In a press release, Tell City Police said they were called to a home for an unresponsive child on Tuesday. The boy, identified as 2-year-old Erik Reichard, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police did not say how the boy died.
On Friday, following an investigation, police arrested 39-year-old Trevor Reichard-Hates and 31-year-old Katherine Carter. It's not clear what their relationship to the boy was.
Both Reichard-Hayes and Carter are in the Perry County Detention Center and charged with murder, neglect of a dependent resulting in death, neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury and neglect of a dependent.
2 charged with murder after Indiana toddler's death
A man and woman in Southern Indiana were arrested and charged with murder after the death of a toddler this week.
During the investigation, police say two other children were removed from the home with help from the Indiana Department of Child Services
Southern Indiana couple arrested on murder, neglect charges following death of 2-year-old boy
Police say two-year-old Erik Reichard was pronounced dead on March 31 after Tell City officers responded to a 911 call about an unresponsive child.
