The Knox City Council made a unanimous decision this week to approve the request of having the ashes of four-year-old murder victim, Judah Morgan, buried beneath a memorial tree in Knox’s Wythogan Park this summer.

Morgan was killed at the home of his biological parents on October 11, 2021, duringwhat was supposed to be a six month home trial with Indiana DCS. 

Jenna Hullett, the kinship placement foster mother who raised the boy for the first three and a half years of his life, spoke during the Knox City Council meeting on Monday evening. After telling council members about Judah’s tragic story, Hullett put in a request for the cremation tree that would release the boys ashes for a living memorial.

Knox Mayor Dennis Estok had checked with the local funeral director to confirm legalities on the burial prior to the meeting. The exact location for the memorial tree within the park has yet to be determined. Silverleaf Boutique will be donating a plaque for the ceremony, which will be displayed in front of the tree in memory of Judah.

Hullett said the park had been one of the boy's favorite places to visit while growing up in the Knox area.  

The memorial tree planting and release of Judah's ashes will be a public event at Wythogan Park, 101 Washington St in Knox, June 10, 2023, on what would have been Judah's sixth birthday.

The ceremony will start at 11a.m. central time, 12 p.m. eastern time, and will include a free potluck after. 

(Photo provided by Jenna Hullett shows Judah playing at Wythogan Park, one of his favorite places to go, Hullett said.)