The Fayette County district attorney will seek the death penalty against two women accused of abusing to death a 9-year-old girl who was in their care earlier this year.

“This morning, we filed Notices of Aggravating Circumstances against Kourtney Eutsey and Sarah Shipley in the Renesmay Eutsey homicide case,” District Attorney Mike Aubele wrote on social media. “If convicted of first-degree murder, the Commonwealth will seek the death penalty.”

Pennsylvania law includes 18 aggravating factors that prosecutors can cite in their pursuit of the death penalty, ranging from the murder of a law enforcement officer or judge to a crime involving kidnapping or torture.

In the case of Ms. Eutsey and Ms. Shipley, Mr. Aubele cited three:

* The defendants knowingly created a grave risk of death to

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