MO- Grayson O'Connor, 5, died after falling from 17th story apartment, mother charged with endangerment, Kansas City, 27 November, 2023

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Police identify 5-year-old boy; KCPD continues suspicious death investigation

Kansas City Police have identified the 5-year-old boy whose death is being investigated as suspicious.

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Mother of 5-year-old who fell from Kansas City high-rise charged with child endangerment

The boy was found dead in the alley behind his apartment building on Nov. 27. Neighbors have said there were longstanding concerns about his well being that were reported to police and social workers.

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Today Grayson should be celebrating his 6th birthday. Justice for Grayson.

 

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On the morning of Nov. 27, someone passing by the Grand Boulevard Lofts apartments near 10th Street and Grand Avenue found Grayson O’Connor’s body on the ground and called police.

According to investigators, the 5-year-old boy fell from the 17th floor of an apartment. A probable cause document indicated Grayson died from “massive trauma to the head,” along with other severe injuries.

His death has been considered “suspicious,” according to information provided by investigators. When officers responded to the scene, they saw an apartment window from the top floor open, the only one on the entire floor

“It should be noted that [Corrinne O’Connor] did not call emergency response for the incident and the body was discovered by a citizen walking out a basement door of the building,” the probable cause statement read.

The landlord of the Grand Boulevard Lofts apartments filed an eviction petition in court against Grayson’s mother earlier in January. The landlord claimed Grayson’s mother removed a safety device from an apartment window, according to court records. The petition said the landlord found out about the window stop being removed on the same day Grayson was found dead.

According to the probable cause document, Corrinne O’Connor’s apartment was covered in filth and trash. Investigators wrote that an open window of the living room had “a copious amount of chocolate on the sill and exterior ledge of the window. The chocolate on the interior window sill appeared to have been smeared as I observed what appeared to be child hand imprints in the chocolate. the chocolate on the exterior ledge of the window was dripping over the edge down to the ground seventeen stories below.”

Mother charged in death of 5-year-old son who fell from 17th-floor apartment window

A judge sealed all of the charges and documents related to the case on Dec. 14, 2023. That order was lifted on Jan. 26.

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Investigators later responded to the apartment unit where Grayson lived and found Corrinne lying in front of the window.

Officers asked Corrinne where her son was, to which she replied he'd "went out the window."

Inside, investigators were met with a filthy scene — feces on the ground in the entryway, food debris and trash piled in a corner, and dried liquid all over the entryway walls.

More feces was found on the floor in the apartment, which appeared to be stamped and flattened into the carpet as if it had been stepped on, per court documents.

Overall, officers noted the unit was dirty and unkempt, with food debris and dirty clothes scattered throughout.
Mother charged in death of 5-year-old Grayson O’Connor, who fell from KCMO apartment building

“That’s the part I feel guilty about because I didn’t do enough. I let my animosity toward her as a woman, as a person, as a parent get in the way of me intervening and taking Grayson under my arms and trying to help more,” Davis admitted.

Another neighbor told KSHB 41 News she filed a report with Missouri’s Department of Social Services roughly two years ago on Grayson’s behalf. The department told KSHB 41 News the earliest it could supply the station with documents we’ve requested to corroborate those claims is April 2024.
Neighbors push for justice after Grayson O'Connor's death in Kansas City apartment building

Her first court appearance was on Jan. 26.

A bond review hearing is scheduled for Feb. 5.
Jackson County prosecutor's office charges Grayson O'Connor's mother in his death

 

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Jackson County Prosecutor Baker issued the following statement

I went to this scene to engage at the earliest possible moments of the investigation. The police investigative team have worked diligently on this investigation, ensuring our ability to file charges against the defendant for the harm to this child. While normally charges are announced quickly, all cases are not the same and investigations take multiple steps. In this case, my office filed charges on Dec. 14, 2023. The court issued an order sealing the case until the defendant could be taken into custody. That seal prevented us from even confirming that the case was reviewed and charged by prosecutors though we have continued to engage our resources on this crime.

Mother charged after boy died in fall from KC apartment window

O'Connor-photo Jackson County KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City woman whose s

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Corrinne O’Connor faces a criminal charge of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.

On March 1, a grand jury indicted 27-year-old Corrinne O’Connor with one count of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, a felony that is punishable by up to 30 years in prison. She was previously charged by Jackson County Prosecutors.

According to the indictment, she “knowingly acted in a manner that created a substantial risk to the life, body and health” of Grayson by “failing to supervise” him while they “were together in a seventeenth-story apartment containing a fully open window.” This, the indictment states, “resulted in death to the child.”

Grand jury files indictment against Corrinne O’Connor in death of 5-year-old son

A new indictment has been filed against a woman who was arrested and charges after the death of her son.

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According to the indictment, O’Connor “knowingly acted in a manner that created a substantial risk to the life, body and health” of Grayson by “failing to supervise” him while they “were together in a seventeenth-story apartment containing a fully open window.” This, the indictment states, “resulted in death to the child.”

New trial date set for Kansas City mom charged in 5-year-old son’s death

The Jackson County trial is now scheduled to begin on June 23, 2025.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new trial date has been set in the case of a Kansas City mother who was charged in connection with the 2023 death of her 5-year-old.

A Jackson County judge on Monday ordered a new trial date for Corrinne O’Connor, 29, after some continuances in the case.

https://fox4kc.com/news/new-trial-date-set-for-mom-charged-in-5-year-olds-death-in-kansas-city/

 

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2316-CR05229-01 - ST V CORRINNE L O'CONNOR


06/16/2025

Jury Trial Scheduled

Scheduled For: 03/23/2026; 9:00 AM; JALILAH OTTO; Jackson - Kansas City
Pre-trial Conference Scheduled

Scheduled For: 03/13/2026; 11:00 AM; JALILAH OTTO; Kansas City Criminal/Traffic
Order
PRE-TRIAL ORDER




FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2026
Judge/Commissioner: JALILAH OTTO
Setting:
Time: 11:00 AM
Day: 1 OF 1
Location: Kansas City Criminal/Traffic
Room: DIVISION 15 CRIMINAL
Event: Pre-trial Conference
Address: 415 E 12th St KANSAS CITY MO
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MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2026



Judge/Commissioner: JALILAH OTTO

Setting:

Time: 11:00 AM

Day: 1 OF 1

Location: Kansas City Criminal/Traffic

Room: DIVISION 15 CRIMINAL

Event: Pre-trial Conference

Address: 415 E 12th St KANSAS CITY MO

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Judge/Commissioner: JALILAH OTTO

Setting:

Time: 9:00 AM

Day: 1 OF 1

Location: Jackson - Kansas City

Room: DIVISION 15

Event: Jury Trial

Address: 415 E 12th KANSAS CITY MO

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