Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - A Syracuse man has been arrested after police say he gave his two-year-old son to a stranger he met in Brooklyn two years ago.
Damion Davis is charged with child abandonment. His son, Qua'mere Rogers -- now four -- has not been seen since July 2007.
Police didn't know Rogers existed until someone called them this past July and said Davis knew the whereabouts of a missing child.
It turns out Davis fathered Rogers with a 15-year-old in the summer of 2005. The mother walked out on the pair two years later.
When he was arrested two days ago, Davis told police he handed the toddler over to someone he met at a friend's apartment in Brooklyn in July of 2007. That person was with a group called the "United Nation of Moors".
Police have no idea whether Rogers is alive or well-cared for. What's worse, they have no way of verifying Davis' story, so they're asking anyone with information about either the child or his father to call them.
Davis goes by several aliases. You might know him as Yakeef Davis, Rakeef Davis, Zayquan Ross or Zayquan Rose.
If you know anything about either Davis or Rogers, call investigators at 442-5330.
Davis has also been charged with rape and endangering the welfare of the child for the relationship he had with Rogers’ mother.
