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Missing 2-year-old girl's body found in Indiana river, father being held during investigation

Emma Sweet, a two-year-old girl who had been missing since Friday, has been found dead by a diver in White River in Indiana, according to the Bartholomew County Sheriff.

Missing 2-year-old girl's body found in Indiana river, father being held during investigation

Emma Sweet, a two-year-old girl who had been missing since Friday, has been found dead by a diver in White River in Indiana, according to the Bartholomew County Sheriff.

OMICN.RO CARAY: THE BODY OFHE T TWO-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS REPORTED MSIISNG FRIDAY IN SOUTHERN INDIANA HAS BEEN FOUND. EMMA SWEET WAS REPORTED MISSING AFTER HER FATHER JEREMY SWE’ST' TRUCK WAS FOUND SUBMERGED IN THE WHITE RIVER EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. HE WAS RESCUED AFTER BNGEI SPOTTED BY DUCK HUNTERS. SUNDAY, EMMA’S BODY WAS FOUND ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILES DOWN RIVER FROM WHERE THE TRUCK WAS FOUND. WHEN HE WAS FIRST RESCUED RHE FATHER GAVE CONFLICTING STORIES ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF EMMA, AND INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY ALSO FOUND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN THE TRUCK. >> WHAT HE ORIGINALLY SAID WAS HE POSSIBLY HAD DROPDPE HIS DAUGHTER OFFICE IN PLACE PRIOR TO THAT INCINTDE HAPPENING AND THENE H SAID SHORTLY AFTER THAT SHE WAS THWI HIM AT THE TIME HE WENT INTO THE WATER. CARAY: JEREMY IS CURRENTLY IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM HYPOTHERMIA. HE HAS BEEN PLACED ON A 72-HOUR HOLD WLEHI THE CASE IS INVESTIGATED. JEREMY WAS OUT ON BOND FOR POSSESSION OF A FIRE
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Missing 2-year-old girl's body found in Indiana river, father being held during investigation

Emma Sweet, a two-year-old girl who had been missing since Friday, has been found dead by a diver in White River in Indiana, according to the Bartholomew County Sheriff.

Emma Sweet, a 2-year-old girl who had been missing since Friday, has been found dead by a diver in the White River in Indiana, according to the Bartholomew County Sheriff. Sweet had been missing since her father was found suffering from hypothermia due to being in a truck submerged in frigid water. The duck hunters found that the truck had a man, Jeremy Sweet, inside it and then called police. EMS personnel then found the man to be suffering from hypothermia.Upon further investigation, it was discovered that his two-year-old daughter, Emma Sweet, had been with him. They were last seen together at noon on Nov. 24.Background: Two-year-old girl missing in southeastern Indiana after father found with hypothermiaWhen he was first rescued, Sweet gave conflicting stories on the whereabouts of Emma. Investigators also said they found drug paraphernalia in the truck."What he originally said was that he possibly had dropped his daughter off some place prior to that incident happening," said Bartholomew County Sheriff Matt Myers. "And then he said at the same time there shortly after that she was with him at the time he went into the water."Jeremy Sweet is currently in the hospital recovering from hypothermia, and he has been placed on a 72-hour hold while the case is being investigated. He was also out on bond for possession of a firearm by a violent felon and possession of methamphetamine.Anyone with further information is asked to contact the Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department at 812-379-1650.

Emma Sweet, a 2-year-old girl who had been missing since Friday, has been found dead by a diver in the White River in Indiana, according to the Bartholomew County Sheriff.

Sweet had been missing since her father was found suffering from hypothermia due to being in a truck submerged in frigid water.

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The duck hunters found that the truck had a man, Jeremy Sweet, inside it and then called police. EMS personnel then found the man to be suffering from hypothermia.

Upon further investigation, it was discovered that his two-year-old daughter, Emma Sweet, had been with him. They were last seen together at noon on Nov. 24.

Background: Two-year-old girl missing in southeastern Indiana after father found with hypothermia

When he was first rescued, Sweet gave conflicting stories on the whereabouts of Emma. Investigators also said they found drug paraphernalia in the truck.

"What he originally said was that he possibly had dropped his daughter off some place prior to that incident happening," said Bartholomew County Sheriff Matt Myers. "And then he said at the same time there shortly after that she was with him at the time he went into the water."

Jeremy Sweet is currently in the hospital recovering from hypothermia, and he has been placed on a 72-hour hold while the case is being investigated.

He was also out on bond for possession of a firearm by a violent felon and possession of methamphetamine.

Anyone with further information is asked to contact the Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department at 812-379-1650.