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More than a year before 13-year-old Jayden Robker was found dead in a pond near his Kansas City home in the Northland, he told police he was being abused by his stepfather, according to a report obtained by The Star. The report, written by Gladstone police after Jayden ran away from home in November 2021, led police officers to contact the Missouri Department of Social Services. It is unclear what actions were taken by the state agency, which is charged with responding to reports of child abuse. But the report was made about 15 months before Jayden’s mother reported him missing from his home in February. His body was discovered by police five weeks later in a wooded area about a mile from his home near Northwest Plaza Drive and Northwest Plaza Avenue. Jayden’s mother and stepfather have moved away from the Kansas City area. Neither have been named as suspects or persons of interest in the investigation, according to Capt. Karl Burris, a spokesman for the Gladstone Police Departmen...

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