Homeless mom’s death leads kids to family
Associated Press
CINCINNATI
An Indiana woman who had been searching for her mother for decades found a family she hadn’t seen in 25 years after the older woman’s death made headlines when she was run over by a Cincinnati cruiser as she slept, homeless, in a park.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Monday that Robin Burton of Jeffersonville, Ind., renewed an online search for her mother, Joann Burton, about two weeks ago. She found an Enquirer report about the 48-year-old woman’s death last summer, and she and her brother have since been reunited with two brothers, a sister and family members they haven’t seen since they were children.
Burton was about 7 when she entered foster care and Hamilton County children’s services visits with her mother ended. Her brother, Ricky McDonald of Dallas, was about 2.
When Burton, now 32, found the report about her mother, and saw the photo, she said, “That’s my mom. That’s her. I know it. . ... Oh my God, I found my mom. I found my mom.”