An Indiana apartment community is in shock after a 4-year-old boy was found alone with the body of his dead grandmother. Police believe they were alone in the apartment for two days before they were found by maintenance workers coming to do repairs in the home.
According to police, the boy is OK, but there’s no information about where he will end up. Currently, police are still investigating what happened to the boy’s grandmother and how she died.
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Maintenance workers found the boy.
The boy, who police have not named, was found by maintenance workers at The Summerwood on Towne Line Apartments in Indianapolis, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. A representative for the apartment complex stated that the grandmother had filed a maintenance request for window repairs, according to the Indianapolis Star.
The grandmother was unreachable when building staff tried to contact her.
On the morning they were discovered, the building’s front office tried to contact the boy’s grandmother by phone. After several attempts, they sent the workers into the apartment. While they were in the apartment fixing the issue, the boy walked out of a room. At first, they thought the boy was alone in the home. But after looking around the apartment, they found the grandmother’s body in a bed.
There was nothing that could be done.
According to the police, emergency services were called in hopes of saving the grandmother’s life, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not released additional information about the woman, including her name and age. Her cause of death is still under investigation.
As for the boy, he was taken to Riley Hospital for Children. Police said that the boy is healthy, and he is now under the supervision of the Department of Child Services.
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No one knew that the grandmother was dead.
Neighbors and the building’s managerial staff were shocked by the news that the boy’s grandmother was dead. They didn’t notice the woman missing, nor did they hear the boy cry for help.
“I had just seen her a few days ago,” neighbor Tucker Neff told the Indy Star. “She was so sweet and nice with every interaction we had,” Neff added.
