Breaking news out of middletown a mother is found dead after disappearing with her sixmonthold. Police say they found Brittany Russell dead in dayton, ohio. The baby is unharmed. The infants father reported that russell convinced a babysitter into letting her take the child yesterday afternoon claiming she would return later that night. Russell did not have custody. When she did not return police began looking for russell and that child. Here is a photo from the scene in dayton where russells body was found. 9 on your sides butler and Warren County reporter jay warren is digging into how this woman died. Well bring any new information to you on air and on wcpo. Com. Six years in jail. Thats the punishment handed down to the 43 year old who was babysitting and high on heroin it was all part of a plea deal reached in Hamilton County within the past hour. Timyka artist is live with the reaction to the judges decision. The judge was direct. The defendant was Emotional Holding her head down and crying most of the time. At one point she whispered the metz asked if she had anything to say. 43 year old kathy huff gave up her rights to trial and pleaded guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter and felony child endangerment for causing the death of her 4 month old grandson. She admitted that she had been snorting heroine before she agreed to babysit the child for her daughter. The baby drowned after huff passed out while giving him bath. He was rushed to children Childrens Hospital where he died 2 weeks later the judge agreed with state prosecutors that the nature of the crime commanded a prison sentence, but more importantly they all agreed with the defense that is she needs defense attorney charlie rittgersboth she and her family want her to receive figured out she had a heroine addiction it was too late but she is ready to go into a Treatment Facility in addition huff was given two concurrent years for theft and forgery in a separate case. She was convicted of stealing 2000 dollars from a client while she was a Home Health Aid last year as part of the plea agreement she is not eligible for early release. Right now police are searching for a driver who they say hit a 15yearold girl who was on her way to school. And then took off. This just days after an 11year old was seriously hurt by a driver who police say left the scene. Jordan burgess is live with who did stick around to help the teen. This is a crosswalk here at reading and glenwood where you signal. Police tell us that the 15year old had that signal. But while she was in the crosswalk. She was hit by a blue honda crv. Police say the driver of that crv stopped for a moment. And then got in the car and left. But officers tell us a nurse did get out and help the girl. She was taken to childrens to be checked out. But witnesses say it appeared that she was okay. Police say the girl was headed to school. The crv. A 1998 with ohio license plate grw8229 was said by officers to be swerving in and out of traffic before hitting the girl. Police say the tag area. Right now police are out looking for that driver. Described as around 30 to 40 years old with a hoodie and facial hair. Were working on talking with the girls family and the person who helped her. Two decisive wins in the New Hampshire primary yesterday. Donald trump tops the republican candidates. While senator Bernie Sanders beat out Hillary Clinton for the democratic delegates in the granite state. State. And it was a big night for Ohio Governor john kasich. He said he needed a strong showing to continue his campaign for the president ial nomination. And he got it. The governor came in second with 15 point eight percent of the vote. Trump received 35 point three percent. And Bernie Sanders took the democratic win with sixty percent of the vote. Sot Donald Trumpwe are going to make america so great again, maybe greater than ever beforesot Bernie Sanders together we have sent a message that will echo from wall street to washington. Next on the campaign trail are the Democratic Caucus in nevada and the republican on february 20th. Kasichs strong showing in New Hampshire has us asking what comes next for the Ohio Governors campaign. 9 on your sides Kristen Swilley joins us live with more on his plans. South carolina is the focus today. But this years super tuesday down south. Nicknamed the sec primary. Is less than three from now. Kasichs top advisors say theyre not resting on his success in New Hampshire. But preparing for an intense race for the nomination. Then the white house. John weaver 3745 matt borges 1 131 22 sot john weaver, 5 seconds it was a fantastic night. And we get to enjoy it for about 30 minutes and then were flying to South Carolina. Vo governor kasichs senior strategist john weaver making it clear the hard work lies further down the campaign trail but those in his party still encouraged by how kasichs message played in New Hampshire. Including Ohio Republican chair matt borges. Sot matt borges 6 secondsthe governor had a great result. I think it helped to prove that his message is connecting with voters across the country. Vo into votes in georgia, texas, arkansas, alabama, tennessee, virginia and oklahoma will take work. Donald trump currently well ahead of his competitors in national polls. Sot john weaver, 7 seconds the states that are down stream from New Hampshire are not the same kind of hand to hand combat as here. Theyre bigger. Theyre more message oriented. Vo added pressure as the field is expected to narrow in the coming days