I chanced across this story and it so touched me that i was inspired to remember him here. Little is known of this child except that he was a newborn boy discovered abandoned along a rural road in late March 1993. He was christened "Geauga's child" for the small Ohio town/county inw hich he was found, and was given a dignified funeral.
*** Mother of 'Geauga's Child' sentenced to life in prison for murder of baby boy in 1993
Gail Eastwood-Ritchey was found guilty of murder for the 1993 dumping of her newborn baby boy. She will be eligible for parole in 15 years.
Author: Dave "Dino" DeNatale, Lynna Lai
Published: 10:53 AM EDT May 25, 2022
Updated: 10:53 AM EDT May 25, 2022
CHARDON, Ohio — The woman who was found guilty of murder in the decades-old case known as "Geauga's Child" has been sentenced to life in prison.
"Your freedom is over," Judge David Ondrey told Gail Eastwood-Ritchey in passing down his sentence. She will be eligible for parole after 15 years served.
"Your wrongful efforts to conceal what happened in February 1993 did you buy 29 years of normal life where you got the chance to get married, raise children and do some good works. But ultimately you gained that time on the back of a helpless infant, whose body you concealed in the woods. Ironically, Geauga's Child did more for you than you ever did for him probably," Ondrey added.
*** Mother of 'Geauga's Child' sentenced to life in prison for murder of baby boy in 1993
Gail Eastwood-Ritchey was found guilty of murder for the 1993 dumping of her newborn baby boy. She will be eligible for parole in 15 years.
Author: Dave "Dino" DeNatale, Lynna Lai
Published: 10:53 AM EDT May 25, 2022
Updated: 10:53 AM EDT May 25, 2022
CHARDON, Ohio — The woman who was found guilty of murder in the decades-old case known as "Geauga's Child" has been sentenced to life in prison.
"Your freedom is over," Judge David Ondrey told Gail Eastwood-Ritchey in passing down his sentence. She will be eligible for parole after 15 years served.
"Your wrongful efforts to conceal what happened in February 1993 did you buy 29 years of normal life where you got the chance to get married, raise children and do some good works. But ultimately you gained that time on the back of a helpless infant, whose body you concealed in the woods. Ironically, Geauga's Child did more for you than you ever did for him probably," Ondrey added.
I chanced across this story and it so touched me that i was inspired to remember him here. Little is known of this child except that he was a newborn boy discovered abandoned along a rural road in late March 1993. He was christened "Geauga's child" for the small Ohio town/county inw hich he was found, and was given a dignified funeral.
*** Mother of 'Geauga's Child' sentenced to life in prison for murder of baby boy in 1993
Gail Eastwood-Ritchey was found guilty of murder for the 1993 dumping of her newborn baby boy. She will be eligible for parole in 15 years.
Author: Dave "Dino" DeNatale, Lynna Lai
Published: 10:53 AM EDT May 25, 2022
Updated: 10:53 AM EDT May 25, 2022
CHARDON, Ohio — The woman who was found guilty of murder in the decades-old case known as "Geauga's Child" has been sentenced to life in prison.
"Your freedom is over," Judge David Ondrey told Gail Eastwood-Ritchey in passing down his sentence. She will be eligible for parole after 15 years served.
"Your wrongful efforts to conceal what happened in February 1993 did you buy 29 years of normal life where you got the chance to get married, raise children and do some good works. But ultimately you gained that time on the back of a helpless infant, whose body you concealed in the woods. Ironically, Geauga's Child did more for you than you ever did for him probably," Ondrey added.
*** Mother of 'Geauga's Child' sentenced to life in prison for murder of baby boy in 1993
Gail Eastwood-Ritchey was found guilty of murder for the 1993 dumping of her newborn baby boy. She will be eligible for parole in 15 years.
Author: Dave "Dino" DeNatale, Lynna Lai
Published: 10:53 AM EDT May 25, 2022
Updated: 10:53 AM EDT May 25, 2022
CHARDON, Ohio — The woman who was found guilty of murder in the decades-old case known as "Geauga's Child" has been sentenced to life in prison.
"Your freedom is over," Judge David Ondrey told Gail Eastwood-Ritchey in passing down his sentence. She will be eligible for parole after 15 years served.
"Your wrongful efforts to conceal what happened in February 1993 did you buy 29 years of normal life where you got the chance to get married, raise children and do some good works. But ultimately you gained that time on the back of a helpless infant, whose body you concealed in the woods. Ironically, Geauga's Child did more for you than you ever did for him probably," Ondrey added.
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KNOWN ONLY AS
Geuga's Child
THIS NEWBORN BABY BOY'S TINY
BODY WAS FOUND ON SIDLEY ROAD,
MARCH 25, 1993.
THE GOOD PEOPLE OF GEAUGA AND
SURROUNDING COUNTIES OPENED THEIR
HEARTS, DONATING FUNDS AND SERVICES
FOR A PROPER BURIAL AND FINAL RESTING
PLACE FOR THIS PRECIOUS CHILD.
WE ARE ALL HOPING FOR AN END TO
THE SUFFERING OF CHILDREN AND ASKING
GOD TO PROTECT ALL THE LITTLE ONES.
