IMPD: Woman found dead in wooded area on near southeast side of Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS — A woman was found dead in a wooded area on the near southeast side of Indianapolis Monday afternoon.

According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers responded to the 1900 block of Earhart Street just after 1 p.m. to start a death investigation. When police arrived at the scene, they came into contact with the person who initially requested law enforcement come to the area.

That person then led police to a wooded area near the 1800 block of Wagner Lane — which is located near East Raymond Street and South Sherman Drive. In that wooded area, police found an unresponsive adult female.

The woman was later pronounced dead at the scene by medics. The Marion County Coroner’s Office later identified her as 30-year-old Chanti Bresha Dixon. The coroner ruled her death a homicide.

IMPD was still looking into the circumstances surrounding the incident. Per IMPD, Dixon had been reported missing early Monday morning.

Officers are trying to determine exactly when she died; detectives believe she may have died over the weekend, though they have yet to officially confirm her time of death.

An IMPD homicide unit was called to the scene. According to a police report, a man has been arrested on a murder charge in connection with the case.

Police are still asking those with information on the woman’s death to contact IMPD’s homicide office at (317) 327-3475. Alternatively, tipsters can contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at (317) 262-8477.

IMPD reported that the woman’s death was “an isolated incident” that does not pose an ongoing threat to the community.

As of this article’s publication, no additional information on the incident had been made available.

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