Kristi Nicole Gilley accused of kidnapping her own children
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Kristi Nicole Gilley

Missouri prosecutors have revealed more about the circumstances of the child custody battle that they say preceded the kidnapping of two young children by their own mother.

Law&Crime has obtained the warrant, the probable cause statement, and the complaint in the case against Kristi Nicole Gilley, the 36-year-old who was arrested in Florida last week after she was allegedly spotted shopping in disguise at a Winn Dixie store. According to authorities in Clay County, Mo., Gilley kidnapped Brooke Gilley, now 11, and Adrian Gilley, now 12, on April 14, 2022 after refusing to participate in a custody case headed for trial on that day. The suspect allegedly then took the children to California.

“Subject to a custody agreement, without notification and without permission from the courts, Kristi moved herself and her two children to the state California. Kristi refused to appear for a custody modification hearing on 4/14/2022, in Clay County, that she had originated,” said the probable cause statement made by Det. Hillary Harmon of the Liberty Police Department (LPD) in Missouri. “Through an ‘advocate,’ Kristi has refused to cooperate with the courts decision to grant Blake sole legal custody of their children.”

The children’s father, identified as Blake E. Gilley, told LPD that he and the defendant previously had a joint custody agreement, stemming from a case in Randall County, Texas. The father said, however, that following their divorce Kristi Gilley moved into a Liberty, Mo., home with her sister. Documents said that Kristi Gilley attempted to modify the child custody arrangement through the legal system but ultimately no-showed a scheduled trial and took off with the children — identified in documents only as BMG and AWG — across the country.

“Kristi filed for a custody modification in Clay County Circuit Court (18CY-CV03248-02) and had requested numerous continuances throughout the case. The case was set for trial on 4/14/2022. Kristi attempted to get another continuance, but was denied. Kristi did not appear in court and the court granted Blake sole legal custody of the children,” the probable cause document said. “Kristi had been making it increasingly more difficult for Blake to visit or speak to the children for quite some time, and had refused to let Blake visit or speak to the children at all, since 3/15/2022.”

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