Woman charged with murder in death of 6-year-old son she reported missing from Middletown

A woman has been charged with murder in the the death of her 6-year-old son, according to Middletown police.

Brittany Gosney, 29, has been charged with murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence after she reported her son, James Robert Hutchinson, missing on Sunday morning. She and her boyfriend, James Hamilton, were later questioned and told police the boy “was killed in Preble County a few days ago. The child’s body was brought back to Middletown, where they live, and later put into the Ohio River,” according to Middletown police.

Hamilton, 42, is charged with abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence.

Two other children in the household have been removed, police said.

“We will be working with trained searchers in an attempt to recover James’s body,” according to a release from Middletown police. “The river is very high and treacherous, so we will not be disclosing the exact location in hopes of avoiding another tragic incident.”

Middletown detectives are working closely with the Preble County Sheriff’s Office, the Butler County Prosecutor, and the Preble County Prosecutor, police said.

Brittany Gosney.

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James Hamilton.

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Posted by Middletown Division of Police on Sunday, February 28, 2021

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