Crime & Justice

Ohio 6-Year-Old Reported Missing Was Murdered and Tossed in River

COVER STORY

James Gosney’s mother and her boyfriend have been charged.

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Middletown Police

On Sunday morning, a 6-year-old Ohio boy was reported missing by his mother, setting off a frantic daylong search that ended with tragic news. Middletown Police say James Gosney didn’t wander off in his Batman pajamas; he was killed by his mother days earlier and then thrown in the river by her and and her boyfriend. Britney Gosney, 29, is charged with murder, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence. James Hamilton, 42, is also charged with abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. Authorities have not yet found the child’s body.

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