On April 16, 1990, seven-year-old Jamal Abdul’faruq and his eight-year-old brother, Basil, were dropped off at their mother’s apartment at the Palms Apartments on Clarkson Road in Richmond, Virginia after a visit with their father. Their mother, who had been working nights, took a nap and woke about 45 minutes later to find both boys missing. Jamal was last seen wearing a black Batman T-shirt, blue jeans, a gray and red fleece baseball jacket, and white sneakers; he had a small gap between his upper front teeth, a scar on his right eyebrow, and a mole on his temple above his left ear. He was a second-grader who liked pizza and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Three days later Basil’s body was found in a Chesterfield County landfill about ten miles from the apartment. He had been bound, gagged, and died of two stab wounds to the back. Investigators searched the landfill for four days for any sign of Jamal but did not find him. The brothers’ parents were investigated and later ruled out as suspects. In 1991 authorities said they believed they knew who was responsible and that the person knew the boys, but no public identification or arrests have been made.

Jamal’s fate remains unknown and the case is unsolved. Does anyone have information about Jamal, where he might have been seen after April 16, 1990, or who knew the boys?