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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Teen boy Quawan Charles goes missing, found facedown in mud of sugarcane field

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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News, True Crime

4.2 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Quawan Charles, 15, leaves his father's home with a friend without permission. His parents report him missing to the police, but no AMBER Alert is issued. The teen is found four days later facedown in the muddy mire of a sugarcane field. His parents are outraged and demanding answers from local authorities. Joining Nancy Grace today:Ronald Haley Jr. -  Attorney for the Charles family Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Beverly Hills, ww.drbethanymarshall.com Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet" featured on "Poisonous Liaisons" on True Crime Network Ray Caputo - Lead News Anchor for Orlando's Morning News, 96.5 WDBO

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Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

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How does a teen boy, a homebody who loves his dog, end up face down in a field dead by

0:28.2

drowning? Well, this young boy's family says this was no accident. We want justice.

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Crime stories with Nancy Grace. Take a listen to what we know about this young boy.

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Kowambhavi Charles had just moved from Young's Villa, Louisiana to Baldwin to live with his father.

1:05.2

He had just started a new school. His family says he was a quiet 15-year-old and slender.

1:10.2

He stood five feet seven inches tall and weighed just 112 pounds. A local newspaper reports Charles'

1:17.2

dad is saying the teen had recently saved his allowance to buy a computer and he got a dog that he loved.

1:23.2

He named the dog My Baby. On October 30th, Roxanne Nelson noticed her son was missing around 3pm and began calling around to find him.

1:32.2

Soon after Nelson and Bobby Charles' father called 911.

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And this young boy had just turned 15. He was just a little over 14 years old. That's one year older than my twins.

1:49.2

John David and Lucy, think about it. Think about it. How in the hey does he end up dead face down in a field dying of drowning?

2:02.2

With me and all star panel to break you down and put it back together again. Dr. Bethany Marshall, Psycho analyst to the stars joining us from Beverly Hills.

2:11.2

And you can find her at drbethanymarshal.com. Professor forensics, Jacksonville State University author of Blood Beneath My Feet on Amazon.

2:20.2

And star of a brand new hit series, Poisonous Liaisons on the True Crime Network. It is death investigator Joseph Scott Morgan.

2:29.2

Lead news anchor for Orlando's WDBO Ray Caputo and special guest joining us Ronald Ron Haley Jr. practices out of Baton Rouge, but really all over the country.

2:42.2

And he is the lawyer for this young boys family. First of all to you, Ray Caputo explained to me the movements of Juan that morning, Juan Bobby Charles.

2:54.2

Well, he was he was in his home in ballwin at about 35 minutes where you just recently moved from youngsville and that's just south of Lafayette.

3:03.2

So we see him on video. He's sitting on a curb in a car drove by and apparently just car has a friend's mother who's driving and wanted to.

3:12.2

Okay, well, well, well, well, but you got me jinked from the fire hydrant. It's too much too fast. So that day you're telling me Ray Caputo WDBO was a day like others.

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