Vigil to honor Middletown 6-year-old allegedly killed by his mother

A vigil is planned for tonight in Middletown for a 6-year-old boy who police say was killed by his mother.

A group of community members have organized the vigil for 7 p.m. tonight in Gardner Park in Middletown.

James Robert Hutchinson was reported missing on Sunday to Middletown police, but detective interviews with the boy’s mother, Brittany Gosney, 29, and James Hamilton, 42, determined James was killed a few days before in Preble County. The child’s body was returned to Middletown and later put in the Ohio River, according to Middletown police.

Gosney is charged with murder, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse. Hamilton is charged with tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse. Both are in the Middletown City Jail.

Police are continuing to search for the boy’s body.

******UPDATE NEW LOCATION******* Gardner park at 7pm PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW AT THE RIVER FOR A BALLON LET GO & A...

Posted by Mel Nicole on Sunday, February 28, 2021

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