Jefferson City child murder trial set for next summer
Matthew Sanders
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
The trial of a Jefferson City woman accused of killing a 4-year-old boy will take place next summer with a jury brought in from a different county.
Online court records say a July 26, 2026, trial date was set for Quatavia Givens, who is accused of the 2018 death of Darnell Gray. She is charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, child endangerment and abandoning a corpse.
Givens will be tried in Cole County, but the jury will be selected in Pulaski County, according to court records. The trial is expected to last two weeks.
Givens was found mentally competent to stand trial in August. She had been ruled mentally unfit for trial in 2023 and treated by the state.