Thread by @niknyxx

Noah Bush, 8 years old, was found drowned in Jesup, Georgia in May 2024. He went out to play with neighborhood kids & never came home. After finding his body in a small body of water the sheriff’s office immediately announced it was accidental & for two months they did nothing.

The mother of Noah Bush rallied the small city for 2 straight months, protesting on the corner with signs & telling anyone who’d listen about what happened to her baby: Noah was found face down in shallow water, his shoes were found in the forest as if he lost them as he ran. He—

He went to play with 2 boys, ages 10 & 11. The 11 yr old was caught on video assaulting & hurling racial slurs at kids months prior, with his mother Natalie in the video encouraging it to continue. Through Noah’s mother’s own investigating, she (not police) obtained Ring camera—

—footage that shows all 3 boys walking towards the area where Noah was found. The same camera showed the other 2 boys walking back without Noah, but with new company: the 11 yr old’s mother, Natalie Hardison. One boy sounds like he says, “He died.” before she shushes him.

Noah’s family & community pled his case, swearing he was deathly afraid of water & would never have gone near it let alone get in it willingly. The Sheriff’s office reiterated that there was no evidence of foul play. The medical examiner then ruled it an accidental drowning.

Mind you, the community had to go looking for Noah as well find evidence on their own because the police could not be bothered & preferred to rule it accidental. They did not even attempt to determine the time of Noah’s death.

Consequently, Noah’s mother & the community got louder. Sharing his story under the hashtag #JusticeForNoah. As the heat picked up, Georgia Bureau of Investigation got involved, the death was ruled a homicide & the 2 juveniles, as well as the mother, were swiftly arrested.

Per Georgia law, the juveniles’ names are sealed.
Though the city tried to bury this, the 10 yr old has finally faced sentencing for lying to police & for concealing a death. Sentenced to 2 years in a juvenile facility, he could possibly serve time at home. The 11 yr old was—

—due in court today, but the case stalled & the date was pushed weeks away. During this setback, Noah’s mother insists that per her investigation she knows more adults were involved in his death & in this cover-up. She wants everyone involved to face justice, including this man.

While we wait for the consequences to find their marks, please don’t forget Noah Bush & please don’t take your eyes off this case because every time we do they try to hide something new.

Here is his family’s GoFundMe, to help reimburse the burial but mainly to give the family the chance to get out of the city that tried to cover up his death.

They are only at $2500 so any little bit helps. Thank you for listening to his story.

gofundme.com/f/help-noahs-f…

You guys are incredible, their total nearly doubled.

Apparently, they tried to arrest Noah’s mother at his protest last night. No official word on if she was arrested or why she would be, but there was a clash of people that occurred.

“There’s another adult who was in that household who participated in a search for Noah,” Davis said. “We’re concerned that that effort was not at all genuine and that he may have known of Noah’s demise. There needs to be further investigation—“

atlantablackstar.com/2024/07/19/fam…