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NBA Star's Son May Have Witnessed Murders

Eddy CurryThe mother of NBA star Eddy Curry's son was fatally shot in her Chicago apartment last night along with her infant daughter -- and Eddy's infant son was there when it all went down.

Curry's three-year-old son was found unharmed in the apartment and is the only known possible witness to the double murder, according to The Chicago Tribune.

The victims, Nova Henry, 24, and her daughter Eva were discovered by Henry's mother at approximately 6 PM.

A man claiming to be Henry's uncle says Nova had been having problems with an apparent boyfriend – but police aren't elaborating as they continue their search for an unnamed "acquaintance."



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1. What the hell is wrong with people that they feel they have to murder someone and an innocent baby who did nothing to them?

Posted at 4:56PM on Jan 25th 2009 by Discordia

2. How sad :(

Posted at 8:16AM on Jan 26th 2009 by ReZgUrL

3. It'z call'd DRUG'Z baby!!!

Posted at 6:31PM on Jan 25th 2009 by 99centz

4. Note the article reads "her infant daughter -- and Eddy's infant son"
Another baby-daddy maker. Sigh.

Posted at 7:56PM on Jan 25th 2009 by Ms_Tell_It_Like_It_Is

5. This is very sad. It's bad enough that a woman and her baby were murdered, but for a child to witness something like that is devastating.

Posted at 9:01PM on Jan 25th 2009 by BoBo

6. Obama's mafia did it

Posted at 9:30PM on Jan 25th 2009 by yeap

7. Very suspicious that Curry's son was not touched. His ex and HER daughter are murdered and HIS son is not harmed at all?? If it were drug related, they all would have been murdered. Sounds like another case of "kill'em so I don't have to support'em". It wouldn't be the first time a pro-athelete did something like this.

Posted at 11:02PM on Jan 25th 2009 by sumtingwong

8. Don't you writers know the difference between an infant and a toddler. Three year olds are NOT infants. An infant is a newborn baby . I agree with the previous commenter..it is suspicious the toddler was left unharmed. All this killing of woman and children is starting to freak me out for real!

Posted at 12:06AM on Jan 26th 2009 by change has come

9. hey sorry TMZ he's not a "Star", he's a washed up player who has sucked his entire career

Posted at 3:18AM on Jan 26th 2009 by jason

10. This is so sad! Poor baby had to see all of this going on around him. What a shame, hopefully he's young enough where it may not stay with him.

Posted at 9:34PM on Jan 26th 2009 by Penny

11. A 3 year old is not an infant. FYI

Posted at 9:49PM on Jan 26th 2009 by TMZ is Gay

12. a baby from an NBA star and a baby from someone else at the young age of 24. Can you say gold digger? something tells me baby daddy had something to do with this but why kill the baby? So sad that the 3 yr old probably witnessed this terrifying ordeal.

Posted at 5:17PM on Jan 27th 2009 by Kim

13. This whole story has some strange twists. The young woman's ex-boyfriend had made violent threats against her and the family, and she took out an order of protection on him year before last (2007). But somewhere along the way they got back together for a time, since when the baby Ava was born last year, the boyfriend claimed the child as his, and his name is on the birth certificate as her father. He had also moved in with her at the condo that Eddy Curry bought for her and the son. But then they decided to try to hold Eddy Curry accountable for the new baby also, and took him to court to increase her child support. to $15,000 PER MONTH. The boyfriend happens to be, in addition to a sometimes violent abuser with a history of domestic battery, a well-known Chicago attorney, who represented Nova Henry in both the paternity cases against Eddy Curry.

Something apparently went wrong again in recent months. The Henry family claims that the boyfriend had made violent threats again, and they had, in fact, been trying to move Nova and the kids around to protect her from him. She moved into the new location, at which the murders occurred, just a few days after Christmas.

Police located the boyfriend and questioned him, but apparently didn't have enough cause to hold him, so they released him and have not named him a suspect in the murders. Now we're finding that this guy is thought to be so dangerous that the Cook County Sheriff's Police has instituted special security measures at our local court in case the guy shows up because he's a licensed attorney who still has legal access to the courts to deal with his regular caseload.

NOW it's being said that Eddy Curry IS the father of the little baby girl who was killed. Here's the link to the latest update on this convoluted story:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1402517,eddy-curry-slain-baby-012809.article

Posted at 10:36PM on Jan 28th 2009 by southsidechicago

14. Nova and Ava Henry were my cousins and up until a few months ago we all lived in the same house together while she was hiding from her ex. Id like to say to the stupid ignorant bit*hes KIM and MS TELL IT LIKE IT IS that my cousin was NOT a gold digger. Eddy Curry is the father of BOTH of her kids not just Noah! And Nova and Eddy dated throughout high school before Eddy even made it to the NBA! So have more respect for my deceased cousins and my family and get your damn facts straight before you make comments on something you KNOW NOTHING ABOUT!

Posted at 1:14AM on Jan 29th 2009 by Shannon

15. For #14 - Shannon - For your family and all other loved ones - prayers for peace, comfort, and closure to all. But the story on the "ex" is really scary... since it's known that he made threats to Nova and the family, why couldn't the police detain him? Apparently he's still considered dangerous to all concerned (your cousin's family, and Eddy's) or they wouldn't have those security measures at the court building in place. Since CPD hasn't released his name ( I guess they're afraid of legal action for slander since he's an attorney) I guess we shouldn't do it here either, but obviously there is still reason to be concerned for the safety of the families. What's the plan for resolution here? No reason that either family should have to be in fear of their own lives as well as dealing with all the other challenges of grieving (losing Nova, Ava, and Grandmama) while trying to help little Noah find his way through all of this.

Posted at 9:24PM on Jan 29th 2009 by southsidechicago

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