In the early morning hours in Brunswick, Georgia, two-month-old Jamaree Coleman was with his mother, Cheryl Lewrisey Coleman, after they had visited her brother's home. Despite her brother's offer of a ride, Cheryl opted to walk home with her infant son. Their journey was tragically interrupted when they were last seen at a gas station getting into a pickup truck driven by an acquaintance named Carl Harris. This would be the last time anyone saw the mother and her baby alive together. A few hours later, Cheryl's body was discovered in Academy Creek. She had been murdered, and her body was mutilated. At the scene, investigators found Jamaree's empty baby carrier and a blanket, but the infant was nowhere to be found. The creek, known for being infested with snakes and alligators, added a grim element to the search for the missing child.
The investigation quickly focused on Carl Harris, the man last seen with Cheryl and Jamaree. During questioning, Harris confessed to killing Cheryl in a wooded area on Andrews Island and then placing her body in the creek. He claimed that he left baby Jamaree alive at the edge of the water. Despite his confession to the murder of the mother, his account of the baby's fate left a painful void. An extensive search of the area was conducted, but Jamaree was never found. Authorities believe it is likely the infant was swept away by the high tides. Jamaree was a baby with black hair and brown eyes, and he had a distinctive split on his right earlobe and possibly a mole behind his left ear.
Carl Harris later pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, including those of Cheryl and Jamaree Coleman, and another woman named Essie May Dowdy. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. While the legal case against Harris is closed, the lack of a definitive answer regarding what happened to Jamaree continues to be a source of anguish. The official investigation, led by the Brunswick Police Department, remains open. The story of Jamaree Coleman is a tragic account of a mother's life taken too soon and the heart-wrenching disappearance of her infant son, whose final moments remain a sorrowful mystery.
Last Seen: Jul 24, 1993
