The Henry County Circuit Court sentenced Kimberly Olivia Gray, 46 of Clinton, to sixteen life sentences for six counts of sexual trafficking of a child in the first degree, three counts of rape in the first degree, and seven counts of sodomy in the first degree. The Court further sentenced Kimberly Gray to four years on one count of incest, which is the maximum allowed by law for that charge. The Court ordered that all sentences run consecutive to each other.
A Henry County jury rendered guilty verdicts to all counts charged in April 2025. The State, through Henry County Prosecuting Attorney LaChrisha Gray, presented evidence to the jury over the course of several days, including video footage. Circuit Judge M. Brandon Baker presided over the trial and sentencing.
The testimony and evidence at trial revealed that the Division of Drug and Crime Control of the Missouri State Highway Patrol initiated an investigation after finding age sensitive material online, which was linked to the internet used at a home in Clinton. This led investigators to execute multiple search warrants on the defendant’s residence and the devices of the defendant and her boyfriend.
Highway Patrol investigators found multiple files containing what appeared to be photographs and videos of graphic child pornography, including numerous videos that appeared to have been created by the defendant with her boyfriend, in their home.
The defendant denied her involvement, which led the Missouri State Highway Patrol to enlist the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigations. A forensic examiner with the FBI, who testified at trial, identified the defendant’s hands in the footage. Additionally, a forensic pediatrician with the Missouri State Technical Assistance Team testified that the defendant’s child, who was less than six years of age, was the child in some of the footage.
The defendant’s boyfriend and co-defendant, Derek Brett Roberts, testified at the defendant’s trial and indicated that she had engaged in the alleged activities with him and that she had not been coerced or threatened to do so. Roberts is currently serving 23 life sentences for his involvement.
Missouri law requires a certain number of years be served before eligibility for parole on each life sentence the defendant received. In total, four hundred and fifty (450) years must be served by the defendant before she is eligible for parole.
