Lafayette Police say department protocol played a key in finding missing child
The Lafayette Police Department said specific training and community cooperation were crucial in the investigation.
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 3:56 PM
Updated: Apr 30, 2021 9:56 PM
Posted By: Samantha Thieke
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) Lafayette police are sharing the protocols that led to the recovery of a missing girl last week. Our patrol division saved that child s life, said Lafayette Police Department Juvenile Detective Division s Lt. Jay Rosen.
Annual training on missing children paid off for Lafayette Police on April 19. Last week was a perfect example of a success story where you have neighbors rallying, you have communities rallying, said Chief Patrick Flannelly. You have well-trained police officers with the right priorities.
A 42-year-old Indiana man is facing several charges, including attempted murder, after authorities found a missing 9-year-old girl badly beaten inside his home.
The police had received a report about a missing child past 7 p.m. on Apr. 19. The child s parents called for help after their daughter went missing from their home in Lafayette, Indiana for around 30 minutes, Crime Online reported.
Police identified the suspect as James Brian Chadwell II, who reportedly lured the victim inside his home by offering to let her pet his dogs.
Several neighbors told the police that Chadwell had commented about seeing the child after being reported missing.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. Lafayette police have investigated four shooting incidents in three days, but only one person was injured in what police say was an accident.
Seventeen-year-old Marquis McDowell showed up at Franciscan Health Hospital just before 3 p.m. Monday with a gunshot wound to his leg, according to Lafayette police.
McDowell told police he was handling a handgun and accidentally shot himself in the leg police said, indicating the accident happened at 525 S. 31st St. in Lafayette between 2:15 and 2:30 p.m. Monday.
A friend at the house drove McDowell to the hospital and dropped him off, police said.
Hospital staff called police.
Lafayette police find no evidence to support stabbing victim s claims
LAFAYETTE, Ind. Zhang Lin was not stabbed by a black man, as he told police on March 23, Lafayette police said Thursday.
In fact, Zhang Lin isn t Zhang Lin at all. He actually is Qingyu Lin, police said, who arrested a woman Wednesday. Police suspected her of assisting whoever attacked Qingyu Lin.
As of Thursday, police know Qingyu Lin was stabbed, but nothing he initially told them about the circumstances surrounding the attack is panning out to be truthful. We are not looking for a black male as a suspect, Lafayette police Lt. Randy Sherer said. This was not a random black guy targeting a random Asian guy.