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Corpus Delicti

215: Missing: Jamal Abdul Faruq

Corpus Delicti

CDM Productions

True Crime

4.5608 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Tambra Ellis lays down for a short nap after working the night shift while her two sons are outside. When she calls them in for dinner, they are nowhere to be found. Three days later, Basil Abdul Faruq's body is found in a landfill. But there's no sign of Jamal anywhere.

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Music by:

Kai Engel

"Daemones"

Blooper music by:

Art of Escapism

"Coal Miners"

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Sources:

107DMVA - Jamal Abdul'Faruq (doenetwork.org)

The Abduction of the Abdul'Faruq Brothers | Medium

For many parents of missing children grief is extreme, prolonged (richmond.com)

CNN’s Nancy Grace profiles county murder case - Chesterfield Observer

Jamal Abdul’Faruq – The Charley Project

After boy's slaying, brother missing for 19 years - CNN.com

Missing child, now in his 20s possibly spotted in Hinesville Wal-Mart - Coastal Courier

18 Apr 1990, 5 - The Daily News Leader at Newspapers.com

22 Apr 1990, 1 - The Times Dispatch at Newspapers.com

20 Apr 1990, 1 - The Times Dispatch at Newspapers.com

25 Apr 1990, 6 - The Times Dispatch at Newspapers.com

31 Jul 1990, 20 - The Times Dispatch at Newspapers.com

01 May 1990, 17 - The Times Dispatch at Newspapers.com

16 Apr 1991, 12 - Kingsport Times-News at Newspapers.com

03 Jun 1990, 23 - The Times Dispatch at Newspapers.com

08 May 1990, 2 - The Times Dispatch at Newspapers.com

05 May 1990, 19 - The Times Dispatch at Newspapers.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:02.0

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0:07.2

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0:08.8

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0:13.2

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0:14.6

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0:16.0

And I'm Dr. Lee Miller.

0:17.4

On our show, we work with Citizen Det detectives to explore perplexing mysteries.

0:22.2

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0:26.7

Subscribe now so you don't miss a single episode of Citizen Detective. Hey everyone is Jen, and this is Lindsay.

0:58.4

And welcome back to Corpus to Looktide, the podcast.

1:01.4

We are still right there in our missing person series.

1:05.4

And tonight, we've got a really interesting case for you.

1:09.5

Yes, and I will give you a fair warning.

1:11.5

It does talk about children, and it is very heavy, but it's an important story because you can always hope.

1:19.1

And there is a little sliver of hope in this case, so we really wanted to make sure that it got talked about, but do know going into it that it is very,

1:27.8

very sad. But without further ado, we will go ahead and kick it off. And this takes place on

1:34.7

April 16, 1990 in Richmond, Virginia. And this day started off as a very normal day for Tamara Ellis

1:42.1

and her two sons, Basil Abdul Farouk, who was eight years old,

1:46.7

and Jamal Abdul Farouk, who was seven at their apartment on Clarkson Road. But before we talk about that

1:54.5

day, let's talk a little bit about the family. Tambra worked at the local DuPont plant, and she was also in the Army Reserves. Tamara and her

2:04.1

ex-husband, Everett Abdul-Feruk, were no longer together, but they were what we would call

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