Missing girl’s father taken to Bartholomew County Jail

November 30, 2021December 1, 2021 John Clark

Jeremy W. Sweet. Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department.

The father of a young girl whose body was found in the East Fork White River Sunday is now in the Bartholomew County Jail. The sheriff’s department announced yesterday that 39-year-old Jeremy Sweet is on a 72-hour hold in the jail, while the investigation into his daughter’s death continues.

Sweet had been in critical condition at Columbus Regional Hospital after he was found Friday morning inside his submerged truck that duck hunters discovered in the river. He and his daughter, 2-year-old Emma Sweet, had been reported missing on Thanksgiving Day. But she was not in the truck with him.

Rescue workers searched all day Friday and Saturday and picked it up again Sunday morning. Her body was found around 11 a.m. Sunday said Sheriff Matt Myers.

Monday, Bartholomew County Coroner Clayton Nolting ordered a forensic autopsy for the girl. According to the coroner’s office, results are expected to take around 4-6 weeks.