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   From: cblasey@paloaltou.edu   
      
      
      
   JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A man whose ex-girlfriend is charged in   
   the killing of his 4-year-old son in Missouri says he believed   
   she would take care of his child while he visited his ailing   
   mother in Chicago.   
      
   Kijuanis Gray told WLS-TV in Chicago that he "trusted" Quatavia   
   Givens, 26, to look after his son, Darnell Gray, at his home in   
   Jefferson City, and that he "wasn't expecting her to do this."   
      
   Givens was charged Wednesday with neglect or abuse of a child   
   resulting in death. No attorney who can speak on her behalf is   
   listed in online court records.   
      
   After Givens reported Darnell missing on Oct. 25, authorities   
   went door-to-door, drained a retention pond and used a   
   helicopter in the search for the boy. Givens didn't tell   
   authorities where his body was until after it was found Tuesday   
   in a wooded area in Jefferson City, according to charging   
   documents. An autopsy determined he had suffered blunt and sharp   
   force trauma.   
      
   "That's my only child that I had, my only child," said Gray, who   
   described his son as smiley and "goofy." ''He loved to run   
   around with me. He loved to play basketball."   
      
   Gray told the TV station he moved from Chicago to Missouri a few   
   years ago because he "wanted a better life," and brought his son   
   to Missouri six months ago. Gray said he's no longer with   
   Darnell's mother, who still lives in Chicago.   
      
   Police Lt. David Williams declined to identify Darnell's parents   
   or specify the relationship between Givens and Darnell's father,   
   saying the department doesn't identify parents of juvenile   
   victim. But he did say Givens and the father had separate   
   addresses about one block apart at the time Darnell's   
   disappearance. Williams said the father wasn't in Jefferson City   
   when he was contacted about his son's disappearance.   
      
   Charging documents said Givens initially told officers that   
   Darnell either was abducted or ran away during the night. She   
   later told police that she hurt the child, saying "I may have   
   hit him wrong," the statement said. It also said Givens, who is   
   jailed without bond, had told investigators she planned to   
   travel to Florida "to get out of the area."   
      
   Williams said the investigation is ongoing and that he couldn't   
   rule out additional charges against Givens or another suspect.   
   "By no means do we think we are done," he said.   
      
   Court records show that a man identified as a having had a   
   "romantic/intimate social relationship" with Givens filed an   
   order of protection against her in May 2016. No details were   
   offered about why the order was sought. The man doesn't have a   
   listed phone number.   
      
   At the time of her arrest, Givens was on probation for stealing   
   leased or rented property. Court documents said she owed money   
   to Rent-A-Center for a four-piece bedroom set and mattress,   
   which she hadn't returned. Also, a court ruling issued last week   
   ordered that Givens' wages from First Group America Inc., which   
   runs the school bus operator, First Student, to be garnished   
   over the failure to make payments on a vehicle.   
      
   Jay Brock, a spokesman for First Group America, said he was   
   looking into her employment status.   
      
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