Indiana
Indiana man allegedly claimed he killed his undocumented children, leading to investigation
A death investigation in northwest Indiana took a horrifying turn on Tuesday after officials revealed they were looking into the possible murder of two undocumented children.
Multiple agencies, including the Jasper County Coroner’s Office and the Indiana State Police, are assisting the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office with the investigation, which is centered around a property in Wheatfield.
Warning: What follows may be disturbing to some readers.
According to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, a call was received on Sept. 20 after an individual allegedly confessed to acquaintances about killing two undocumented children and burning their bodies in the backyard of their residence.
Detectives immediately launched an investigation, and interviewed multiple individuals at a Newton County hotel, seizing their cell phones.
Detectives located additional evidence on the mobile devices, and a child that was in the care of the individuals was placed into protective custody.
Officials then launched a widescale search on a property in Wheatfield, locating three separate locations on the property where partial bone fragments were found, according to authorities.
“I seen a coroner putting up caution tape, and CSI vans, and a lot of digging,” neighbor Monica Prentice said.
Those bone fragments are now in the custody of a specialist in Indianapolis, who is working to determine if they were from an infant or an animal, according to officials.
Anyone with information on the case is encouraged to call the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office at 219-866-7334.
RIPLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for two young children in Indiana.
Police in Ripley County, southeast of Indianapolis, are looing for the children who may be siblings.
The first child is 3-year-old Aaliyah Buckingham.
She was last seen wearing a pink cat shirt and tie-dye shorts.
The younger child is 1-year-old Shane Buckingham, last seen in a red shirt and diaper.
Police think both are with 45-year-old Timothy Buckingham, who was last seen driving a brown GMC truck.
Timothy is described as a 6′ 3″ white man weighing 225 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
Photo of Timothy Buckingham provided by Indiana State Police
Police have not confirmed the relationship of the three, or why the children are believed to be in danger.
Anyone who sees the three are asked to contact the nearest police department.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A firefighter for the Indianapolis Fire Department was sent to the hospital Wednesday after battling a fire at a vacant house.
According to a Facebook post made by IFD, the fire happened around 10:15 a.m. at a house on Bluff Rd. IFD says that there were several complications, including limited access to fire hydrants and “interior hoarder conditions” that IFD says was due to squatters.
The injured firefighter received “slight injury,” the Facebook post said.
It took over an hour and a half to get the fire under control, according to IFD, and another hour to put out all the remaining hot spots in the building.
According to IFD, the cause of the fire is currently unknown. Their Fire Investigations Unit is working on figuring out what caused the fire.
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