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CINCINNATI — Investigators recovered 18 bone fragments near an old chimney where investigators believe the body of a developmentally disabled 3-year-old foster child was burned, a county coroner said Thursday. The boy's foster parents, charged with killing him, pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder. The bone fragments were from a child 2 to 4 years old, said Dr. O'dell Owens, the Hamilton County coroner. Each was less than inch long and found in soil in rural Brown County, east of Cincinnati. "The DNA that is being processed came from a small piece of tissue that was found," Owens said. Authorities...

Foster Parents Left Toddler In Closet, Prosecutor Says Deters: Boy Was Dead When Couple Returned POSTED: 2:26 pm EDT August 28, 2006 UPDATED: 3:17 pm EDT August 28, 2006 Foster parents Liz and David Carroll have been arrested in connection with the disappearance and death of 3-year-old Marcus Fiesel. Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters said the Carrolls have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Fiesel's foster family said the special-needs toddler disappeared from Julifs Park in Anderson Township almost three weeks ago, sparking a massive search for nearly three days. But Deters said the Carrolls left Fiesel in a closet for...