PA - Missing Fayette County 9-year-old Renesmay Eutsey found dead; Adoptive parent charged, September 2025

[steeltowngirl]

Missing Fayette County 9-year-old Renesmay Eutsey found dead; Adoptive parent charged

State police announced on X on Thursday morning that she had been found

www.wtae.com

Adoptive mother charged with homicide after missing Dunbar girl found dead in Yough River

A 9-year-old girl with special needs who was reported missing from her Dunbar home Wednesday was found dead in Westmoreland County, leading investigators to charge her adoptive mother with killing her. The body of Renesmay Eutsey was found partially submerged in the Youghiogheny River near...

www.observer-reporter.com

9-year-old Renesmay Eutsey found dead after reported missing from Fayette County, foster mother being charged with homicide

9-year-old Renesmay Eutsey was found dead in the Youghiogheny River and 31-year-old Kourtney Eutsey is being charged with criminal homicide.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[nao]

Moo...and yet again..the children are homeschooled.

 

[Lgreen]

Will the other woman involved be charged?

 

[Magnum P.E.]

I happened to be at the State Police barracks on other (minor) business. When I was leaving, WTAE TV was outside, concerning this case. Kind of made my own issues seem insignificant.
I don’t know where they can even house them until trial. Other inmates will kill a snitch or someone who has harmed a child.

 

[Serononin]

That poor child, and the quote from her sibling is just heartbreaking

 

[tlcya]

9-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl Found Dead in River; Foster Mom Faces Murder Charges

I hope they plan to charge the other adult in that household as well

 

[steeltowngirl]

UNIONTOWN, Pa. —
A second person is now charged in connection with the death of 9-year-old Renesmay Eutsey.

Sarah Ann Shipley is charged with homicide, District Attorney Mike Aubele said Friday night.
[...]
"She is currently receiving treatment at a hospital; once released, she will be immediately transported to her arraignment,"
[...]
Shipley overdosed inside a home in Dunbar Township on Friday morning, Aubele previously confirmed to Pittsburgh's Action News 4.

DA: Custodial guardian of 9-year-old Fayette County girl is now charged in her death

A second person is being charged in the death of Renesmay Eutsey, according to the Fayette County district attorney.

www.wtae.com

 

[angelainwi]

Moo...and yet again..the children are homeschooled.

I read all 3 linked articles in the first post and did not see that. Is it in another article?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Fayette County District Attorney [MA] said investigators found signs of abuse and that the girl appeared malnourished with bruises and burns...

a child approached troopers and said she was "never going to see my baby sister again because she's in Heaven,"

9-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl Found Dead in River; Foster Mom Faces Murder Charges

Renesmay Eutsey, 9, was found partially submerged in the Youghiogheny River after being reported missing Wednesday. Kourtney Malinda Eutsey, the girl’s foster parent, faces homicide and other charges.

people.com

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Her bio mother and grandmother are on this WTAE video.

'She mattered to us': Family mourns Renesmay Eutsey, demands justice for 9-year-old

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 spoke with Renesmay’s biological mother, Christina Benedetto

www.wtae.com

*****
“They were abused and tortured,” Christina Benedetto, Renesmay’s biological mother, said Friday. “It’s not just abuse. What they did was torture.”

“I want her back,” said Linda Miller, Renesmay’s biological grandmother. “It hurts. I’m torn up inside. I can’t have my baby back.”

*****

“Sarah [Shipley] is my blood cousin,” Benedetto said. “Kourtney is Renesmay’s [biological] father’s blood cousin.”

Benedetto gave birth to Renesmay when she was 16. Benedetto and Miller raised the girl until she was five. After Benedetto became addicted to drugs, she gave legal guardianship to Shipley and Eutsey.

“It was the hardest decision of my life,” Benedetto said. “At that point, I wasn’t a safe place for them. Child Youth Services said it was best to give Sarah and Kourtney guardianship. They swore to me that they would be safe in their care. CYS not only failed my daughter, but also my three other kids that were in that home.”

*****

There is a lot more in the article.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

I read all 3 linked articles in the first post and did not see that. Is it in another article?

Here is an article that mentions it:

9-year-old girl reported missing in Fayette County found dead, foster mother charged with homicide

A missing9-year-old girl

www.wpxi.com

Children & Youth Services is involved, and all the other children living in the home have been removed. The couple had been homeschooling the children.

 

[Judy Sleuth]

I don't think this article has been linked yet. Poor little Renesmay, and how horrific for the other children to witness (their descriptions of what they saw are in the article).

2nd Fayette County woman charged in death of 9-year-old found in Yough River

A second woman is charged with homicide in connection with the death of a 9-year-old Fayette County girl found partially submerged in the Youghiogheny...

www.post-gazette.com

 

[Judy Sleuth]

I also don't think I've seen the article below posted here, which fleshes out the claimed timeline a little more, and the situation for the other children.