and weeks. Sot matt borges, 11 seconds were going to see at least one fewer candidate in the race. It looks like governor christie is going to bow out. Carly fiorina cant be far behind. Ben carsons campaign is probably on life support. Vo another important step moving forward. A bigger team. Sot john weaver, 8 seconds we have a very Good Organization of twelve staff people there now and by tomorrow afternoon there will be 200 volunteers and additional staff. Sot matt borges probably more as we get down to the brass tax year of this race, well let voters have the decision of who they want to get behind. Kasich will need every vote he can get. Take a good look into the South Carolina republican primary based on the most recent polls compiled by five thirty eight dot com. They put donald trump at a 55 percent chance of winning. Trailed by rubio, even cracking that critical top five. We have a full wrap of the New Hampshire primary coming up in just a few minutes. Including who ended up in a three way tie. Ohios primary is in just about a month. And next week is the deadline to make sure you are registered to vote in ohio. And if youre a gop voter in kentucky, remember your caucus is scheduled for march 5th. New details in the house fire that killed a hamilton hero. The timeline thats helping piece together what happened before Patrick Woltermans death. Fixing flint. A meeting of the minds to make water safe for michigan families. What the states governor wants to help fight the crisis. Youre watching 9 on your side were learning more today about a fire in hamilton that ended the life of a firefighter last year. The initial report on the fire that killed hamilton firefighter Patrick Wolterman is now out. The 13 page report does not give a secondby second account of what happened in that burning home. It does pinpoint 1 25 am as the time firefighter wolterman fell through the floor into the basement. That was 14 minutes after a Police Officer reported seeing heavy smoke from the home on pater avenue back in december. The report also says wolterman was handling a charged fire hose. According to our partners at the journal news. The hamilton fire chief says the department will not release more. Because its part of an ongoing investigation. Woltermans death has been ruled a homicide. And that fire is being investigated as an arson. House democrats in washington dc will hold a hearing crisis in flint. Separately, michigans governor will ask the state for nearly 200 Million Dollars to help solve flints water crisis. But hes not ready to commit to replacement of all the pipes unlike mayor karen weaver. Governor snyder has only committed to reviewing the mayors proposal to replace all lead pipes in the city. Its an estimated 55 Million Dollar project. A spokesman forthe governor says experts recommended that pipes be coated with a chemical to prevent corrosion before determining which lines should be replaced. Coming up. A shakeup in the race for the white house. Who got a big boost from last nights primary. And the candidate that could be headed home. And later. The woman accused of letting her grandchild die while she was high. Makes a deal in court. Whats next for youre watching 9 on your side at noon short forecast tease. Ill have the complete check of your nine first warning forecast in voters came out in nearrecord numbers in New Hampshire. Shaking up both sides in the race for the white house. Donald trump took the most republican delegates. And despite suffering a huge doubledigit defeat to senator Bernie Sanders. Hillary clinton says she will keep fighting. Abcs Elizabeth Hur is in new york with the latest. Voters. Looking for change came out in force last night. Giving huge wins to trump and sanders. Who just a year ago. Werent even on the political radar. Elizabeth pkg trump we want to thank the people of New Hampshire. Donald trump and Bernie Sanders. Rocketing out of New Hampshire with resounding wins. Sanders thank you New Hampshire senator sanders. The oldest candidate in the race. Winning big with young voters. We have sent a message that will echo from trump. On the phone on gma this morning. Crediting his huge win. To the huge voter turnout. trump phoner we were getting great signals we would have a rally and manymany people would show up many more than we ever anticipated. Ohio Governor John Kasich finishing in second place. Is now believed to be the top contender in whats called the establishment lane. Kasich i absolutely do believe that i can. Not only unify the party but i also believe i can bring back that blue collar democrat that was for reagan. And for iowa winner senator ted cruz. Florda governor jeb bush. And senator marco rubio. It was essentially a 3 way tie for third. Now. Its onto South Carolina. With hrc now we take this campaign to the entire country where we will fight for every vote in every state. Elizabeth tag on the republican side. Carly fiorina didnt fare much christie. While he hasnt officially dropped out of the race. We are told. He is suspending campaigning. For some snow squalls today could drop visibility and bring some light snow, causing travel issues. Most areas wont see any measurable snow amounts. However, some isolated another 1 2 to 1 of snow through the afternoon. Skies begin to clear overnight but winds stay elevated which means wind chill values will dip below zero. Temperatures bottom out around 7 degrees. Finally, we get a break for some sunshine thursday. It will still be very cold with morning lows in the Single Digits and