Murder charge filed against man in Indiana toddler's death
SPENCER, Ind. --An Indiana prosecutor has filed murder, rape and kidnapping charges against a man who was arrested after the body of a 1-year-old girl was found two days after she disappeared from her father's home.
Online court records show formal charges were filed Monday against 22-year-old Kyle Parker in an Owen County court. An initial hearing is scheduled for Monday afternoon. Court records did not list a defense attorney for Parker.
Parker was arrested after Shaylyn Ammerman's body was found Thursday night in a remote area about 10 miles from her father's home in Spencer, where she was reported missing Wednesday morning.
Parker was at the Ammerman home the night Shaylyn disappeared, reports CBS affiliate WTTV. Her father said his mother put Shaylyn to bed late Tuesday; when they woke up in the morning, she was gone.
In addition to the murder, rape and kidnapping charges, Parker also faces counts of child molesting, strangulation and aggravated battery in the case, reports WTTV.