Скачать или смотреть WATCH Geauga’s Child verdict | Jury reaches verdict in decades-old ‘Geauga’s Child’ case

The jury has reached its verdict in the decades-old case known as “Geauga’s Child.” The jury’s decision comes after closing arguments concluded around 10:30 a.m. Monday.

Gail Eastwood-Ritchey of Euclid has been charged with two separate counts in the case – aggravated murder and murder.

The trial, which lasted four days in Geauga County Common Pleas Court, began back on March 31. Eastwood-Ritchey did not take the stand in her own defense.

It’s a case that dates back to March 25, 1993, when a baby boy’s body was found in a trash bag along Sidley Road. The case remained cold for years until Eastwood-Ritchey was arrested in June of 2019. Authorities say she was identified through familial DNA that was matched to that of “Geauga’s Child.”

Defense attorney Steven Bradley in his opening statement disputed a Cuyahoga County coroner's conclusion the baby was born alive and was breathing when the then 22-year-old Eastwood gave birth in the bathroom of a Shaker Heights home where she worked as a nanny.

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