Post by hi224 on Jul 27, 2019 23:09:14 GMT
A hit and run or something more?
I’m on a group for unresolved murders/missing people. I lurk, but never post. Today I saw a post from a dad who was looking for answers or at the very least witnesses to his sons supposed “hit-and-run” accident that occurred September 18,2006. His post pleaded:
”To anyone who has lived in Greenwich Village for 13 years or longer. This is my son Joshua David Crouch. Josh lost his life on September 18, 2006. And as of today we still have no closure. This was a hit and run on the corner of Westside highway and West 12 street. Supposedly no one saw this happen? Really? This is in the heart of the meat packing district. And, also supposedly at 3:30 Monday morning. I stood on that corner for 24 hours a few weeks after this happened and it is a very busy area. Does anyone in the city recall this? Can someone come forward with information? As we here know, our pain never goes away and Josh being gone has left such a hole in our hearts. Josh has a brother Eric who is now 32, and Kristen who is now 28. Eric’s first child and our first grandchild (grandson) will arrive next week and as an honor to Eric’s brother he is naming him Easton Joshua Crouch. This accident can still be looked up online. I could go on and on about my visits to the city concerning people I spoke with and walked with for many years trying to find out something. Mysteriously, people I spoke to all of a sudden stopped corresponding with me. Police, first responders, ADA Eliot Felig, newspaper editor and even mayor Bloomberg’s assistant at the time. This didn’t happen in a secluded park or rest stop, and If anyone has ever been to this corner at the river and park one knows that this is a busy area of NYC at all times of the day. In closing, People talk and someone knows something. If, by any chance there is information of who did this, on my word you will remain anonymous. Please help.....”
For some reason this post hit me and I commented. This was Joshua’s father’s reply to me after I suggested maybe this was something more than a hit-and-run”
”That's crazy [gresh88] that is exactly what we think. My wife never felt like this was the spot. Josh was supposedly three times the drunk limit and they (Bogus NYPD) say he walked from the bar "Employees Only" at 510 Huston Street to Westside hwy and West 12th street and then was hit crossing to go to the park at the river. He was maybe 140 pounds soaking wet and never, ever would have made it that far. That's it, that's how they left it. They basically pushed me aside. Very mysterious deeds by New York's finest.”
I did a little more digging online and found another post from what looks like his father 1 year after the “accident(?)” occurred on another website. This is what he wrote regarding what happened to Joshua:
”On September 18,2006, my son Joshua aka LEFTist of Brooklyn, New York was killed in the early morning hours on the street in the West Village of New York. To this day, almost a year later there are no witnesses, clues or new information by the NYPD. This police force was/is neglegent in their investigation of my son's death. West 12 Street and West Street (or known by some as The Westside Highway) is a very well lit area near the Hudson River Park at all times of the day. This area is also well traveled at all hours of the day. Yet, according to the NYPD, there were no witnesses and Josh apparently lay in the middle lane for nearly an hour before being "found" by to police officers. When found, Josh was already cold (which takes at least an hour to occur). Josh is a founding member of the hip-hop crew Mindspray from the Bushwick section of Brooklyn and was/is well admired by those who know him. Is this a cover up by the NYPD because one of their own was driving drunk and mowed Josh down? Was Josh beaten and thrown from a fast moving vehicle? The M.E. said that Joshua's facial injuries were some of the worst he has seen. A police sergeant told me, then later recanted his story that "I have been a police officer for a long time and the injuries to your son's face were not from a vehicle, but most likely from some type of instrument, maybe a bat"! Two weeks later this sergeant said he never said anything like that. I have been asked, "why was Josh on streets at 3:30 A.M.? in New York there are alway's people on the streets.”
To me there definitely seems to be more to this story than what has been offered to this poor family. I think this one hit me because of how likely it could happen to anyone and how a parent never stops loving their children and even more than 10 years later this father is still looking for answers.
Do any of you know anything about this? Are familiar with this area? Could provide this man answers to his sons death?
