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On 18th March 2015, 10 year old Barway Collins was reported missing after he was last seen getting off a school bus outside his father’s home in Crystal, Minnesota. Just a few weeks later, his body was found in the Mississippi River. His hands and feet had been bound with duct tape before he was dumped into the water.

Throughout an investigation into his death, Barway’s 33 year old father Pierre Collins quickly became a prominent suspect. He had given inconsistent answers to the questions put to him by police and also already had a criminal conviction relating to child abuse. He later confessed that he had repeatedly hit Barway until he fell unconscious after asking him to stop playing outside and come back into the apartment where they lived. According to his version of events, Barway had not followed orders and done as he was told.

After his son became unresponsive, Mr Collins panicked and dumped his body into the river in an attempt to cover his tracks. This confession from Collins only came after cellphone records placed him near to the river around the time of Barway’s disappearance, which he failed to produce any viable explanation for. It was also noteworthy that Mr. Collins had been significantly in debt and had taken out life insurance policies on Barway which totalled around $50,000. Suspiciously, Collins had been in touch with the insurance providers just days before Barway’s disappearance to discuss raising the amounts.

Barway’s mother Louise Karluah, who lived in Liberia at the time of Barway’s death, was granted a visa which allowed her to travel to the US and attend her son’s funeral. She also chose to attend court proceedings and watched emotionally, at one point speaking out to express how she felt “so lost” since receiving the news of her son’s death. Barway’s stepmother Jennifer Beaver, who thought of the young boy as her own son, also spoke out against Pierre, stating: “He’s asking forgiveness, but I will never forgive him.” Collins has since been sentenced to spend 40 years in prison.

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