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Sex Crimes

The Latest: Documents say man killed girl as family slept

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In this Friday, March 25, 2016 photo, Jessica Stewart holds a balloon during a candlelight prayer vigil for her daughter Shaylyn Ammerman at a park in Spencer, Ind. Several hundred people have gathered for the prayer vigil to mourn the loss of the girl found dead days after she went missing. (Jeremy Hogan/Bloomington Herald-Times via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT (The Associated Press)

SPENCER, Ind. – The Latest on the disappearance and death of a 1-year-old Indiana girl (all times local):

1 p.m.

Court documents accuse a man who was drinking alcohol with the uncle of a 1-year-old Indiana girl of abducting, raping and killing her after family members had fallen asleep in the home.

Owen County prosecutors filed murder and other charges Monday against 22-year-old Kyle Parker of Spencer in Shaylyn (SHAY'-lynn) Ammerman's death.

Charging documents say investigators questioned Parker after Shaylyn was reported missing Wednesday morning from the Spencer home where her father, uncle and grandmother lived. The documents say Parker first denied involvement, but later directed police to the wooded location where her body was found Thursday night.

An autopsy found Shaylyn suffered severe sexual trauma and died from asphyxiation.

Court records did not list a defense attorney for Parker ahead of his initial hearing Monday afternoon.

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11:05 a.m.

An Indiana prosecutor has filed murder, rape and kidnapping charges against a man who was arrested after the body of a 1-year-old girl was found two days after she disappeared from her father's home.

Online court records show formal charges were filed Monday against 22-year-old Kyle Parker in an Owen County court.

An initial hearing is scheduled for Monday afternoon. Court records did not list a defense attorney for Parker.

Parker was arrested after Shaylyn (SHAY'-lynn) Ammerman's body was found Thursday night in a remote area about 10 miles from her father's home in Spencer, where she was reported missing Wednesday morning.