Archie "AJ" Jackson Campbell, Jr. was an infant who went missing alongside his sister, Myrisha. A suicide note found with their father's body after they disappeared indicated that the siblings were murdered.
Case[]
AJ and his sister were the children of AJ Campbell Sr. and Jewel Campbell. AJ Sr. was known to be abusive toward Jewel, leading to their eventual divorce, but the children continued to visit him on weekends. One weekend, AJ Sr. did not return them as scheduled. A friend, William Randle, later reported that he had gone shopping with AJ and the children. AJ dropped him off at one point and returned 30 minutes later without the children. AJ Sr. appeared restless and asked Randle if there was any blood on him, claiming he had been in a fight with a relative and had left the children with them.
The following day, AJ Sr. called a minister and confessed to killing his children. On September 7, AJ Sr.'s body was found in his car, having died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A suicide note found with him explained that he had killed the children and buried them, but their bodies were never located.
Sources[]
- A.J. Campbell at NCMEC
- A.J. Campbell at NamUs
- A.J. Campbell at the Charley Project
- A.J. Campbell at the Doe Network
- A.J. Campbell at Find a Grave