints, no DNA, no tissue and no hair linking Nick to what was theorized to be a violent hands-on struggle in a small space. "In my mind, that investigation is still out there.". There was word that several other boys were with Garrett when he died. Related stories:A phone call from inside the investigationSteve Downs, former chief attorney for New Yorks Commission on Judicial Conduct, said Friday that state rulings require avoiding those potential conflicts. Let me know what you think in the comments. Related stories:A phone call from inside the investigationPasqua wouldnt provide any details beyond that, but it appears state troopers passed the new information to Potsdam Village Police, which is still the lead agency in control of the case. In most cases, there's a hierarchy. By the time Liz Garbus's two-part documentary "Who Killed Garrett Phillips?" debuts on HBO, there could be a new public lead in the case of the murdered titular 12-year-old. I personally dont think Nick killed Garrett, but theres just no proof of him doing it. Privacy Policy. The first part of the documentary Who Killed Garrett Phillips? For more information, please see our They realized that the killer could have had an injury since the jump was pretty far. The prosecution, he ruled, had not made its circumstantial case "beyond a reasonable doubt." A 'Justice for Garrett' sign is pictured in an undated photo. Today, Garrett's mother's ex-boyfriend, Nick Hillary, was found not guilty in the boy's murder. Nick tried to leave for work, and the police blocked the door. Nick did say he was at the high school that day, watching a soccer game. 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. The police had a theory about the motivation, a story about obsessive love gone wrong. Garbus says she would do a follow-up to her doc if need be, but she admits that after her experience getting to know the Potsdam police for the project, she doesnt think its likely. 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.. Shanna testified that Hillary was home with her at the . Bastuk admits theyre just familiarizing the AGs office with the details of the case. New pieces complicate Garrett Phillips murder storyPeople in St. Lawrence County know his face: the smiling, golden-haired 12-year-old boy, Garrett Phillips. The group wrote a letter to DA Pasqua seeking an independent prosecutor two weeks ago. Trainum is part of a growing movement that encourages police and prosecutors to check their work with these reviews. Tonight, ABC News' 20/20 will investigate the death of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips. (Courtesy of HBO ). 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. The apartment is on the second floor of the roughly 100-year-old building, Murray said. He looked like he was sleeping.. And the focus right now is to start puttin this in the rearview mirror.. 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. Photo: David Sommerstein, D.A. Though the crime happened almost five years ago, the whodunit of it all has consumed this quiet area. civil actions filed against DA Rain and Jones, circumstantial evidence against him and Hillary. Police collected fingerprints from the window; they are not Hillary's and have never been identified, Murray said. He died at the hospital that night. It just blows my mind.. When the police arrived on the scene, Phillips was still breathing. His mothers ex-boyfriend, Nick Hillary, was found not guilty of the murder just over two years ago in a trial that captivated the region. Garretts mother, Tandy Cyrus, has said that her son was a gregarious boy who had absolutely no fear. In one room, a screen in a window seemed warped, Murray said. He thought Nick [Hillary] was the guy, so I think the likelihood of this being pursued by the police and the DA needs the police to do the pursuing is pretty low. Police suspect the killer escaped through this window. 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. Director of the documentary Liz Garbus, added: And what you dont know if you havent seen the documentary yet is Nick was an all American soccer champion and a graduate from Saint Lawrence University and became a coach at Clarkson, coaching a great soccer team and a military veteran. 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. premieres on HBO on Tuesday, July 23 at 8/7c. "Im here because justice is due for Garrett and justice is due for Nick Hillary, too," Baxtron said on Friday. He was, they said, the only person in town with a grudge against Garrett, blaming him, the family argued, for the break-up of his relationship with Tandy. The night that her son died, she had no idea what had happened. Sky Crime launched the documentary Who Killed Garrett Phillips? Bastuk says now is the time to draw national attention to a murder case thats been unsolved for too long. She was raising two boys, he had three kids from a past relationship. After the schoolboys body was found suffocated and strangled, all fingers pointed to Nick as the murderer. Garretts family, especially his mom and uncle, Brian Phillips, believe Nick 100% killed Garrett. Just to say, I tried. Thats why Who Killed Garrett Phillips? devotes so much time to following Hillary himself. Despite having only circumstantial evidence, the D.A. A new foreign DNA company called Starmix said that Nicks DNA matched the crime scene, however, during the investigation, the police said the DNA mixture was too small. NCPR checked in with Pasqua last month. As le 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. According to the documentary, that once police focused in on Hillary an Army veteran and respected soccer coach at nearby Clarkson University other investigative avenues were not explored. For years, one of the loudest voices demanding justice for Garrett Phillips belonged to his uncle. There was another former flame of his mother Tandy Cyrus a local sheriffs deputy against whom she had previously filed a complaint saying he made her fear for the safety of myself and my sons.. "To keep dredging up that case and to continue to put people in the spotlight who Im sure dont want to be in the spotlight like Garrett Phillips family," Pasqua said. 1. She added Nick warned her, "If I didn't get Garrett under control or get him on a more strict schedule, then when he got older I wasn't gonna be able to control him. Nick is targeted. You've got inclement weather, it's near dusk -- if not dark.". Its no secret how police usually do their work. 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? When we met Hillary before his trial, we talked about his early years growing up in a large family in Jamaica. "I think about him every day. Hillary claims Potsdam and St. Lawrence County law enforcement violated his civil rights, in part because hes Black. Nick was deposed for the suit. His close friend Mani Tafari is less optimistic. What 12-year-old kid just isnt right full of life? A security camera recorded Garrett skating home from an afternoon of basketball with his school pals just before 5 p.m. After about a year together, Tandy moved out with her sons. When asked if it was under investigation, Pasqua responded: "I think that's safe to say, yes.". Theyre calling for the state Attorney General to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the 12 year-old boys death. 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. Phillips died soon after at a hospital. But who's looking, you know, 40 yards off, 50 yards off the street on a dark, rainy night for someone jumping out a window?". Hillary got back with Lee after the death of Phillips, the New York Times reported in 2011. with hopes to shed more light on the devastating case. The police photographed the window, took fingerprints and took the blinds as evidence. At 4:40pm, Shanna-Kay took a shower. 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