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The father of the missing 4-year-old Codi Bigsby is requesting bond for the third time.
It’s been more than three months since Cory Jamar Bigsby Sr. reported Codi missing from their Hampton home. He was arrested in early February on seven counts of child neglect unrelated to Codi’s disappearance.
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Bigsby’s attorney, Amina Matheny-Willard, filed a motion with the Hampton Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court to reconsider bond. Two prior requests for bond under different legal counsel were denied.
When reached by email Sunday morning, Matheny-Willard declined to comment on the motion.
It was unclear as of Sunday whether the motion for bond would be heard again in court.
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A Hampton Circuit Court judge previously denied Bigsby’s request for bond in April. Bond also was denied by a juvenile court judge in February.
Circuit Court Judge William R. “Richard” Savage III said there was “probable cause to believe that the defendant is a flight risk.” He said he was concerned about a 2017 military conviction for being AWOL — absent without leave — during Bigsby’s time in the U.S. Army.
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The first two bond appeals happened under Bigsby’s previous lawyer, Jeffrey Ambrose. He withdrew from the case last month.
Matheny-Willard, a Norfolk-based lawyer, sent notice of an intent to file suit against Hampton city officials earlier this month. The notice accused officials of obstruction of justice and potential jury tampering.
The letter called for Hampton Police Chief Mark Talbot to publicly retract his statements about the Bigsby family and apologize. In the early days of the search for Codi, Talbot said the timelines given by Codi’s parents were unreliable.
The city responded in a letter last week and said the chief’s comments would not be retracted and he would not apologize.
Jessica Nolte, 757-912-1675, jnolte@dailypress.com
A previous version of this story incorrectly stated where the motion for bond was filed. The motion was filed with the Hampton Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.