highs only in the low to mid 20s. Skies will be mostly cloudy on friday. Right now were tracking a system that could bring another round of snow into early saturday morning. Well keep you posted. Sunday looks dry but by late sunday night, the next system heads our way with ample moisture bringing in another chance for wintry precipitation early monday morning into the afternoon. We will have to watch temperatures closely with this system as it may start as rain and eventually turn to snow. Wednesdaylight snow continues little to no accumulationhigh 19wednesday nightpartly cloudy bitterly coldlow 7thursday mostly sunny skiesunseasonably coldhigh 24thursday night a father with a figure see the unique and flattering honor this hollywood superstar love locations. Making plans for valentines day . No need to go far. Cincinnati is where you should surprise your sweetie. Why the queen city is Steve Raleigh will be disappointed to hear it. But he was not named People Magazines sexiest dad alive. instead. That honor goes to ryan reynolds. People Magazine bestowed the title on the actor. Six years after it declared him the sexiest man alive. reynolds became a dad in december as he and his wife, blake lively, welcomed their daughter, james. Jimmy fallon announced the honor tuesday on the tonight show, unveiling the magazine cover featuring reynolds. Reynolds was on the show to promote his new movie, deadpool. The 39 year old told people having a daughter was a dream come true for him. Were following breaking news. A mother found dead after disappearing with her child the middletown baby is safe. But what happened to that woman . What we know at this hour. Child hit. A teen trying to walk to school hit by a driver who took off the search for we are tracking a breaking story out of middletown. Where a mother is found dead after disappearing with her sixmonthold. Police say they found Brittany Russell dead in dayton, ohio. The baby is unharmed. The infants father reported that russell convinced a take the child yesterday afternoon claiming she would return later that night. Russell did not have custody. When she did not return police began looking for russell and that child. Here is a photo from the scene in dayton where russells body was found. 9 on your sides butler and Warren County reporter jay warren is digging into how this woman died. Well bring any new information to you on air and on wcpo. Com. Six years in jail. Thats the punishment handed down to the 43 year old who was babysitting and high on heroin when her infant grandson drowned in a bathtub. It was all part of a plea deal reached in Hamilton County within the past hour. Hour. Defendant kathy huff gave up her rights to trial and pleaded guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter and felony child endangerment for causing the death of her 4 month old grandson. She admitted that she had been snorting heroin before she agreed to babysit the child for her daughter. The baby drowned after huff passed out while giving him a bath. He was rushed to Childrens Hospital where he agreed with state prosecutors that the nature of the crime commanded a prison sentence, but more importantly they all agreed with the defense that is crucial that she get the help she needs defense attorney charlie rittgersboth she and her family want her to receive help but by the time they figured out she had a heroine addiction it was too late but she is ready to go into a Treatment Facility facilityin addition huff was given two concurrent years for theft and forgery in a separate case. She was convicted of stealing 2000 dollars from a client while she was a Home Health Aid last year as part of the plea agreement she is not eligible for early release. Ohio Governor John Kasich is proud of a second place finish in New Hampshire last night. But his team says this is only the beginning. Beginning. South carolina is the focus today. But this years super tuesday down south. Nicknamed the sec primary. Is less than three from now. Kasichs top advisors, including senior he is not resting on his success in New Hampshire. But preparing for an intense race for the nomination. Then possibly the white house. The states that are downstream from New Hampshire are not the same kind hand to hand combat as here. Theyre bigger. Theyre more message oriented. But we are a very Good Organization. 12 staff people there now and by tomorrow afternoon it will be 200 volunteers and additional staff. Super tuesday is march 1st this year. Its nicknamed the sec primary. Because it includes six southern states. An ohio man whose naked sprint down i71 was captured on video last august is having his case postponed. Tracy martin is accused of causing a seven car accident on the interstate last year. Police say after the crash he took off running in the buff. They had to stop him with a taser. Investigators believe he was impaired at the time. Today in court a judge postponed the next proceeding in his case to june thirteenth. Right now police are searching a 15yearold girl who was on her way to school. And then took off. Off. Police tell us that the 15 year old had the walk signal on glenwood ave and reading raod. But while she was in the crosswalk. She was hit by a blue honda crv. Police say the driver of that crv stopped for a moment. And then got in the car and left. But officers tell us a nurse did stop and help the girl. She was taken to childrens to be checked out. But witnesses say it appeared that she was okay. 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