Knicks center Eddy Curry's 3-year-old son witnessed his mother and baby-sister's murders in their Chicago apartment Saturday, according to a source close to Curry.

Nova Henry, 24, a former girlfriend of Curry's, and her 9-month-old daughter, Ava, were found shot dead by Henry's mother around 6 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Curry's son was found unharmed inside the South Side apartment, but his father was still described as "despondent" Saturday night.

The killer is a "known acquaintance," said Chicago Police Officer Amina Greer.

Henry had a boyfriend and had filed a restraining order against him, according to team sources.

Greer did not say whether the suspect was being questioned last night, just that the case is still "under investigation."

A Knicks source close to Curry described him as "distraught" upon learning of the woman's death and what his son witnessed.

Curry was told of the murders after the team's loss to Philadelphia last night and cried upon hearing the news, said the source.

Henry had claimed the murdered 9-month-old infant was Curry's child, but the player has adamantly denied it.

Autopsies were set to be performed Sunday.

Curry flew back to New York from Philadelphia with the team last night, and the source was not sure if he was staying in the city or going to Chicago.

Curry is married and has four children with his wife, Patrice - Eddy III, Reign, Reigan and Reiganna, according to the Knicks media guide.

In 2007, Curry and his wife were bound and robbed at gunpoint in the family's suburban Chicago mansion by three gun-wielding thugs.

Saturday's tragic incident comes during an especially tumultuous period for Curry.

Two weeks ago, the Knicks star was sued by his former driver who accused him of making sexual advances, forcing him to perform demeaning tasks and twice pointing a gun at him.

Ex-driver David Kuchinsky also claimed that Curry bombarded him with racial and religious epithets.

Curry has played in just one game this season after missing the first 35 games with a right knee injury.

He arrived for preseason training out of shape and was set back further by a bacterial infection that forced him to miss the first six days of training camp.

Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni has repeatedly insisted Curry needs to improve his conditioning and drop some weight before he can become an effective player again.
[Edited 1/25/09 10:30am]

Wow..... My Prayers go out....So sad to read, the world is crazy!

NMuzakNSoul said:

I mean, why shoot a 9-month old baby????

Yeah, I posted this in the NBA thread. Shit is real fucked up.

You can say that again. I mean, people like that are heartless. I mean, I'm reminded of that J-Hud story a while back when the child was also killed (and so many more stories that don't even get reported) All I can do is shake my head in disbelief. But the reality is the world has some fucked up "people" walking around. The best you can do is Pray for their family their loved ones and friends. I can't even imagine a tragedy like that.

Damn. First J-Hud and now this shit? What's goin' on in Chi these days?

another wide receiver for the NY Giants was involved in a shooting this week (not Plax) and now Eddy Curry. I know NFL rookies are lectured about being careful with whom they associate...

MuthaFunka said:

really

Be careful who you let in your house. Be careful who you hang out with. You can't trust anyone these days.

Shawnt25 said:

no, you cannot.

horatio said:

Naw, there are plenty of trustworthy people. It's just that whether through circumstance or choice some get themselves involved with those that aren't...

Her own mother?

Shit like this is depressing

omg...

meow85 said:

yes there are the small proportion of those who aren't get all the press

NMuzakNSoul said:

yea!

MuthaFunka said:

Gun crazy idiots. I'm leaving.

Turns out the little girl that was murdered WAS Curry's daughter(according to the NY Daily News). Damn.....

uPtoWnNY said:

And here his ass was denying she was his, with his married ASS.

SCNDLS said:

His wife'll stay. Watch.

Piece of shit.

Report claims Knick Eddy Curry was murdered baby's father

Knicks center Eddy Curry didn't just lose his 3-year-old son's mother to a brutal murderer - he lost a daughter, too, it was reported Wednesday night.

Nine-month-old Ava Goings, who was fatally shot along with her mother, Nova Henry, was also Curry's child, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Wednesday night.

Curry has publicly admitted fathering Henry's son, Noah, who survived the massacre last Saturday. He had long denied being Ava's dad.

Citing a source familiar with the paternity case Henry lodged against Curry, the Sun-Times says DNA tests confirmed the NBA star was also Ava's father.

Based on that finding, Curry was ordered in September to increase the $6,000 in monthly child support he had been paying Henry for Noah Curry's care to $15,000, the source said.

"I'm sure Eddy knows the truth," said Tom Henry, who was Nova Henry's stepuncle. "From what I understand, there was a recent DNA test that proved Eddy was Ava's father, and he did the right thing by his daughter."

In the sealed court papers, Ava bears the last name of the man Nova Henry's family believes is the murderer - 36-year-old Chicago lawyer Fredrick Goings.

Nova Henry, 24, lived for a time with Goings - over Curry's objections - and he helped prepare the paternity paperwork, relatives said.

Curry, 28, who is married and has four other children with his wife, Patrice, could not be located for comment.

His lawyer, Kelly Saindon, did not return a call or e-mail for comment.

Nova Henry's family began blaming Goings shortly after a blood-smeared Noah was found alone with the bodies in his mother's condo just south of The Loop.

"Fred did it," the little boy has told relatives, according to Tom Henry.

Calling Goings a violent stalker, the Henry family pointed to court records that revealed that Nova Henry took out a restraining order against him in 2006.

Goings was released after he was questioned this week and has not been seen since.

Curry, who grew up and has his house in the south suburbs of Chicago, flew home Tuesday. But it wasn't clear if he has been reunited with young Noah.

The boy's maternal grandmother was awarded custody by a Chicago court earlier this week.

Lawyer Michael Kalcheim, who represented Nova Henry in two paternity cases against Curry, told the Sun-Times the boy will be returned to his father's care.

Curry was expected to be at the 10 a.m. wake for Nova Henry and Ava on Saturday at the W.W. Holt Funeral Home in Markham, Ill. A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Glenwood, Ill.

That bitch WAS dumb and she paid for her skanlessness with her life and her baby's life. She filed a restraining order on this dude THREE years ago but continued to fuck around with him AND Eddy to the point that the 9-month old has the killer's last name but ain't really his??? Trifling!
[Edited 1/29/09 15:30pm]

Vendetta1 said:

And raise the son too.

So he knew the little girl was his and was still denying that shit about 2 days ago? What a fucking scumbag.

And why in the hell would they let the guy go when Eddy's son said the guy did it? They'll never see him again.

http://www.southtownstar....ry.article

MuthaFunka said:

Chicago might have gotten worse than New Orleans, NYC, LA, & Los Vegas.