Crime & Justice

Man Charged in Murder of Young Mom as Her Baby’s Found Dead

SOUL-CRUSHING

Ahmeel Fowler was charged with the murder of Ja’nya Murphy the same day the body of her 1-year-old daughter was retrieved from a pond.

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A suspect was arrested Friday and charged with the murder of a young mother whose toddler was found dead in an Indiana pond. Ahmeel Fowler was arrested in Missouri and charged with first-degree murder for the alleged killing of Ja’nya Murphy, 21, authorities said. Murphy was found strangled to death earlier this week by police officers conducting a welfare check at her home in Wheeling, Illinois. That grim discovery triggered a search for her 1-year-old daughter, Jaclyn “Angel” Dobbs, whose body was found in an Indiana retention pond late Thursday. A cause of death for the toddler has not yet been released.

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