INDIANA — Aurora-Detectives with the Indiana State Police and Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a double homicide after two people were found dead inside a home on Douglas Drive on Friday, January 19, 2018.
The investigation began when the Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department were requested to conduct a welfare check on the residents of the home after family became concerned. When officers arrived on scene, they discovered Walter Bryant, Jr., age 78, and his daughter Faith Craig, age 58, deceased inside the home. Police say evidence at the scene indicated that both Bryant and Craig were victims of a homicide.
The investigation led to a suspect being arrested in Kentucky on Saturday, January 20, 2018, on unrelated charges. The name of the suspect was not be released because formal charges are not yet filed. Charges are forthcoming in Dearborn County. A motive for the crime was not known.
Autopsies on the victims are being completed. No cause of death was released.
The families of the victims have been notified.
