Did Columbus girl have telekinetic ability in 1984? How did her life turn out?

Tina Resch and her mother, Joan Resch, talk to a reporter in this photo dated March 13, 1986. Tina Resch, of Columbus' North Side, was the subject of nationwide media attention in the mid-1980s for her purported telekinetic abilities. Resch, now known as Christina Boyer, is currently serving a life sentence in Georgia for the beating death of her daughter.

The original cutline information for this photo, dated March 1984, reads: "RELAXING -- Fourteen-year-old Tina Resch rests on a couch in her Columbus home after a Thursday press conference where she and her family talked with reporters. The home has been the subject of reports of flying objects, lights turning off and on and faucets turning on." Tina Resch was the subject of nationwide media attention in the mid-1980s for her purported telekinetic abilities. Resch, now Christina Boyer, is currently serving a life sentence in Georgia for the beating death of her daughter.

Tina Resch, of Columbus' North Side, shown here in a photo dated March 5, 1984, was the subject of nationwide media attention in the mid-1980s for her purported telekinetic abilities. Resch, now known as Christina Boyer, is currently serving a life sentence in Georgia for the beating death of her daughter. The orange lines were made with a grease pencil, which was part of the newspaper printing process in that era.

Tina Resch, 14, holds a picture broken during a strange occurrence in her North Side home in this photo dated March 5, 1984. Resch was the subject of nationwide media attention in the mid-1980s for her purported telekinetic abilities. Resch, now Tina Boyer, is currently serving a life sentence in Georgia for the beating death of her daughter.

Tina Resch, 14 in this March 5, 1984, photo, is seated in the living room of her North Side home. Resch was the subject of nationwide media attention in the mid-1980s for her purported telekinetic abilities. Resch, now Tina Boyer, is currently serving a life sentence in Georgia for the beating death of her daughter.

Tina Resch poses for a photo dated March 13, 1986. Tina Resch, of Columbus' North Side, was the subject of nationwide media attention in the mid-1980s for her purported telekinetic abilities. Resch, now Tina Boyer, is currently serving a life sentence in Georgia for the beating death of her daughter.

John and Joan Resch pose outside their home for a photograph dated Oct. 7, 1983. Their daughter, Tina Resch, was the subject of nationwide media attention in the mid-1980s for her purported telekinetic abilities. Resch, now Tina Boyer, is currently serving a life sentence in Georgia for the beating death of her daughter.

Fourteen-year-old Tina Resch of Columbus' North Side cowers as a table lamp topples to the floor in her living room in this photo dated March 5, 1984. The teenager was the subject of nationwide media attention in the mid-1980s for her purported telekinetic abilities. Resch, now Christina Boyer, is currently serving a life sentence in Georgia for the beating death of her daughter.

Tina Resch walks with her parents, John and Joan Resch, for a photo dated March 13, 1986. Tina Resch, of Columbus' North Side, was the subject of nationwide media attention in the mid-1980s for her purported telekinetic abilities. Resch, now known as Christina Boyer, is currently serving a life sentence in Georgia for the beating death of her daughter.

1999 photo of Fred Shannon , former Columbus Dispatch Photographer, who took photographs of Tina Resch, of Columbus' North Side. She was the subject of nationwide media attention in the mid-1980s for her purported telekinetic abilities. Resch, now Tina Boyer, is currently serving a life sentence in Georgia for the beating death of her daughter. Shannon worked for newspapers in Columbus for 35 years and retired from the Columbus Dispatch in 1988 and died in 2007.