A 9-year-old girl who was reported missing in Fayette County was found dead, and her foster mother is facing charges, authorities said.

Kourtney Eutsey, 31, is charged with homicide in the death of Renesmay Eutsey, who had been last seen in the area of the 100 block of Third Street in Dunbar about 2 a.m. Wednesday.

State Police reported just before 4 a.m. Thursday that she had been located. Police said investigators located her partially submerged in the Youghiogheny River near Smithton in Westmoreland County, about 20 miles away from Dunbar.

It was not immediately clear how or why she ended up there.

The girl’s foster mother told police that she last saw her daughter in her bedroom at 2 a.m. Wednesday, but she didn’t report her missing until 12:41 p.m., Post-Gazette news partner KDKA-

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