Prosecutor charges suspect in Darnell Gray case with murder
Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson filed a murder charge against the woman suspected in the death of 4-year-old Darnell Gray.
Thompson filed a superceding indictment Tuesday. Online court records show Quatavia Givens is now charged with second-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse or neglect resulting in death in the case.
Givens posted bond and was released from the Cole County Jail earlier this month. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem lowered Givens’ bond last month from $100,000 cash-only to $5,000 cash or surety over the objections of Thompson.
Givens was initially charged with one count of child abuse or neglect resulting in death.
Her jury trial is scheduled to start in July 2020.
