Police find body of 4-year-old missing boy

In what comes as a very sad but expected ending, police believe they have found the body of missing 4-year-old Marc Bookal of Newburgh, NY. On Wednesday, police focused their search on a wooded area just 2 blocks away from the boy's home after receiving an anonymous tip. The remains of what appeared to be a small child were discovered in a duffle bag, thanks to the help of cadaver dogs. Marc Bookal had gone missing on December 14th, 2009 while in the care of his mother's boyfriend, Cory Byrd. Byrd is currently in custody after being arrested on a parole violation. However, he is being considered a suspect in the child's murder due to the fact he was the last person to see the boy and his extremely violent past. [Nancy Grace news program, HLN]

The most frustrating part of this story is the fact Cory Byrd had a history of abusing children!!! Oliver Mackson's article for the Times Herald-Record reported that besides for a 2003 felony assault sentence, Byrd also served two years in state prison from 1999 to 2001 after pleading guilty to endangering the son of Christina Coston (who is now known as Christina Bookal). So this person had already endangered and/or harmed one of her children before, and this mother left little Marc with him while she went to work!!!!!!!!!! Why must women settle for these kind of men, and at the expense of their children? It's so senseless and infuriating.

Sources:
Nancy Grace News program, HLN. March 24th, 2010.
Cory Byrd has spotty history with the law. Times Herald-Record. March 25th, 2010.