months later. Lee Anthony Evans represented himself at his November 2011 trial and was acquitted, officially closing the 33-year-old cold case. However, one of the victim's brother Rodgers Taylor, key witness in the case falsely accused a court watcher (Gary Ewing) of going to his house the "night before" and trying to intimidate Taylor about the case. After a small investigation by the Court Judge Costello it was determined that Rodgers Taylor was lying and fabricated the entire event. In November 2013, Evans filed a lawsuit against the Essex County Prosecutor's Office (EPCO), the Newark police department, and United States Senator Cory Booker, claiming he was the victim of malicious prosecution and that his arrest was a political conspiracy to get then-Mayor Booker elected to a second term in office. State and city officials filed motions on January 22, 2015, to dismiss the complaint, stating that Evans had not provided a factual basis to conclude that any of the ECPO defendants had deprived him of his constitutional rights. A third man has also been considered a suspect in the case. This was Maurice Woody-Olds, who died of natural causes in 2008. All three of the suspects are cousins. See also List of people who disappeared References 1960s births 1970s missing person cases 1978 deaths 1978 in New Jersey 1978 murders in the United States American mass murderers Crime in the New York metropolitan area Crimes in New Jersey History of Newark, New Jersey Incidents of violence against boys Male murder victims Mass disappearances Mass murder in 1978 Missing person cases in New Jersey Murder committed by minors Murder convictions without a body Murdered American children Murder in New Jersey