Overview
- All charges, including homicide, were held for trial against Kourtney Eutsey and Sarah Shipley after a Fayette County preliminary hearing.
- Troopers testified that Eutsey admitted taking Renesmay to the Yough River, led police to the site, and that six rocks were found in the bag with the body.
- Shipley’s sister told the court Shipley removed home cameras before police arrived and carried the child’s body in a bag to a car trunk.
- A pediatrician testified a 6-year-old in the household was so malnourished she diagnosed his condition as torture, and an 11-year-old reported beatings, food deprivation, and a tooth pulled with pliers.
- Defense counsel noted the autopsy report and manner of death remain pending and argued there is no non-hearsay proof of killing, while the district attorney said the case will be prosecuted as intentional homicide.