Coverage dated September 23, 2026

IMPD: Investigation underway into death of 8-year-old girl on east side

Headline from FOX 59 Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS – A child’s death is under investigation on the east side. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Southeast District officers were dispatched around 7 a.m. Wednesday to a home on Bancroft Street. That's near English and Emerson avenues.

FOX 59 Indianapolis's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Read the reports

Reports & sources

3 articles, oldest first.

WISH-TV Indianapolis
Police investigating death of an 8-year-old girl on Indy’s near east side, woman arrested (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)
Published Sep 23, 2026
WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description
INDIANAPOLIS — A woman was arrested and an investigation is underway after an 8-year-old girl was found dead inside a home on Indianapolis’ near east side Wednesday morning. Police arrested 43-year-old Karrie Bryan at the scene this morning.
WISH-TV Indianapolis
Police investigating death of an 8-year-old girl on Indy’s near east side (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)
Published Sep 23, 2026
WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description
INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating after an 8-year-old girl was found dead at a home on Indianapolis’ near east side Wednesday morning. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers went to the 700 block of South Bancroft Street, near Emerson Avenue and Brookville Road,…
FOX 59 Indianapolis
IMPD: Investigation underway into death of 8-year-old girl on east side (opens FOX 59 Indianapolis)
Published Sep 23, 2026
FOX 59 Indianapolis's feed description
INDIANAPOLIS – A child’s death is under investigation on the east side. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Southeast District officers were dispatched around 7 a.m. Wednesday to a home on Bancroft Street. That's near English and Emerson avenues.