A 3-month-old baby is dead and her mother is in the hospital after being missing for more than 30 hours.
Police say the mother, Rachel McAfee, is being treated for "cold-related injuries" at Eskenazi Hospital, while the coroner investigates how her infant daughter, Emma, died.
Investigators are calling this a criminal investigation and plan to question McAfee when they can.
According to police, someone who lived in the north side neighborhood called police just before 3 p.m. Tuesday about a car that seemed out of place.
When police got on scene, they found Rachel McAfee and her 3-month-old daughter Emma, both who had been missing since Monday morning, inside.
"The medics pronounced the infant deceased here on the scene," said IMPD Commander Chris Bailey.
McAfee's husband, John, spoke with Eyewitness News just a few hours before getting the tragic news about his baby girl.
John McAfee said he realized his wife and daughter were missing when his wife didn't drop Emma off at his parents Monday morning as expected. He said his wife also missed a meeting scheduled for 11 that morning.
"My biggest concern is my daughter. She's only three months old. Obviously, she can't fend for herself. My wife can. My wife's not the most fit mentally, currently, so that's a big concern," John McAfee said earlier Tuesday, before the tragic discovery of his daughter.
According to McAfee, his wife had been struggling with depression.
"She had a little bit of depression going on. Just hasn't been her normal self," he said.
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A 3-month-old baby is dead and her mother is in the hospital after being missing for more than 30 hours.
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