Semaj Crosby - Joliet, IL
- mpauil
- Feb 15, 2022
- 2 min read
Semaj Crosby, 1 yr old was first reported missing on April 25, 2017 by her mom Sheri Gordon. Just hours after a visit from DCFS, police arrived& believed that she had “wandered off”. 2 days later they found deceased Semaj under the couch.
Semaj was said to been playing with a group of children outside (some siblings) & the mom was going to take them for ice cream but couldn’t get her car started. So the kids resumed playing and that’s when Semaj was “last seen”. Her mother Sheri Gordon
911 to report her missing.
When JPD arrived they assumed Semaj just walked off somewhere. A search party was started with police, bloodhounds divers & volunteers to search for baby Semaj. Detective’s says it was only until they exhausted all their resources that they decided let's start at square one.
The home had been searched initially and no signs of Semaj. Semaj’s mother Sheri Gordon, her paternal aunt LaKerisha Crosby, her paternal grandmother Darlene Crosby and the Crosby’s friend Tamika Robinson were there also accompanying numerous children. After 2 days of searching, Semaj was found deceased under the couch in her deplorable home. This was very puzzling considering the fact that during initial search, police lifted the couch for LaKerisha Crosby to get one of Semaj’s shoes for the search dogs to track her scent.
When the dogs were searching, they would go a few feet and come back to the house and tap on the window where the couch was located where the Crosby’s and many people who squatted at the home were sitting during the search.
Semaj and her siblings were the victims of child abuse; mental, physical and verbal. DCFS who were already conducting investigations on his mother, his paternal aunt and his paternal grandmother who moved into their home located in the 300 block of Louis road in Joliet, Illinois.
Two years later, although police claim that Semaj’s case remains open and it is “still a top priority”; Semaj’s case remains unsolved. #justiceforsemaj
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