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An inquiry into the June deaths of three boys who suffocated while playing in the trunk of a broken-down car even as the police undertook a wide search concluded today with a finding that had long been suspected: No one thought to look inside the family car. Despite the failure of police officers to check the Toyota Camry - a place where at least one of the boys had been known to play - authorities said today that no one would be disciplined in the case. "I don't think any purpose would be served to have heads roll," Vincent P....

The grieving dad of the 11-year-old mentally troubled New Jersey boy who suffocated in a car trunk with two younger pals blames the state's social-services agency, saying it should have put his son in a facility where he could have gotten help. "If he would have been put in a safe place, this wouldn't have happened. The child needed a lot of help," Anibal Cruz Sr. said yesterday. -snip-" [The division] did nothing," Cruz said. "Why didn't they lock the baby somewhere safe? When kids need help, they have to help them."

Three boys' deaths, and discovery, accidental By Adam Fifield and Kera RitterInquirer Staff Writers The last time neighbors saw Anibal Cruz, he was spraying two friends with a hose in the front yard of his family's house in the Cramer Hill section of Camden. No one noticed when the three playmates climbed later Wednesday into the trunk of a broken-down 1992 Toyota Camry parked in a shaded patch of weeds nearby, police said. The lid then slammed shut because a hydraulic plunger that keeps the trunk from closing was broken. Two days later, an uncle of one of the...

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CAMDEN, N.J. -- The father of a missing 6-year-old boy found his son's body and those of his two young friends in the trunk of a car Friday, two days after the children disappeared from a nearby yard where they were playing. A neighbor, Carmen Cilla, said she saw David Agosto open the trunk of the car and collapse to his knees screaming. It was not immediately clear how the three boys got into the vehicle or whether foul play was involved. Yolanda DeNeely Aguilard, an aide to Mayor Gwendolyn Faison, confirmed the bodies had been found. She had no...

24 Hours Later, 3 NJ Children Remain Missing June 23, 2005 9:18 p.m. EST Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter Mount Ephraim, NJ (AHN) - Three children remain missing in a suburb of Camden, New Jersey with an intense search on for the kids who vanished Wednesday night. 11-year-old Anibel Cruz, 6-year-old Daniel Agosto, and 5-year-old Jesstin Pagan went missing around 5pm Wednesday night outside of a home they were playing in front of. The families of the missing children searched frantically for the children for four hours and then called police. Cruz's aunt Jennifer Calo says, "We've...

Search Enters Second Day for 3 Boys in N.J. Thursday, June 23, 2005 CAMDEN, N.J. — Family members of three missing boys joined police and residents Thursday morning as a search for the trio, who disappeared while playing outside one of their homes, moved into its second day. The boys, ages 5 to 11, were playing outside of one of their homes about 5 p.m. Wednesday when they vanished, according to relatives. Police used helicopters and search dogs to scour the neighborhood and some of its abandoned homes Wednesday night. The boys, who are not related to each other, are:...