Crime & Safety
More Charges Filed In Pittsburgh-Area Child Abuse Homicide Case
Two women are facing additional charges involving the brutal death of a 9-year-old girl.
PITTSBURGH, PA —Additional charges have been filed against the guardians of a 9-year-old Fayette County girl who turned up dead last week partially submerged in the Youghiogheny River in Westmoreland County.
Kourtney Eutsey and Sarah Shipley have been charged in connection with the death of Renesmay Eutsey.
Shipley, 35, and Eutsey, 31, already have been charged with criminal homicide. They now also have been charged with aggravated assault, child endangerment and corruption of minors.
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Fayette County District Attorney Michael Aubele said that four additional children were removed from the home where Renesmay Eutsey died.
Children and Youth Services obtained medical evidence from Children's Hospital that a 6-year-old child in the household had been subject to severe child abuse and neglect, including a purported body mass index of zero. That child remains in the hospital in stable condition.
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The other children are now in foster care.
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