WINONA, Minn. – A custody trial over the children of missing Winona e\woman Maddi Kingsbury has been postponed. Instead of a showdown between the children’s grandparents and their father, a deal has been reached with Winona County. The deal:
> The County will remaon guardian of the children, who are 5 and 2.
> The grandparents, David and Cathy Kingsbury of Winona, will remain as interim custodians.
> The father, Adam Fravel, will have supervised access to the children.
Neither Fravel nor the grandparents are pleased with the deal worked out with the county’s Social Services agency. The agency forcibly took the childen from Fravel shortly after Maddi disappeared in March. Fravel then sued for custody as the children’s biological father. The grandparents, however, haven’t wanted him anywhere near the children and told the court they have “significant concerns” that Fravel “knows more about Ms. Kingsbury’s disappearance than he is letting on.” Fravel has denied any role in Maddi’s disappearance.
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