Police in Wolcottville, Ind., were conducting a welfare check in a home when they found 32-year-old Rebecca Hughes dead with her children: Evelyn Newell, 8, Allison Newell, 6, and Amelia Newell, 5, the Indiana State Police Fort Wayne Post said in a statement.

Police are investigating after a woman and three children were found dead inside a home in Indiana Tuesday. According to Indiana State Police, troopers responded to a home on South Main Street in Wolcotville Tuesday morning for a welfare check.

ISP troopers are investigating after a woman and three children were found dead Sept. 17, 2024, in the 100 block of South Main Street in Wolcottville. WOLCOTTVILLE, Ind. — Indiana State Police troopers are investigating after finding a woman and three children dead inside a home in Wolcottville Tuesday morning.

A former Indiana deputy police chief was arrested and now faces federal child pornography charges after an investigation by the Department of Justice, officials said.

James Bond, 52, could get a minimum sentence of 15 years if convicted. He's accused of preying on a participant in a summer youth employment program in Gary, Indiana. Bond joined the city's police department in 2001.

James W. Bond allegedly "enticed and coerced" the minor to produce sexually explicit content while a commander in Gary PD.

Higher pay, overlapping shifts and fees for security details could help with Indianapolis police shortage, officers' union president Rick Snyder says.