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Central Indiana police say tests on a human jawbone found in a park in Avon indicate it belonged to a person who died six months to three years ago. A worker at Washington Township Community Park about 10 miles west of Indianapolis discovered the bone in an open grassy area last week. Anthropologists told investigators the bone came from a white male. They are waiting on more forensic tests. Cadaver dogs searched the park for other remains but found nothing.
 

A vacant house on the north side of Indianapolis went up in flames early Thursday morning. When firefighters arrived at about 1:45 a.m., heavy flames were shooting from the back of the house in the 1800 block of West 60th Street. No one was hurt. Investigators are looking for a cause.

Six people have been charged by federal agents after a two-month investigation into a methamphetamine ring in Indianapolis. U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett said 27 guns, including assault weapons, were seized along with 3 pounds of meth and nearly $34,000. Hogsett called the bust "historic" and "the dismantling of a major narcotics trafficking operation." Five of the six people arrested are from Mexico: Ricardo Diaz, 32; Irma Lorena Escalera-Avalos, 34; Miguel Martinez, 20; Leodegario Martinez-Rios, 38; and Daniel Sandoval, 41. Alondra Villa, 27, of Indianapolis, also was arrested. An infant and three other children were taken into custody by Child Protective Services.