FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A missing 9-year-old Indiana girl has been found dead, and the family friend who was watching her before she disappeared was charged with murder Monday night, authorities said.
Cpl. Jeremy Tinkel, Allen County sheriff’s spokesman, said investigators found the body of Aliahna Lemmon in the county, but he wouldn’t say where. He also said 39-year-old Mike Plumadore was “interviewed by police and taken into custody at 9 p.m. and charged with murder.” Plumadore, who had been watching Aliahna and her sisters before she was reported missing late Friday, is scheduled to appear in court today.
FBI agents earlier Monday descended on the run- down mobile-home park in Fort Wayne where Aliahna lived and was last seen. It’s a known haven for registered sex offenders, though Plumadore is not on Indiana’s registered-sex-offenders list. He has a criminal record in Florida and North Carolina that includes convictions for trespassing and assault.
According to a state website, 15 registered sex offenders live at the mobile-home park that numbers about two dozen homes. The Associated Press
