First Published: 12:50 PM PDT, April 28, 2021 Brittany Gosney was charged in connection with the death of her son, first-grader James Hutchinson. The mother allegedly confessed to killing the boy in an effort to abandon him and her two other children in a park in the middle of the night. An Ohio mother accused of murdering her 6-year-old son James Hutchinson, and then dumping his body into the Ohio River is considered competent to stand trial, according to reports. Brittany Gosney underwent a psychological evaluation ordered by the court after her lawyer entered a plea of not guilty to be the reason for insanity.