Marcus Fiesel's bones

Neglect was pretty much a constant in Marcus Fiesel’s three-year life. It should be no surprise that seven months after his murder it continues in a squabble over his bones.

Marcus was an autistic child, taken from his birth mother because of neglect, then murdered by his foster parents, David and Liz Carrroll. David Carroll and Amy Baker, the live-in girlfriend the couple shared, then burned the body and dumped most of the ashes in the Ohio River. A handful of bone chips were scraped up from the fire site and put into an evidence locker at the Hamilton County morgue.

Once the Carrolls were safely jailed away, Prosecutor Joe Deters arranged for a free interment in a local mausoleum. All he needed was the OK of Marcus’ birth mother, Donna Trevino.

But Kevin Hughes, the lawyer who represented Trevino in a civil suit against the foster care agency that placed Marcus with the Carrolls, has accused Deters seeking “political” gain by writing a letter to Trevino telling her Marcus deserved a burial.

Trevino wants Marcus buried in Butler County, closer to where she lives, and Butler County apparently is willing to pay for that funeral.

Trevino and her lawyer, who told reporters he didn’t even talk to his client for a week after Deters contacted him, should get on with it.

Marcus was neglected his entire life. Leaving his bones unclaimed at the morgue is just one last insult.