SPENCER, Ind. (AP): Authorities found a body Thursday night that matches the description of a missing 1-year-old girl, and a man was in custody in connection with the child’s disappearance, Indiana State Police said.
State police spokesman Curt Durnil said in a statement that the body, which matches the description of Shaylyn Ammerman, was found Thursday night near the White River northeast of Gosport.
Shaylyn disappeared from her father’s home in Spencer early Wednesday, prompting a search by more than 100 people.
A 22-year-old Spencer, Indiana, man is being held in connection with the girl’s disappearance, Durnil said. The Associated Press is not naming the man because he has not officially been charged with a crime.
