Chicago Lawyer Charged in Double Murder of Mom and Baby

On January 24, 2009, Nova Henry, 24 and her 9 month old baby girl Ava were gunned down in their south side apartment.

This case likely would have received little attention if not for the fact that both her children were fathered by the currently married New York Knicks basketball star, Eddy Curry.

In 2007, Nova Henry filed for paternity aginst the basketball player for child support of their son. She hired a lawyer by the name of Fredrick Goings to respresnt her in court. The two briefly had a relationship. The attorney was harassing and stalking the young mother and she filed a court order of protection against her own lawyer.

Today, the attorney was arrested for the brutal murder of she and her child. Charged with 2 counts of first degree murder.

This coward has yet to laywer anyone in his defense. Maybe, he will say the taxpapers some money and take himself as a client.

Police sources confirmed Goings and Henry had "a relationship" and the motive for the shooting was "domestic related." Nova Henry let Goings into the apartment on Jan. 24th and the two quarreled.

Police said surveillance images and other evidence linked Fredrick Goings to the case.

New York Knicks Son : A Witness to Murder

Nova Henry, just 24 years old and her 9-month old baby daughter Ava were shot dead around 6 p.m. in her West side Chicago apartment on Saturday. Her 3 -year old son, unharmed, witnessed the killings.

Police are saying the suspect is a “known acquaintance” in the murders. It is a person with whom Nova recently ended a relationship with whom she took out a court order of protection against.

In addition, according to 2005 courts records, New York Knicks Baskeball center Eddy Curry is the father of the 3-year old boy. Nova Henry had filed not one but 2 seperate parentage petitions, one in 2005 for the son and another in 2008 claiming Ava Henry, the baby was also the daughter of the $9.4 million dollar a year star.

A little background on the loving father Eddy Curry he is married to Patrice and the father of four other children. He claimed he was not the father of the couple's latest out of wedlock "love child" who was murdered with her mother.

The basketball player was also hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit two weeks ago. A former male employee is claiming Curry made sexual advances towards him.

Hopefully, Eddy Curry will step up and meet his responsibilities and raise the now motherless 3-year old son.

The order of protection is nothing more than a legal paper trail. Hopefully in this case it will lead to the arrest of the person responsible because the information is in the sheriff's data base.

And, I have yet to see any information on this person by name in the news or if Chicago police have him in their custody.

Maybe Eddy Curry, the "cheat on his wife and family man," can catch a flight to Chicago and be with his son. It is the least he can do.