Autopsy: Maddox died from “probable drowning”
Maddox Scott Ritch, the 6-year-old autistic boy whose disappearance gripped the heart of the Gaston County community, likely drowned in Long Creek, according to the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s office.The 44-pound boy was with his father at Rankin Lake Park on Sept. 22 when Ian Ritch reported the child had run off ahead of him. A team of 15 searchers made up of law enforcement officers and firefighters […]
