Christian Ferguson

Review: Hip-Hop 911/Stop the Violence Concert, The Pageant, Saturday, January 29

Jon GitchoffBradd Young and Aloha Mischeaux host the show on Saturday​Hip-hop fans who attended the State of Emergency concert earlier this month may have received mixed signals from the show. While some of the artists involved tried to invoke Dr. King's vision -- the show was scheduled to coi ... More >>

Today Marks 7th Anniversary of Christian Ferguson's Disappearance

Christian Ferguson photographed in the late 1990s.​It was seven years ago today that Christian Ferguson a nine-year-old boy with a rare medical condition known as citrullinemia went missing -- allegedly kidnapped during a vehicle theft in 2003. Police have never charged anyone with the crime thoug ... More >>

RFT Writer to Appear Friday on KMOX Regarding Dissapearance of Boy, 9

Christian Ferguson in an undated photograph from the 1990s. Says his mother, Theda Thomas: "Some people never knew he could walk and talk, how he loved to sing, how he prayed all the time."Christian Ferguson went missing six years ago Saturday. He was nine years old. His father, Dawan Ferguson, told ... More >>

Parade for Christian Ferguson, Missing Boy, Saturday

Tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of 9-year-old Christian Ferguson. His family has organized the Christian T. Ferguson Sixth Annual Memorial Parade in his honor, though families of other people involved in unsolved cases are encouraged to participate as well.The parade begins at ... More >>

Readers speculate on the ongoing Christian Ferguson case, red-light cameras and a so-so show

This Week in RFT, March 25 to April 1

We're back on the streets, so grab yourself a copy and start moving your eyeballs. We have a lot to offer this week, and you sure can't beat the price. Your reading satisfaction guaranteed, or your money back!Unreal, for one, is up to its old tricks with some off-the-wall interviews with a so-c ... More >>

Vanishing Act, Part 2: Missing since 2003, little Christian Ferguson is almost surely dead. Police think they've fingered the culprit — and there's nothing they can do about it. A Riverfront Times Special Report.

Vanishing Act: View Police Documents About the Disappearance of Christian Ferguson

Courtesy Theda ThomasChristian Ferguson in an undated photograph from the 1990s.View and download documents relating to the disappearance of Christian Ferguson below, and read parts one and two of Kristen Hinman's investigation into the case here:Vanishing Act: Six years after the fact, the disappea ... More >>

This Week's RFT, March 19-25

It's Thursday. And you know what that means? You guessed it -- this week's Riverfront Times is on newsstands now. Below is a quick rundown of just a few of the stories you won't want to miss. In the "News Dept." writer Nicholas Phillips explains why some rival agencies complain that casting com ... More >>

Vanishing Act: Toddler Christian Ferguson Before His Disappearance

Three years old, with baby fat still puffing out his cheeks, the boy in the video grins up at the dreadlocked woman towering over him and asking his name. "Chis-ching!" he blurts. "That my ba-aaaaby!" cries Theda Thomas, sliding toward the edge of her seat. ... More >>

Vanishing Act: 1995 KSDK-TV Report on Christian Ferguson

In 1996, KSDK-TV reported on the rare illness suffered by then two-year-old Christian Ferguson. Here's that report, submitted by Theda Thomas, Christian's mother: Read more about Christian, his rare illness and his mysterious disappearance in "Vanishing Act," the first of two parts of a Riverfront T ... More >>