BENTON, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois judge will decide how much visitation, if any, a mother should get with the 7-year-old son she hid from his father for nearly two years, often in a crawl space behind a wall.
The ruling expected Friday by Franklin County Circuit Judge Melissa Drew follows months of hearings over the boy found last September at his grandmother’s house.
That’s where authorities say Shannon Wilfong often hid her boy from Michael Chekevdia (cheh-KEHV’-duh).
Since being found last fall, the boy has been in a relative’s temporary custody while Chekevdia seeks custody.
Wilfong is charged with felony abduction and has pleaded not guilty.
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