Police: Middletown boy killed, put in river, mother charged Police say they will be working with trained searchers in an attempt to recover Jamesâs body. (Source: The Middletown Division of Police) By Maggy Mcdonel | February 28, 2021 at 11:52 AM EST - Updated March 9 at 4:46 PM
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (FOX19) - The 6-year-old boy reported missing in Middletown Sunday was killed and thrown in the Ohio River, police say. His mother has been arrested and charged with murder.
According to Middletown police, James Robert Hutchinson was reported missing by his mother, Brittnay Gosney, 29.
Police say that during questioning of Gosney and her boyfriend, James Hamilton, 42, they told officers they killed Hutchinson in Preble County a few days ago.