Background: The Westar trailer park in Shelbyville, Ind. (Google Maps). Inset: Sophie Igou (Shelbyville Police Department).
An Indiana woman who was found by police with her dead toddler in the driveway of her home faces charges of child neglect.
The Shelbyville Police Department said in a news release obtained by local Fox affiliate WXIN that Sophie Igou was arrested late Wednesday night after officers responded to a call at her home. According to the release, Igou, whose age was not provided, was seen in the driveway of her home at the Westar trailer park in Shelbyville when police arrived.
Alongside her was her 22-month-old child, who was unresponsive.
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After officers initially went to provide lifesaving medical care to the child, they “quickly determined that the child was deceased,” the release said.
An investigation into the child’s death is ongoing, police said, including an autopsy on the child. No further details about the condition of the child or a possible cause of death were provided by police.
Officers arrested Igou at the scene and charged her with neglect of a dependent causing death. In their press release, police stated that additional charges may be imminent pending their investigation and the results of the child’s autopsy. Local CBS affiliate WTTV reported that the Shelby County Coroner’s Office confirmed the autopsy for the child was scheduled for Friday.
