Father of Indiana girl, 2, found dead in river gave ‘conflicting stories,’ held by police: report

The father of a 2-year-old Indiana girl whose body was recovered along a river, miles from where he was rescued from a submerged vehicle has been placed on a 72-hour hold without bond after police say he gave investigators “conflicting stories,” a report said.

The girl’s body was located about three miles from the vehicle. Emma Sweet was last seen Wednesday and was reported missing along with her father, according to investigators.

The Indianapolis Star reported that investigators said Jeremy Sweet essentially gave "two stories" about what happened. The paper reported that he said he may have dropped his daughter off somewhere before the incident and then said she was with him when he went into the water.

One official told the paper that it is possible that the vehicle was driven into the river but it generally would not be a "scenario where you can just accidentally drive into it." It was not immediately clear how the vehicle ended up in the river.