INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating the death of a toddler on Indianapolis' east side early Friday morning.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to the home in the 4100 block of Shady Oak Drive near 42nd Street and Mitthoeffer Road for an unresponsive child.
Police say the mother's boyfriend was watching the 16-month-old girl, Zaria Box, when she stopped breathing. The man told police that he called the child's mother and she rushed home and took the child to Riley Hospital for Children where she died.
Police say the child's body will be examined by the Marion County Coroner to determine a cause of death. Officers at the scene say the child's death does appear suspicious but no charges have been filed at this time.
Cause of death is still pending at this time.
