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Mom and neighbor charged with Samantha Ritchie death
In Dayton Ohio Samantha Ritchie, four, vanished after her mother Jolynn Ritchie reported her missing. Her body was found in a water-filled pit near an abandoned foundry. Jolynn Ritchie and neighbor Ernest Vernell Brooks were arrested on murder charges after a two week probe.
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Dayton
Onto
Therressa Jolynn Ritchie
Samantha
Ms. Ritchie
Ernest Vernell Brooks
Denton Ritchie
North Side
Ritchie
Jeanne Kauffman