'Did nothing to help': Grandmother charged in death of 9-year-old girl whose lifeless body was tossed in a tote, prosecutors say

The scope of a lawsuit successful which a 9-year-old miss was seemingly abused earlier she was dumped successful a tote on a Pennsylvania stream has expanded, with further radical present implicated successful the alleged crimes.

Theresa Marie Shipley, 63, and Sandra Lynn Umensetter, 51, look charges including endangering the payment of children and recklessly endangering different person, tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime show. Shipley has besides been charged with persons required to study suspected kid abuse.

The charges stem from the probe into the decease of Renesmay Eutsey, to whom Shipley was a grandmother and Umensetter was a household friend. Kourtney Eutsey, 31, and Sarah Shipley, 35 — Renesmay's foster parents — are some charged with first-degree execution successful the case.

The kid lived with her foster parents astatine a location successful Fayette County, Pennsylvania. On Sept. 3, 2025, Renesmay was reported missing, prompting Pennsylvania State Police to motorboat a search.

As officers went to hunt the location for immoderate signs of Renesmay, a tiny kid approached them and "apologized for not telling the truth" astir what seemingly happened to Renesmay, an affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime says.

"I'm ne'er going to spot my babe sister again due to the fact that she's successful heaven," the kid told officers, alleging that Eutsey killed Renesmay and past enactment her assemblage successful a tote, per the affidavit.

A sibling claimed to person "overheard" Eutsey talking with different big — aboriginal alleged to beryllium Sarah Shipley — astir taking Renesmay to a stream "far, acold away."

Authorities added that "[The child] stated that the lone crushed she came retired of the country she was successful was due to the fact that she heard the unfortunate screaming and crying and thought she needed assistance with something." Eutsey and Sarah Shipley were allegedly "yelling astatine the unfortunate and kicked her successful her stomach," the affidavit alleges.

The sibling reportedly told investigators that "she saw the unfortunate successful a big, thick, achromatic garbage, past wrong of a dark-grey, "light-ish tote, that was breached connected the side." She added: "[Renesmay] is dormant now. I'm ne'er gonna spot her again. I miss her."

Investigators would extremity up uncovering the child's assemblage successful a achromatic container wrong a tote connected the "shore bank" of the Youghiogheny River successful Fayette County.

The Fayette County District Attorney's Office announced connected Tuesday that prosecutors received the results of Renesmay's autopsy connected March 16, "which confirmed that Renesmay died of malnourishment and neglect; further causes included blunt unit trauma to the head, neck, torso, and extremities."

The connection went on: "The superior origin of decease is identical to the alleged injuries against a 7-year-old unfortunate who was hospitalized but survived."

Prosecutors allege that cellphone records amusement Theresa Shipley and Umensetter were caring for Renesmay connected "numerous" occasions successful the months earlier the child's death.

"In short, the children successful the location were subjected to terrible kid maltreatment and neglect implicit a agelong play of time," the DA's bureau said. "These 2 defendants were contiguous for it and supervised these children during the times they were severely abused; they did thing to assistance them."

Theresa Shipley and Umensetter were arrested and arraigned connected Tuesday. They are acceptable to instrumentality to tribunal for preliminary hearings connected April 29.

Kourtney Eutsey is acceptable to spell to proceedings connected May 4; Sarah Shipley is scheduled to person a proceeding successful her lawsuit connected June 11.