Man arrested after 3-year-old’s death

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A 3-year-old girl died in a hospital Wednesday night and police allege the mother’s boyfriend is responsible. Police found the girl unresponsive and covered with bruises from head to toe on Tuesday afternoon at a house on Long Wharf Drive on the east side of Indianapolis. Jose Cruz, 20, was initially charged with attempted murder. Detectives will meet with the prosecutor Thursday to amend his charge to murder.
 

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