HAMPTON, Va. — The Hampton Circuit Court has released the audio recording of the 911 phone call Cory Bigsby placed to report his son Codi missing in January 2022.
The recording's release on Friday comes several days after Bigsby was convicted on charges of second-degree murder and concealing the body of his son. During a week-long trial, Hampton prosecutors argued that Bigsby killed his son roughly seven months before filing the missing person report to Hampton Police Division.
Bigsby told 911 Codi 'sometimes' creeped out at night
In the phone call on Jan. 31, 2022, Bigsby described to a 911 dispatcher how he discovered that his son was missing.
"I just went out," Bigsby told the dispatcher. "I just, I got up and got dressed because we're supposed to be moving today, right? After I fed the babies, I went and got dressed and went in the room where he was supposed to be there. I went in there to get my coat and he wasn't in there. So I ran outside [and] looked everywhere trying to find him. I don't know where he's at."
"How old is he?" the dispatcher asked Bigsby.
"He's three, no four," Bigsby said. "He's four."
Bigsby told the dispatcher he last saw Codi the night before, claiming that his son tapped him and asked if he could go outside.
"Sometimes, he usually creeps outside at night," Bigsby said with apparent heavy breathing.
When the dispatcher asked Bigsby what Codi's approximate height was, he twice replied, "I don't know" before adding that his son is "like 3' 5"." Bigsby continued by saying Codi was wearing black sweatpants, black socks, a black shirt and Spider-Man flip-flops.
Bigsby told the dispatcher he checked the entire house, including the closets. He added that Codi's flip-flops and black jacket were missing.
Former Hampton police chief says Bigsby's story was 'absurd'
The day before 13News Now received the 911 audio recording, former Hampton Police Chief Mark Talbot, who is now serving in the same position in Norfolk, spoke to reporters about Bigsby's conviction.
The police chief said investigators knew "very early on" that Bigsby was involved in his son's death.
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"He's an incredibly poor liar," Tabot said of Bigsby during the news conference. "There was very little that he had to say that seemed to map onto the truth. He was aggressive with his lies, which makes it especially egregious. So, it wasn't real tough to figure out."
When asked about a key piece of evidence in the case, Talbot said it came down to Bigsby's story and the way he told it.
"I have kids, I know what I would have been like if my child had disappeared in the middle of the night," Talbot said. "I'm pretty attached to the likelihood that any of my kids had gotten out at 4 [a.m.], and they wouldn't even go into a dark bathroom at four, let alone walk around the neighborhood. So, the story was fairly absurd and his demeanor while he was delivering an absurd story also was not consistent with somebody who was sick over their 4-year-old disappearing."
Talbot expressed his belief that during the 2022 911 call reporting Codi missing, Bigsby faked being out of breath.
"There was no reason for him to be out of breath," Talbot said. "He wasn't chasing around anything, so the fact that he seemed to be out of breath never made any sense. His way of interacting was inconsistent with any parent I've ever encountered who lost their child, and I've been in contact with a lot of them."