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Family and friends arrive at the memorial service for Joseph Babcock, Moriah Brough, and their three children _ Angel, 15 months, Jaydon, 2, and Kendall, 2 months _ Monday, March 5, 2012 at Life Tabernacle church in Salem, Ind. The family was killed after a tornado ripped through the home of Joe Miller, 31, where they were taking refuge from the storm. Angel was initially found alive in a field after Friday's storm, but succumbed to her injuries on Sunday. The family was buried in two caskets in the pauper section at Crown Hill Cemetery in Salem, Ratts said. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)

Baby dropped in field by tornado buried in Indiana

Dylan T. Lovan, Tom LoBianco The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 6:53pm

SALEM, Ind. -- A 15-month-old Indiana girl who clung to life for two days after being scooped up by a tornado that killed her parents and two siblings was buried Monday in a snow-covered cemetery, a poignant end to what had seemed to be a miracle story of survival.

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Death toll from tornadoes at 39

Bruce Schreiner, Tom LoBianco The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 12:39pm

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Fifteen-month-old Angel Babcock seemed to be the miracle survivor of a deadly tornado that killed her parents and two siblings when she arrived Friday night at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Though critically injured when the twister scooped her up and deposited her in a field, Angel was opening her eyes. Hospital workers said that was a hopeful sign.

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An undated Allen County (Ind.) Sheriff's Department photo shows Mike Plumadore. Authorities said Monday night, Dec. 26, 2011 that Aliahna Lemmon had been found dead and Plumadore, 39, who was watching Aliahna and her two sisters when she went missing Friday, was being held on a murder charge. He and Aliahna's family lived in the same mobile home park in Fort Wayne. He will be formally charged with murder Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Allen County (IN) Sheriff's Department)

Missing Ind. girl found dead, babysitter arrested

Tom LoBianco The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 11:13am

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The neighbor who was babysitting a 9-year-old Indiana girl when she went missing last week will be formally charged with murder Tuesday, a heartbreaking turn for the girl's relatives who considered him a family friend.

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(AJ MAST/The Associated Press) Teresa Richardson leaves after talking with a state trooper at the entrance to the home of her former brother-in-law, Roy Napier, where four people were found dead near Laurel, Ind., in rural Franklin county Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. A fifth person was found dead across the street. The car in the background belongs to Richardson’s sister, Angie Napier.

Police await results of autopsies in 5 Ind. deaths

Tom LoBianco The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 9:45am

LAUREL, Ind. — Investigators are awaiting the results of autopsies on five people found dead in a rural Indiana neighborhood in hopes that the examinations might yield some clue as to how they were killed and who killed them.

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Questions about Indiana stage collapse linger

Tom Coyne, Tom LoBianco The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 7:50am

INDIANAPOLIS — As the Indiana State Fair reopened after a deadly collapse of a concert stage, questions lingered about the structure's safety, why fans weren't evacuated as a storm moved in and whether anything could have been done to prevent the tragedy.

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In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011 frame grab from video provided by Jessica Silas, a stage is seen moments before it collapses at the Indiana State Fair, killing five and injuring dozens of fans waiting for the country band Sugarland to perform, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Jessica Silas)

Ind. fair honors five killed in stage collapse

Tom LoBianco The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 15, 2011 - 10:51am

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels told hundreds of people who gathered Monday for a service to remember five people killed when a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair that the tragedy has broken the hearts of the state's residents.

Daniels said Saturday's stage collapse as high winds raked the fairgrounds was especially tragic because the state fair is "a family reunion of all Hoosiers," where farmers and city residents gather for fun.

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