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Parents arrested in connection with death of 1-year-old

Michael Anthony Adams

The parents of a 1-year-old girl found unresponsive in the couple's Greenfield home were arrested on preliminary charges of murder, police confirm.

Matthew and Jessica Wagoner, the child's parents, were taken into custody Friday and are being held in the Hancock County Jail on preliminary charges of murder and neglect of a dependent.

On Thursday, Greenfield Police were called to a home in the 500 block of North Wood Street around 9:30 a.m. on a report of an unconscious child. When officers arrived on scene they found a 1-year-old girl unresponsive.

The Wagoners had started CPR, and responding units took over until medics arrived. Once emergency medical crews arrived, the child was taken to Hancock Regional Hospital, where she later died, police said.

Major Derek Towle of the Greenfield Police Department told The Indianapolis Star that investigators are continuing to interview subjects and that more arrests could be made.

An autopsy was completed Friday but the results have not been released.

Call Star reporter Michael Anthony Adams at (317) 444-6123. Follow him on Twitter at @MichaelAdams317.