Thank you for taking the time out to read this.
news article
Joshua Crouch
I’m on a group for unresolved murders/missing people. I lurk, but never post. Today I saw a post from a dad who was looking for answers or at the very least witnesses to his sons supposed “hit-and-run” accident that occurred September 18,2006. His post pleaded:
”To anyone who has lived in Greenwich Village for 13 years or longer. This is my son Joshua David Crouch. Josh lost his life on September 18, 2006. And as of today we still have no closure. This was a hit and run on the corner of Westside highway and West 12 street. Supposedly no one saw this happen? Really? This is in the heart of the meat packing district. And, also supposedly at 3:30 Monday morning. I stood on that corner for 24 hours a few weeks after this happened and it is a very busy area. Does anyone in the city recall this? Can someone come forward with information? As we here know, our pain never goes away and Josh being gone has left such a hole in our hearts. Josh has a brother Eric who is now 32, and Kristen who is now 28. Eric’s first child and our first grandchild (grandson) will arrive next week and as an honor to Eric’s brother he is naming him Easton Joshua Crouch. This accident can still be looked up online. I could go on and on about my visits to the city concerning people I spoke with and walked with for many years trying to find out something. Mysteriously, people I spoke to all of a sudden stopped corresponding with me. Police, first responders, ADA Eliot Felig, newspaper editor and even mayor Bloomberg’s assistant at the time. This didn’t happen in a secluded park or rest stop, and If anyone has ever been to this corner at the river and park one knows that this is a busy area of NYC at all times of the day. In closing, People talk and someone knows something. If, by any chance there is information of who did this, on my word you will remain anonymous. Please help.....”
For some reason this post hit me and I commented. This was Joshua’s father’s reply to me after I suggested maybe this was something more than a hit-and-run”
”That's crazy [gresh88] that is exactly what we think. My wife never felt like this was the spot. Josh was supposedly three times the drunk limit and they (Bogus NYPD) say he walked from the bar "Employees Only" at 510 Huston Street to Westside hwy and West 12th street and then was hit crossing to go to the park at the river. He was maybe 140 pounds soaking wet and never, ever would have made it that far. That's it, that's how they left it. They basically pushed me aside. Very mysterious deeds by New York's finest.”
I did a little more digging online and found another post from what looks like his father 1 year after the “accident(?)” occurred on another website. This is what he wrote regarding what happened to Joshua:
”On September 18,2006, my son Joshua aka LEFTist of Brooklyn, New York was killed in the early morning hours on the street in the West Village of New York. To this day, almost a year later there are no witnesses, clues or new information by the NYPD. This police force was/is neglegent in their investigation of my son's death. West 12 Street and West Street (or known by some as The Westside Highway) is a very well lit area near the Hudson River Park at all times of the day. This area is also well traveled at all hours of the day. Yet, according to the NYPD, there were no witnesses and Josh apparently lay in the middle lane for nearly an hour before being "found" by to police officers. When found, Josh was already cold (which takes at least an hour to occur). Josh is a founding member of the hip-hop crew Mindspray from the Bushwick section of Brooklyn and was/is well admired by those who know him. Is this a cover up by the NYPD because one of their own was driving drunk and mowed Josh down? Was Josh beaten and thrown from a fast moving vehicle? The M.E. said that Joshua's facial injuries were some of the worst he has seen. A police sergeant told me, then later recanted his story that "I have been a police officer for a long time and the injuries to your son's face were not from a vehicle, but most likely from some type of instrument, maybe a bat"! Two weeks later this sergeant said he never said anything like that. I have been asked, "why was Josh on streets at 3:30 A.M.? in New York there are alway's people on the streets.”
To me there definitely seems to be more to this story than what has been offered to this poor family. I think this one hit me because of how likely it could happen to anyone and how a parent never stops loving their children and even more than 10 years later this father is still looking for answers.
Do any of you know anything about this? Are familiar with this area? Could provide this man answers to his sons death?
Thank you for taking the time out to read this.
news article
Joshua Crouch