Columbus Mother Sentenced for Deadly Child Abuse Complicity
Ashley Fagan has been sentenced to 18 to 23½ years in prison for her role in the death of her 6-year-old daughter, Eva Bretz. Fagan pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including permitting child abuse and involuntary manslaughter, after an autopsy revealed Eva suffered from chronic physical and sexual abuse, multiple injuries, and fentanyl in her system. The victim’s grandfather expressed the immense grief and injustice of the situation, emphasizing the mother’s failure to protect her daughter. Fagan’s boyfriend, Blake Hutchinson, who was also a suspect, died by suicide before he could be arrested.
John Q. Hosedrinker