SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A lawsuit alleging that Springfield Police Officers desecrated the ashes of a man's deceased daughter has been dismissed.
In 2021, Dartavius Barnes filed a complaint against the city of Springfield as well as specific officers after he was pulled over by police. The suit claimed that officers unsealed an urn containing ashes of his 2-year-old daughter during a traffic stop.
WAND News has learned that a judge dismissed the case.
Barnes daughter, Ta’Naja, died of neglect and starvation in 2019. Ta'naja's mother, Twanka Davis, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and Anthony Myers, her live-in boyfriend, was sentenced to 30 years for her murder.
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