Den’Jah Moore Thought She Had Found Her Soulmate When Charles Ivy Came Her Way Just As She Was Actively Looking For A Partner, She Had No Idea He Would Cheat On Her, And How Brutally He Would Take Her Out When He Didn’t Get His Way. Den’Jah “Nickie” Moore met and fell in love with Charles Leon Ivy in 2016 while she was attending Bethune-Cookman University in Florida. He was 27 years old and she was 23. Within a year she became pregnant and had her first child Dakotah in April of 2018. By mid 2018 she was pregnant again, and after giving birth to her beautiful daughter Dove in February of 2019, she decided to step her game up and started taking her hair care side hustle more seriously. She already had a job, and so with 2 kids, a job, and her side hustle she barely had time for Charles.
He was a great father to his kids, and a good partner to her, and she thought they were living the perfect life.
However, Charles no longer felt he was priority and he began to stray. He cheated for a while and Den’Jah snooped around and found out, but it was not until he got a woman pregnant and she had the baby that Den’Jah told him it was over. She couldn’t take Charles having another baby mother after her.
But Charles did not want their relationship to end, and he would spend months trying to get back with Den’Jah after she had moved out in January 2020. Den’Jah was not going back with Charles and after Charles realize she was seriously done, he decided he was done with their children. He wouldn’t go see them, wouldn’t take their calls, and he wouldn’t support them financially either.
Den’Jah loved her kids dearly and would do anything for them. So when Charles decided to drop them like a hot potato and not even offer any support, Den’Jah decided her children would be cared for. So while Den’Jah could not give her kids their dad’s love and attention, she knew she could give them their dad’s financial support. So she signed up for child support for her kids.
Charles was unhappy about being forced to pay child support and tried to get full custody in March 2020 so he wouldn’t have to pay child support, but he got joint custody instead. That wasn’t what he wanted, so he decided to ignore Den’Jah and their kids completely.
But the kids sure missed him, as he was a great dad to them. But when they would ask for him and Den’Jah try to reach him, he would pick up but only want to talk to her to see if she would come back to him. When she refused, he would just hang up without speaking to the kids at all.
Den’Jah would continue to call and text with the children’s special events such as birthdays, and she even offered to drop the kids off to him on weekends to facilitate ease of him seeing them. But he wasn’t interested! The kids and Den’Jah were a package deal to him, so if he didn’t have Den’Jah, he didn’t want the kids.
After a few months, Charles agreed to have Den’Jah drop the kids off on weekends, but Charles was not sincere about wanting to see his children or spend time with them, and he would abuse them at times when they are in his care to the point of being arrested in September 2020 for child abuse.
Because of that abuse, Den’Jah got full custody but Charles was still being held liable for child support. Charles was livid and he began to threaten Den’Jah to take him off child support, but Den’Jah needed the help and so she refused.
By 2022 Den’Jah had moved on with a new man and had a baby by him in January of 2023. And when Charles became aware, he again told Den’Jah to take him off the hook for child support as her new man should take on the responsibility of the kids now since they are together. Again Den’Jah refused and again he threaten her, but Den’Jah didn’t take him seriously. He had been threatening her for two years by then and hadn’t carried out any of his threats, so that solidified to Den’Jah that the man who once loved her who she once loved, would never harm her in any way.
But this new man and baby did it for Charles and he was sure he was going to get rid of the child support even if it means getting rid of Den’Jah and his kids. And that’s what Charles did; well, partially.
On November 20, 2023 Charles told his female friend he would be going to Den’Jah’s house after work to drop off money for his kids. When Charles got to Den’Jah’s apartment around 11pm and rang her bell, Den’Jah was startled and terrified to see him. He had been threatening her for 2 years but didn’t come to see her to carry out any of those threats, but now he was there and didn’t tell her he was coming. She was scared.
Den’Jah tried the close the door on Charles but he forced his way in. She then rushed to get her phone to call 911, but as soon as she grabbed the phone he wrestled her and took it away putting it in his pocket. And as she laid on her back on her living room floor where she ended up after he wrestled her, he was coming over her again and she kicked him really hard and he landed on the side of her center table. And as she tried to escape to her bedroom – barely getting there, he got up quickly furious, grabbed and slammed her really hard on her bedroom floor pulled out a knife and began stabbing her.
Den’Jah fought as hard as she could but being an ex military man who had faced combat, she was no match for him. And within minutes she was lifeless. He then pour gasoline on her spilling it all over the floor and light her on fire. He then went into the kitchen turning on all the stove burners and placing boxes and paper on it.
Then he walked out of the apartment to his car in the parking lot and remained there about 30 minutes looking at the house burning with his two kids – 4 and 5 years old, Den’Jah and her 10 month old baby in it, then driving off when he was sure no one could come out of the apartment alive.
But neighbors had called 911 and they raced to the scene, breached for entry and within seconds took out their 4 and 5 year old who were burnt but breathing and the 10 month old who was in cardiac arrest and rushed them to the hospital. Sadly, the 10 month old boy Messiah Calixte died at the hospital but the 4 year old girl Dove Ivy and 5 year old boy Dakotah Ivy survived and are healing physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Autopsy later revealed Den’Jah was stabbed over 100 times puncturing all her vital organs, and baby Messiah died from smoke inhalation and second degree burns as he was in a crib close to where his mom was. The 4 and 5 year old suffered from smoke inhalation and first degree burns as they were in a room further away from where their mom was – where the fire got to last.
He has been arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder, two counts of attempted murder, and one count of first degree arson and is being held without bond at the Volusia County Jail – pending his trial.
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