“That is disgusting, disturbing, and nobody deserves to be handled this manner,” IMPD Chief Chris Bailey stated.
An Uber driver has been charged with homicide of an Indianapolis lady.
Chanti Dixon went lacking on Sunday morning, solely to be discovered lifeless on Monday afternoon within the metropolis’s southeast. Police arrested Francisco Valadez, the 29-year-old rideshare driver.
“That is disgusting, disturbing, and nobody deserves to be handled this manner,” IMPD Chief Chris Bailey stated throughout a information convention Tuesday afternoon.
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Police stated Dixon ordered an Uber round 3:30am after she completed work on Sunday morning, however was not heard from after. Her household than reported her lacking the next morning and was in a position to observe her by means of her telephone, per police.
Somebody inside the group discovered Dixon’s physique and referred to as 911. Particulars from the Uber app then led police to Valadez.
Dixon was discovered exterior of a home in a wooded space with a gunshot wound to the top, per authorities. She was “bare, unresponsive and mendacity on her abdomen,” per WXIN. She was reportedly pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Based on courtroom paperwork obtained by WTHR, detectives say Valadez admitted to taking pictures Dixon within the head whereas he was attempting to have intercourse along with her behind his automobile. Valadez claimed a remark Dixon stated made him mad — she insulted his physique, per WXIN — so he allegedly grew to become enraged and shot her.
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The publication famous the paperwork additionally stated that Valadez allegedly advised detectives he dragged Dixon’s physique from his automobile and put it behind a concrete barrier on the lifeless finish of Wagner Lane. He additionally reportedly advised them he tried to have intercourse along with her physique.
Assistant Chief Catherine Cummings advised reporters that the homicide “hits otherwise for me” as a result of she’s a lady.
“Ladies, women, moms, they’ve a proper to exist freely in our group with out concern of one thing heinous taking place to them,” she stated. “They’ve a proper to stroll, bike, order a rideshare.”
Police stated Valadez was arrested on a preliminary cost of homicide, although IMPD Chief Chris Bailey advised reporters, per WXIN, he believes extra expenses might be forthcoming because the investigation continues.
