INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Police confirmed a body was found along an interstate on Indianapolis' east side Tuesday morning.
Sgt. John Perrine said police were at Interstate 70 near North German Church Road to investigate. According to police, the body of an African American woman in her 20s was laying in the gravel on I-70 westbound near the cross-over at the 93.1 mile-marker.
Late Tuesday afternoon, police identified the woman as 21-year-old Dai-Ghia Hogan of Indianapolis.
ISP is investigating the death as a homicide. The cause and manner of Hogan's death will be released by the coroner's office at a later time.
The Marion County Prosecutor's Office said Jason Rhea was charged May 2 for his alleged role in the deadly shooting. He has been charged with murder and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
Police are asking anyone who might have witnessed what happened early Tuesday morning or who saw cars turn in or out of the crossover, to call Indiana State Police at 317-899-8577.
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