INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD detectives arrested a man for his alleged role in the homicide of a 34-year-old woman on Indianapolis' southwest side in January.
Just before 6 p.m. on Jan. 8, IMPD Southwest District officers were called to a house in the 1400 block of South Belmont Avenue near Howard Street to investigate a possible burglary.
Officers found a woman, later identified as Penny Turner, inside the house with traumatic injuries. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Marion County Coroner's Office said that Turner died from multiple sharp force injuries.
On Thursday, IMPD said detectives with the Violent Crimes Unit arrested a man for his alleged role in the homicide.
The suspect's name was not made available by IMPD. The Marion County Prosecutor's Office will review the case and make final charging decisions.
Anyone with information about the incident should contact Detective David Miller at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at David.Miller@indy.gov. Anonymous tips can be left with Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 or (TIPS).
- Purdue officer on leave over viral arrest video; police investigating
- 5 years later: ISP superintendent looks back on half-decade of Delphi murder investigation
- Riley kid heading to Super Bowl, thanks to Jim Irsay
- Westfield mother wrapping gifts for a living with successful business
- Koalas declared an endangered species as disease, lost habitat take toll
- Woman celebrates 10th year of sobriety with Minnesota trooper who arrested her for drunk driving
- Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths, study finds
- Everything you need to know about Super Bowl LVI, the most unlikely matchup in history
