Ind. Code § 35-40-15-2

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 35-40-15-2 - Right of an immediate family member to request an investigation into an uncharged death

An immediate family member:

(1) of a person whose death is an uncharged death; and

(2) who has reasonable suspicion that the uncharged death was caused by the criminal act of a third person;

has the right to request the superintendent of the state police department to conduct a new investigation to determine whether the death was the result of a criminal act committed by a third person. An immediate family member has the right to request a new investigation even if the state police department assisted the local law enforcement agency in the earlier investigation of the uncharged death.

IC 35-40-15-2

Added by P.L. 71-2021,SEC. 10, eff. 7/1/2021.