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actionsAY, JUNE 4, 1992Copyright 1992 Waterloo CourierWATERLOO, IOWABALLISTIC:Jordan sets pace against Bfazers/B1Dead boy’s mother tries to copeBy ANN LANGELCourier Staff WriterTrenia Gerdemann has been disappointed in most of the men in her life, Evert the one who brought her the most joy also brought her the most sorrow.“Someday it’s got to get better. Someday I’ll get it right and there will be no more rness-ups,” Gerdemann says; “So many days it seems like I take one step forward and four steps back.”Gerdemann, 23, Fights tears as she explains how her life and those of her two surviving children have changed since her son, Darren, 3, was killed on Nov. 25, 1991 — how their daily lives are filled with explaining that Darren is with God and is an angel, why Mommy has to go to the trial , and telling them that not all men are bad,Darren died after his throat was cut, allegedly-at the hands of Gerdemann’s live-in boyfriend, Gary Buck. Judge James Bauch is expected to render a verdict in Buck’s non-jury murder trial about a week,“I hope and pray the judge saysSee MOTHER / page A2DAN NIERLING/Courier photo editor“The best thing in the world is keeping busy, says Trenia Gerdemann, whose former boyfriend, Gary Buck, is accused of killing her 3-year-old son, Darren, in November 1991 in Evansdale. Her two daughters give her strength. “Their smiling faces are what keep me going, she says. Gerdemann now warns other mothers to be careful with prospective live-in mates.Father felt shut out after boy’s deathBy ANN LANGELCourier Staff WriterWilliam Getdemann found out about his 3-year-old son’s death on the television news.“I was watching the news the night the body was discovered,” said Gerdemann, an inmate at die North Central Correctional Facility in Rockwell City. “I was in great shock. No one tried to get a hold of me, I.even had to call to find out where he was buried so I could send flowers,”And he said he hasn’t been told about the events surrounding his son’s death, allegedly at the hands of Gary Buck, the boyfriend of Gerdemann’s wife, Trenia.Buck and Trenia Gerdemann met while they worked at IBP inc. in Waterloo. They had lived together less than a month at 840 Central Ave. in Evansdale when Buck allegedly killed Darren Gerdemann because the boy had misbehaved.“Even if we do have hard feelings toward one another, we still should have been in contact,” Gerdemann said of his wife.See FATHER I page A2
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