Murder charges have been filed against an Indianapolis father accused of abusing and killing his 5-year-old daughter.

"I am terrified for my daughter's safety," Zara Arnold's mother wrote in an application to protect her from her father. He got custody anyway.

Zara Arnold, a 5-year-old in Indianapolis, died after falling down stairs; her father faces neglect and murder charges.

Prosecutors formally charged 41-year-old Zachary Arnold and 30-year-old Andrea Figueroa-Lopez for their alleged roles in the ...

"We are evaluating the conduct of everybody who came in contact with this child," Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said ...

Indianapolis police have arrested a man on preliminary charges of murder and child neglect after the death of his 5-year-old ...

An Indianapolis father is in jail after he was accused of neglecting and killing his own 5-year-old daughter. Just after 11 a ...

Despite his story that Zara fell, police say officers arrested her father on charges of murder and child neglect ... in making an arrest in this tragic case.” ...

Editor’s note: This article contains descriptions of child ... in the case. "I cannot stress enough, this certainly is not the end of the investigation," said Mears, adding Zara "suffered ...