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Noah Bush, 8 years old, was found drowned in Jesup, Georgia in May 2024. He went out to play with neighborhood kids & never came home. After finding his body in a small body of water the sheriff’s office immediately announced it was accidental & for two months they did nothing.
The mother of Noah Bush rallied the small city for 2 straight months, protesting on the corner with signs & telling anyone who’d listen about what happened to her baby: Noah was found face down in shallow water, his shoes were found in the forest as if he lost them as he ran. He—
He went to play with 2 boys, ages 10 & 11. The 11 yr old was caught on video assaulting & hurling racial slurs at kids months prior, with his mother Natalie in the video encouraging it to continue. Through Noah’s mother’s own investigating, she (not police) obtained Ring camera—
—footage that shows all 3 boys walking towards the area where Noah was found. The same camera showed the other 2 boys walking back without Noah, but with new company: the 11 yr old’s mother, Natalie Hardison. One boy sounds like he says, “He died.” before she shushes him.
Noah’s family & community pled his case, swearing he was deathly afraid of water & would never have gone near it let alone get in it willingly. The Sheriff’s office reiterated that there was no evidence of foul play. The medical examiner then ruled it an accidental drowning.
Consequently, Noah’s mother & the community got louder. Sharing his story under the hashtag #JusticeForNoah. As the heat picked up, Georgia Bureau of Investigation got involved, the death was ruled a homicide & the 2 juveniles, as well as the mother, were swiftly arrested.
Per Georgia law, the juveniles’ names are sealed.
Though the city tried to bury this, the 10 yr old has finally faced sentencing for lying to police & for concealing a death. Sentenced to 2 years in a juvenile facility, he could possibly serve time at home.