Xavia Butler: Toddler taken away from caregiver at nine months old [Video]

Natalie Anderson remembers the last time she saw nine-month old Xavia Butler in person.

“I got her dressed and ready, put her in a car seat, then I didn’t see her again after that.” she said. “It broke me.”

Anderson provided CTV News with a parental rights agreement between herself and Xavia’s mother, her cousin, giving her primary care as of June 26, 2021. The document was executed at the Pinaymootang Health Centre and witnessed by a registered nurse. Anderson said she is Xavia’s mom, just not biologically.

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She said Xavia was taken out of her care in March 2022, after Xavia’s mom changed her mind.

“I raised her. She was my baby,” Anderson said, “She was always happy and taken care of with me.”

Butler’s remains were found in a Gypsumville-area barn this June, …