A lacking 9-year-old lady was discovered lifeless early Thursday in a Pennsylvania river — and her foster mother’s girlfriend has been charged with killing her, based on cops.
Renesmay Eutsey was discovered partially submerged within the Youghiogheny River close to Smithton, about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh and 20 miles south of her residence in Dunbar.
Kourtney Malinda Eutsey, who’s the girlfriend of Renesmay’s 31-year-old court-ordered guardian, was arrested after different youngsters within the residence informed investigators they noticed “mommy,” kill the little lady, based on court docket paperwork obtained by the Pittsburgh Submit-Gazette.
Eutsey and her girlfriend reported the teenager lacking on Wednesday afternoon — some 11 hours after the lady was final seen round 2 a.m. that very same day, WTAE reported.
When police interviewed the three different children dwelling within the residence — two ladies and a boy whose names and ages weren’t launched — they revealed they’d seen Eutsey kill Renesmay and put her in a plastic container the evening earlier than.
“I’m by no means going to see my child sister once more as a result of she’s in heaven,” one of many youngsters informed police, based on the criticism.
One other little one informed authorities that she heard Renesmay on Tuesday evening “screaming and crying” exterior of her bed room. When she went out to see what was occurring, she noticed Eutsey and her girlfriend yelling at Renesmay and kicking her “within the abdomen.”
When the 2 girls noticed the lady watching them, Eutsey’s girlfriend punched her within the mouth, based on the criticism.
The lady informed police she then noticed Renesmay’s physique stuffed right into a black rubbish bag that was then put inside a plastic tote.
Eutsey informed investigators Renesmay burned her again within the bathtub final week, and the wound might have develop into contaminated. The lady vomited and choked Tuesday evening and regardless of her efforts to avoid wasting her, died, she claimed.
She stated she was too scared to name 911 as a result of she “didn’t wish to get in hassle as a result of sufferer’s burn and the way skinny she seemed,” police wrote.
Eutsey later led investigators to Renesmay’s physique on the riverbank.
The costs in opposition to Eutsey allege the kid died “because of bodily abuse and lack of searching for medical remedy.”
Eutsey has since been charged with murder, the Fayette County District Legal professional’s Workplace stated.
Her girlfriend, who has been recognized by authorities, has not been charged with any crimes.
