13ABC,<\/a> prosecutors allege that the boat carrying Angelique Cunningham left Meinke Marina West in Oregon, Ohio, at approximately 10:36 p.m. on July 1, and that \u201cthe voyage lasted less than 15 minutes\u201d before the events that led to the child\u2019s disappearance.\u00a0<\/p>\nThe Lucas County Coroner\u2019s Office has since confirmed that Cunningham died by drowning after her body was recovered from Lake Erie on July 5. Authorities also determined that Jonathan Ciha, 38, the man operating the boat, also died by drowning. Both deaths were ruled accidental by the coroner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kristen Gerrie, who authorities say was responsible for Cunningham\u2019s care during the outing, has been charged with felony child endangerment. She never called 911 to report that Cunnigham and Ciha had gone into the water. She, instead, swam to shore and called a friend to pick her up. <\/p>\n
During a court appearance Tuesday, a judge allowed the $50,000 bond Gerrie previously posted to remain in effect and ordered that she have no contact with Cunningham\u2019s family. She is scheduled to return to court on July 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Investigators have not publicly detailed exactly what happened aboard the boat. However, authorities have said Gerrie made it back to shore, while Ciha and Cunningham entered the water. The Lucas County Sheriff\u2019s Office continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the criminal complaint, prosecutors allege Gerrie placed Cunningham on the boat with \u201ca known associate\u201d before the vessel departed the marina. <\/p>\n
A family GoFundMe<\/a> has been set up to help cover the final arrangements for Angelique. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newly filed court documents are providing additional details in the death of an 11-year-old Ohio girl whose disappearance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-239432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}