Columbus man sentenced to 40 years in prison in connection with 2-year-old daughter's death
Emma Sweet drowned in the White River in Bartholomew County in November 2021. Jeremy Sweet pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent resulting in death. Jeremy Sweet, a Columbus man, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in connection with the 2021 drowning death of his 2-year-old daughter, Emma Sweet, who drowned in the White River in Bartholomew County, Indiana. Jeremy Sweet pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent resulting in death and received a 30-year sentence after pleading guilty to the charge. Emma's body was recovered over two miles from where Jeremy Sweet was found by duck hunters. The county coroner's office ruled Emma's death a homicide and ruled it from complications of hypothermia and asphyxia due to drowning. Police say Jeremy admitted to using meth and marijuana before going to the casino in Shelbyville, 2021.
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Emma Sweet drowned in the White River in Bartholomew County in November 2021. Jeremy Sweet pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent resulting in death.
COLUMBUS, Ind. — A Columbus man was sentenced to 40 years in prison after agreeing to a plea deal in connection with the 2021 drowning death of his 2-year-old daughter.
Jeremy Sweet received a 30-year sentence after pleading guilty to neglect of a dependent resulting in death, and an additional 10 years under the "Habitual Offender Enhancement," Bartholomew County Prosecuting Attorney Lindsey Holden-Kay confirmed to 13News.
Emma Sweet drowned in the White River in Bartholomew County in November 2021. The county coroner's office ruled the death a homicide and said the little girl died from "complications of hypothermia and asphyxia due to drowning."
Her body was recovered more than two miles from where Jeremy Sweet was found by duck hunters as his truck sat in the river waters.
At the time Jeremy was helped to shore by the duck hunters, he did not mention anything about anyone else in the truck.
When police asked Jeremy where Emma was, they say he gave conflicting stories — initially saying he had dropped her off at Casey's, then later saying he had unbuckled her from her car seat after his truck went into the river. Paramedics on the scene found a syringe and an empty baggie with the corner cut on Jeremy, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Jeremy was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital for treatment. There, he allegedly told a detective he got lost after making a wrong turn, and when he drove up onto an embankment, his truck got stuck. When he was trying to free it, he said it went too far forward and into the water.
Court documents say Jeremy told a detective her put Emma on the roof or hood of the truck, then held her for a while before later waking up and she was gone.
Police said Jeremy admitted to using meth and marijuana before going to the casino in Shelbyville Nov. 24, 2021.
Investigators claimed after Emma was placed in a dangerous situation by Jeremy, he took no action to rescue her from it an that inaction resulted in her death.
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