Heart wrenching details revealed in court documents about Fayette County 9-year-old's death

While authorities were waiting on a search warrant, one of Renesmay Eutsey's siblings apologized to troopers for lying and said: "I'm never going to see my baby sister again because she's in heaven."

www.wtae.com

It also makes clear why both adults in the home were charged equally. Quote: “There were certain things that we've observed, certain statements that we've had, and evidence that we've gathered that would seem to suggest that Anybody in the household would have been aware of what was going on,” Aubele said. “Any abuse that happens in front of a parent is to be reported. That parent is as responsible as the other if they don't.”

 

[Izzylizzy]

I don't think this article has been linked yet. Poor little Renesmay, and how horrific for the other children to witness (their descriptions of what they saw are in the article).

2nd Fayette County woman charged in death of 9-year-old found in Yough River

A second woman is charged with homicide in connection with the death of a 9-year-old Fayette County girl found partially submerged in the Youghiogheny...

www.post-gazette.com

Renesmay's image is heart wrenching.
Are those circles under her eyes?

A beautiful child who looks like she's trying real hard to smile yet I see pain and sadness behind it, or it could be just me knowing she was brutally abused and eventually murdered.
Is there an uptick in abuse/murder cases of children or
is the media on top of reporting these tragedies now?

It's long overdue that the enablers of child abuse in all its horrific forms are held criminally responsible.
May the "mom" & "dad" rot in prison...life w/o parole.

imo

 

[Izzylizzy]

Here is an article that mentions it:

9-year-old girl reported missing in Fayette County found dead, foster mother charged with homicide

A missing9-year-old girl

www.wpxi.com

Children & Youth Services is involved, and all the other children living in the home have been removed. The couple had been homeschooling the children.

BBM:
Thank you Pennsylvania!
Now, I'd like to know for how long they've been homeschooling because Pennsylvania tracks their homeschoolers education and medical status.


So many states with homeschooling where children were severely abused or murdered have none or very lax laws on HS,
IIRC.. In the Kimberly Sullivan Connecticut case the school principal said his hands were tied, parents can pull their children out of school to HS and that is the end of it and they loose all contact with the child.

I didn't see anything about home visits but their medical and education requirement is absolutely crucial.

It states that homeschooling is "complex" ( hurrah) and the info given here is a summery.


Snip:

cont:

https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ELC_FactSheet_HomeschoolingPA_5_2_08.pdf

 

[Izzylizzy]

There was a WS horrific familiarity about the murder of RE, siblings, adopted, birth mother comes forward that I went back and checked the date.

I used Google and immediately there it was and ironically last month she was convicted.

Rose Hill woman convicted of killing 6-year-old adopted daughter

Crystina Schroer appeared in Butler County court for a preliminary hearing on Friday. She pleaded no contest and was found guilty of second-degree murder, child abuse, making a false writing

www.kake.com

 

[Ladyotm]

So angry yet again! I am thankful the other children are safe.
She was a cutie patootie. And she did look sad and not well taken care of in the photograph provided. RIP Renesmay.

 

[mickey2942]

Moo...and yet again..the children are homeschooled.

And adopted. They really need to end these "adoption" subsidies for children with disabilities. All it does it set them up in households that want cash.

Nubia Barahona
Orrin and Orson West
Troy Kohler

It never stops.

 

[realanastasia]

And adopted. They really need to end these "adoption" subsidies for children with disabilities. All it does it set them up in households that want cash.

Nubia Barahona
Orrin and Orson West
Troy Kohler

It never stops.

Even worse, IMO, is that, in this case, the two monsters who murdered her were blood relatives of Renesmay’s biological parents, per the WTAE article linked above. The bio mother did the exact right thing by giving up custody of her children while she battled drug addiction, and she is (IMO) 100% entitled to be furious that the folks at CPS who should’ve been monitoring her children’s wellbeing—and especially Renesmay’s, given her special needs—apparently neglected to followup for an extended period of time with deadly results.

I personally think it would be in the best interests of children if foster parents were required to enroll any children placed with them in a public (or private) school, and not permitted to just “homeschool” them (as these two monsters claimed they were doing, but likely not really doing). At the very least, this would give a few more people the opportunity to observe/monitor the foster children’s wellbeing and raise the alarm if the children seemed to be poorly cared-for.

 

[steeltowngirl]

DUNBAR, Pa. —
The Dunbar community gathered Saturday night to honor the life of 9-year-old Renesmay Eutsey with a candlelight vigil.

They made a memorial, showcasing her favorite things: the colors pink and purple, unicorns, mermaids, and baby dolls.

‘No child should be overlooked’: Community honors Renesmay Eutsey, vows change

The Dunbar community gathered Saturday night to honor the life of 9-year-old Renesmay Eutsey with a candlelight vigil.

www.wtae.com

Renesmay Eutsey memorial
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