COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Law enforcement agencies are searching for a woman with a violent past and her son, who is not supposed to be in her custody.
Shadasia Gillyard is facing several charges, including aggravated menacing, bond revocation on felonious assault, criminal damaging, intimidating a witness, and interference with custody.
Court records accuse Gillyard of sending multiple text messages to a man demanding he drop criminal charges against her or she would kill him.
Both Columbus and Whitehall police departments are searching for Gillyard.
Gillyard is also accused of taking her son, 7-year-old Kingston Gillyard, whom she does not have legal custody of.
“She’s suspected of having her non-custodial seven-year-old son with her,” U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio Michael Black said. “With that being said.. it’s very important to us and our law enforcement partners that we locate her.”
Officials said Kingston Gillyard is listed as a missing child, believed to be with his mother and still in the Columbus area.
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