Jeffrey Fairbanks, the Father of Missing Janna Rivera Arrested in Marion County and Charged with Murder & Neglect of a Dependent Resulting in Death

NO BODY, NO CRIME???

Jeffrey Fairbanks, the father of missing and presumed dead 3 month old Janna Rivera, has been arrested in Marion County, Indiana and charged with murder and the neglect of a dependent child resulting in a death. The Marion County Prosecutor’s office is expected to release more information about the arrest Friday. 3 month old Janna Rivera has been missing since Friday, May 29, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Authorities searched for the missing baby, including looking for the infant at a local landfill. It was suspected from the outset of this missing person case that the child was deceased. Initially, Fairbanks told Eyewitness News at the time the child died of natural causes, then he placed her body in a dumpster at an east Indianapolis apartment complex. Janna’s remains have never been found.

The father of missing baby Janna Rivera was arrested Thursday in Marion County and preliminaryly charged with murder and neglect of a dependent resulting in death.

In July, Jeffrey Fairbanks told FOX59 he put Janna, who was 3 months old at the time, in a dumpster. Her body has never been located.

Investigators with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) told FOX59 previously that Fairbanks is the only person of interest in this case. Fairbanks told investigators Janna died in her sleep.

Timeline of missing Baby Janna.