Flooded Ohio River remains too high to search for body of 6-year-old James Hutchinson
The Ohio River remains too high to resume the search the body of 6-year-old James Hutchinson, authorities say By Jennifer Edwards Baker | March 3, 2021 at 12:30 PM EST - Updated March 9 at 4:42 PM
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (FOX19) - The Ohio River, which is at moderate flood stage, remains too high for dive teams and other first responders to search for the body of 6-year-old James Hutchinson, authorities said Wednesday.
The search is suspended for now.
Middletownâs police chief has determined they will continue to assess river levels for safety, a city spokeswoman said.
An Ohio mother charged with murdering her son allegedly tried to abandon him in a wildlife area last week and ran over him when he tried to get back into the car, court documents state, according to a report Monday.
Brittany Gosney, 29, left her son, James Robert Hutchinson, 6, at a rural park and then dragged his body for a distance as the boy desperately clung to the car before returning to dump his body in